Publications

Text Book Supplement

Microeconomic Problems: Case Studies and Exercises for Review, eleventh edition, with Edwin Mansfield, Norton Publishers: New York, New York, 2004, coauthor on tenth edition as well.

Edited Books

Airline Efficiency, with John Bitzan and Wesley Wilson, edited volume as part of the Advances in Airline Economics Series, Volume 5, Emerald Press, UK, 2016.

The Economics of International Airline Transport, edited volume as part of the Advances in Airline Economics Series, Volume 4, Emerald Press, UK, 2014.

Pricing Behavior and Non-Price Characteristics in the Airline Industry, edited volume as part of the Advances in Airline Economics Series, Volume 3, Emerald Press, UK, 2012.

Product Market Structure and Labor Market Discrimination, with John Heywood, Edited Volume, SUNY Press: Albany, New York, 2006.

Transportation Labor Issues and Regulatory Reform, with Wayne Talley, Edited Volume as part of the Research in Transportation Economics Series, Volume 10, Elsevier Science Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2004.

Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets, Springer Publishers: New York, New York, 1998.

Contributions to Books

“Airfares and Competition on International Routes,” with John Bitzan and Alice Kones in The Economics of International Airline Transport, 2014, pp: 151-176.

Transportation Deregulation: Productivity and Cost Patterns in Trucking, Airlines and Rail,” with John Bitzan in The Business of Transportation, edited by Darren Prokop, Praeger Press ).2015, pp: 146-190.

Wage Differentials of Railroad Managers and Non-Managerial Labor: Deregulation Versus Regulation,” with Wayne Talley, in Railroad Economics, as part of the Research in Transportation Economics series Elsevier Science Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, eds. Scott Dennis and Wayne Talley, 2007, pp: 265-287.

Shipping Deregulation’s Wage Effect on Low and High Wage Dockworkers,” with Wayne Talley and Pithoon Thanabordeekij, in Port Economics, as part of the Research in Transportation Economics series Elsevier Science Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, eds. Kevin Cullinane and Wayne Talley, 2006, pp: 219-249.

“The Influence of Privatization and Competition on Racial Earnings Differentials,” with Wayne Talley in Product Market Structure and Labor Market Discrimination, 2006, pp: 101-124.

“Regulatory Reform and Racial Employment Patterns,” with Kaye Husbands-Fealing in Product Market Structure and Labor Market Discrimination, 2006, pp: 155-186.

“Industry Performance Following Reformation of Economic and Social Regulation in the Trucking Industry,” in Trucking in the Age of Technology, ed. Dale Belman, Ashgate Publishers, 2005, pp: 127-146.

“Owner-Operator Truck Driver Earnings and Employment: Port Cities and Deregulation,” with Wayne Talley, in Transportation Labor Issues and Regulatory Reform, 2004, pp: 191-214.

“Economic Gains from Regional Concentration of Business Operations,” in Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalized, New Economy, eds. Roger Sugden, Rita Hartung Cheng and Richard Meadows, London, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003, pp: 159-180.

“Divide and Rule by Transnational Corporations.” with Roger Sugden, in The Nature of the Transnational Firm, second edition, eds. Cristos Pitelis and Roger Sugden, London, England and New York, New York: Rutledge Press, 2000, pp: 174-192.

“The USA: Regulatory Reform in the Transportation Industry.” in Current Issues In Industrial Strategy, edited by Keith Cowling and Rodger Sugden, Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1992, pp: 168-172.

Book Reviews

Monopsony in Motion: Imperfect Competition in Labor Markets.” Alan Manning, Reviewed in Journal of Labor Research, Volume 28, No. 2, (Spring 2005), pp:

Working Time and International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives,” Lonnie Golden and Deborah Figart, Reviewed in the Review of Social Economy, Volume 60, No. 3, (September 2002) pp: 479-483.

