果冻传媒

BIOGRAPHY

David A. Anderson is the Paul G. Blazer Professor of Economics and Business at 果冻传媒. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan, his M.B.A. from the University of the People, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University. Dr. Anderson鈥檚 research focuses on the economics of crime, the environment, gender bias, law, childbirth, and public policy. His 17 books include Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management, The Cost of Crime, Economics for the AP Course, and Survey of Economics.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Innovative Teaching Award
• Center for Teaching & Learning, 2016
• Social Science Textbook of the Year, Macmillan, 2015
• Kirk Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
• Stodghill Research Professorships, 2005, 2012
• Permaculture Design Certificate, Ecological Solutions of Australia, 2005
• ACS / Rasmussen Foundation Grants, 1999鈥�2000, 2003, 2004
• 3M Foundation Vision Grant, Principal Investigator, 1997鈥�2000
• NEH Distinguished Professorship, 1996鈥�98
• Centre Professional Development Grants, 1993鈥�2001
• BellSouth Teaching Grants (co-PI); 1995, 1996
• Andrew Mellon Foundation Technology Grant (co-PI), 1995鈥�98
• Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Grant, 1995
• 3M Foundation Vision Grant, Principal Investigator, 1995鈥�97
• Kentucky Real Estate Commission Research Grants; 1994, 1995
• Duke University Research Grant with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., 1991
• High Honors in Economics, University of Michigan, 1986
• Class Honors, University of Michigan, 1984鈥�86

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• American Economic Association Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society)
• Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society) 
• Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
• Honorary Member, Delta Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau

COURSES TAUGHT

• Industrial Organization Law and Economics
• Business and Society: Case Studies 
• Econometrics 
• Legal Environment of Business 
• Economic Development 
• Business Principles: Entrepreneurship and Beyond 
• Economics of Crime 
• Principles of Economics 
• Game Theory 
• Quantitative Methods 
• Senior Seminar 
• Economics of Tourism 
• Law and Economics 
• Freshman Seminar: Economics in an Ethical World 
• Sustainability 
• The Law and Economics of Oceania (Fiji/Hawaii) 
• Labor Economics 
• Dispute Resolution 
• Dispute Resolution 
• Environmental Economics 
• Intermediate Microeconomics 

