CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHN ROUFAGALAS
PERSONAL DATA
Office Address Home Address
Department
of Economics 1161
Arrington Rd.
Ph. (540) 831-5892/5100
Fax (540) 831-6209
e-mail:
jroufaga@radford.edu
PERSONAL
CITIZENSHIP: Greek
MARITAL STATUS: Married, no children
DATE OF BIRTH:
EDUCATION
Ph.D.- Economics, August 1986
M.A. - Economics, June 1981
B.A.-
Economics, October 1978
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
Monetary Economics, Applied
Microeconomics, Economics of Uncertainty, Information
Systems Applications in Economics.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Title: Interrelated Demand and
Supply in the Markets for New and Used
Durable Goods.
Committee: Edward Zabel (Chairman), Stephen Cosslett, William Bomberger.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997 to present: Professor
of Economics,
1994 to 2000: Graduate
Program Coordinator, Dept. of Economics,
1991 to 1997: Associate
Professor of Economics,
1985 to 1991: Assistant
Professor of Economics,
1983 to 1985: Research and
Teaching Assistant,
1978 to 1979: Research
Assistant, Center of Planning and Economic Research,
TEACHING INTERESTS
Money and Banking, Economic Theory (Micro-Macro), Econometrics, Managerial Economics, Information Systems Applications in Economics.
RESEARCH FIELDS
Monetary and Financial Economics, Economics of Uncertainty,
Applied Microeconomics
PUBLICATIONS
"Self-Selection and the
Effects of Poison Put/Call Covenants on the Reoffering
Yields of Corporate
Bonds" (with Khalil Torabzadeh
and Criss G.
Woodruff), International Review of Economics and Finance Vol
9, No 2, 2000,
pp. 139-156.
“Third Degree
Price Discrimination: A Profitable Arbitrage Case,” (with J.
Marchand and M. Rigdon), The American
Economist, Fall 2000, pp 92-93.
“Adaptive Aspirations and Cognitive Individual Well-Being:
Some Implications,” (with Mohammed Ansari), Managerial Finance, 25(3/4), 1999, pp
53-65.
“Service-Production Under Uncertainty," Ekonomia 2, Summer 1998, pp. 90-
105.
“Search and Uncertainty:
Determinants of the Degree of Underpricing of Initial
Public Offerings," (with J. Marchand), Journal
of Economics and Finance, Spring
1996, pp. 47-64.
“Tracking Potential Honors
Students: Some Further Results," The
National Honors Report XV, Winter 1994, 20-27.
“Honors Classes and Student
Performance: A Quantitative Analysis" Forum
for
Honors
XXII, Fall/Winter 1994, 13-21.
“Price Rigidity: Could It Be
a Demand Phenomenon?," Managerial and Decision Economics
15, January-February 1994, 87-94.
“Tracking Potential Honors
Students," The National Honors
Report XIV, Spring 1993, 25-31.
“Optimal Portfolio Strategies
and the Demand for Durable Goods'' Atlantic
Economic Journal XIX,, March 1991, 15-21.
“Optimization Behavior and
the Flat Maximum Principle," (with Nozar Hashemzadeh), Managerial
and Decision Economics 11, February 1990, 53-55.
PROCEEDINGS AND
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
“Profitable Price Discimination With
Arbitrage," (with J. Marchand),
Southwestern Economic Proceedings, Vol 21, No 2, 1994, 126-129.
The Anatomy of Recession," Wall Street
Winners, Vol 7, No 11,
"The Slope of the Yield Curve," Wall
Street Winners, Vol 8, No 2,
"Corporate Organization Complexities," Wall
Street Winners, Vol 8, No 5,
"A New Noise," Wall Street Winners,
Vol 8, No 10, Oct. 16, 2002, p.8.
"Corporate Debt Issues," Wall Street
Winners, Vol 9, No 12, Dec. 17, 2003, p.8.
