Class of 1997

• Soo Yean Chua, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Economic Interdependence and Cooperation in East Asia, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.
  • Sharma, Subhash and Soo Yean Chua, "ASEAN: Economic Integration and Intra-Regional Trade," Applied Economics Letters, 2000, vol. 7, 165-169.
  • Chua, Soo Yean, Selahattin Dibooglu and Subhash Sharma, "The Impact of the U.S. and Japanese Economies on Korea and Malaysia After the Plaza Accord," Asian Economic Journal, March 1999, 13(1), 19-37.
  • Chua, Soo Yean and Subhash Sharma, "An Investigation of the Effects of Prices and Exchange Rates on Trade Flows in East Asia," Asian Economic Journal, September 1998, 12(3), 253-271.

• Teame Ghirmay, Morehead State University, Kentucky
  • Outward Orientation and Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries: An Empirical Investigation, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.
  • "Financial Development and Economic Growth in Sub Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Time Series Analysis," African Development Review, 2004, 16:3 415.
  • Sharma, Subhash, Teame Ghirmay and Richard Grabowski, "Exports, Investment, Efficiency, and Economic Growth," Applied Economics 33, May 2001, 689-700.
  • Sharma, Subhash, Teame Ghirmay and Richard Grabowski, "Export Instability, Income Terms of Trade Instability and Growth Causal Analyses," Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, June 1999, 8(2), 209-229.

• Prakash Mahat
  • Domestic Savings and Economic Growth in South Asia, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.
  • Mahat, Prakash, "External Finance, Domestic Savings and Economic Growth in South Asia."

• Betty Sarango, Operations Research Analyst, Sabre Holdings Texas
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policies in the Economic Growth of Ecuador: An Empirical Analysis, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.

• Brian Sloboda, United States Postal Service, Washington, D.C.
  • The Economic Impact of Southern Illinois University on the State of Illinois: The Human Capital Approach, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Performance Measurement of U.S. Transit Systems, 1982-2001," International Journal of Transport Economics, forthcoming.
  • Sloboda, Brian and Yao, Vincent, "Interstate Spillovers of Private Capital and Public Spending," Annals of Regional Science, forthcoming.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Performance Measurement of U.S. Water Carriers, 1960-1979," Journal of Business and Economic Studies, forthcoming.
  • Sloboda, Brian and Yao, V. W., "Transmission of Business Cycles Across Sectors: A VAR Approach," 2005 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Government Statistics Section (CD-ROM), forthcoming.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Regional Effects of Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis," Crisis Management in Tourism, B. Prideaux, E. Laws, and K. Chon (eds.), CABI Press, 2005.
  • Sloboda, Brian and Yao, V. W., "Forecasting Cycles in the Transportation Sector," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 44(2), 2005, 45-60.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Improving the Teaching to Statistics Online: A Multifaceted Approach," Journal of Educators Online, 2(1), 2005.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Performance Measurement of U.S. Class I Railroads, 1980-2001," International Journal of Transport Economics, 31(2), 2004, 217-234.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "An Assessment of the Net Economic Impacts of George Mason University on the State of Virginia by the Human Capital Approach," Pennsylvania Economic Review, 12(2), 2003, 59-75. (This paper differs from the Virginia Economic Journal paper since this paper applies different nonparametric methods. Also they differ from the Advances in Econometrics nonparametric methods as well).
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Assessing the Effects of Terrorism on Tourism Using Time Series Methods," Tourism Economics, 9(2), 2003, 1-12.
  • Sloboda, Brian, Han, X., Fang, B. and Chen, D., "Household Provided Transportation: Extension of the Transportation Satellite Accounts," Journal of Transportation and Statistics, 5(2/3), 2002, 1-18.
  • Sloboda, Brian and Grosskopf, S., "Nonparametric Estimation of the Net Benefits of Southern Illinois University on the State of Illinois by the Human Capital Approach," Advances in Econometrics: Applying Kernel and Nonparametric Estimation to Economic Topics, R. Carter-Hill and T. Fomby (eds.,) JAI Press, vol. 14, 2000, 179-200.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "Measuring the Costs of High School Dropouts on the Region of Southern Illinois," The Journal of Economics, 25(2), 1999, 89-101.
  • Sloboda, Brian, "An Assessment of the Net Economic Impacts of George Mason University on the State of Virginia by the Human Capital Approach," The Virginia Economic Journal, 4, 1999, 1-16.

• Naiqun Wu
  • Technical Efficiencies in Chinese Agricultural Production Before and After Reform, Ph.D. dissertation, 1997.