Deborah Walker, Ph.D.

School of Business Administration

Department of Economics

Fort Lewis College

1000 Rim Drive

Durango, CO  81301

Office Phone: (970) 247-7624

Email:  walker_d@fortlewis.edu

      George Mason University, Ph.D. (Economics) 

George Mason University, M.A. (Economics) 

      Arizona State University, M.B.A. (Finance/Economics) 

      Arizona State University, B.S. (Economics) 

                                    Public Policy

                                    Industrial Organization

                                    Public Choice

                                    Microeconomic Theory

                                    Labor Economics

                                    Economics of Women's Issues

2009-Present                 Fort Lewis College (Associate Professor of Economics)

2004 - 2009                   Fort Lewis College (Associate Professor of Economics, Director:  Office of Economic Analysis and Business Research, and Area Coordinator:  Economics)

2002-2004                     Fort Lewis College (Assistant Professor of Economics)

2000-2002                     University of Colorado at Denver (Temporary Full-Time Appointment) & Metropolitan State College of Denver (Part-Time Appointment)

1987-2000                     Loyola University New Orleans (Assistant and Associate Tenured Professor of Economics)

1995-1997                     Loyola University New Orleans (Associate Professor and Area Coordinator: Economics, Finance, and Decision Science Department)

1992-1993                     Public Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.

1986-1987                     George Mason University (Instructor)

1985-1986                     Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University

                                    (Earhart Fellow, sponsored by Dr. James Buchanan)

1984-1985                     George Mason University (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

                                    GRADUATE

                                    Business Cycles

                                    Economics of Markets and Firms

                                    JUNIOR/SENIOR LEVEL:

                                    Comparative Economic Systems

                                    Current Issues in Public Policy

                                    Economic Philosophy (Honors Class)

                                    Economic Philosophy and Public Policy (University Honors Class) 

                                    Financial Institutions

                                    History (Evolution) of Economic Thought

                                    Industrial Organization and Public Policy

                                    Intermediate Microeconomics

                                    Intermediate Macroeconomics

                                    International Economics    

                                    Labor Economics

                                    Market Process

                                    Money and Banking

                                    Public Choice/Public Finance

                                    Public Issues in Economics

                                    Special Readings in Economics

                                    FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE LEVEL

                                    Current Economic Issues

                                    Principles of Microeconomics

                                    Principles of Macroeconomics

                                    Economics in Society

                                    Introduction to Business

                                    Personal Finance

2011-2012                    La Plata County Humane Society - 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award for Foster Hours

                                   completed for the Humane Society Foster Program (Puppies)

2008-2009                     La Plata County Humane Society - 2008 Volunteer Award for Foster Hours

                                    completed for the Humane Society Foster Program

2006-2007                     La Plata County Humane Society - 2006 Volunteer of the Year Award

                                    for the Humane Society Foster Program

1999-2000                     College of Business Administration Outstanding Teaching

                                    Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1999-2000                     Loyola University New Orleans Spirit of Loyola Award for Outstanding Advisor

1996-1997                     College of Business Administration Outstanding Teaching

                                    Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1993-1994                     Loyola University New Orleans Spirit of Loyola Award for Outstanding Advisor

1992-1993                     Loyola MBA Association Outstanding Pre-MBA Teaching

                                    Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1990-1991                     College of Business Administration Outstanding Teaching

                                    Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1989-1990                     College of Business Administration Outstanding Teaching

                                    Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1989-1990                     Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and

                                    Campus Leadership Award

1988-1989                     College of Business Administration Outstanding Community

                                    Service Award, Loyola University New Orleans

1985-1986                     Earhart Foundation Fellowship Recipient

                                    College Level Service (Fort Lewis College)

                                    Quality Initiative Task Force (Current, Summer 2012-)

                                    Faculty Policy Committee (Current, Fall 2012-)

                                    Faculty Retreat Planning Committee (Current, Summer 2012 -)

                                    Faculty Senate (Current, Fall 2011-)

                                    Task Force on Hiring and Retaining Quality Faculty - Chair (Current, Fall 2008-)

                                             Sub-committee on Merit II Raise Process and Standards - Chair (Current, Winter 2012-)

