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Contracting and Organizations Research Institute
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Associate Professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, 2005 to present.
Director, Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, 2000 to present.
Faculty Research Fellow, McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2006 to present.
Assistant Professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, 1998-2005.
Associate Director, Center for Research on Contracts and the Structure of Enterprise, University of Pittsburgh, 1995-98.
Faculty Research Associate and Lecturer in Business Administration, Jospeh M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 1995-98.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1994
Lecturer, 1991-93
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University College, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1994
Instructor, 1992-93
Ph.D., Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1994. Major field: industrial organization. Dissertation title: "Real Effects of Futures Markets on Firm and Industry Behavior: A Study of Institutions and Contracting in the Crude Oil Industry." Dissertation committee: Arthur T. Denzau (chair), Lee Benham, Bruce C. Petersen.
M.A., Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1990
B.S. (Honors), Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1989.
Co-Editor, New Institutional Economics Abstracting Journal, Social Science Research Network, 2005 to present.
Advisor, Graduate Student Section, American Agricultural Economics Association 2004 to present.
Web Editor, International Society for New Institutional Economics, 1996 to present.
"Entrepreneurial and Organizational Responses to Biotechnology Innovation," Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance, 2006
“Contracting Resources for Angel Investors,” Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2005-08
"Advancing Academic Research on Entrepreneurship" (co-investigator with Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Research Group, University of Missouri), Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2005-07
"Contracting and Organizations Research Institute" (co-investigator), Unrestricted Gifts, Coase Foundation, 2002, 2003 and 2004
“Designing Food Supply Chains to Enhance Public Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology,” Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance, 2001-02
Faculty International Travel Grant, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000
Research Council Grant, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000
Economics of organization and contracting, corporate governance, law and economics, political economy, industrial economics, corporate stragtegy, entrepreneurship, innovation.
[1] The Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics. Introduced and edited by Peter G. Klein and Michael E. Sykuta. Under cotract with Edward Elgar Publishing. Expected publication 2008.
[18] “New Institutional Econometrics: The Case of Contracting and Organizations Research” in E. Brousseau and J.M. Glachant (eds.), New Institutional Economics: A Textbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming
[17] “Farmer Trust in Producer- and Investor-Owned Firms: Evidence from Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers” (with Harvey S. James, Jr.), Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(1) January 2006
[16] “Property Right and Organizational Characteristics of Producer-Owned Firms and Organizational Trust” (with Harvey S. James, Jr.), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 76(4) December 2005
[15] "Market Integration: Case Studies of Structural Change" (with Jason V. Franklin, Joe Parcell, and Chris Fulcher), Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 34(2) October 2005
[14] “Agricultural Organization in an Era of Traceability,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 37(2) August 2005
[13] “Politics, Economics, and the Regulation of Direct Interstate Shipping in the Wine Industry” (with Gina M. Riekhof), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(2) May 2005
[12] “Who’s Monitoring the Monitor? Do Outside Directors Protect Shareholders’ Interests?” (with Eric Helland), Financial Review, 40(2) May 2005
[11] “Undergraduate Perceptions of the Need for an Agricultural Entrepreneurship Curriculum” (with Joe Parcell), North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, 49(1) March 2005.
[10] “Organizational Economics Research in the U.S. Agricultural Sector and the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute” (with Harvey S. James, Jr.), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3) August 2004
[9] “Regulation and the Evolution of Corporate Boards: Monitoring, Advising or Window Dressing?” (with Eric Helland), Journal of Law and Economics, 47(1) April 2004
[8] “Contract Structure and Design in Identity Preserved Soybean Production” (with Joe Parcell), Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(2) Fall/Winter2003
[7] “Financial Performance of Large Food Retailers” (with Bruce Bjornson), Agribusiness: An International Journal, 18(3) Summer 2002
[6] “A New Institutional Economics Approach to Contracts and Cooperatives” (with Michael L. Cook), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(5) December 2001
[5] "Putting Theories of the Firm in Their Place: A supplemental digest of the New Institutional Economics" (with Fabio Chaddad), Journal of Cooperatives, 14 1999
[4] “Antitrust and Franchise Relocation in Professional Sports: An Economic Analysis of the Raiders Case” (with Kenneth Lehn), The Antitrust Bulletin, 42(3) Fall 1997
[3] "Futures trading and supply contracting in the oil refining industry,” Journal of Corporate Finance, 2(4) July 1996
[2] "Lending Discrimination: A Reply to Goldstein and Squires" (with Charles Leven), Urban Affairs Review, 30(4) March 1995
[1] "The Importance of Race in Mortgage Lending Decisions" (with Charles Leven), Urban Affairs Quarterly, 29(3) March 1994
"Markets, Contracts, or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion, and Evolution of Organizational Form" (with Harvey S. James, Jr., and Peter G. Klein).
"Who Discloses Contracts, and Why? An Analysis of Contracts Contained in Corporate Filings" (with Peter G. Klein).
“Innovation Dynamics and Optimal Licensing Strategies in the Agro-biotechnology Industry” (with Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and David Catherine)
At the University of Missouri
Economics of Transactions and Contracting (M.S./Ph.D. level)
Economics of Institutions and Organizations (Ph.D. level)
Economics of the Agribusiness Firm (Ph.D. level)
Economics of Agribusiness Markets (Ph.D. level)
Agribusiness Management Strategy
Senior Seminar
Introduction to Agribusiness
At the University of Pittsburgh
Economics of Managerial Decision Making (MBA level)
Economics of Contracting (MBA level)
Corporate Finance (MBA level)
Managerial Economics
At the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Antritrust Economics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
At Washington University
Business, Government and the Public
Introduction to Political Economy - Microeconomics