VITA
PERSONAL
Name David N. Laband
Date of Birth 31 July 1956
Birthplace: Newport News, VA
Citizenship American
Marital Status Married; Two Children
ADDRESS
Permanent/Present 2233 Johns Circle
Auburn, AL 36830
(334) 844-1074 office
(334) 844-1084 fax
EMPLOYMENT
August 2012 - - Professor and Chair, School of Economics,
Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2011 - - Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn July 2012 University
March 2000 - - Professor, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences,
August 2011 Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
August 1994 - Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn
March 2000 University, Dept. Head, August 1994 - July 1999.
August 1992 - Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of
July 1994 Economics and Finance, Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD 21801
August 1986 - Associate Professor, Department of Economics
August 1992 Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631
Sept. 1982 ‑ Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
July 1986 University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Nov. 1981 ‑ Assistant Professor and Visiting Fellow
July 1982 Center for Study of Public Choice
Virginia Tech
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australia National University,
Canberra, ACT, Australia - June/July 1996.
EDUCATION
Department of Economics Doctor of Philosophy – Economics, August 1981
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Master of Arts – Economics, December, 1980
and State University Bachelor of Arts ‑ Economics (Honors), March, 1978
Blacksburg, VA 24061
HONORS AND AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa 1978; Auburn University’s Gamma Chapter President, 2001-02.
Earhart Fellow (1980‑81)
Harold E. Chastain Award for Service to Teaching, SFWS, 2003
SGA Outstanding Teacher Award, SFWS, 2003, 2004
Forestry Teacher of the Year, 2003-2005
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Political Economy, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Applied Price Theory,
Law & Economics, Natural Resources Economics
REFEREED ARTICLES
“On the Use and Abuse of Economics Journal Rankings,” Economic Journal, 2013, forthcoming.
“The Neglected Stepchildren of Forest-Based Ecosystem Services: Cultural, Spiritual, and Aesthetic Values,” Forest Policy and Economics, 2013, forthcoming.
“The Toomer’s Oaks Tragedy and the Importance of Cultural Environmental Services: A Technical Note,” with W.C. Morse, A.H. Chappelka, and S.A. Enebak, Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 2012, 36(4): 220-222.
“Who are the Giants in whose Footsteps we follow?” with S. Majumdar, Kyklos, 2012, 65(32): 236-244.
“Party Polarization: Congressional Divergence on Environmental Policy from 1970-2008,” with S.M. Tanger and P. Zeng, Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 2011, 3(2): 183-202.
“Macroeconomic Conditions in the U.S. and Congressional Voting on Environmental Policy: 1970-2008,” with S.M. Tanger, P. Zeng, and W.C. Morse, Ecological Economics, 2011, 70(6): 1109-1120.
“Energy Savings From Tree Shade,” with R. Pandit, Ecological Economics, 2010, 69(6): 1324-1329.
“A Hedonic Analysis of the Impact of Tree Shade on Summertime Residential Energy Consumption,” with R. Pandit, Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 2010, 36(2): 73-80.
“The Impact of Intercollegiate Athletics on Employment in the Restaurant and Accommodations Industries,” with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, 10(4): 351-368.
“Patriotism, Pigskins, and Politics: An Empirical Examination of Expressive Behavior and Voting,” with R. Pandit, A.M. Laband, and J.P. Sophocleus, Public Choice, 138(1), 2009: 97-108.
“Motivations and Land-Use Intentions of NIPF Landowners: Comparing Inheritors to Non-inheritors,” with I. Majumdar and L.D. Teeter, Forest Science, 2009, 55(5):423-32.
"Economic Well-Being, the Distribution of Income and Species Imperilment," with R. Pandit, Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009, 18(12): 3219-3233.
"An Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Tree Shade on Electricity Consumption," with J.P. Sophocleus, Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, 2009, 35(4): 197-202.
“An Empirical Analysis of Bill Co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007, with S.M. Tanger, Forest Policy and Economics, 2009, 11(4): 260-265.
"Factors that Influence Sales of Wildlife-Related Specialty License Plates" with R. Pandit and J.P. Sophocleus, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2009, 14(1): 61-70.
“Individual Species-State Analysis of NatureServe's 'At-Risk' Categories: Hunting and Fishing's Role,” with M. Nieswiadomy, Contemporary Economic Policy, 2009, 27(3): 390-401.