PUBLICATIONS

• Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Settlement Gap, editor (1996, Routledge). 
• Cracking the AP: Economics (2000+, Princeton Review/Random House).
• Cracking the Golden State Exam: Economics, with John Gilleaudeau (2000, Random House).
• Favorite Ways to Learn Economics, with James Chasey (2001, 2006, South-Western; 2011, Worth).
• Sometimes I Get So Angry! Anger Management for Everyone (2007, Pensive Press).
• Contemporary Economics for Managers (2008, Worth Publishers).
• Treading Lightly: The Joy of Conservation, Moderation, and Simple Living (2009, Pensive Press).
• Economics in Modules, with Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, and Margaret Ray (2011, Worth).
• The Cost of Crime (2012, Now Publishers)
• Explorations in Economics, with Alan Krueger (2013, Worth Publishers).
• Favorite Ways to Explore Economics, with James Chasey (2013, Worth).
• Economics by Example (2007, 2016, Worth).
• Survey of Economics (2019, Worth Publishers).
• Empirical Analysis of Natural Gas Markets, editor with Shigeyuki Hamori (2020, MDPI).
• Economics for the AP Course, with Margaret Ray (2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, Worth).
• Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management (2004, South-Western; 2006, Pensive Press; 2010, 2014, 2019, 2025, Routledge).
• 鈥淚mproving Settlement Devices: Rule 68 and Beyond,鈥� 23:1 Journal of Legal Studies (1994), 225-246.
• 鈥淐ompensating Wage Differentials and the Optimal Provision of Unemployment Insurance,鈥� 60:3 Southern Economic Journal (1994), 644鈥�656.
• 鈥淐an Computers Replace the Classroom Chalkboard? The Case of Economic Education,鈥� 12:1 Social Science Computer Review (1994), 100鈥�113.
• 鈥淓stimating the Adequacy of Workers' Compensation Benefits,鈥� Kentucky Journal of Economics and Business (1994), 33鈥�51.
• 鈥淓mpirical Evidence on Settlement Devices: Does Rule 68 Encourage Settlement?鈥� with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., 71:2 Chicago-Kent Law Review (1995), 519鈥�545.
• 鈥淥ne-Way Fee Shifting Statutes and Offer of Judgment Rules: An Empirical Experiment,鈥� with T.D. Rowe, Jr., 36 Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (1996), 255鈥�273. 
• 鈥淎n Introduction to Dispute Resolution,鈥� in David A. Anderson (ed.), Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Settlement Gap (1996, Elsevier/JAI Press) 1鈥�16.
• 鈥淓mpirical Evidence on the Success of Settlement Devices,鈥� with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., in David A. Anderson (ed.), Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Sett. Gap (1996, JAI Press) 131鈥�144.
• 鈥淭he Accelerator Principle,鈥� in Thomas Cate, David Colander, and Geoff Harcourt (eds.), Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics (1997 and 2013, Elgar Publishing) 3鈥�6.
• 鈥淭he Multiplier Effect,鈥� in Thomas Cate, David Colander, and Geoff Harcourt (eds.), Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics (1997 and 2013, Elgar Publishing) 450鈥�453.
• 鈥淐haracteristics of an Ideal Teacher Evaluation Mechanism,鈥� with Harry Landreth, 7:4 The National Teaching and Learning Forum (1998) 5鈥�7.
• 鈥淭he Cost Effectiveness of Home Birth,鈥� with Rondi Anderson, 44:1 Journal of Nurse-Midwifery (1999) 30鈥�35.
• 鈥淕overnment's Role in Property Ownership: Hobbes meets Gulligan,鈥� in Nicholas Mercuro and Warren J. Samuels (eds.), Fundamental Interrelationships between Government and Property, Policy Studies Organization/JAI Press (1999) 37鈥�46.
• 鈥淭he Aggregate Burden of Crime,鈥� 42:2 Journal of Law and Economics (1999) 611鈥�642, .
• 鈥淎 Production Possibilities Frontier Experiment: Links and Smiles,鈥� with James Chasey, 7:2 Classroom Expernomics (2000).
• 鈥淎 Theory of Quality Signaling in the Marriage Market,鈥� with Shigeyuki Hamori, 12:3 Japan and the World Economy (2000) 229鈥�242. 
• 鈥淭he Fair Division of Natural Resources,鈥� 15:2 Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law (2001) 227鈥�45.
• 鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of the Osaka Rice Market during Japan鈥檚 Tokugawa Era鈥� with Shigeyuki and Naoko Hamori, 21:9 Journal of Futures Markets (2001) 861鈥�74.
• 鈥淭he Deterrence Hypothesis and Picking Pockets at the Pickpocket鈥檚 Hanging,鈥� 4:2 American Law and Economics Review (2002) 295鈥�313.
• 鈥淩eal Wage Behavior in the United States, Britain, and Japan: An ARCH Approach,鈥� with Shigeyuki Hamori, 4 European Economic and Political Issues (2002) 13鈥�24.