                                             Sub-committee on Salaries (Current, Fall 2009)

                                             Sub-committee on Student Advising (Current, Winter 2010)

                                    Faculty Advocacy Committee (Winter 2010)

                                    Honors Council (Current, Fall 2005-Winter 2012)

                                            Chair, Sub-committee on Student Assessment

                                    Review Committee for English Faculty (Fall 2007-Winter 2012)

                                    Community Based Learning and Research Council (Winter 2007-Winter 2009)

                                    Campus Common Reading Experience Board (Fall 2007-Winter 2009)

                                    General Education Council (Fall 2002 - Fall 2003)

                                    Awards Committee (Winter 2003 - Winter 2005, Chair, Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)

                                    Remedial Math Search Committee (Winter 2003)

                                    Council of Chairs (Fall 2004 - Winter 2007)

                                    General Education State Review Team (Winter 2005 - Fall 2006)

                                    School of Business Administration (Fort Lewis College)

                                    Curriculum Committee (Chair, Winter 2012, Member Fall 2012)

                                    Personnel Committee (Fall 2006 - Winter 2009; Current, Fall 2011-)

                                    Strategic Planning Committee (Fall 2011-Fall 2012)

                                    Scholarship Committee (Current, Winter 2005-)

                                    Curriculum Management Committee (Fall 2009-Fall 2010)

                                    Co-Director, Office of Economic Analysis and Business Research

                                        The Econometer (Winter 2004-Winter 2009)

                                    Dean's Search Committee (Fall 2007-Winter 2008)

                                    Area Coordinator, Economics (Fall 2004-Winter 2007)

                                    Teaching Criteria Task Force (Winter 2007-Winter 2009)

                                    Foreign Studies Team (Fall 2002-Winter 2007)

                                    Mission Review Team (Winter 2003)

                                    Management Search Committee (Fall 2003-Winter 2005)

                                    Economics Search Committee - Chair (Fall 2003-Winter 2005)

                                    University Level Service (Loyola University New Orleans)

                                    University Honors Board (10 years)

                                    University Grants and Leaves Committee (2 years)

                                    Ignatian Scholarship Committee (10 years)

                                    University Library Committee (2 years)

                                    Faculty Senate (2 years)

                                    Search Committee for Dean of Admissions (1 year)

      College of Business Administration Service

      Area Coordinator, Economics, Finance, Decision Science Dept. (2 years)

      Rank and Tenure Committee (10 years, Chair for 4)

      Strategic Planning Committee (2 years)

      College of Business/Library Team, Co-Chair (3 years)

      Faculty Advisor and Founder, Economics Club (12 years)

Faculty Advisor and Founder, Loyola Student Journal of Economics (12 years)

                                    “The Economic Impact of the Growth Companies in Region 9,” Fort Lewis College. April 2011.  Co-authored with Robert Sonora.

                                    “The Economic Impact of Fort Lewis College on the Local Economy, 2007-2008 Fiscal Year.”  Fort Lewis College, 2010.  Co-authored with Robert Sonora.

The Econometer (A Newsletter of Economic Indicators in Southwest Colorado), Spring 2004, Vol. 14, No. 2; Summer 2004, Vol. 14, No. 3; Fall 2004, Vol. 14, No. 4; Winter 2005, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 2005, Vol. 15, No. 2, to the present online version.

      The Economic Impact of the Oil and Gas Industry in La Plata County.  Office of Economic Analysis and Business Research, Fort

      Lewis College. 

      Co-authored with Robert Sonora, Nov. 2005.

      Escalante Park Planned Development, Fiscal Impact Study, Co-authored with Simon Walls, July 2005.

      Southfork Ranch Planned Development, Fiscal Impact Study, Co-authored with Simon Walls, January 2005.

      The Economic Impact of Fort Lewis College on the Local Economy, 2003-2004 Fiscal Year. Office of Economic Analysis and Business

      Research, Fort Lewis College, 2004.

La Plata County Economic Development Study:  Estimated Economic Impact of Capital Investment Spending in La Plata County from 2002-2007.  Office of Economic Analysis and Business Research, Fort Lewis College.  Co-authored with Stephanie Owings and Vern Lynch, 2002.

