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Donald Vandegrift
Chair of Economics
Phone: (609) 771-2294
Email: vandedon@tcnj.edu
Office: Business Building 218
Webpage: http://vandegrift.intrasun.tcnj.edu/ *
Ph. D. University of Connecticut
Research Interests:
- Economics of the firm
- Economics and law
- Behavioral economics
- Microeconomic policy issues
Faculty Advisor to the Economics Club
Refereed Publications:
"Open Space, House Prices, and the Tax Base," Annals of Regional Science, (2009, in press). (co-author: Michael Lahr)
"An Experimental Test of Sabotage in Tournaments," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, (2009, in press). (co-author: Abdullah Yavas)
"Men, Women, and Competition: An Experimental Test of Behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2009, in press). (co-author: Abdullah Yavas)
"The Effect of Size, Age, Beta, and Disclosure Requirements on Hedge Fund Performance," Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds, 15, 241-251 (2009). (co-author: Dvir Frumkin)
"Incentive Effects and Overcrowding in Tournaments: An Experimental Analysis," Experimental Economics,10, 345-368 (2007). (co-authors: Abdullah Yavas and Paul M. Brown)
"Prescription Drug Expenditures in the U.S.: The Effect of Obesity, Demographics, and New Pharmaceutical Products," Southern Economic Journal, 73, 515-529 (2006). (co-author: Anusua Datta)
"Gender Differences in the Use of High-Variance Strategies in Tournament Competition" Journal of Socio-Economics, 34, 834-849 (2005). (co-author: Paul M. Brown)
"Obesity Rates, Income, and Suburban Sprawl: An Analysis of U.S. States" Health & Place, 10, 221-229 (2004). (co-author: Tommer Yoked) (Health & Place is a public health journal.)
"Task Difficulty, Incentive Effects, and the Selection of High-Variance Strategies: An Experimental Examination of Tournament Behavior" Labour Economics, 10, 481-497 (2003). (co-author: Paul M. Brown)
"The Economic Effects of New Jersey’s Self-Service Operations Ban on Retail Gasoline Markets," Journal of Consumer Policy, 24, 63-81 (2001). (co-author: Joseph Bisti)
"Quality-Assuring Price and Breach of Express or Implied Warranty," Contemporary Economic Policy, 19, 186-196 (2001).
"Income, Population Density, and Residential Energy Use: An Analysis of U.S. States," The Journal of Energy and Development, 25, 37-45 (1999). (co-author: Vincent DiCaro)
"Asset Specificity, Long-term Contracts, and the Good Faith Requirement," Eastern Economic Journal, 24, 475-493 (1998).
"Decision Costs, Contract Excuse, and the Westinghouse Commercial Impracticability Case," European Journal of Law and Economics, 4, 41-54 (1997).
Reviews:
Review of Product Standards for Internationally Integrated Goods Markets by Alan O. Sykes in Comparative Economic Studies, 38, 143-146 (1997).
Review of Simple Rules for a Complex World by Richard Epstein in Managerial and Decision Economics, 17, 111-112 (1996).
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