NSF Biographical Sketch - Depken, Craig A. II
 

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Name: Depken, Craig A. II
Telephone: 704.687.7484; Fax: 608.687.6442
Email: cdepken@uncc.edu
Organization:
Department of Economics
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina 28223

www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/cdepken

Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty: Applied Microeconomics
Habitat: Urban areas
Organism: Human
Core Area(s): industrial organization, applied price theory, public choice

Education:
A.B., University of Georgia, Economics, 1991
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Economics, 1996

Appointments:
Associate Professor of Economics, UNC-Charlotte, 2007-Present
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Texas Arlington, 2002-2007
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Texas Arlington, 1996-2002

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Dehring, C. A., Depken, C. A, and Ward, M. R. A Direct Test of the Homevoter Hypothesis. Journal of Urban Economics (in press).

Chamblee, J., Dehring, C. and Depken, C. Watershed Development Restrictions and Land Prices: Empirical Evidence from Southern Appalachia, mimeo.

Dehring, C., Depken, C., and Ward, M. The Impact of Stadium Announcements on Residential Property Values: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Dallas-Fort Worth. Contemporary Economic Policy, October 2007.


Depken, C. and LaFountain, C. Fiscal Consequences of Public Corruption: Evidence from State Bond Ratings. Public Choice, January 2006.


Depken, C. and Ford, J.
NAFTA as a Means of Raising Rivals' Costs. The Review of Industrial Organization, September 1999.

Synergistic Activities
1. Member of editorial board of The Open Management Journal

2. Member of awards committee of the Academy of Economics and Finance

3. I teach sports economics in the new MBA in Sport Marketing and Management at UNCC (this puts me in contact with people from the sports industry)

4. I teach econometrics in the MS in Mathematical Finance at UNCC (this puts me in contact with people from the financial industry)

5. In the past (in Arlington) I have given lectures on public economics to local church groups and other non-profit organizations

6. I have provided expert witness services (although non-testifying) for three separate lawsuits, specifically providing value of life and limb calculations