“Economic Freedom, Corruption, and Species Imperilment: A Cross-Country Analysis,” with R. Pandit, Society and Natural Resources, 2009, 22(9): 805-823.
“Pigskins and Politics: Linking Expressive Behavior to Voting,” with R. Pandit, A.M. Laband, and J.P. Sophocleus, Journal of Sports Economics, 9, 2008: 553-560.
“Attitudes About Children Learning to Hunt: Implications for Game Management,” with S.M. Tanger, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2008, 13(4): 298.
“The Impact of Forest Service Litigation Success on Administrative Appeals of Proposed Fuels Reduction Actions,” with A. Hussain and A. Gonzalez-Caban, Forest Policy and Economics, 2008, 10(7-8): 444-449.
“Threatened Species and the Spatial Concentration of Humans,” with R. Pandit, Biodiversity and Conservation, 2007, 16: 235-244.
“Applicability of Research Findings to Local Conservation Policy” with R. Brown, Conservation Biology, 2007, 21(2): 549-551.
“General and Specific Spatial Autocorrelation: Insights from Country-Level Analysis of Species Imperilment,” with R. Pandit, Ecological Economics, 2007, 61(1): 75-80.
“Spatial Autocorrelation in Country-Level Models of Species Imperilment,” with R. Pandit, Ecological Economics, 2006, 60(3): 526-532.
“Factors that Influence Administrative Appeals of Proposed USDA Forest Service Fuels Reduction Actions,” with A. Gonzelez-Caban and A. Hussain, Forest Science, 2006, 52(5): 477-88.
"Citations, Publications, and Perceptions-Based Rankings of the Research Impact of North American Forestry Programs,” With D. Zhang, Journal of Forestry, 2006, 104 (5): 254-261.
“Species Imperilment and Spatial Development Patterns in the U.S.” with R. Brown, Conservation Biology, 2006, 20(1), February: 239-44.
“Factors Affecting Species’ Risk of Extinction: An Empirical Analysis of ESA and NatureServe Listings,” with M. Nieswiadomy, Contemporary Economic Policy, 2006, 24(1): 160-71.
“Alphabetized Coauthorship,” with R.D. Tollison, Applied Economics, 38, 2006: 1649-53.
“Higher Education Costs and the Production of Extension,” with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 37(1), April 2005: 229-36.
“Author Order and Research Quality,” with K. Joseph and V. Patil, Southern Economic Journal, 71(3), January 2005: 545-55.
“Price Premiums in the Mist,” with R.C. Anderson, E.N. Hansen, and C.D. Knowles, Forest Products Journal, 2005, 55(6), June: 19-22.
“The Tragedy of the Political Commons: Evidence From U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes on Environmental Legislation,” with A. Hussain, Public Choice, 2005, 124: 353-64.
“From Senators to the President: Solve the Lumber Problem or Else,” with D. Zhang, Public Choice, 2005, 123(3-4): 393-410.
“A Public Choice Analysis of Endangered Species Listings,” with R.P. Rawls, Public Choice, 2004, 121(3-4), October: 263-77.
“Which Universities Should Provide Extension Services?” with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Extension (electronic), 2004, 42(2), April.
“The Quality Assurance Role of Seller Financing: Evidence From Second Mortgages,” Journal of Housing Economics, with D. Tirtiroglu, 13(September) 2004: 208-25.
“Dry Holes in Economic Research: Reply,” with R.D. Tollison, Kyklos, 57(4), 2004:
627-28.
“Do Costs Differ Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Producers of Private Higher Education?” with B.F. Lentz, Research in Higher Education, 45(4), June 2004: 429-41.
“Technology Transfer in an Academic Setting: Finding the Needle,” Interfaces, November/December 2003: 107-07.
“Good Colleagues,” with R.D. Tollison, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 52(4), December 2003: 505-12.
“Monarchy, Monopoly, and Mercantilism: Brazil versus the United States in the 1800s,” with F.C. Zanella and R.B. Ekelund, Public Choice, 116: 2003: 381-98.
“The Pricing of Economics Books,” with J.R. Hudson, Journal of Economic Education, 34(4), Fall 2003: 360-68..
“New Estimates of Economies of Scale and Scope in Higher Education,” with B.F. Lentz, Southern Economic Journal, 70(1), July 2003: 172-83.
