Georg Schaur 01/31/2014 Department of Economics, The University of Tennessee 505A Stokely Management Center, Knoxville, TN 37996-0550 Phone: 865-974-1710, Email: gschaur@utk.edu Website: http://web.utk.edu/ gschaur/ Education PhD, Economics, Purdue University, 2007 MS, Economics, Purdue University, 2003 Vordiplom, Economics, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, 2002 Professional Experience The University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor of Economics, August 2007-2013 The University of Tennessee, Associate Professor of Economics, August 2013 - present Professional Activities Associate Editor Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Associate Editor Journal of Economic Education CESIfo Research Network Fellow 2013 CBER Faculty Fellow Committee for Economic Education of the American Economic Association, Jan 2013 - present Research Interests International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Economic Education, Transportation Economics Teaching Interests International Economics, International Business, Applied Econometrics Publications Bayar, O. and Schaur, G., (2013). The Impact of Visibility on Trade: Evidence from the World Cup. Accepted Review of International Economics Fox, W., Luna, L. and Schaur, G., (2012). Destination Taxation and Evasion: Evidence from Inter-State Commodity Flows, Working Paper. Forthcoming Journal of Accounting and Economics a Financial Times Top 45 Journal 1
Hummels, D. and Schaur, G., (2012). Time as a Trade Barrier. Forthcoming at The American Economic Review - Listed in the Weekly Papers by The Economist, Jan 25th, 2012 - Cited in Free Exchange: Chains of Gold, The Economist, Aug 2nd, 2012 - NBER Digest, June 2012 Schaur, G., Watts, M. and Becker, W., (2012). Determinants of Faculty Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses. Eastern Economic Journal, 38(3), 381-400 Watts, M. and Schaur, G., (2011)., Teaching and Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics: A Fourth Quinquennial Survey. Journal of Economic Education, 42(3) 294-309 Hummels, D. and Schaur, G., (2010). Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport. Journal of International Economics, 82(1), 15-25 Evans, M. and Schaur, G., (2010). A Quantile Estimation Approach to Identify Income and Age Variation in the Value of a Statistical Life. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 59(3), 260-270 Schaur, G. and Watts, M., (2010). Not Such Innocents Abroad? Journal of Economic Education, 41(1), lead article Schaur, G., Watts, M. and Becker, W., (2008). Assessment Practices and Trends in Undergraduate Economics Courses. The American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 98(2), 552-556 Schaur, G., Xiang, C. and Savikhin, A., (2008). Factor Uses and the Pattern of Specialization. Review of International Economics, 16(2), 368-382 Working Papers Figueiredo E., Lima L. and Schaur, G., (2014). When Elephants Mate Do Ants Get Crushed: The WTO Impact on Trade Dispersion. Submitted Nguyen, D. and Schaur, G., (2012). Export and Import Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets Clark, D. and Schaur, G., (2012). Has the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Achieved Its Stated Goals? Submitted Harter, C., Schaur, G. and Watts, M., School, Department, and Instructor Determinants of Teaching Methods in Four Types of Undergraduate Economics Courses. Submitted Clark, D., Kozlova, V. and Schaur, G., Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier 2
Work in Progress Schaur, G. and Wongseree, S., Geographic and Regional Impacts on Productivity Spillover: Evidence from Thai Firm-Level Data Munch, J., Nguyen, D. and Schaur, G., The Impact of Trade Facilitation on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Trade Carballo, J., Graziano, A., Schaur, G., and Volpe, C., Decomposing the Impact of Customs and Trade Delays on Exports Ashournia, D., Spearot, A., Schaur, G., Flexible Supply Across Products and Markets Using Firm Level Data Grants Decomposing the Impact of Customs and Trade Delays on Exports, Inter-American Development Bank, Fall 2012, $8000 The impact of export activity on the stability of local markets (with Dan Nguyen), Economic Policy Research Network Grant, Spring 2011, $39000 Export and Import Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets (with Dan Nguyen), Economic Policy Research Network Grant, Fall 2010, $39000 Impact of Supply Chain Uncertainty and Trade, Center for Transportation Research, Fall 2009, $20000 Purdue Research Foundation, Research Grant, academic year 2004-2005 International Research Visits Invited to visit CES-Munich, Summer 2013 Consulting Experience Expert witness on competition issues, Tennessee Attorney General Impact of Port and Transit Delays and International Trade, United States Agency of International Development (with David Hummels) Seminars and Workshops ifo, Munich, Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier, Summer 2013 Center for Economic Studies, Munich, Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier, Summer 2013 3
