Angela
K. Dills
Telephone: (478) 301-3970
Fax: (478) 301-2635
dills_ak@mercer.edu
2007-present: Assistant
Professor, Stetson School of Business and Economics,
2002-2007: Assistant
Professor, The
Economics
of Education, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Crime
Thesis: “Intended and Unintended Consequences of Policies:
Test Scores and House Values, Peer Effects, and Alcohol Prohibition”
[Kevin
Lang, Jeff Miron, and Victor Aguirregabiria]
“Teacher Attitudes
and Teacher Knowledge in Economic Education,” with Dennis Placone, forthcoming, Journal of Economics and Economic Education
Research.
“What do Economists Know about Crime?” with Jeff Miron and Garrett
Summers, in Crime, Institutions, and Policies, Sebastian Edwards, Rafael Di
Tella, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
forthcoming. Also NBER WP#13759, January 2008.
“Course Scheduling and Academic Performance,” with Rey
Hernández, Economics of Education Review,
December 2008, 27, 646-654.
“
“The Effect of Alcohol Prohibition on Alcohol
Consumption: Evidence from Drunkenness Arrests,” with Mireille Jacobson and
Jeffrey A. Miron, Economics Letters,
February 2005, 86(2), 279-294. Reprinted in John H. Cawley and Donald S.
Kenkel, eds., The Economics of Health
Behaviours, June 2008.
“Does
Cream-Skimming Curdle the Milk? A Study
of Peer Effects,” Economics of Education
Review, February 2005, 19-28.
“Do Parents Value Changes in Test Scores? High Stakes Testing in
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“Alcohol Prohibition and Cirrhosis,” with Jeffrey
Miron, American Law and Economics Review,
Fall 2004, Vol. 6(2), 285-318. Also NBER
WP#9681, May 2003.
“The Peculiarities of Public and Private Production:
Class Size Determination,” with Sean E. Mulholland (under review)
“School Board Selection and Student
Achievement,” with Rachel Rhyne (under review)
“More
Choice, Less Crime,” with Rey Hernández (under review)
“Social Host Liability and Under-aged Drinking and
Driving” (under review)
“A
Comment on the Donohue and Levitt (2006) Reply to Foote and Goetz (2005)” with
Jeff Miron
“The
Effects of Schooling on Parental Time in Education Production,” with Jeff
DeSimone
“Spread the Wealth, Teach the Poor? School Quality in
“A new instrument for Catholic school attendance and
private school competition,” with Rey Hernández
“Trends in Socio-Economic Status and Academic
Achievement”
“House
Prices and the Centralization of Education,” with Adora Cheung.
“Recess
and Elementary School Student Outcomes,” with Hillary Morgan
Clemson’s
National Scholars Program Award of Distinction (for student mentoring), 2007
Clemson’s
National
Council on Economic Education (co-PI Dennis Placone), 2005-2006, $24,999
Clemson
University Department of Economics Research Grant Seed Money, 2005, $2,000
Voted
Fourth Best Assistant Professor in the Tiger’s
Reader’s Poll, Fall 2003
Echols
Scholar, University of Virginia, 1992-1996.
Mercer: Undergraduate:
Introduction to Microeconomics, Business Quantitative Analysis (in computer lab),
Law and Economics, Econometrics (Spring 2009)
MBA:
Applied Microeconomic Analysis, Applied Data Analysis (Spring 2009)
Clemson: Undergraduate:
Labor Economics for Non-Majors
BA/MA:
Introduction to Econometrics (with computer lab), Economics of Education
(developed new course), Advanced Econometrics
PhD:
Economics of Education (developed new course)
BU: Undergraduate:
Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of Less-Developed Regions, Introductory
Macroeconomics
Presentations
2008-2009: Latin American meeting of the Econometric
Society/Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association meeting, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
2007-2008:
SEA,
2006-2007:
SEA, Charleston, SC (2); Lafayette College; Wake Forest University; Drew
University; Fairfield University; Cornell College; Clemson School of Education;
Mercer University; University of Colorado – Denver; AEFA, Baltimore, MD
2005-2006:
APPAM, Washington, D.C.; SEA, Washington, D.C. (2); Rutgers University –
Camden; Baruch College (CUNY); Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch
2004-2005:
University of Georgia; Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch; Appalachian State
University; Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA (2); ASSA Meetings,
Philadelphia, PA; University of South Florida; AEFA, Louisville, KY
2003-2004:
Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch; Southern Economic Association (SEA), San
Antonio, TX; Clemson University; University of South Carolina; American
Educational Finance Association (AEFA), Salt Lake City, UT; American Education
Research Association, San Diego, CA
2002-2003:
Appalachian
2001-2002:
Clemson University; Santa Clara University; UC-San Diego; Bureau of Labor
Statistics; Louisiana State University; University of Guelph; CNA Corporation.
Research
Committee Member, Georgia Council on Economic Education, 2008-present
Referee: 2007-present: Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of School Choice, Southern
Economic Journal, Educational Evaluation
and Policy Analysis
2002-2007:
American Economic Review, The B.E.
Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics of Education Review, Economic
Journal, Journal of Human Resources, Labour Economics, Southern Economic
Journal, Public Choice
Textbook
reviewer for Jeffrey Wooldridge’s Introductory
Econometrics
Invited
Participant,
“Free
Market Environmentalism” (2003)
“
“Responsibility and
“Rights,
Responsibilities, and Freedom: The Contributions of Armen A. Alchian” (2007)
Faculty
Member, Institute for Humane Studies
“Freedom,
Tolerance, and Civil Society” June 2007, June 2008
“
Faculty
Member, Foundation for Teaching Economics
Economics for
Leaders, July 2008
Presentation on 2008 Financial Crisis,
Consulting for TheRackesGroup forecasting
Department and University
service:
Mercer:
Co-Chair,
SSBE Faculty Committee, 2008-2009
Board
Member, Sex Trafficking Conference, 2008-2009
Participating
Faculty Member, Center for the Teaching of America’s Western Foundations (AIM
Fund grant recipient for 2008-2009)
Clemson:
“2020
Plan” ad hoc committee (Fall 2004)
Econometrics
Comprehensive Committee (Spring 2003-Spring 2006)
Faculty
Recruiting Committee (2004-2005)
Student
Advising:
Ph.D. (committee member): Rey Hernandez (2005), Oana Diaconu (2005),
Alex
Grecu (2006), Jason Rudbeck (2006)
Aileen
Sampson (2006), Brighita Bercea (2007)
Anca
Cotet (2007), Kurt Rotthoff (2007)
M.A. (committee member): Lori Milstead (2003), Ashley Cluley (2007)
Senior Honors Theses (chair): Adora Cheung (2004), Rachel Rhyne (2006),
Carla
Bridges (2006), John Masslon (2007)
Independent Study: Adora
Cheung (Spring 2004)
Faculty
Advisor for the Club Water Polo Team (Spring 2004-Spring 2007)
Faculty
Advisor for Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity (Fall 2004-Fall 2005)
BB&T
Economics Summer Camp for High School Students (2005, 2006, 2007)
Professional Affiliations:
American
Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession,
American Educational Finance Association
References
Professor
Jeffrey Miron
Department
of Economics
Littauer
316
PH: (617) 494-4129
e-mail:
miron@fas.harvard.edu
Professor
Laura Argys
Department
of Economics
Campus
PH
(303) 556-3949
e-mail:
laura.argys@ucdenver.edu
Professor
Scott Baier
The
John E. Walker Dept of Economics
222
Sirrine Hall
PH:
(864) 656-4534
e-mail:
sbaier@clemson.edu