Grant Project Participant:  Louisiana State Board of Regents Grant, 1999-2000, Inbound Technology Transfer to Louisiana Firms: Development of Conceptual Frameworks for Teaching International Strategy Implementation and Public Policy Recommendations.

Latin American Faculty Development in International Business Seminar participant, May-June 1998.  Sponsored by Thunderbird University.  Educational visits to Argentina, Chili, Uruguay, and Peru.

Grant Project Participant:  Louisiana Education Quality Small Business Internationalization Grant, 1997-1998.  Included case work on small businesses in Louisiana operating internationally.  Also co-organized a workshop entitled, “Globalization of Small Businesses in the Oil and Gas Industry.”

International Business Seminars Program, faculty participant/advisor, The Orient Seminar, May 29 - June 14, 1992.  Sponsored by Arizona State University.  Educational visits to Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

      Refereed Journal Articles, Proceedings, and Chapters in Books

                                    The Twin Peaks Development:  Smart Growth or No Growth,” co-authored with Doug Lyon, forthcoming in the Journal of Case Research and Inquiry, 2013.

                                    "Casting the Deciding Vote:  A Difficult Decision,"  co-authored with Simon Walls, Reed McKnight and Roy Cook, Annual Advances in Business Cases, 2008, Vol. 28, pp. 63-72.

"The Feminist Competition/Cooperation Dichotomy: A Critique."  Co-authored with Jerry Dauterive, Elyssa Schultz and Walter Block. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 55: 243-254, 2004.

"We Favor a Freer Market in Kidneys," The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Vol. VII, No. 4, Spring 2003, co-authored with William Barnett II and Michael Saliba.

“A Free Market in Kidneys:  Efficient and Equitable,” The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Vol. V, No. 3, Winter 2001, co-authored with William Barnett II and Michael Saliba.

“Industry Wage Differentials and Affirmative Action:  A Comment,”  Gender Issues, Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 2000.

.                                   "Female Entrepreneurship and the Market Process: Gender-Based Public Policy Considerations," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Fall/Winter 1999, co-authored with Brenda Joyner.

"An Opportunity Cost Evaluation of Small Business Assistance Programs,” Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Fall/Winter 1998, co-authored with Brenda Joyner.

"Affirmative Action:  An Economic Analysis," in From Data to Public Policy, ed. by Rita J. Simon, University Press, Inc., 1996.

"Feminism and Economics:  Legislation or Markets," in Neither Victim Nor Enemy:  Women's Freedom Network Looks at Gender in America, ed. by Rita J. Simon, Rowman and Littlefield, 1995.

"Gender and Race Economics," in The Edward Elgar Companion of Austrian Economics, ed. by Peter J. Boettke, Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., Brookfield, VT, 1994, pp. 362-371.

"Austrian Economics," in The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics, ed. by David R. Henderson, Warner Books, Inc., New York, 1993, pp. 105-109

"The Nature of Social Reality:  Subjectivism and Methodological Individualism in the Writings of Ludwig von Mises," Cultural Dynamics Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1992, co-authored with Stuart D. Warner.

"How Mandated Leave Policies Harm Women," in Meddlesome Mandate: Rethinking Family Leave, Eagle Publications, 1991.

"Hayek vs. Lucas:  Contrast and Comparison in Business Cycle Theory," Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, proceedings, Vol. 16, No.1, 1989, co-authored with Ruby Ramirez.

"The Economics of Day Care Legislation:  A Public Choice Perspective," in Day Care:  Child Psychology & Adult Economics, ed. by Bryce Christensen, The Rockford Institute, 1989.

"Federally Legislated Family Leave:  Benefit or Liability?" Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Vol. 15, No.1, 1988, co-authored with Dee Whellan.  

                                    Work in Progress

                                    “Personal Service and Growth:  A Small Fitness Center’s Success,” a case co-authored with Elaine Labach.  Accepted for presentation at the Western Casewriter’s Association 2013 Conference, March 2013

                                    "Stakeholder Theory:  A Hayekian Process View,"  co-authored with Paul McGurr.

