Publications in Scholarly Journals

 

21.    McPherson, Michael A. and Michael L. Nieswiadomy. “The Tradable Pollution Permit Exercise: Three Additional Tools,” International Review of Economics Education, forthcoming. (Tier 2)

20.    Jewell, R. Todd, Michael A. McPherson, and Margie A. Tieslau. “Whose Fault Is It? Assigning Blame for Grade Inflation in Higher Education,” Applied Economics, 45 (9), 2013, pp. 1185-1200. (Tier 2)

19.    McPherson, Michael A., Myungsup Kim, Megan Dorman, and Nishelli Perera. “Research Output at U.S. Economics Departments,” Applied Economics Letters, 20 (9), 2013, pp. 889-892. (Tier 3)

18.    McPherson, Michael A. “Ranking U.S. Economics Programs by Faculty and Graduate Publications: An Update Using 1994-2009 Data,” Southern Economic Journal 79 (1), 2012, pp. 71-89. (Tier 1)

17.    Jewell, R. Todd and Michael A. McPherson. “Instructor-Specific Grade Inflation: Incentives, Gender, and Ethnicity,” Social Science Quarterly 93 (1), 2012, pp. 95-109. (Tier 2)

16.    McPherson, Michael A., David J. Molina, and R. Todd Jewell. “Microenterprise Growth in Central Mexico: Evidence from a Survey in Toluca, Canadian Journal of Development Studies 31 (1-2), 2010, pp. 209-223. Supported by grants from UNT’s Charn Uswachoke Fund and UNT’s Hispanic and Global Studies Initiative. (Tier 3)

15.    McPherson, Michael A. and Jeffrey J. Rous. “Access to Finance and Small Enterprise Growth: Evidence from East Java,”Journal of Developing Areas, 43 (2), 2010, pp. 159-172. (Tier 2)

14.    McPherson, Michael A., R. Todd Jewell, and Myungsup Kim. “What Determines Student Evaluation Scores? A Random Effects Analysis of Undergraduate Economics Classes,” Eastern Economic Journal, 35, 2009, pp. 37-51. (Tier 3)

13.    McPherson, Michael A. and R. Todd Jewell. “Leveling the Playing Field: Should Student Evaluation Scores Be Adjusted?,” Social Science Quarterly, 88 (3), 2007, pp. 868-881. (Tier 2)

12.    McPherson, Michael A. “Determinants of How Students Evaluate Teachers,” Journal of Economic Education 37 (1), 2006, pp. 3-20. (Tier 1)

11.    McPherson, Michael A. and Michael L. Nieswiadomy. “Environmental Kuznets Curve: Biodiversity and Spatial Effects,” Ecological Economics, 55 (3), 2005, pp. 395-407. (Tier 2)

10.    Jewell, R. Todd, Michael A. McPherson, and David J. Molina “Testing the Determinants of Income Distribution in Major League Baseball,”Economic Inquiry, 42 (3), 2004, pp. 469-482. (Tier 1)

9.    McPherson, Michael A., Michael R. Redfearn, and Margie A. Tieslau. “International Trade and Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation of the Linder Hypothesis,” Applied Economics, 33 (5), 2001, pp. 649-657. (Tier 2)

8.    McPherson, Michael A. “Structural Adjustment and Small Enterprises: The Case of Zimbabwe, 1991-1998,” The South African Journal of Economics, 68 (3), 2000, pp. 514-536. (Tier 2)

7.    McPherson, Michael A., Michael R. Redfearn, and Margie A. Tieslau. “A Re-Examination of the Linder Hypothesis: A Random Effects Tobit Approach,” The International Economic Journal, 14 (3), 2000, pp.123-136.  (Tier 3)

6.    McPherson, Michael A. and Michael L. Nieswiadomy. “African Elephants: The Effect of Property Rights and Political Stability,” Contemporary Economic Policy, 18 (1), 2000, pp. 14-26.  (Tier 2)

5.    McPherson, Michael A. “Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises in Southern Africa,” Journal of Development Economics, 48 (2),  1996, pp. 253-277. (Tier 1)

4.    McPherson, Michael A. and Carl Liedholm. “Determinants of Small and Micro Enterprise Registration: Results From Surveys in Niger and Swaziland,” World Development, 24 (3), 1996, pp. 481-487. (Tier 2)

3.    McPherson, Michael A. “The Hazards of Small Firms in Southern Africa,” Journal of Development Studies, 32 (1), 1995, pp. 31-54. (Tier 2)

2.    Liedholm, Carl, Michael A. McPherson, and Enyinna Chuta. “Small Enterprise Employment Growth in Rural Africa,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76 (5), 1994, pp. 1177-82. (Tier 1)

1.    McPherson, Michael A. and Thomas H. Klier. “Does Duration of Political Control Matter? Interstate Differences in Branch-Banking Laws,” Public Choice, 70 (1), 1991, pp. 41-50. (Tier 1)

Submissions:

McPherson, Michael A. and Michael L. Nieswiadomy. “Cooperative Behavior and Gender: Playing for Points in a College Class,” submitted to the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, May 2013. (Tier 1)

 Kim, Myungsup and Michael A. McPherson.“Instructors' Teaching Performance and Students' Grade Expectations: An Application of the Stochastic Frontier Model,” submitted to the Economics of Education Review, December 2012. (Tier 1)

Martinez, Jose, Michael A. McPherson, David J. Molina, and Jeffrey J. Rous. “The Economic Geography of Microenterprises: Clustering, Networking, and Knowledge Spillovers,” submitted to Enterprise Development and Microfinance, December 2012. Supported by grants from UNT’s Charn Uswachoke Fund and UNT’s Hispanic and Global Studies Initiative. (Tier 3)

Work in Progress:

 
McPherson, Michael A. and Michael L. Nieswiadomy. “Teaching the Prisoner’s Dilemma More Effectively: A Classroom Game.”

 McPherson, Michael A. “The Hazard of Job Switching: The Case of Academic Economists.”

 McPherson, Michael A. and Jeffrey J. Rous. “Clustering and Research Productivity of Academic Economists: An Economic Geography Approach.”

Hauge, Janice A. and Michael A. McPherson.“Academic tenure and incentive compatibility.”