Contributions to Encyclopedia

“Market Competition,” in Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2nd edition, Cengage Learning-Mcmillian Reference, editor, Patrick Mason, Vol. 3, 2013 pp: 111-115.

“Telecommunications,” International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, ed. William Darity, 2nd ed., Macmillan Reference USA: Farmington Hills Michigan, Vol. 9, 2008 pp: 313-317.

“Transportation Industry,” International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, ed. William Darity, 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA: Farmington Hills Michigan, Vol. 9, 2008 pp: 435-439.

Articles

“Input Price Effect on Productivity Gains in the US Railroad Industry,” with Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi, Malaysian Journal of Economics, Volume 50 (forthcoming, 2016).

A Comparative Analysis of Cost Change for Low-Cost, Full Services, and Other Carriers in the US Airline Industry.” with John Bitzan. Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 56 August 2016, pp: 25-41.

Marcus Alexis and Regulatory Reform in the Transportation Industry,” Review of Black Political Economy, Volume 41, September 2014, pp: 243-258.

US Air Carriers and Work-Rule Constraints: Do Airlines Employ an Allocatively Efficient Mix of Inputs?” with John Bitzan, Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 45, September 2014, pp: 9-17.

The Legacy of the Interstate Commerce Act and Labor: Legislation, Unionization, and Labor Earnings in Surface Transportation Services,” Review of Industrial Organization, Volume 43, August 2013, pp: 63-84.

The Influence of Intrastate Deregulation on Union Wage Premiums,” with Steven Trick. Transport Policy, Volume 24, 2012, pp: 10-18.

An Empirical Analysis of Incentive Regulation and the Allocation of Inputs in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry,”with Nongluk Buranabunyut. Journal of Regulatory Economics , Volume 41, No.2, April 2012, pp: 181-192.

FDI Activity and Worker Compensation: Evidence From US Non-Manufacturing Industries,” with Ozlem Eren, Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 37, 2013, pp: 319-338..

Compensation of Foreign and Domestic Nurses in the US,” with Richard McGregory.  Journal of Labor Research, Volume 34 2013, pp: 203-223.

An Empirical Test of Modal Choice and Allocative Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Coal Transportation,” with NurulHuda Mohd Satar, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 46, 2010, pp: 1043-1056.

The Influence of Privatization on Occupational Wages,” with Bin Wang, Economics Bulletin, Volume 29, No.3, 2009, pp: 1943-1949.

Minorities’ Fields of Expertise in Economics and Employment Demands in These Fields” The Review of Black Political Economy, Volume 36, No. 1, March 2009, pp: 1-6.

Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Wages in the U.S.,” with Saif Alhakimi. Manchester School, Volume 77, No. 1, January 2009, pp: 47-64.

Do Part-time/Full-time Compensation Differentials for Nurses Vary Between the Private and Public Sector?” with Richard McGregory, Jr. and M. Scott Niederjohn, Applied Economics, Volume 41, No. 4, February 2009, pp: 537-546.

U.S. Public Transit Earnings, Employment and Privatization,” with Wayne Talley and Bin Wang, in Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 23, 2008, pp: 99-106.

Privatization and Labor Cost Savings: Evidence from Health Care Services,” with Bin Wang Atlantic Economic Journal, Volume 35, No.1, June 2007, pp: 145-157.

Inward Foreign Direct Investment and Racial Employment Patterns in U.S. Manufacturing,” with Abera Gelan and Kaye Husbands Fealing, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Volume 97, No. 2, May 2007, pp: 378-382.

“Risk Compensation for Hospital Workers: Evidence from Relative Wages of Janitors,” with Keith Bender and Hosne Mridha. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Volume 59, No. 2 January 2006, pp: 226-242.

Managerial Earnings Trends in Deregulated Transport Industries.” Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Volume 37, No. 3 September 2003, pp: 417-439.

Privatization of Refuse Removal and Labor Costs.” with Gary Hoover, Journal of Labor Research, Volume 26, No.2 Spring 2003, pages 293-305.