"Redefining Wealth and the Production Possibilities Frontier," paper manuscript.

The Top Ten Economic Myths My Students Bring to the Classroom, Book Manuscript.  

                                    Public Policy Studies, Book Reviews, Other Publications

"Economic Outlook of La Plata County," in 2008 Business and Economic Outlook, University of Colorado at Boulder, December 2007 (with Robert Sonora and Luke Miller).

"Economic Outlook of La Plata County," in 2007 Business and Economic Outlook, University of Colorado at Boulder, December 2006.

"Economic Outlook of La Plata County," in 2006 Business and Economic Outlook, University of Colorado at Boulder, December 2005.

"Economic Outlook of La Plata County," in 2005 Business and Economic Outlook, University of Colorado at Boulder, December 2004.

"Development and Job Creation," Econometer (A Newsletter of Economic Indicators in Southwest Colorado), Winter 2004, Vol. 14, No. 1.

"Business Lessons for State and Local Government," Econometer (A Newsletter of Economic Indicators in Southwest Colorado), Fall 2003, Vol. 13, No. 4.

Internationalization of Louisiana’s Small and Entrepreneurial Companies in Food Processing and Servicing the Oil and Gas Industry, College of Business Administration, Loyola University New Orleans, 1997, with Brenda Joyner, Michael Pearson, and Joseph Ganitsky.

A book review of Austrian Economics in America by Karen I. Vaughn, The Campbell Entrepreneur, Campbell University, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 1994..

                                    "A Feminist Lesson From Economics," The Freeman, May 1994, Vol. 44, No. 5,

pp. 226-230.

                                    "The Women's Agenda," The Freeman, April 1994, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 193-197.

"An Economic Analysis of Family Leave," in The Margin, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Vol. 9, Fall 1993, p. 58.

The National Competitiveness Act (S.4):  A High-Tech Boondoggle, Issue Bulletin No. 183, July 21, 1993.  Co-written with Susan M. Eckerly.

A book review of Reclaiming the Mainstream:  Individualist Feminism Rediscovered by Joan Kennedy Taylor, The Insider Newsletter, No. 194, February 1993.

                                    "The Trouble with Family Leave" in The Free Market, Vol. 10, No. 12, December

1992.

                                    "The Return of Antitrust" in The Free Market, Vol. 8, No. 9, September 1990,

pp. 7-8.

A book review of Man, Economy, and Liberty:  Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard, edited by Walter Block and Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Laissez Faire Books, April 1989.

"The Inequality of Labor Legislation," The Freeman, The Foundation for Economic Education, November 1988, Vol. 38, No.11.

Mandatory Family Leave Legislation:  The Hidden Costs, Washington, D.C.: CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #108, June 8, 1988.

"Territorial Restrictions, Resale Price Maintenance, and the Theory of the Firm," Market Process, George Mason University, Vol 4, No. 2, Fall 1986.

"Equality on the Jobfront:  Not a Place for Government to Interfere,"Pathfinder, Texas A&M University, Vol. 6, No. 5, October 1984.

"Industrial Policy:  Government or Market?" Market Process, George Mason University, Vol 2, No. 2, Fall 1984.

Value and Opportunity:  The Issue of Comparable Pay for Comparable Worth, Washington, D.C.: CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #38, May 31, 1984.

Reprinted by the Center for Education and Research in Free Enterprise, Texas A&M University, Series on Public Issues #10, 1984.

                                    Op-eds and Other Media Reviews

                                    "Development and Job Creation," The Wickenburg Sun, March 31, 2004, p. B-1.

                                    "Frailties of family leave," The Washington Times, Nov. 27, 1992, p. F3.

                                    Quoted in The Economist, Sept. 26, 1992, regarding family leave legislation.

"The Hidden Costs of Family Leave Legislation," op-ed published in the Orange County Register, The Mobile Press, Times Herald, News & Record and several other newspapers in 1992 and 1993.

"The Inequality of Labor Legislation" reprinted in The Reporter, The Baltimore Enterprise and Inner Harbor News, The Harrington Journal, and the Free Press in 1988.

