VITA
STEVEN M. SURANOVIC
Associate Professor of Economics &International Affairs
Department of Economics
The George Washington University
1922 F St. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20052
(202) 994-7579 (office)
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EDUCATION
Cornell University PhD in Economics 1989
Ithaca, NYMA in Economics 1986
University of IllinoisBS in Mathematics 1982
Urbana, IL
EMPLOYMENT
George Washington University
Associate Professor - 1994 to present
Courses: International Trade, Microeconomics, Survey of International Economics, International Finance.
Short-term Study Abroad in Shanghai, China: 2009-11.
Director, International Trade and Investment Policy Program - 1998 to 2001; 2007 – 2010.
Assistant Professor - 1988 to 1994.
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Visiting Fulbright Lecturer – Fall 2002
Courses: The WTO and World Trade Policy, The World Economy.
Cornell University (in Washington)
Adjunct Associate Professor - 1994 to present
Adjunct Assistant Professor - 1988 to 1994
Courses: International Trade Theory, International Macroeconomic Theory.
Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State
Adjunct Associate Professor - 1994-1996
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Intermittent Consultant - 1990 to 1993
Ithaca College
Visiting Assistant Professor - 1987 to 1988
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PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
“A Moderate Compromise: Economic Policy Choice in an Era of Globalization,” Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.
“International Economics: Theory and Policy,” (Nyack, NY: Flat World Knowledge, 2010). Also available online at
“International Trade: Theory and Policy” (Nyack, NY: Flat World Knowledge, 2010). Also available online at
“International Finance: Theory and Policy,” (Nyack, NY: Flat World Knowledge, 2010). Also available online at
REFEREED ARTICLES
“Fossil Fuel Addiction and the Implications for Climate Change Policy,” Global Environmental Change, forthcoming, 2013.
“A Behavioral Model of Cyclical Dieting,” with Robert Goldfarb, 2007, inAdvances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Special Issue on The Economics of Obesity, Vol., 17, pp. 49-78.
“Modeling Alternative Motivations for Dieting,” with Robert Goldfarb and Thomas Leonard, 2006, Eastern Economic Journal, 32 (1) Winter, pp. 115-131.
“International Labour and Environmental Standards Agreements: Is this Fair Trade?” 2002, The World Economy, 25 (2) pp. 231-245.
“Are Rival Theories of Smoking Underdetermined?,” with Robert Goldfarb and Tim Leonard, 2001, Journal of Economic Methodology, 8 (2) pp. 229-251.
“Comment: New on Paternalism and Public Policy,” with Robert Goldfarb and Tim Leonard, 2000, Economics and Philosophy, 16, pp.323-331.
“Understanding Smoking Behavior: An Economics Perspective.” with Robert Goldfarb and Tim Leonard, 2000, The Economics of Neuroscience, 2 (2) pp. 32-34.
“A Positive Analysis of Fairness with Applications to International Trade”, 2000, The World Economy, 23 (3) March, pp. 283-307.
“An Economic Model of Cigarette Addiction” with Bob Goldfarb and Tim Leonard, 1999, Journal of Health Economics, 18 (1), pp. 1-29.
“Trade Theories and Realities: Why Economists Should Study Fairness”, 1997, Challenge, 40(5) pp. 109-124.
“Do Antidumping Laws Protect Against Unfair Trade?”, 1997, Proceedings of the International Trade and Finance Association, Porto, Portugal.
“Import Policy Effects on the Optimal Oil Price”, 1994, The Energy Journal, 15(3) 123-144.
“Welfare Effects of Introducing Antidumping Procedures in a Trade Liberalizing Country” with Michael Moore, 1994, Journal of Economic Integration, 9(2) 241-259.
“Lobbying and Cournot-Nash Competition: Implications for Strategic Trade Policy,” with Michael Moore, November 1993, Journal of International Economics, 35(3/4) 367-376.
“Does a Target-Capacity Utilization Rule Fulfill OPEC's Economic Objectives?” 1993, Energy Economics, 15(2) 71-79.
“A Welfare Comparison Between VERs and Tariffs Under the GATT,” with Michael Moore, 1993, Canadian Journal of Economics, 26(2) 447-456.
“Supply Diversion Ineffective Quantitative Restrictions and the Non-Equivalence of Tariffs, Quotas and VERs,” Spring 1993, International Trade Journal, 7(3) 295-319.
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“Lobbying vs. Administered Protection: Endogenous Industry Choice and National Welfare,” with Michael Moore, Journal of International Economics, 1992, 32(3/4) 289-304.
“The Ineffectiveness of Quantitative Restrictions With Production Diversion,” Southern Economic Journal, 1991, 58(2) pp. 379-391.
“Welfare Effects of Competition Policy: A Study of the Hollowing-Out Phenomenon,” in Institute of International Economic Competitiveness Symposium Proceedings, 1988.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Is Greed the Problem with Capitalism,” Liberty, April 19, 2011, (Available online at
WORKING PAPERS
“Can a Rational Choice Framework Make Sense of Anorexia Nervosa?” with Robert S. Goldfarb, Thomas C. Leonard, and Sara Markowitz, 2009, NBER Working Paper 14838,
“Will Democracies Choose Free Trade?” based on Chapter 5 from ‘A Moderate Compromise,’ mimeo 2008.