“Dry Holes in Economic Research,” with R.D. Tollison, Kyklos, Vol. 56, 2003: 161-74.
“The Academic Performance of Transfer versus ‘Native’ Students in a Wildlife Bachelor of Science Program,” with S.S. Ditchkoff and K. Hanby, Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2003, 31:1021-1026.
“Grading Transfer versus Continuing Students in Undergraduate Forestry: Who Will Excel?” with R.K. Hanby, Journal of Forestry, 2003, 101(7), October/November: 35-39.
“Plunder and Wonder,” Journal of Forestry, 2003, 101(5), July/August: 60.
“Contribution, Attribution, and the Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights: Economics versus Agricultural Economics,” Labour Economics, Vol. 9, 2002: 125-31.
“Quality Control in Economics,” with R.D. Tollison and G. Karahan, Kyklos, Vol. 55, 2002: 315-34.
“On ‘Home Grown-ness’ in Politics: Evidence from the 1998 election for Alabama’s Third Congressional District,” with S. Kjar, Public Choice, Vol. 112, 2002: 143-50.
“Expressiveness and Voting,” with C. Copeland, Public Choice, Vol. 110, 2002: 351-63.
“Castle Economics,” European Journal of Economic History, Vol. 30, no. 2, Fall 2001: 393-96.
“The Impact of Unfunded Environmental Mandates When Environmental Quality and Timber are Produced Jointly,” European Journal of Law and Economics, 2000, 10(3), November: 199-216.
"Rebates, Inventories, and Intertemporal Price Discrimination," with R. Ault, T.R. Beard and R. Saba, Economic Inquiry, 38(4), October 2000: 570-78.
“Regulation, Market Power, and Labor Earnings,” with S. Crofton and J. Long, Journal of Labor Research, 21(4), Fall 2000: 669-75.
“Intellectual Collaboration,” with R.D. Tollison, Journal of Political Economy, 108(3), June 2000: 632-62.
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“On Secondhandism and Scientific Appraisal,” with R.D. Tollison, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 3(1), Spring 2000: 43-48.
"Perceived Conduct and Professional Ethics Among College Economics Faculty," with M.J. Piette, The American Economist, 44(1), Spring 2000: 24-33.
"Within-Group Homogeneity and Exit in Religious Clubs," with J.P. Isaacs, Applied Economics Letters, 6(12), December 1999: 805-07.
"The Effect of Being Mentored on Pay and Promotion: Evidence From Panel Data for the Legal Profession," with B.F. Lentz, Applied Economics Letters, 6(12), December 1999: 785-87.
"Are Economists More Selfish Than Other 'Social' Scientists?" with R.O. Beil, Public Choice, 100(1-2), July 1999, 85-101.
"The Scholarly Journal Literature of Economics: A Historical Profile of the AER, JPE, and QJE," with John M. Wells, The American Economist, 42(2), Fall 1998, 47-58. Reprinted in J. Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics: Analyses of the Academic Journal Market in Economics, Edward Elgar, 2000: 228-43.
"The Effects of Sexual Harassment on Job Satisfaction, Earnings, and Turnover Among Female Lawyers," with B.F. Lentz, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 51(4), July 1998, 594-607.
"Implicit Contracts and Performance Bonds: The Mentor-Protege Relationship Among Law Firm Partners," with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Economic Research, 2(2), November 1997, 209-38.
"The Performance of Transfer versus 'Native' Students in Upper-Level Economics Classes," with M.J. Piette, Kentucky Journal of Economics and Business, 16, 1997, 19-34.
"The American Economic Association Dues Structure," with R.O. Beil, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10(4), Fall 1996, 179-86.
"Team Production in Economics: Division of Labor or Mentoring," with M.J. Piette, Labour Economics, 2(1), March 1995, 33-40.
"Workplace Mentoring in the Legal Profession," with B.F. Lentz, Southern Economic Journal, 61(3), January 1995, 783-802.
"A Theory of Credit Bureaus," with M.T. Maloney, Public Choice, 80(3-4), September 1994, 275-91.
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"The Relative Impact of Economics Journals: 1970-1990," with M.J. Piette, Journal of Economic Literature, 32(2), June 1994, 640-66. Reprinted in J. Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics: Analyses of the Academic Journal Market in Economics, Edward Elgar, 2000: 244-86.