"Value and Opportunity:  The Issue of Comparable Pay for Comparable Worth,” op-ed or review appeared in Forbes, July 16, 1984; the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1984, Pacific Business News, September 3, 1984; and Consumer Research, October 1984.

                                    Professional Meetings and Lectures

                                    Western Casewriter’s Association 2011 Conference, March 23-24, 2011, Victoria, BC Canada.  Presented a case with teaching notes,

                                     “The Twin Peaks Development:  Smart Growth or No Growth,” co-authored with Doug Lyon. 

                                    West Coast Annual Economics Teaching Conference, April 8-10, 2010, Reno, NV.  Presented a paper entitled:

                                    “Redefining Wealth and the Production Possibilities Frontier.”

                                    Liberty Fund Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.  August, 2007.

                                    International Business and Economics Research (Business) Conference, October 3-7, 2005, Las Vegas, NV.  Co-presented a paper

                                    entitled, "A Small Town Community Recreation Center:  Success or Failure."  Paper is co-authored with Simon Walls and

                                    Reed McKnight.

                                    Western Economic Association International 80th Annual Conference, July 4-7, 2005, San Francisco, CA.  Presented a paper entitled,

                                    "Corporations, Rent Seeking and Democracy."  Paper is co-authored with John Levendis.

                                    Also discussant and panel organizer.

                                    Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 2004, Grand Junction, CO.  Co-presented a paper entitled, "The Frustrated

                                    Entrepreneur:  American Indian Reservations as "Islands of Planning," with Jared Ortiz.

                                    La Plata County Energy Council, Presented an Update on the Economic Impact Of Oil and Gas in La Plata County Study, Durango, CO,

                                    September 2004.

                                    Homebuilders Association of Southwest Colorado, Presented:  "An Economic Analysis of the Construction Industry in La Plata County,

                                    Durango, CO, June 2004.

                                    Western Economic Association International 78th Annual Conference, July 11-15, 2003, Denver, CO.  Co-presented a paper entitled,

                                    "Are Law Schools Forming a Cartel?" with Stephanie Owings-Edwards.

                                    Also discussant and panel organizer.

                                    La Plata County Economic Development Board, Presented finding of our study, “Economic Impact of Construction in La Plata County,”

                                    November 2002, Durango, CO. 

                                    Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 2002, Durango, CO, discussant for

                                    three papers.

                                    Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 1999, New Orleans, LA, discussant.

Business Association of Latin American Studies Conference, April 1999, New Orleans, LA, discussant.

"The Economics of Discrimination."  Presented to congressional staff members, sponsored by Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington, D. C., February, 1999.

Liberty in the Works of Ronald Coase, Liberty Fund colloquium participant, Sunneyvale, California, June 10-13, 1998.

Liberty and Responsibility in the Works of Murray N. Rothbard, Liberty Fund colloquium participant, Newport, Rhode Island, November 13-15, 1997.

Southern Economic Association Meetings, Nov. 23-25, 1996, Washington, D.C. Presented paper entitled, "Women and Entrepreneurship," Co-authored with Brenda Joyner.

Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 18-20, 1995, New Orleans, Louisiana.  Presented a paper entitled, "Women as Entrepreneurs," co-authored with Brenda Joyner.  Also discussant.

Women's Freedom Network Conference, Washington, D.C., October, 1995. Presented paper on affirmative action.

Women's Freedom Network Conference, "Women's Studies Programs," attendee, Washington, D.C., April 20-21, 1995.

Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 20-22, 1994, Orlando, Florida. Presented a paper entitled, "The Feminist Competition/Cooperation Dichotomy:  An Austrian Critique."  Also chaired a panel entitled, "Feminism and Economics."

"Feminism and Economics:  Legislation or Markets."  Presented at the Women's Freedom Network Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1-2, 1994.

"Liberty in Hayek's The Road to Serfdom." Liberty Fund seminar participant, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 16-18, 1994.

American Economic Association Meetings, January 3-5, 1994, Boston, Mass.  Presented a paper entitled, "Gender Roles, Cultural Change, and Free Markets."

"The Striker Replacement Bill--An Economic Analysis."  Presented to congressional staff members, sponsored by Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington, D. C., June 22, 1993.

