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