Economics Department-Furman University



Recent Faculty Publications
Nathan Cook and Kailash Khandke. “Competition in Economics,� in Competition: A Multidiscplinary Analysis, Wade B. Worthen, A. Scott Henderson, Paul R. Rasmussen, and T. Lloyd Benson, eds. (Boston: Sense Publishers, 2009).

Jeffrey J. Yankow.
"Some Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Job Matching in Urban Labor Markets," International Advances in Economic Research 15(2) (May 2009): 233-44.

Peter L. Rousseau and Sheng Xiao. "Banks, Stock Markets, and China's 'Great Leap Forward'," Emerging Markets Review 8 (2007): 206-217.

Jeffrey J. Yankow. "Why Do Cities Pay More? An Empirical Examination of Some Competing Theories of the Urban Wage Premium,� Journal of Urban Economics 60(2) (September 2006): 139-61.

Jeffrey J. Yankow. "The Geographic Mobility of Displaced Workers: Do Local Labor Market Conditions Matter?" Review of Regional Studies 34(2) (Fall 2004): 120-136.

Bruce A. Weinberg, Patricia B. Reagan, and Jeffrey J. Yankow. "Do Neighborhoods Affect Hours Worked? Evidence from Longitudinal Data." Journal of Labor Economics 22(4) (October 2004): 891-924.

Kailash Khandke. "The Case for Asian Economics in the Liberal Arts Curriculum." ASIANetwork Exchange 11(1) (Fall 2003): 23-26.

Jeffrey J. Yankow. "Migration, Job Change, and Wage Growth: A New Perspective on the Pecuniary Return to Geographic Mobility." Journal of Regional Science 43(3) (August 2003): 483-516.

Jeffrey J. Yankow. "Does Distance Matter? A Comparison of Boundary and Distance-Based Measures of Internal Migration." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 28(3) (2002/2003): 161-175.

Jeffrey J. Yankow. "Migration, Job Change, and Sample Selection: A Probit Approach to Estimating the Determinants of Internal Migration." Pennsylvania Economic Review 12(1) (Spring 2003): 1-11.

Mary Jean Horney. "The Economic Status of South Carolina Counties: Geographic Contrasts," in The Status of Women in South Carolina, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C. (2002): 52-53.

Mary Jean Horney. "Racial Disparities in South Carolina Women's Economic Status," in The Status of Women in South Carolina, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C. (2002): 31-32.

Kailash Khandke. "Political Business Cycles:  A Review and Reexamination." International Advances in Economic Research (Research Note Section) 8(3) (August 2002): 261.

Kailash Khandke and Ken Peterson. "The Tangency Requirement Between Average Revenue and Average Cost Curves" Atlantic Economic Journal 30(2) (June 2002): 219.

Kenneth D. Peterson.  "Using a Geographic Information System to Teach Economics." Journal of Economic Education 31(2) (Spring 2000): 169-178.

Frank D. Tinari and Kailash Khandke. "From Rhythm and Blues to Broadway: Using Music to Teach Economics." Journal of Economic Education 31(3) (Summer 2000): 253-270.


Recent Student Publications
Samuel Giffin and Quinton White. "Why Not Women Too? An Analysis of the Effects of Women’s Marital Status and Other Related Factors on Wages," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 17 (July 2008). See this issue and article.

William Grams, Michael Root, and Thad Wilson. "Are "New Urban" Neighborhood Design Characteristics Associated with Greater Levels of Social Capital within Neighborhoods?: Evidence from Greenville, South Carolina," Undergraduate Economic Review, Vol. II (2005-2006). See this issue and article.

Adnan Filipovic.  "Impact of Privatization on Economic Growth," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 14 (July 2005). See this issue and article.

Lindsey Bowen and Jennifer Doyle. "Gender Differences in Employed Job Search," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 13 (July 2004). See this issue and article.

M. Todd Carroll and J. Grady Powell. "The Immediate Returns to Early Career Mobility," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 11 (July 2002). See this issue and article.

Boryana Dimitrova. "An Empirical Model of Voting Behavior in the Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections of 1994," American Economist Vol. 44 (No. 2) (Fall 2000): 71-77. (Winner of the 2000 Frank W. Taussig Article Award)


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