William S. Hallagan
School of Economic Science Washington State University Pullman, Washington 99164 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (509) 335-4987
Education
Ph.D. (Economics) University of California-Davis (1977) Dissertation: "Theories of Sharecropping and Share Contracting for California Gold" Advisors: Victor Goldberg, James Roumasset, and Alan Olmstead
B.S. Bucknell University (1970)
Employment
1998/99: Visiting Professor of Economics (Fulbright), Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, PRC)
1993-1994: Visiting Professor of Economics (CEP) Latvian Agricultural University (Jelgava, Latvia)
1991-1992: Visiting Professor of Economics (Fulbright), Nan Kai University (Tianjin, PRC)
1990-1991: Visiting Professor of Economics (Fulbright), Fudan University (Shanghai, PRC)
1990: Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii
1984-present: Associate Professor of Economics, Washington State University
1977/1984: Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington State University
1978/1979: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nevada-Reno
Fields
Industrial Organization, International Economics
Refereed Publications
"Share Contracting for California Gold" Explorations in Economic History (April, 1978) pp. 196- 210. "Self-Selection by Contractual Choice and the Theory of Share Contracting" Bell Journal of Economics (Autumn, 1978) pp.344-354.
"Labor Contracting in Turn of the Century California Agriculture" Journal of Economic History (December, 1980) pp. 757-776.
"Polymorphic Equilibrium in Advertising" Bell Journal of Economics (Spring 1983) pp.191-201 (with Wayne Joerding)
"The Allocation of Disaster Assistance after Mt. St. Helens" Western Tax Journal (Spring 1983) pp. 7 - 15 (with Wayne Joerding and Carol Horton)
"Polymorphism in Competitive Strategies" Journal of Economics and Business (January, 1985) pp. 1-17 (with Wayne Joerding).
"Implementing an Integrated Modular Approach to Teaching Introductory Economics" Journal of Economic Education (Spring 1985) pp. 129-134 (with John Donnelly).
"Equilibrium Price Dispersions" American Economic Review (December 1985) pp.1191-1194 (with Wayne Joerding).
"Contracting Problems and the Adoption of Regulatory Cartels" Economic Inquiry (January 1985) pp. 37-56.
"Who Bids the Most for Monopoly Power ?" Economic Inquiry (October 1987) pp. 671-680 (with Rod Fort).
"The Ideological Component of Senate Voting" Public Choice. (January 1993) pp 39-57. (with Fort, Morong, and Stegner)
"Market Reforms in Banking: The Latvian Experience" Privredna Izgradnja (No. 3-4, 1995).
"On the Starting Point and Path of Economic Reforms" Economic Research Journal (January 1996) pp. 3-10. (with Zhang Jun - in Chinese).
"The Speed and Sequencing of Market Reforms: The Case of Banking in Latvia" Contemporary Economic Policy (April, 1997) pp.24-34.
"Growth in Industrial Output in Post Reform China: Dual Pricing and Fringe Competition" East Asia Review (March 1998) pp.1-18 (with Zhang Jun).
"Excessive Entry into New Markets" Theoretical Economics (May 1998) pp. 70-75. (with Zhang Jun, in Chinese).
"Starting Positions, Reform Speed, and Economic Outcomes in Transitioning Economies" Economic Research Journal (October, 1999) (with Zhang Jun - in Chinese). English version appeared in Privredna Izgradnja (2001). “Effects of Firm Resources on Growth in Multinationality,” (with Tansuhaj, McCullough and Tseng) Journal of International Business Studies.(July, 2007), pp. 961-974.
“Corruption in Dictatorships”, Economics of Governance. (February, 2010), pp. 27-49. Online first version published September 2009 at SpringerLink.
Work in Progress
“Globalization and Performance: A Study of Winning Times in Marathons,”
“Corruption and the International Flows of Adopted Children”
“To Rule by Law, or Not”, manuscript (2007)
Other Publications "Farmers without Farms" Agricultural History (October 1979).