"Does the 'Blindness' of Peer Review Influence Manuscript Selection Efficiency?," with M.J. Piette, Southern Economic Journal, 60(4), April 1994, 896-906.
"On the Professional Impact of Papers Supported by National Science Foundation Funding," with M.J. Piette, S. Ralston and R.D. Tollison, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8(1), Winter 1994, 201-03.
"Favoritism Versus Search for Good Papers: Empirical Evidence on the Behavior of Journal Editors," with M.J. Piette, Journal of Political Economy, 102(1), February 1994, 194-203. Reprinted in J. Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics: Analyses of the Academic Journal Market in Economics, Edward Elgar, 2000: 118-28.
"Rent Seeking and Hidden Resource Distortion: Some Empirical Evidence," with F. Mixon and R. B. Ekelund, Jr., Public Choice, 78(2), February 1994, 171-85.
"Is There Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession: Further Evidence on Tangible and Intangible Margins," with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Human Resources, 28(2), Spring 1993, 230-58.
"The Impact of Bad Writing in Economics," with C.N. Taylor, Economic Inquiry, 30(4), October 1992, 673-88.
"An Estimate of Resource Expenditures on Transfer Activity in the United States," with J.P. Sophocleus, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(3), August 1992, 959-83. Reprinted in R.D. Tollison and R.D. Congleton (eds.), The Economic Analysis of Rent Seeking, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Gloucester, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 1995.
"Self-Recruitment in the Legal Profession," with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Labor Economics, 10(2) April 1992, 182-201.
"An Objective Measure of Search vs. Experience Goods," Economic Inquiry, 29(3), July 1991, 497-509.
"The Review Process in Economics: Some Empirical Findings," - with M.T. Maloney and R.E. McCormick, Review of Economics and Statistics, 72A, 1990, v-xvii. Reprinted in Economics Alert, No. 2, March 1993, published by Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
"Economists and the Economy," with W.F. Shughart and R.D. Tollison, Review of Economics and Statistics, 72(4), November 1990, 707-11.
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"Entrepreneurial Success and Occupational Inheritance Among Proprietors," with B.F. Lentz, Canadian Journal of Economics, 23(3), August 1990, 101-17.
"Measuring the Relative Impact of Economics Book Publishers and Economics Journals," Journal of Economic Literature, 28(2), June 1990, 655-60.
"Is There Value-Added From the Review Process in Economics?: Preliminary Evidence From Authors," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105(2), May 1990, 341-52. Reprinted in J. Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics: Analyses of the Academic Journal Market in Economics, Edward Elgar, 2000: 67-79.
"Why So Many Children of Doctors Become Doctors: Nepotism Versus Human Capital Transfers," - with B.F. Lentz, Journal of Human Resources, 24(3), Summer 1989, 396-413.
"The Social Cost of Rent-Seeking: First Estimates," - with J.P. Sophocleus, Public Choice, 58(3), September 1988, 269-76.
"Transactions Costs and Production in a Legislative Setting," Public Choice, 57(2), May 1988, 183-86.
"An Evaluation of 50 `Ranked' Economics Departments: Reply," Southern Economic Journal, 54, July 1987, 216-18.
"Further Evidence Regarding Journal Treatment of Male Versus Female Authors," Eastern Economic Journal, 13, April/June 1987, 149-54.
"A Ranking of the Top Economics Programs by Research Productivity of Their Graduates: Reply," Journal of Economic Education, 17, Fall 1986, 311-14.
"Stoplight Sales and Sidewalk Solicitations: Some Simple Economics of Forced Consumption," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 7, 1986, 103-14.
"Advertising as Information: An Empirical Note," Review of Economics and Statistics, August 1986, 217-222.
"A Ranking of the Top Economics Programs by Research Productivity of their Graduates," Journal of Economic Education, 17, Winter 1986, 70‑76.
"The Rich Get Richer: A Public Choice View of the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds," Public Choice, 49, 1986, 117-126.
"Article Popularity," Economic Inquiry, 24(1), January 1986, 73‑80.
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"Congressional Junketeering: Public Sector X‑Inefficiency," Journal of Economics and Business, 38, May 1986, 131-140.
"Revealed Preference for Economics Journals: Citations as Dollar Votes," - with J.P. Sophocleus, Public Choice, 46(3), 1985, 317‑24.