UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
RALPH J. BROWN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA RALPH J. BROWN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS |
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School of Business University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark St. Vermillion, SD 57069 Telephone: 605-624-9500 Fax: 605-677-5427 Arts & Sciences Economics Home Business School Economics Home Email: rbrown@usd.edu Business Home Page: RalphBrownPhD.com
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2. Courses Taught
Spring 2007
Law 862 Damages: Forensic Economics
Econ 490 Seminar in Political Economy
Spring 2006
Econ. 202 Macroeconomics PowerPoint 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Spreadsheet 1 2 Maddison Data
World Maddison Data
Econ 421 Econometrics
Econ. 410 Economic Growth and Development
3. Recent Papers & Presentations (partial list)
Power Point Presentation on Retail Trade Pull Factors by Bethany Sorensen
Governor's Council of Economic Advisors Meeting, Pierre, 2/5/08
Minimum Wage Presentation, Presentation to the House State Affairs Committee, Pierre, 2/2/06.
Wal-Mart & Globalization, Presentation at International Economic Forum, University of South Dakota, Farber Hall, 1/25/06.
Governor's Council of Economic Advisors Meeting, Pierre, 10/25/05
"A Tale of Two Cities: Sioux Falls and Sioux City," Presentation at the Vermillion Rotary Club, October 18, 2005 and Sioux Empire Housing Partnership, October 20, 2005.
"An Econometric Analysis of the Forward Sioux Falls Program," Prepared for Forward Sioux Falls, July 2005.
Presentation on the Sensitivity of Non-Resident Enrollment to Non-Resident Tuition Rates in South Dakota, July 2005.
"The Great Depression in South Dakota," Presentation at the South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre, SD, 4/9/05.
Governor's Council of Economic Advisors Meeting, Pierre, 2/17/05
"A Tale of Two Cities: Sioux Falls and Sioux City," South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LXIII, No. II, December, 2004.
With Randall Stuefen, "An Analysis of the Tourism Industry in South Dakota," Prepared for South Dakota Department of Tourism, October 2004.
Cuba After Castro, Presentation at International Economic Forum, University of South Dakota, 11/17/04.
CEO Business Roundtable of South Dakota Presentation, Sioux Falls, 10/7/04
OPEC vs Ethanol, Presentation at International Economic Forum, University of South Dakota, Farber Hall, 4/28/04.
"Economic Cataclysm: South Dakota and the Great Depression," Presentation at Dakota History Conference, Augustana College, 4/24/04.
The Outsourcing Debate, Presentation at International Economic Forum, University of South Dakota, 4/17/04.
"Economic Trends on American Indian Reservations in South Dakota," South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LXI, No. 4, June 2003.
"A Primer on the South Dakota Economy: Are We a Poor State?" USD Faculty Forum, Sponsored by USD School of Business and the Office of Research and Graduate Education. 02/04/03. PowerPoint Presentation.
"Is South Dakota a Poor State?" South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LXI, No. 1, September 2002.
Six Facts About the SD Economy. PowerPoint Presentation 9/02. More facts coming
South Dakota and the Recession. PowerPoint Presentation to South Department of Revenue, Pierre, 5/02/02
A Latin American Odyssey : Argentina and Chile PowerPoint Program
"Federal Balance of Payments by State," South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LX, No. 2, December, 2001.
"The Cyclical Sensitivity of the South Dakota Economy: Revisited," South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LIX, No. 3, March, 2001.
"Do Right-to-Work Laws Reduce Union Membership?" Paper Presented at the Missouri Valley Economics Association, February 2001. Currently being prepared for journal submission.
The Myth of Energy Independence an Essay, November, 2000 (PDF File)
"South Dakota Rankings on Wages, Personal Income, and Gross State Product," South Dakota Business Review, Vol. LIX, No. 1, September, 2000 (PDF File)
The Political Economy of Ethanol MVEA 2000 Paper (PDF File)
A Simple Method of Determining the Economic Importance of Variables in Multiple Regression Analysis MVEA 2000 Paper (PDF File)
The South Dakota Wage Study: State Differences in Average Annual Pay (May 2000 SD Business Review)
Measures of Geographical Differences in the Cost of Living prepared for the Governor's Wage Study Task Force 1999 (PDF File)
Note on Industry and Occupation Mix prepared for the Governor's Wage Study Task Force 1999 (PDF File)
An Analysis of South Dakota Elementary and Secondary Teacher's Salaries prepared for the Governor's Wage Study Task Force 1999 (PDF File)
What Are the Facts About South Dakota Wages? prepared for the Governor's Wage Study Task Force 1999 (PDF File)
Helping Experts in Personal Injury and Death Cases: What Legal Assistants Should Know (November 1998 FACTS & FINDINGS: The Journal for Legal Assistants) not available on site
Saving Rates by Estimates for Single Persons by Income, Age, and Gender (Fall 1998 Journal of Legal Economics) not available on site
"Out-of-State Tuition Rates and Enrollment Patterns," (June 1998 SD Business Review)
"Whither Manufacturing?" (December 1996 SD Business Review)
4. Useful Links
Really Neat -- World Income Distribution
Human Development in Animation
Back to School Poster (You have to see this)
Economic Resources for Economists (very good)
Briefing Rooms
White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room
White House Social Statistics Briefing Room
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