Economics and Accounting Department
Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Fields:听Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics, Teaching of Economics
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贰尘补颈濒:听mcahill@holycross.edu
Office Phone: 508-793-2682
Office: Stein 541
PO Box:听PO Box听99A
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Research (Journal Publications)
Labor Economics/Macroeconomics
"Executive Compensation Incentives in a Volatile Market" (with Alaina C. George)听American Economist,听Vol. 49, No. 2 (Fall), 2005: pp 33-43.
鈥淭ruth or Macroeconomic Consequences:听 Theoretical Implications of the Decline and Rise of Job References in the United States,鈥澨Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Spring), 2000: pp. 461-487.
鈥淓xploring the Interaction between Efficiency Wages and Labor Market Frictions,鈥澨Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 40, No. 1 (March), 2000:听pp. 121-137.
"Is the Human Development Index Redundant?"听Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter), 2005: pp. 1-6.
Development Economics
"Diminishing Returns to GDP and the Human Development Index,"听Applied Economics Letters,听Vol. 9, No. 13 (October 20), 2002: pp. 885-887.
鈥淯sing Principal Components to Produce an Economic and Social Development Index:听 An Application to Latin America and U. S. States,鈥 (with Nicolas Sanchez),听Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 (September), 2001: pp. 311-329.
鈥淭he Relationship Between Aid and Debt in Developing Countries,鈥 (with Paul Isely),听The American Economist, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Fall), 2000:听pp. 78-91.
鈥淭he Strengths and Weaknesses of Factor Analysis in Predicting Cuban GDP,鈥 (with Nicolas Sanchez),听Cuba in Transition, Vol. 8, 1998: pp. 273-288.
Industrial Organizations/AntitrustEconomics
鈥淓conomics of Cost Pass Through and Damages in Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Cases" (with George Kosicki),听The Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall), 2006: pp. 599-630..
Teaching Economics/ Computer Assisted Instruction
Teaching Chain-weight Real GDP Measures,"听Journal of Economic Education,听Vol. 34, No. 3 (Summer), 2003: pp. 224-34.
"Web Supplement to 'Teaching Chain-weight Real GDP Measures',"听Journal of Economic Education听(Online section note), Vol. 34, No. 3 (Summer), 2003: p. 295. Web address:听
鈥淯sing Spreadsheets to Explore Neoclassical Assumptions in a New Keynesian Model,鈥 (with George Kosicki),听Computers in Higher Education Economics Review, Vol. 14, No. 2 (August), 2001: pp. 7-11.听 Download spreadsheet for figures
鈥淎 Framework for Developing Spreadsheet Applications in Economics,鈥 (with George Kosicki),听Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer), 2001: pp. 186-200.
鈥淓xploring Economic Models Using Excel,鈥 (with George Kosicki),听Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 66, No. 3 (January), 2000: pp. 770鈥792.听
Working Papers
"Estimating key macroeconomic relationships at the undergraduate level: Taylor Rule and Okun's Law examples" American Economic Association, Boston, MA, January 2006, Supplemental web
鈥淓xtraordinary Achievers in Human Development" (with Megan P. Peter)