G. Thomas Sav Professor of Economics

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1 Vitae G. Thomas Sav Professor of Economics Address: Home: 203 Southway Drive Dayton, Ohio Office: Department of Economics Raj Soin College of Business Wright State University Dayton, Ohio Phone: Home: Office: Fax: Education: Ph.D., Economics, George Washington University, 1981 M. Phil., Economics, George Washington University, 1979 M.A., Economics, George Washington University, 1976 B.A., Economics, University of West Florida, 1973 Honors Magna Cum Laude (B.A.); Omicron Delta Epsilon; Beta Gamma Sigma; Brackenridge Scholars. Experience: Professor of Economics 1987-Present Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service Chair, Department of Economics Department of Economics Raj Soin College of Business Wright State University Economist Center for Economics Research Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and Visiting Associate Professor Department of Economics and Business North Carolina State University Associate Professor Chair, Department of Economics Assistant Professor Department of Economics School of Business University of West Georgia

2 Experience: Economist (continued) Applied Economics Division National Institute of Technology and Standards U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, D.C. Economist Cost-Benefit Analysis Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. Economist 1974 Environmental Analysis Division Bechtel Engineering Corporation Teaching: Undergraduate: Economic Life (General Education), Principles of Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Business and Economic Statistics, Urban and Regional Economics, Industrial Organization, Public Finance, Internet Based Public Finance, Business and Economic Research Graduate: Applied Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Business and Economic Statistics, Urban and Regional Economics, Industrial Organization, Public Finance Publications: Books and Chapters in Books: "Economic Models," in Frank Kreith and Ron West, eds., EconomicAnalysis of Solar Thermal Energy Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, The Dynamic Demand for Energy Stocks: An Analysis of Tax Policy Options for Solar Processes, Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press Inc., "The Microeconomics of Solar Energy," with Rosalie T. Ruegg, in Jan F. Kreider and Frank Kreith, eds., Solar Energy Handbook, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., "Life-Cycle Costing of Solar Investments for the Solar in Federal Buildings Program," Solar Design Workbook, Boulder, Colorado: Solar Energy Research Institute, Life-Cycle Costing: A Guide for Selecting Energy Conservation Projects for Public Buildings, with Rosalie T. Ruegg, et. al., Washington, D.C.: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.

3 Journal Articles: Four-Stage DEA Efficiency Evaluations: Financial Reforms in Public University Funding, International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol., 5, No. 1, Effects of Financial Source Dependency on Public University Operating Efficiencies: Data Envelopment Single-Stage and Tobit Two-Stage Evaluations, Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, No. 1, Private Philanthropy in Financing Public Universities: Fundraising Stochastic Frontier and Efficiency Evaluations, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 103, Female Faculty, Tenure, and Student Graduation Success: Efficiency Implications for University Funding, International Journal of Business Management and Economic Research, Vol. 3, No. 6, Historically Black College and University Operating Cost Efficiencies: Stochastic Cost Estimates and Comparisons to Predominately White Institutions, International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Vol. 3, No.3, Does Faculty Tenure Improve Student Graduation Rates?, Journal of Business Management and Applied Economics, Vol. 1, No. 5, Frontier and Envelopment Evaluations of University Graduation Efficiencies and Productivities: Elements for Performance Based Funding, Problems and Perspectives in Management, No. 4, Efficiency Estimates and Rankings Employing Data Envelopment and Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Evaluating the Management of U.S. Colleges, Information Management and Business Review, Vol. 4, No. 8, Productivity and Efficiency Changes in Publicly Managed U.S. Comprehensive Universities: Data Envelopment Analysis and Malmquist Decompositons, Journal of Business Management and Applied Economics, Vol. 1, No. 4, Data Envelopment Analysis of Productivity Changes in Higher Education For-Profit Enterprises Compared to Non-Profits, International Business Research, Vol. 5, No. 9, Stochastic Cost Inefficiency Estimates and Rankings of Public and Private Research and Doctoral Universities, Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics, and Information Technology, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012.

4 Productivity, Efficiency, and Managerial Performance Regress and Gains in United States Universities: A Data Envelopment Analysis, Advances in Management and Applied Economics, Vol. 2, No. 3, Stochastic Cost Frontier and Inefficiency Estimates of Public and Private Universities: Does Government Matter?, International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, Government Free Riding in the Public Provision of Higher Education: Panel Data Estimates of Possible Crowding Out, Applied Economics, Vol. 44, No. 9, For-Profit College Entry and Cost Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Estimates vs Two-Year Public and Non-Profit Colleges, International Business Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, Cost Inefficiencies and Rankings of Ivy Universities: Stochastic Panel Estimates, International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 4, No. 3, Is the Production of Religious Knowledge Efficient? Managing Faith Related Postsecondary Institutions, Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics, and Information Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, Minority Serving College and University Cost Efficiencies, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 1, Managing Operating Efficiencies of Publicly Owned Universities: American University Stochastic Frontier Estimates Using Panel Data, Advances in Management and Applied Economics, Vol. 2, No. 1, Cost Efficiencies and Rankings of Flagship Universities, American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, No Publicly vs Privately Controlled Higher Education Costs, Empirical Economics Letters, Vol. 10, No. 8, Panel Data Estimates of Public Higher Education Scale and Scope Economies, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2, Private Giving Crowding Government Funding in Public Higher Education, American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, No. 3, Managing Public Higher Education Restructuring: Understanding College and University Cost Structures, Management Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, Vol. 15, No. 2, Funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Progress Toward Equality?, Journal of Education Finance, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2010.

