Donald Vandegrift

vandedon@tcnj.edu

The College of New Jersey

School of Business

P. O. Box 7718

Ewing, NJ 08628-0718

 

INTERESTS:

·         Economics of the Law

·         Industrial Organization

·         Economic Theory of Institutions

·         Experimental Economics

TEACHING FIELDS:

·         Microeconomics

·         Industrial Organization

·         Statistics

·         Economics of the Law

·         Macroeconomics

DISSERTATION:

·         "Efficient Contract Law"

·         Major Advisor: Richard N. Langlois

EDUCATION: 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 1995 – Present   Assistant/Associate Professor, The College of New Jersey - Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Statistics, Industrial Organization, Economics of the Law, Intermediate Microeconomics.

 1994 - 1995    Visiting Assistant Professor, Bentley College -Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Statistics.

 1993 - 1994    Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Boston - Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory, Principles of Microeconomics.

 1987 - 1993    Teaching Assistant/Instructor, University of Connecticut-Government and Industry, Economics of the Law, Microeconomics Theory, Principles of Macroeconomics (Honors), Principles of Microeconomics.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

 1985 - 1987    Economist, Office of Electric Power Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

GRANTS:

2001     “Labor Market Compensation and Economic Behavior: An Experimental Examination of Team Production and Tournaments,” National Science Foundation, Economics Program – SES 0111789.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

·        "The Economic Effects of New Jersey’s Self-Service Operations Ban on Retail Gasoline Markets," Journal of Consumer Policy, 24, 63-81 (2001). (co-author: Joseph A. Bisti)

·        "Quality-Assuring Price and Breach of Express or Implied Warranty," Contemporary Economic Policy, 19, 186-196 (2001).

·        "Income, Population Density, and Residential Energy Use: An Analysis of U.S. States," Journal of Energy and Development, 25, 37-46 (1999). (co-author: Vincent DiCaro)

·        "Asset Specificity, Long-Term Contracts, and the Good Faith Requirement," Eastern Economic Journal, 24, 477-495 (1998).

·        "Decision Costs, Contract Excuse, and the Westinghouse Commercial Impracticability Case," European Journal of Law and Economics, 4, 41-54 (1997).

REVIEWS:

·         Review of Product Standards for Internationally Integrated Goods Markets by Alan O. Sykes in Comparative Economic Studies, 38, 143-146 (1997).

·         Review of Simple Rules for a Complex World by Richard Epstein in Managerial and Decision Economics, 17, 111-112 (1996).

PRESENTATIONS:

·         "Risk Taking in Tournaments: Do Women Take Fewer Risks", (with Paul Brown) Eastern Economic Association, Eastern Economic Association Convention, New York, NY, February, 2001.

·         "Quality-Assuring Price and Breach of Express or Implied Warranty", Western Economic Association, Western Economic Association Convention, San Diego, CA, July, 1999.

·         "An Experimental Test of the Austrian View of Competition," Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, Society for the Advancement of Behaviorial Economics Convention, Lexington, VA, June, 1997.

·         "Asset Specificity, Long-Term Contracts and the Good Faith Requirement," Eastern Economics Association, Eastern Economic Association Convention, Washington, DC, April 1997.

·         "Decision Costs, Contract Excuse and the Westinghouse Commercial Impracticability Case," Public Choice Society, Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society and the Economic Science Association, Long Beach, CA, March 1995.

·         "Information, Efficiency and the Evolution of Contract Law," Public Choice Society, Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society and the Economic Science Association, Austin, TX, April 1994.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS/UNDER  REVIEW:

·        "Task Difficulty, Incentive Effects, and the Selection of High-Variance Strategies: An Experimental Examination of  Tournament Behavior" (co-author: Paul M. Brown)

·        "High-Variance Strategies in Tournament Competition: Overconfidence, Gender, and Feedback" (co-author: Paul M. Brown)

·        "Fat and Getting Fatter: Obesity Rates, Income, and Suburban Sprawl" (co-author: Tommer Yoked)

REFEREE EXPERIENCE:

·        Journal of Economic Education

·        Review of Austrian Economics

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

·         1989 - present                American Economic Association

·         1994 - present                Western Economic Association

·         1996 - present                Eastern Economic Association

 

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