College of Behavioral and Social Science: Economics Department

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College of Behavioral and Social Science

Economics

Phone: 530-898-6141

Ronald Adams

Professor, Economics
PhD, Kansas State
Urban and Regional Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Statistics, Econometrics

Phone: 530-898-5206
Email: RAdams@csuchico.edu

Cathleen Coolidge

Associate Professor, Economics
PhD, Virginia Tech
Public Sector Economics

Phone: 530-898-5759
Email: CCoolidge@csuchico.edu

John Eckalbar

Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Colorado
Technology in Housing, Money and Credit, Theory of Money

Phone: 530-898-5244
Email: JEckalbar@csuchico.edu

David Gallo

Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Oregon
California Energy Shortage, Monetary Theory, Energy Economics

Phone: 530-898-5232
Email: DEGallo@csuchico.edu

Robert James

Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Orego
International Economics, U.S. Trade Deficits Macroeconomic Policy

Phone: 530-898-5026
Email: RJames@csuchico.edu

Michael Perelman

Professor, Economics PhD, UC Berkeley Market Economies, Marxist Economics, Investment Theory and Planning, Inefficiency of American Agricultural Technology, Small Farm Economics, Overvalued Stocks, the Instability of Market Economies, Marxist Economics, Intellectual Property, Economic History.

  • Book: The End of Economics
  • Book: Railroading Economics: The Creation of the Free Market Mythology (NY: Monthly Review Press)
  • Book: Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in a Corporate Society (London: Pluto, 2005)
  • Book: The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and Nature (NY: Palgrave, 2003)
  • Book: Steal this Idea: Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity (NY: Palgrave, 2002)
  • Book: The Pathology of the U.S. Economy Revisited: The Intractable Contradictions of Economic Policy (NY: Palgrave, 2001)
  • Book: Transcending the Economy: On the Potential of Passionate Labor and the Wastes of the Market (NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000)
  • Book: The Invention of Capitalism: The Secret History of Primitive Accumulation (Durham: Duke University Press, 2000)
  • Book: The Natural Instability of Markets: Expectations, Increasing Returns and the Collapse of Markets (NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999)
Phone: 530-898-5321
Email: MPerelman@csuchico.edu

Ruben Sargsyan

Assistant Professor, Economics
PhD, Kansas State
Macroeconomics, International Economics, Money and Banking

Phone: 530-898-4777
Email: RSargsyan@csuchico.edu

Frederica Shockley

Professor, Economics
PhD, Georgia State
Tax Theory (Who Really Pays for Government), Proposition 13, Public Finance, Job Creation in the Local Economy, Economic Impact, Input-Output Analysis, Development Impact Fees, Cost of Annexation, Revenue Forecasts for Local Government

Phone: 530-898-6141
Email: FShockley@csuchico.edu

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