5 Higher Education Scale and Scope Economies, Applied Economics, Vol 36, No Tests of Fiscal Discrimination in Higher Education Finance: Funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Journal of Education Finance, Vol. 26, No Institutional Funding and Managerial Differences in Racially Dual Systems of Higher Education, Higher Education Management, Vo. 12, No Financing and Funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Separate but Still Unequal?, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, No. 15, "Benefit-Cost Analysis of Transitional Employment Programs: Methodology and Applications," Journal of Rehabilitation, Vol. 55, No. 2, "Institutional Structure, Finance, and Race in Higher Education: Public- Private Sectoral Differences," Public Choice, Vol. 55. No "The Politics of Race in Higher Education: Governing Boards and Constituents," Public Choice, Vol. 48, No "The Failure of the Energy Tax Act: A Dynamic Approach," The Energy Journal, Vol 7., No. 3, "On Subsidies for Energy Saving Durables," American Economist, Vol. 30, No. 1, "Micro Engineering Foundations of Energy-Capital Complementarity, " Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 66, No "The Engineering Approach to Economic Production Functions Revisited: An Application to Solar Processes," Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 33, No. 1, Economic Evaluation of Solar Energy Systems in Commercial Buildings: Methodology and Case Studies, with Rosalie T. Ruegg, et. al., Washington, D.C.: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Government Printing Office, "Supply Side Economics: Pro and Con", editor, Journal of Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 21,1982. Methodology for Economic Optimization of Solar Energy Systems, with Joel Levy, Washington, D.C.: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980.

6 "Universal Economic Optimization Paths for Solar Hot Water Systems in Commercial Buildings," Energy-The International Journal, Vol. 4. No. 3, "Economic Optimization of Solar energy and Energy Conservation Options in Commercial Buildings," Proceedings of the Systems Simulation and Economic Analysis for Solar Heating and Cooling Conference, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Government Printing Office, "R & D Decisions Under Alternative Regulatory Constraints," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, Papers Presented: "Tie-Ins as Efficient Means of Correcting Fiscal Discrimination: Dual Systems of Higher Education," Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, "Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transitional Employment Programs," Transition Intervention Institute Workshop, University of Illinois, "Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transitional Employment Programs," Transition Intervention Workshops, San Francisco, California and Phoenix, Arizona,1986. "Dynamic Effects of Tax Incentives for Innovative Energy Sources: The Case of Solar Energy," Energy Taxation Conference, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, "Higher Education Finance and the Student Access and Success," Georgia State University Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, "Micro Estimates of Energy-Capital Complementarity," American Economic Association Annual Conference, New York City, "Functional Separability and the Equivalence of Engineering and Economic Production Functions," Midsouth Economic Association Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, "The Dynamic Demand for Energy Flows and Stocks," Western Economic Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, "The Impact of Governmental Policies on the Substitution of Solar for Conventional Energy," Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., "Economic Feasibility of Solar Heating and Domestic Hot Water for Commercial Buildings," with Rosalie T. Ruegg, Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1979.

7 "Economic Optimization of Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Options," Systems Simulation and Economic Analysis Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, San Diego, California, "Fair Value vs. Original Cost Rate Base Valuation Methods in the Electric Power Industry," Western Economic Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, Federal Funded Research Reports: Baseline Projections for an Economic Analysis of a New Source Performance Standard for Residential Wood Combustion Units, Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Analytical Framework for Economic Impacts of Air Emission Controls for Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities, Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transitional Employment Programs", Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, prepared for the Transition Intervention Institute, University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Education. Analysis of Economic Impacts from New Source Performance Standard for Woodstoves, Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory Feasibility Analysis for the New Source Performance Standard for Woodstoves, Center for Economics Research, ResearchTriangle Institute, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Methodology for Estimating Load Management Program Participant Perceived Inconvenience Cost," Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, prepared for Southern California Edison, "Analysis of Economic Performance Data of the XYZ Corporation," Applied Economics Division, National Bureau of Standards, prepared for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., Natural Disasters: Empirical and Economic Considerations, Applied Economics Division, National Bureau of Standards, prepared for the Office of Federal Building Technology, 1974.

