Mark S.
LeClair
Professor
of Economics
Contact Information:
Address: Department of Economics, Fairfield
University, 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield, CT 06824, USA
E-Mail:
mleclair@mail.fairfield.edu
Phone: (203)
254-4000 X2295
This
web page contains links to course resources, research materials and
important outside links.
Proceed
to:
§Course Materials
§Publications
§Useful Links
Course
Resources: Click on the
course number to view syllabus
Principles of
Macroeconomics: EC 12
International
Trade:
EC 231
Regional
Economic Dev. EC 185
Principles of
Microeconomics EC 11
Office
Hours (Fall 2009): Monday 12:45-2:00
Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Thursday: 8:50-9:30
Final
Exam Schedule:
EC 11,
Saturday, December 19th, 8:00 AM
EC 231, Thursday, December 17th,
9:00 AM
EC 185 - As noted on the
syllabus, as a service-learning course, there will not be formal final
exam. University
regulations require, however, that the
work substituting for the final exam (your final project) be due at the
time of the
scheduled exam (Thursday,
December 17th at 1:30)
Review
Materials:
-EC
12
- Class notes
-Old Final Exam
These
are the "cliff notes" for the first 2/3 of the course, and only provide
an outline as to
what will be covered. They are not a substitute for attendance in
class.
-EC 11
- Class notes
-Old Final Exam
EC 11 - Excel
Assignments
EC
231 - Old Final Exam
Economic Debates: Real Clear Politics (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/)
- A
complete source of political debates from Center/Left/Right perspectives
Data and Economic
Analysis - Carpe Diem (http://mjperry.blogspot.com/)
Research:
(Link to my CV)
Recent
Publications:
Commodity
Markets:
International
Commodity Markets and the Role of
Cartels,
New York, M.E. Sharpe, 2000
Fair Trade:
"Fighting the
Tide: Alternative Trade
Organizations
in the Era of Global Free Trade", World Development, 30(6),
2002,
pp.
949-58.
"Fighting
Back: The Growth of Alternative
Trade",
Development,
46(1), 2003, pp. 66-73.
Reply to Hayes comment on "Fighting the Tide:
Alternative Trade Organizations in the Era of Global Free Trade, World Development 30(6), 2002, pp.
2962-65.
Corporate
Philanthropy:
with Kelly
Gordon, "Corporate Support for Artistic
and
Cultural Activities: What Determines the Distribution of
Corporate
Giving", Journal of Cultural
Economics, 24(3), 2000, pp.
225-41.
International Trade:
Regional
Integration and Global Free Trade:
Addressing
the Fundamental Conflicts, Aldershot, England,
Ashgate
Publishing, 1997.
"Export
Composition and Manufacturing Employment in
the
U.S. during the Economic Downturn of 1991-2", Economic Systems
Research,
14(2),
2002, pp.147-56.
with
Dina
Franceschi, "Externalities in
International Trade: The Case for Differential Tariffs", Ecological Economics, 58, 2006, pp.
462-72.
"Currency
Regimes and Currency Crises:
What
about Cocoa Money?", Journal of
International Financial Markets, Institutions and
Money,
17, 2007, pp. 42-57.
Other:
"Reducing
Gasoline Price Variability: A Modest
Proposal", The Energy
Journal, 27(2), 2006, pp. 41-54.
Book Reviews:
Review
of Fair Trade for All:
How Trade Can
Promote Development, by Stiglitz, Joseph and Charlton, Andrew,
New York, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Published in Eastern Economic Journal, 33(4), Fall 2007.
Review of Banking on Global Markets, by
Kobrak, Christopher, Cambridge & New York, Cambridge University
Press, 2008, Forthcoming in Eastern Economic Journal
Research
in Progress:
<>
-Commodity markets and cartels
-The world
trading system and
environmental,
labor and fairness of trade concern
-International migration
Useful
Links:
Link
to: Fairfield University
Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS
Federal
Reserve System FED
Council
of Economic Advisors (Economic
Report of the President)EROP
IMF IMF
<>Created on May 13, 2002.
Last
Updated
on March 25, 2009.
Disclaimer: All views
expressed are those of the author, and not Fairfield University
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