David Mitchell, PhD "Mitch" Department of Economics  St. Mary's College of California  dtmitche@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631 4583

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Qualifications

B.S. Economics. Clemson University

M.A. Economics with concentration in Finance. Clemson University

Ph.D. Economics. George Mason University
 

Courses:

• Public Finance

• Microeconomics

• Macroeconomics

• Economic History

• Game Theory and Experimental Economics

Research
Publications

"Hunting the Whale: More Evidence on State Government Leviathans" With Campbell and Finney.Forthcoming.  Southern Economic Journal.  Accepted November 29, 2006.

"Property Rights, New Growth Theory and the Semi-Informed Voter." Journal of Private Enterprise. 22:1 (Fall 2006) pp. 147-167.

"CFO" and "CEO" in the Encyclopedia of Capitalism. (Syed B. Hussain ed.) Facts on File. 2004

Review of Making work pay: The earned income tax credit and its impact on America's families
(Bruce Meyer and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, eds.), Monthly Labor Review. 127: 5 May 2004.

Current Research

Revise And Resubmit

"A Classroom Experiment on Exchange Rate Determination with Purchasing Power Parity" with Rebelein, Schneider, Simpson, and Fisher.  Accepted Economic Research Network Educator Working Paper.  Revise and Resubmit Journal of Economic Education.

Working Papers
"Signaling Before Government Safety Nets:  A Strategic Understanding of Frost ’s ‘Mending Wall’ "

"A Twist on Peacock and Wiseman: The U.S. Civil War Income Tax and Its Abolishment".

"The Environmental Precautionary Principle as Current Policy" with Kris Chase.  Presented Western Economics Association International Conference Presentation.

"State Fiscal Crises: Are Rapid Spending Increases to Blame?" with Stansel.  Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meeting November 20, 2006.

"Don ’t Fool Yourself: Markets and Environmental Markets"