8 "Building Code Enforcement: Agencies and Officials," Applied Economics Division, National Bureau of Standards, prepared for the Office of Building Standards and Codes, U.S. Department of Commerce, Grants and Other Funded Research: General Education Economic Life (EC 200) on the World Wide Web: Multimedia Distance Learning, Wright State University, Multiculturalism in Economic Life: A Multimedia Learning Experience in EC 200, Wright State University, Efficiency in Higher Education: Does the Revenue Source Matter?, Wright State University, College of Business and Administration, Business and Economic Forecasts for Dayton and the Metropolitan Region, Wright State University, President's Club, Efficiency in Non-Profit Institutions: Evidence from the Higher Education Industry, Wright State University, College of Business and Administration, Public Policy Research Program in Economic and Social Development: Labor, Technology, and Public Finance Policy, Wright State University, College of Business and Administration, Changing Gender Roles, Race, and the Composition of Wealth and Income, Wright State University, President's Club, Effects of Changes in Family Finances, Assents, and Savings on Labor Supply: Comparisons Between Ohio and the U.S., Wright State University, College of Business and Administration. Minority Access and Success in Higher Education: An Economic Analysis of Equal Educational Opportunity, Wright State University, School of Graduate Studies, Profiles of Family Finances and Asset Holdings, Wright State University, College of Business and Administration, Economic Models of Solar Thermal Energy Systems, Solar Energy Research Institute (Colorado) and Rockwell International (California), Effects of Tax Incentives on the Dynamic Demand for Solar Energy, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Economic-Engineering Estimates of Energy Capital Complementarity,

9 School of Business, West Georgia College, Future Energy Options and hard Choices, National Endowment for the Humanities, United States Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Testimony: Electric Rate Structures, Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2, Docket No. STN , January Electric Demand Forecast, William B. McGuire Nuclear Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos and , March Electric Demand Forecast, Perkins Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos , , and , May Cost-Analysis of Heat Dissipation Systems, Indian Point Unit 2 Nuclear Plant, September Other Professional and Service Activities: American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Editorial Board Invited Journal Referee Applied Economics Journal of Productivity Analysis Economics of Education Review Review of Economics and Statistics The Energy Journal The American Economist The International Journal of Energy National Science Foundation, Reviewer Editor, Journal of Studies in the Social Sciences Member, Board of Directors, Coptic, Inc. (PC Graphics), Dayton, Ohio Member, SERTOMA, Beavercreek, Ohio Member, Fund Raising Committee, SERTOMA, Beavercreek, Ohio Director, Business Executive Round Table, Carrollton, Georgia, Treasurer, American Association of University Professors, West Georgia

10 College, Member, U.S. Congressional Task Force on U.S. Farm Export Strategies, serving Congressman Newt Gingrich, University Service: Faculty Senate and University Parliamentarian, 1999-present. College of Business Parliamentarian, present. University Senate, University Undergraduate and Academic Policy Committee, Chair, and 2000-present. Semester Curriculum Conversion Committee, Co-Chair,, 2009-present. Undergraduate Semester Curriculum Conversion Committee, Chair, 2009-present. College Curriculum Conversion Coordinators Committee, Co-Chair, present. Semester Transition Team Steering Committee, 2009-present. Exploratory Committee on the Transition from Quarters to Semesters, Undergraduate Curriculum, Exploratory Committee on the Transition from Quarters to Semesters, University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee, University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee, Co-Chair, University Faculty Search Committee, Coordinator of General Education, Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) Self-Study Committee, Student Learning and Effective Teaching, University Technology Committee, and (committee was eliminated in 2009). University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee, Co-Chair, University Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, University Faculty Senate, Budget Priority Committee, University General Education Implementation Committee,

11 University Classroom Improvement Committee, Chair, University Committee on the Center for Teaching and Learning, Media Services, and Television Center Committee, University Committee on Business Process Improvement, University Campus Wide Information System Committee, , University Committee for the Office of Multicultural and Gender Affairs, University Ad Hoc Committee for the Study of Conversion from Quarters to Semesters, University Classroom Technology Committee, University Committee on Pluralism in American Society in General Education, , University General Education Task Force Committee, University Writing Across the Curriculum Oversight Committee, , , University General Education Oversight and Assessment Committee, , , University Honors Committee, University General Education Committee, University Economics Graduate Studies Committee, University Campus Civility Committee, University International Studies Program Committee, Economics Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1987-present. College Salary Inequity Appeals Committee, 1997, , College Research Committee, University General Education Council, Beta Gamma Sigma Nominating Committee,

12 Over the years, many other program, self-study, and accreditation committees including the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Southern Association of Colleges. Over the years, many other faculty and staff search committees, including seven tenure track faculty, four staff, four non-tenure track instructor searches, and a chair search. Recently, the search for two tenure track economics faculty members and an economics department chair search committee, and Created and maintained university websites, including: Semester Curriculum Transition (current), Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy (current), General Education Program (current), Writing Across the Curriculum Program (current), Undergraduate Program Review (current), Service Learning (current), Multicultural Competency (current), Bolinga Center, Women s Soccer, WSU Board of Trustees. Membership in Professional Organizations Over the Years International Atlantic Economic Society National Tax Association American Economic Association Southern Economic Association Western Economic Association Public Choice Society Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists Miami Valley Business Economists Association Awards Journal Editorial Boards Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service, 2012 Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Economics, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 Outstanding Service Award, Raj Soin College of Business, 2011 U.S. Department of Commerce Communications Award, 1979 Outstanding Young Educator Award, 1981 International Journal of Education Economics and Development Advances in Management and Applied Economics American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

13 Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics, and Information Technology Journal of Business Management and Applied Economics References: Available upon request