COL Karen Gutermuth
Professor of Economics and Business

  Education:

Ph.D., Economics LSU (August 1996);
Dissertation Title: "The Role of AMA Contributions in the U. S. Senate: An Analysis of Roll Call Votes 1979-1992"

Fields of Study: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Public Policy

B.S., Economics, LSU (May 1990)

  Teaching Interests: Statistics, Econometrics, Health Economics, Law and Economics, Industrial Organization, Money and Banking

Research Interests:	Applied Microeconomics
	Government Policy/Interest Group Theory
	PACs and Voting Behavior
	Health Reform/Cost Containment Policies
	Analyses of Dichotomous and Qualitative Dependent Variables

  Publications

"Why the Crane But Not the Pigeon? A Property Rights Explanation of Wildlife Protection" (Virginia Economic Journal, 2005, Vol. 10, p. 45-58)

"Financial Data as Predictors of Firm Failure: A Look 30 Years Later" (Virginia Economic Journal, 2003, Vol. 8, p. 31-41)

Using Excel for Undergraduate Econometrics, 2nd Edition, with R. Carter Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publisher

"System Wide Effects of Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Programs" (coauthor, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law,  August 2000, Vol. 25, No. 4, p. 653-688)

"The American Medical Political Action Committee: Who Gets the Money, and Why?" (Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, April 1999, Vol. 24, No. 2, p.357-382)

Papers Presented:

"The Effects of Medical Malpractice Review Panels on Malpractice Awards", presented at the 83rd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Waikiki, HI, July 2008

"Bayesian Prediction for Firm Failure", presented at the Annual Meeting of the MidSouth Association of Business Disciplines, Austin, TX 7 October, 2005

"When Does Government Choose to Protect Wildlife?  A Property Rights Explanation" presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Economists, Richmond, VA, March 2004

"Consumer Confidence and Real Interest Rates: An Empirical Look", presented at the Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, November 2002

 Papers in Progress:

“Comparative Analysis of Honor Systems and Ethical Decisions” with Clifford West and John Riester

"The Effects of Medical Malpractice Review Panels on Malpractice Awards"

“Teaching Ethics to Undergraduates: An Examination of Contextual Approaches” with co-authors Clifford West and H. Francis Bush

"The Role of Consumer Confidence in the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy" with Atin Basu and Srimayi Sen

Last updated on 27 August 2008