Faculty

Office Location
JC 235

Office Hours
Fall 2009 Mon. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00 Wed. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00 Fri. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00

B.A. Michigan State University, 1971; M.A. Michigan State University, 1973; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1976

John H. Beck is the Director of the BA program in Economics at Gonzaga University and advisor to the Gonzaga chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the National Honor Society in Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 1976 and joined the Gonzaga faculty in 1988. Professor Beck is a member of the American Economic Association and the Public Choice Society and an academic advisor to the Heartland Institute(www.heartland.org), an organization concerned with state and local public policy.

Selected publications:

Beck, John H. "The Pelagian Controvesy: An Economic Analysis," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 66 (October 2007): 681-696.

Beck, John H. "Distributive Justice and the Rules of the Corporation: Partial versus General Equilibrium Analysis," Business Ethics Quarterly, 15 (July 2005): 355-362.

Beck, John H.; Carl S. Bozman; and Daniel L. Friesner. "Sales Taxes, Information and Public Opinion in Washington," Northwest Journal of Business and Economics, (2004): 1-18.

Beck, John H., and Randall Bennett. "Taxation, License Fees and New Car Registrations," Public Finance Review, 31 (September 2003): 487-509.

Office Location
JC 230

Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, 1984; M.A., Economics, Washington State University, 1977; B.A., Economics, Washington State University, 1974

Office Location
Jepson 215

Office Hours
Spring 2009: MWF 11:00 - 12:00 & 2:00 - 3:00

Education:

B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2001; M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2003; Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2006

Selected Publications:

Henrickson, Kevin E. And Wesley W. Wilson. 2008.  "Compensation, Unionization and Deregulation in the Motor Carrier Industry." The Journal of Law and Economics 51(1): 153-177.     

Henrickson, Kevin E. Forthcoming. "Spatial Competition and Grain Transportation Demand on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers." Applied Economics.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Ashish Thatte. Forthcoming. "Outsourcing and Organizational Practices: Effects on Firm Competitiveness." International Journal of Business Strategy.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Wesley W. Wilson. 2007. "A Description of the Inland Waterway System and Planning Models." The Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration, edited by Jeremy Plant, CRC Press: 53-78.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Wesley W. Wilson. 2005. "A Model of Spatial Market Areas and Transportation Demand." The Transportation Research Record 1909: 31-38.

Office Location
Jepson 219

Office Hours
Tuesday 11-12
Wednesday 1:30-3
Thursday 1-2:30

Education:

B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2003; M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2004; Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2008

Office Location
Jepson 204

Education:

B.A., Economics and Spanish, University of Montana, 1999: M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2005: Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2009

Selected working papers include:

"The Effect of Children on Adult Demands for Health Risk Reductions," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo
"Scenario Adjustment in Stated Preference Research," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo
"Willingness to Pay for Health Risk Reductions: Differences by Type of Illness," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo

Office Location
Jepson Center 205

Office Hours
Monday and Friday 10:00 -11:30 AM
Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30 PM