Privatization, City Residency, and Black-White Earnings Differentials Evidence from the Public Transit Sector.” with Wayne Talley, Review of Industrial Organization, Volume 21, No.3 (November 2002), pages 251-270.

“Black-White Earnings Differentials: Privatization versus Deregulation,” with Wayne Talley, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Volume 91, No. 2 (May 2001), pages 164-168. Reprinted in Privatization and Globalization: The Changing Role of the State in Business, edited by Sheeram Mudambi, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, England (2003).

Divestiture, Competition, and Regional Labor Earnings: Evidence from the Telecommunications Industry.” The Review of Regional Studies, Volume 30, No.2 (fall 2000), pages 147-165.

The Effects of Regulatory Reform on Company Drivers and Owner-Operators in the For-hire and Private Carriage Sectors.” with Margaret Peteraf, Transportation Journal, Volume 38, No. 3 (spring, 1999), pages 5-17.

The Effect of Foreign Acquisition Activity on Domestic Union Wage Premiums.” with Ali Hekmat, International Journal of Manpower, Volume 19, No.8, (1998), pages 603-618.

Deregulation and the Labor Market.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 12, No. 3, (summer 1998) pages 111-130. Reprinted in Economics of Labor and Employment Law, edited by John J. Donohue III, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, England (forthcoming)

Foreign Corporate Acquisition and Domestic Union Status in the U.S.” with Bartholomew Armah, International Economic Journal, Volume 11, No. 3 (autumn 1997), pages 103-115.

Trucking Deregulation and Union Wages: A Re-Examination.” Applied Economics, Volume 28, No. 9, (September 1996), pages 865-874.

The Differential Impact of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration by Income Level.” with James J. Hughes and Richard Perlman, International Journal of Manpower, Volume 17, No. 2 (1996), pages 18-33.

Market Structure and Racial and Gender Discrimination: Evidence from the Telecommunications Industry.” with Rhoda Robinson, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Volume 55, No. 3, (July 1996), pages 309-325.

Potential Welfare Gains from Improving Economic Conditions in the Inner City.” Review of Black Political Economy, Volume 24, Nos. 2-3 (fall 1995- winter 1996), pages 207-212.

Union Status and Merger Activity in the U.S.” Atlantic Economic Journal, Volume 23, No. 1, (March 1995), pages 45-56.

Deregulation and the Competitive Fringe: Owner-Operators in the Trucking Industry.” with Margaret Peteraf, The Journal of Regulatory Economics, Volume 7, No. 1, (January 1995), pages 27-42.

Monopolistic Market Structure, Unionization, and Racial Wage Differentials.” Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 76, No. 1, (February 1994), pages 207-211.

Unions and the Pattern of Corporate Mergers: U.S. Evidence.” with John Heywood, Labour Economics, Volume 1, No. 2, (June 1994), pages 203-221.

Deregulation and the Prevalence of Black Truck Drivers.” with John Heywood, The Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 37, No. 1, (April 1994) pages 133-155.

Trucking Deregulation and the Black/White Wage Gap.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, with Lisa Saunders, Volume 47, No. 1 (October 1993), pages 23-35.

Corporate Mergers and Union Wage Premiums.” The Journal of Economics and Finance, with Ali Hekmat and Abdul Moini, Volume 17, No. 2 (summer 1993) pages 65-75.

Industry Wage Effects of Horizontal Acquisitions in the USA.” Applied Economics, Volume 24, No. 4 (May 1992, pages 519-528.

Wage Outcomes in Telecommunications Following the Divestiture of AT&T.” The Journal of Information Economics and Policy, Volume 4, No. 2 (fall 1990), pages 105-126.

Airline Deregulation and Industry Wage Levels.” The Eastern Economic Journal, Volume 16, No. 1 (January-March 1990), pages 49-58.

Merger Activity and Wage Levels in U.S. Manufacturing.” The Journal of Labor Research, Volume 10, No. 2 (spring 1989), pages 183-196.