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Information: 209 Delta Center P.O. Box 729 State University, AR 72467-0729 870-972-3737 (tel.) 870-972-3417 (fax) crbrown@astate.edu	Fall 2017 Teaching Schedule: ECON 2313-001: MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m. ECON 6313-001: W 2:00-4:50 p.m. ECON 6313-250: Web-based Office Hours: MTRF 1:00-2:30 p.m., or by appointment

Economics Links: The Economist Bureau of Labor Statistics Brureau of the Census Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Policy Institute The Becker-Posner Blog The Anti-Becker-Posner-Blog Institutional Economics Brad DeLong's Page

Recent Publications

‘Economy as Instituted Process: The Case of Hard Rock Mining in the U.S.’, Journal of Institutional Economics (accepted).

‘Introduction to the Special 50th Anniversary Issue of the Journal of Economic Issues’, Journal of Economic Issues 50, 5 (2016): 1-4.

‘Introduction to Symposium on Social Capital’, Journal of Economic Issues 50, 1 (2016): 1-3.

'The Gibson Paradox: Evidence from China,' China Economic Review (with Cheng Hao and Randall Kesselring), in press.

'Is Cultural Change Adaptive? Comment on 'An Evolutionary Framework for culutrual Exchange: Selectionism versus Communal Exchange' by Liane Gabora, Physics of Life Reviews, 10 (2013), 160-161.

'Treating Uncertainty as Risk: The Credit Default Swap and the Paradox of Derivatives', Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 46 (2), June 2012, 303-311 (with Cheng Hao). (pdf)

'Transmutability, Generalized Darwinism, and the Limits to Conceptual Integration', Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 27 (1), january 2013, 209-228.

‘Consumer Behavior’, in the Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy, P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, Editors, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, in press.

Review of Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective, James B. Davies, Editor, Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 19 (3-4) ,Sept-Dec 2010, 100-103.

'Ayresian Technology, Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship, and the Bayh-Dole Act', Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2009, 477-485.pdf

Review of Inherited Wealth by Jens Beckert.  Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 43, No. 1, March 2009, 282-283.

Inequality, Consumer Credit, and the Saving Puzzle, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, November 2008 (selected as a core academic title for 2008 by Academia, the online magazine and resource for academic librarians). 

"Oligopsony, Information Technology, and Systems Integration: The Case of the Healthcare Supply Industry," International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 2, No. 6, December 2007 (co-authored with Ted Lee).

“Financial Engineering, Consumer Credit, and the Stability of Effective Demand,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring 2007: 429-455.pdf

“Declining Marriage Rates of Young Black Women: Testing Alternative Economic Hypotheses,” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 33, No. 4, Spring 2006, 27-49 (co-authored with Randall Kesselring).pdf

Review of The Distribution of Wealth by Michael Schneider. Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2006: 177-179. pdf

“Explaining Credit Problems in the U.S. Consumer Durable Goods Industry in the 1930s:  Credit Channel or Bank Liquidity Preference?” American Review of Political Economy, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 2005: 17-37. (pdf)

“Is There an Institutional Theory of Distribution?” Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 39, No. 4, December 2005: 915-931. (pdf)

“Does Income Distribution Matter for Effective Demand? Evidence from the United States.” Review of Political Economy, Vol. 16, No.  3, July 2004: 291-307. (pdf)

“Toward a Reconcilement of Liquidity Preference and Endogenous Money,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 26, No.  2, Winter 2003-4: 323-337. (pdf)