Faculty and Staff

 

RAJEEV K. GOEL

Ph.D. University of Houston, 1987

Professor, joined the faculty in 1989

Research Interests

Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Technology, Corruption, Tobacco

Selected Publications

Books:

Economic Models of Technological Change, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1999.

Journal Articles:

"The Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Legislation: A Review," with M. Nelson, Journal of Economic Surveys , forthcoming.

"Economic Freedom versus Political Freedom: Cross-Country Influences on Corruption," with M. Nelson, Australian Economic Papers , 2005, 121-133.

"Organization of Markets for Science and Technology," with D. Rich, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics , 2005, 1-17.

"A Market Mechanism for Scientific Communication: A Comment," Kyklos , 2003, 395-400.

"Rent-Seeking in Research Markets," Journal of Technology Transfer , 2003, 103-09.

"Irreversibility of R&D Investment and the Adverse Effect of Uncertainty: Evidence from the OECD Countries," with R. Ram, Economics Letters , 2001, 287-91.

"R&D and Output in a Regulated Vertically-Integrated Oligopoly," Bulletin of Economic Research, 1999, 334-348.

 

"The Political Economy of Motor-Fuel Taxation," with M.A. Nelson, The Energy Journal, 1999, 43-59.

 

"Corruption and Government Size: A Disaggregated Analysis,"with M.A. Nelson, Public Choice, 1998, 107-120.

 

"The Interdependence of Cigarette and Liquor Demand," with M.J. Morey, Southern Economic Journal, October 1995, 451-459.

 

"R & D Expenditures and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study," with Rati Ram, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1994, 403-411.

 

"The Effect of 1973 Oil Price Embargo: A Nonparametric Analysis," with M.J. Morey, Energy Economics, 1993, 39-48.

 

"Guidelines for Successfully Transferring Government-Sponsored Innovations," with M.A. Brown and L.G. Berry, Research Policy, April 1991,121-143.

 

"Quasi-Experimental Price Elasticity of Liquor Demand in the United States: 1960-1983," with B.H. Baltagi, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 1990, 451-454.

Research in Progress

Innovation; Tobacco demand.