• 鈥淪tock Returns and Real Activity: New Evidence from the United States and Japan,鈥� with Shigeyuki and Naoko Hamori, 41:3,4 Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics (2002).
• 鈥淎 Picture is Worth $10 Million: Adult Object Permanence and the Neglected Power of Sight,鈥� 23: 1 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Newsletter (2003).
• 鈥淧ricing Protection: Understanding the Environmental Economics of Biodiversity Protection,鈥� in S. Spray and K. McGlothlin (eds.), Loss of Biodiversity (2003, Rowman & Littlefield).
• 鈥淔airness in the Face of Conflict: Dividing Environmental Assets and Obligations,鈥� 3:2 International Journal of Global Economic Issues (2003) 116鈥�32.
• 鈥淭he Aggregate Burden of Crime,鈥� republished in Kurt Finsterbush, ed., Taking Sides: Social Issues 13e (2004, McGraw-Hill/Duskin), Isaac Ehrlich and Zhiqiang Lui, eds., The Economics of Crime (2005, Edward Elgar), Kurt Finsterbush, ed., Annual Editions: Sociology, 34e (2005, McGraw-Hill/Duskin), Thom Brooks, ed., Crime and Punishment: Critical Essays in Legal Philosophy (2014, Ashgate).
• 鈥淕ender Role Stereotyping of Parents in Children's Picture Books: The Invisible Father,鈥� with Mykol Hamilton, 52:3/4 Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2005) 145鈥�151. .
• 鈥淓valuating Policies for Sustainability: The Neglected Influence of Visual Images,鈥� International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (2005).
• 鈥淭he Determinants of Municipal Solid Waste,鈥� 24:2 Journal of Applied Economics and Policy (2005).
• 鈥淕ender Stereotyping and Under-Representation of Female Characters in 200 Popular Children鈥檚 Picture Books: A 21st Century Update,鈥� with Mykol Hamilton, 55:11/12 Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2006) 757鈥�765.
• 鈥淯topia Isn鈥檛 So Bad,鈥� 68:5 The Humanist (Sept./Oct. 2008) 20鈥�24.
• 鈥淔inding the Path to Optimal Deterrence by Tracking the Path that Leads to Crime," Editorial Introduction, 9:2 Criminology & Public Policy (May 2010).
• 鈥淎 Voting Approach to Externality Problems,鈥� 14:1 Journal of Economic and Social Policy (2011).
• 鈥淭he Cost of Crime,鈥� 7:3 Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics (2012) 209鈥�265.
• 鈥淓nergy Efficiency,鈥� in John C. Whitehead and Tim Haab (eds.), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: An Encyclopedia (2014, Greenwood).
• 鈥淭eaching Economics: Writing, Resources, and Formulating Questions.鈥� ReVIEWS + ABC-CLIO, 2017. Web. 1 Apr. 2017.
• 鈥淲hat If Another 10% of Deliveries Occurred at Home or in a Birth Center? The Economics and Politics of Out-of-Hospital Birth in the United States,鈥� with Betty-Anne Daviss and Kenneth C. Johnson, in Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie David-Floyd (eds.) Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power (2020, Routledge).
• 鈥淓nvironmental Exigencies and the Efficient Voter Rule,鈥� 8:4 Economies (2020) 100. .
• 鈥淣atural Gas Transmission Pipelines: Risks and Remedies for Host Communities,鈥� 13:8 Energies (2020) 1873. .
• 鈥淐ost of Crime,鈥� in A. Marciano and G.B. Ramello (eds), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. (2021, 2014, Springer). .
• 鈥淧ivoting to Childbirth at Home or in Freestanding Birth Centers in the US during COVID-19: Safety, Economics and Logistics,鈥� with Betty-Anne Daviss and Kenneth C. Johnson, Frontiers in Sociology: Gender, Sex and Sexualities (March 2021). .
• 鈥淭he Costs of Crime,鈥� in C. J. Barnes and David R. Forde (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (2021, Wiley-Blackwell).
• 鈥淭he Cost of Home Birth in the United States,鈥� with Gabrielle M. Gilkison, 18:19 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021) 10361. .
• 鈥淭he Aggregate Cost of Crime in the United States,鈥� 64:4 Journal of Law and Economics (November 2021). .
• 鈥淭riangulated Teaching: Approaching Environmental Economics from Multiple Angles,鈥� in John C. Bergstrom and John Whitehead (eds.), Teaching Environmental and Resource Economics: Paradigms and Pedagogy (2022, Edward Elgar).
• 鈥淕ender Socialization, Family Leadership, and the Invisible Father in Children鈥檚 Literature,鈥� with Mykol C. Hamilton, Gabrielle M. Gilkison, and Skyler K. Palmer. 44:5 Journal of Family Issues (May 2023, published online Dec. 2021). .
• The Light in the Library Basement: A Personal Finance Mystery Story, with Camille Cabrera (Forthcoming, 2025)