“Can Fair Trade Product Promotion Sustain Higher Wages?”, Mimeo 2007.
“An Economic Model of Youth Smoking: Tax and Welfare Effects” 2005
“Cultural Effects of Trade Liberalization,” with Robert Winthrop. 2005
EDITORIALS
“Campaign promises and anti-competitive job policies,” Aspenia Online, October 5, 2012.
“What if China stumbles?” Aspenia Online, August 27, 2012.
“Resolving broken promises: a recipe for economic recovery,” Aspenia Online, March 23, 2012.
“Elections, Jobs and What to Do About China,” Aspenia Online, March 3, 2012.
“What is Free Trade?” Connect-2-Canada Podcast, July 16, 2009.
“Fair Trade: The Wave of the Future or a Victim of its Own Success?” Women in International Trade Newsletter, Summer 2006.
“Argument for US-Korea FTA,” The Korea Times, June 7, 2006
BLOG
Regular postings on international economic policy issues @
The Blog of the Institute for International Economic Policy
The Moderate Voice
Selected Posts (2011 – 2012)
A Fair Market Solution to the Gas Shortage in the US Northeast (Nov 2012)
Should the US Retaliate Against China’s Currency Manipulation (Sept. 2012)
The WTO, Clove Cigarettes, And Individual Freedom (Apr. 2012)
Apple, Foxconn and Fair Labor Standards (Mar. 2012)
Trade, Politics, and the Growth of Government (Jan. 2012)
A Warning About the US-China Relationship (Nov. 2011)
US-China Policy Makes US Look Weaker (Oct. 2011)
Misguided China Bashing (Sept. 2011)
Developing a Moderate Party Platform – Part 2 (Sept. 2011)
Hurricane Irene and Global Climate Change (Aug. 2011)
Developing a Moderate Party Platform – Part 1 (Aug. 2011)
Why the US is Not Greece (Aug. 2011)
Why Excessive Debt is the Real Problem – Part 2 (Aug 2011)
Why Excessive Debt is the Real Problem – Part 1 (Aug 2011)
Going Forward: More Fiscal Stimulus or Debt Reduction? (Aug 2011)
SPONSORED RESEARCH & AWARDS
Fulbright Lecturer Award, Sichuan University, Chengdu China, Fall 2002.
George Washington University Facilitating Fund 1994.
George Washington University TRIP Award, 1994.
George Washington University Junior Scholar Award, 1992.
CURRENT RESEARCH THEMES
Modeling Fossil Fuel Use as an Addiction
Implications for Global Climate Change Policy
Implications for China’s Energy Policies
Measuring the Unfairness of US-China Trade
Applications and Uses of Fairness in International Trade Policy Debates
Explaining Anomalous Behavior with Boundedly Rational Agents: Applications to Smoking and Dieting
SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Intl. Trade and Finance Assn. Meetings, Pisa, Italy, May 2012.
Intl. Trade and Finance Assn. Meetings, Eilat, Israel, May 2011.
Intl. Trade and Finance Assn. Meetings, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2008.
Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2007.
ASSA Meetings, Chicago, January 2007.
Eastern Economic Assn, Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February, 2006.
Japan Economic Policy Assn. Conference, Kobe, Japan, December, 2005.
ASSA Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 2004.
Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, December 2002.
Southwest Economics and Finance University, Chengdu, China, December 2002
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, November 2002.
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, September 2002.
Southwest Economics and Finance University, Chengdu, China, May 2001
National University of Mongolia, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, May 2001.
University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, May 2001
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 2001.
University of Philippines, Cebu, Philippines, September 2000.
University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines, September 2000.
University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, September 2000.
Intl. Trade and Finance Association Meetings, Montpellier, France, June 2000.
Washington Interest in Negotiation, SAIS-Johns Hopkins, Wash. DC, June 2000.
Intl. Trade and Finance Association Meetings, Casablanca, Morocco, May 1999.
Mid-West Intl. Economics Meetings, Michigan State University, May 15, 1998.
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 1997.
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 1997.
Penang Development Corporation, Penang, Malaysia, August 1997.
National University of Singapore, Singapore, 5 lectures, July-August 1997.
International Trade and Finance Association Meetings, Porto, Portugal, May 1997.
American University, Economics Department Seminar, October 1995.
University of MD-Baltimore County, Econ Department Seminar, October 1994.
Mid-West Intl. Economics Meetings, Penn State University, October 14-16, 1994.
2nd Congress of the Intl. Ukrainian Econ. Assn., Odessa, Ukraine, May 23-27, 1994.
Mid-West International Economics Meetings, University of Kentucky, May 15, 1993.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Referee for,
American Economic ReviewBlackwell Publishing
Eastern Economic Journal
Economic Analysis
Economic Journal
Economics and Politics
Energy Journal
Energy Economics
Health Economics
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Intl. Economics / Japanese Economic Review
Journal of Economic Education
Journal of Economic Psychology
Journal of Econ. and Business
Journal of Env. Econ. & Mgt.
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Human Capital
Palgrave
Rivista di Politica Economica
Southern Economic Journal
Wiley
World Trade Review
November, 2018
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