WORKING
PAPERS
“Durable
Goods Monopolists and Second Hand Markets: A Disequilibrium Analysis,"
Discussion Paper,
“Inventories and Layoffs Under Demand Uncertainty," Discussion
Paper,
“Real Growth
and Inflation: Some International Comparisons," Discussion Paper,
“Price
Discrimination Under Slippage: Is It Welfare Enhancing?" (with J.R. Marchand) Discussion
Paper,
“A
Monopolistic Competition Macromodel With Inventories," Discussion Paper,
“Federal
Deposit Insurance Crisis: A Proposal for Institutional Change," Discussion
Paper,
“Are Observed
Inflation Rates Excessive? The Tobin and Anti-Tobin Effects at Work,"
Discussion Paper,
“The
Determinants of Output Growth in Industrial Countries," Discussion Paper,
“Dynamic Market Making With Two Competing Dealers," Discussion
Paper,
“Who Takes
Honors Courses? A Statistical Analysis," Discussion Paper,
“Self-Selection
and the Effects of Poison Put/Call Covenants on the Reoffering Yields of
Corporate Bonds," (with K. Torabzadeh)
Discussion Paper,
“Purchasing Power Parity within
“NAFTA: Trade
Creation or Trade Diversion?” (with Ashley Anderson),
Discussion Paper,
“IPOS and
Takeovers” Discussion Paper,
“Costs of
Recession in the Context of an Endogenous Growth Model,” (with Alex Orlov), Discussion Paper,
“HRM Systems
Architecture and Firm Performance: Evidence from SMEs in a Developing Country,”
(with P. Kasturi and A. Orlov,
Discussion Paper,
“HRM
Philosophy and Firm Productivity: Evidence from SMEs in
PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
“Price
Uncertainty and Commodity Inventories," presented at the Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance meetings in
“Pricing and
Employment Decisions Under Uncertainty by a Services--Producing Monopoly," presented at the
Eastern Economic Association meetings in
“Government
Revenue Maximization and the Rate of Inflation," presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings in
“Durable
Goods Monopolists and Second Hand Markets: A Disequilibrium Analysis,"
presented at the Western Economic Association meetings in
“Real Growth
and Inflation: Some International Comparisons," presented at the Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance meetings in
“Federal
Deposit Insurance Crisis: A Proposal for Institutional Change," presented
at the Eastern Economic Association meetings in
“Search and
Uncertainty: Explanations of Initial Public Offering Anomalies," (with J.R. Marchand) presented in the Southern Economic Association
meetings in
“The Role of Inventories in a Macro Model of Monopolistic Competition,"
presented in the Southern Economic
Association meetings in
“Higher
Investment Tax Credits and Firm Behavior in the 1980's," (with
“Price
Discrimination Under Slippage: Is It Welfare Enhancing?" (with J.R. Marchand) presented in
the Canadian Economic Association meetings in
“Forming a Long Range Plan for your Honors Program," (with Pegeen Albig and Earl Brown)
presented in the National Collegiate Honors Council meetings in
“A Demand and Supply Approach to the Hedonic Price for Research,
Teaching and
Amenities for Academic Economists,'' (with P. Graves and J. Marchand)
presented in the Southern Economic Association meetings in
“Price Rigidity: Could It Be a Demand Phenomenon?," presented in
the Eastern Economic Association meetings in
“Who Takes Honors Courses? A Statistical Analysis," presented in
the Southern Regional Honors Council
meetings in
“Market Making With Two Competing Dealers," presented in the
Southern Economic Association meetings in
“Tracking Potential Honors Students: Some Further Results," present
ed in the Southern Regional Honors Council meetings in
“Predicting
Student Performance in Honors Classes," presented in the Southern Regional
Honors Council meetings in
“Optimal
Inventory Policy Under 'Batch' Production," presented in the Southern
Economic Association meetings in
“Purchasing
Power Parity within
“Self-Selection
and the Effects of Poison Put/Call Covenants on the Reoffering Yields of
Corporate Bonds,” (with Khalil Torabzadeh)
presented in the FMA meetings in
“NAFTA: Trade Creation or Trade Diversion?” (with Ashley Anderson) presented in the Eastern Economic Association meetings in Crystal City, VA (March 2000).
“IPOs and Takeovers” presented at the
“Costs
of Recession in the Context of an Endogenous Growth Model” presented at the
Also
presented at the Southern Economics Association meetings in
“HRM Philosophy and Firm Productivity: Evidence from SMEs in
GRANTS
“The Effects of Poison
Put/Call Provisions on the Yields of New Corporate Bonds," (with Kh. Torabzadeh), received the
1991
“Teaching Portfolios At Radford University" (May 1994), funded by the Center
for Teaching Excellence,
“Integration of
System Program Writing into the Economics Curriculum" (with M. Hayes)
(November 1995), funded by the Office of Academic Enrichment,
“Initial Public Offerings and
Takeover Activity,” received the 1998
“Aggregate Price Rigidity as
a Result of Firm Exit” received the 2004
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Costs of Recession in
Growth Models
Initial Public
Offerings and Takeover Activity.
Optimal Inventory Policies
under “Batch” production.
Price Rigidity.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Computer
Programming: 20 credits in Computer Science
Programming Languages: Ada95, Java
Operating Systems: Unix, Windows
Software: Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, Access)
Lindo Solver Suite
(a linear programming program)
Exsys
Pro (an Expert Systems program)
NeuroSolutions
(a neural networks program)
SAS (a
statistical analysis package)
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
Contributing Editor: Wall Street Winners
(an investment advise newsletter)
Referee: American Economic Review, Managerial
and Decision Economics,
Journal of Economics and Finance,
International Journal of Economics
and
Business.
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