"Bitter Harvest" Journal of Economic History (December 1981).
"Regulation on the Hop" Regulation (Winter 1986).
"Market Power, Cost Shifting, and the Provision of Medical Services" Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (1989)
"Two Paths in the Woods", (with Rod Fort) in Nuclear Power at the Crossroads, Lowinger and Hinman (eds.), 1994.
"Cong Wu Xu Dao You Xu: Quo Du Zhong De La Tuo Wei Ya Yin Hang Ye" ("From Disequilibrium to Equilibrium; The Transition in Latvian Banking", translated into Chinese by Zhang Jun) Economic Highlights, June, 3 1995, p.4. (Economic Highlights is published in Shanghai, PRC).
"Education in Rural Areas During Economic Reforms in China" in Economic Education in Transition Economies, (proceedings of a World Bank conference in Riga, Latvia) pp. 15-17, June, 1995
"Starting Positions, Reform Speed, and Economic Outcomes in Transitioning Economies", Davidson Institute Working Paper #280: http://eres.bus.umich.edu/docs/dwpn3.html
“An Examination of the Economic Theory of Civil Conflict,” (with F. Inaba, Y. He, and M. Nziramasanga) forthcoming in Toward a Peaceable Future” Redefining Peace, Security, and Convivialtity from a Multidisciplinary Perspective, WSU Press.
"Contracting Problems and the Adoption of Regulatory Cartels", reprinted in Cartels, Salant and Levenstein (editors), Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
Presentations "Share Contracting for California Gold" Western Economic Association Meetings 1977.
"Contract Cheating" Law and Economics Workshop (UCLA 1978) and Cliometrics Conference (University of Chicago 1979).
"Cost Function Estimates of Ash Clean-up" Mt. St. Helens On Year Later Conference (Eastern Washington University 1981) and Western Economic Association Meetings (1981).
"The Origins of Economic Regulation" Liberty Fund Conference (Port Ludlow, Washington 1983).
"Information and Product Quality" Econometrics Society Meetings (1984).
"The Role of Ideology in Public Choice" Public Choice Meetings(1987).
"Can Seemingly X-Inefficient Monopolists be Profit Maximizers?" Public Choice Meetings (1988).
"A Principal Agent Model of Senator Behavior" Public Choice Meetings (1993).
"Education in Rural Areas During Economic Reforms in China" presented at a World Bank Conference, Economic Education in Transition Economies, Riga, Latvia, June 7-10, 1995.
"The Role of the Private Sector in Modern Chinese Economic Growth" presented at the Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (1995) Lewis and Clark State College
"On the Starting Point and Path of Economic Reforms" presented at the Economics Department, Oregon State University (October, 1995).
"Banking Reform in Transitional Economies" presented at Shanghai (Fudan University 6/97) Dalian (Northwest Finance University 10/98), Guangzhou (Zhong Shan University 11/98), Tianjin (Nan Kai University 5/99),
Referring Service
Fulbright Specialists Program Editorial Board: Privredna Izfgradnja
Economic Inquiry
Journal of Business and Economics
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
The Energy Journal
National Science Foundation International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
Grants and Fellowships
Fulbright Fellowship (China) 1998/1999
Chinese Education Commission Grant for Travel to PRC, 1997
National Research Council Travel Grant to fund research in Latvia, 1996.
IREX Travel Grant to fund research in Latvia, 1995
Committee on Scholarly Communication with China Fellowship (to fund visit of Dr. Zhang to WSU) 1994.
Civic Education Project Grant (Latvia) 1993/94
Washington State China Relations Council Travel Grant 1993.
Fulbright Fellowship (China) 1990/1991 renewed for 1991/1992
National Science Foundation Grant to investigate the allocation of relief funds after Mt. St. Helens, 1981/1982 (with Wayne Joerding).
National Science Foundation Grant to estimate the cost of ash clean-up, 1980 (with Wayne Joerding).