                                    "The New Deal and Liberty." Liberty Fund colloquium participant, Dearborn,

Michigan, June 17-20, 1993.

"Free Market Feminism."  A presentation to the Women As Leaders Seminar, sponsored by The Washington Center, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1993.

"Women in Charge:  Success at What Price?"  Participated on a panel discussion, The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, May 13, 1993.

                                    Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 19-21, 1993, Washington, D.C.

Discussant.

Taught a series of seminars entitled, "Schools of Economic Thought," Washington, D.C., January 26-March 2, 1993.

Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 22-24, 1992, Washington, D.C.  Chaired a panel on Law & Economics.

Feminism and Free Markets:  Friends or Foes?  A public lecture presented to congressional staff, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1992. 

George Mason University, Center for the Study of Market Processes, Fairfax, Virginia, presented a lecture entitled "The Legal Approaches to Gender Equity:  An Austrian Critique," November 10, 1992.

"John C. Calhoun and Republican Liberty," Liberty Fund colloquium participant, November 5-8, 1992, Columbia, South Carolina.

"Coolidge, Thrift, and the Ideal of Liberty," Liberty Fund colloquium participant, August 27-30, 1992, South Woodstock, Vermont.

                                    Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington, D.C., May 21-22.

Presented lectures on public policy issues.

"Rights, Responsibility, and Religious Belief and Liberty in Hobbes, Spinoza, and Locke, Liberty Fund colloquium participant, April 2-5, 1992, Louisville, Kentucky.

"Acton, de Tocqueville, and American Liberty," Liberty Fund colloquium participant, October 17-20, 1991, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The University of Texas at Arlington, Women & Work Conference, April 1991, Arlington, Texas.  Presented a paper entitled, "Labor Markets and Women in the Soviet Union."

Public Choice Society Meetings, March 1991.  Presented a paper entitled, "A Constitutional Comparison:  Women in the United States and the Soviet Union."

                                    City University, Aix en Provence, France, August 1990.

Lectured on American labor unions.

                                    Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting, September 2-8, 1990, Munich, West

Germany. Invited participant.

Stanford University, The Ludwig von Mises University, Conference on advanced Austrian economics, July 8-15, 1990, Palo Alto, California.  Presented several lectures on gender economics, industrial organization, and the theory of the firm.

The University of Texas at Arlington, Women & Work Conference, May 1990, Arlington, Texas.  Presented a paper entitled, "Three Legal Approaches to Gender Equity:  An Economic Perspective."

Stanford University, The Ludwig von Mises University, Conference on advanced Austrian economics, July 8-15, 1989, Palo Alto, California.  Presented several lectures on monopoly theory, industrial organization and the theory of the firm.

The Rockford Institute, Consultation on "The Economics of Daycare," April, 1989, Chicago.  Presented a paper entitled, "Day Care Legislation:  A Public Choice Perspective."

Southwestern Society of Economists, March 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana.  Presented a paper entitled, "Hayek vs. Lucas:  Contrast and Comparison in Business Cycle Theory."  Co-authored with Ruby Ramirez.

Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 20-22, 1988, San Antonio, Texas.  Presented a paper entitled, "Horizontal Territorial Restrictions: The Sealy Case."  Also discussant.

Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting, September 4-10, 1988, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.  Invited participant.

Southwestern Society of Economists, March 1988, San Antonio, Texas.  Presented a paper entitled, "Federally Legislated Family Leave:  Benefit or Liability?"  Also chaired a panel entitled, "Inputs and Privatization."

Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1987, Washington, D.C.  Presented a paper entitled, "The Theory of the Firm: The Organization of

Franchising."

University of Hartford, Austrian Economics Seminar, October 21, 1986, West Hartford, Connecticut.  Presented a paper entitled, "Tacit Information and Innovation."

Amherst College, Economics Department, October 20, 1986.  Amherst, Massachusetts.  Debate on comparable worth.

Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting, August 31-September 6, 1986, St. Vincent, Italy.  Invited participant.

Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1985, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Presented a paper entitled, "Horizontal Territorial Restrictions:  The Sealy Case."

Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1984, New York City, New York.  Discussant.