University of Chile, Santiago, Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier, Summer 2013 Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Economics, Time as a Trade Barrier, Fall 2012 Indiana University, Department of Economics, Time as a Trade Barrier, Fall 2012 Virginia Tech, Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Economics, Time as a Trade Barrier, Spring 2012 University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Export and Import Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Fall 2010 University of Freiburg, Department of Economics, Cost Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Summer 2010 University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics, Cost Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Spring 2010 University of Tennessee, Department of Economics Brownbag Workshop, Cost Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Spring 2010 Georgia Tech, Department of Economics, Smoothing Demand Fluctuations within Industries Using Flexible Production, Spring 2009 University of Tennessee Department of Economics Brownbag Workshop, A Quantile Estimation Approach to Identify Income and Age Variation in the Value of a Statistical Life, Spring 2008 Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics, Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, Spring 2008 Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics, Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, Spring 2008 University of Tennessee Department of Economics Brownbag Workshop, Fluctuations within Industries Using Flexible Production, Spring 2008 University of Tennessee Department of Economics Brownbag Workshop, Identifying the Impact of Time Costs on International Trade, Fall 2007 Conference Presentations Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier, invited to Offshoring conference in Tuebingen, Germany, Summer 2013 Supply Chain Uncertainty as a Trade Barrier, invited to Sixth Southeastern International/Economic Development Workshop, Atlanta Federal Reserve, Fall 2012 4
Time as a Trade Barrier, Ljubljana Empirical Trade Conference, Summer 2012 Time as a Trade Barrier, Midwest International Economics Meetings - Indiana University, Spring 2012 Non-Linear Costs Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Ljubljana Empirical Trade Conference, Summer 2011 Non-Linear Costs Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Midwest Economics Meetings - Notre Dame, Spring 2011 Teaching and Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics: A Fourth National Quinquennial Survey, American Economic Associate Meetings, January 2011 Non-Linear Costs Transmit Volatility Across Markets, Southern Economic Association Meetings, Fall 2010 Determinants of Faculty Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses, American Economic Association Meetings, January 2010 Determinants of Faculty Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses, Southern Economic Association Meetings, Fall 2009 Smoothing Demand Fluctuations within Industries Using Flexible Production, Empirical Investigation in Trade and Geography - Melbourne, Summer 2009 Smoothing Demand Fluctuations within Industries Using Flexible Production, International Trade and Finance Association, January 2009 Smoothing Demand Fluctuations within Industries Using Flexible Production, Midwest International Economics Meetings - Ohio State, Fall 2008 Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, European Economic Association Meetings, Summer 2008 Assessment Practices and Trends in Undergraduate Economics Courses, American Economic Association Meetings, January 2008 Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, Midwest International Economics Meetings - University of Michigan, Fall 2007 Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, 10th annual GTAP conference - Purdue University, Spring 2007 Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport, Empirical Investigations in International Trade, Fall 2006 Factor Uses and the Pattern of Specialization, Midwest International Economics Meetings - Michigan State University, Spring 2006 5
Organization of Conference Sessions and Session Chair Organizer and Chair of session for the International Trade and Finance Association at the 2014 Allied Social Science Association Meetings in San Diego Organizer and Chair of session for the International Trade and Finance Association at the 2013 Allied Social Science Association Meetings in San Diego Organizer and Chair of session for the International Trade and Finance Association at the 2012 Allied Social Science Association Meetings in Chicago Session Chair at Midwest International Economics Meetings, Spring 2012 Conference Discussions Empirical Investigations in International Trade UC Santa Cruz, Fall 2013 Ljubljana Empirical Trade Conference, Summer 2012 Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 2012 Ljubljana Empirical Trade Conference, Summer 2011 Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference, Spring 2011 Empirical Investigation in International Trade, University of Chicago, Fall 2010 Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 2010 Empirical Investigations in Trade and Geography - Melbourne, Summer 2009 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - San Francisco, January 2009 Southern Economic Association Meetings, Fall 2007 Service Study abroad program, Freiburg Germany, Summer 2010, Developed and led program for 20 students International Comprehensive Exam Committee, 2007-2008 Macro Theory Exam Committee, 2008-2010 Undergraduate Committee, 2007-2009 Graduate Committee, 2009-2011 Hiring Committees, 2008-2009, 2012-2013 6
Technology Committee, 2008 - present Policy Committee, 2012 - present Referee Activity Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, IMF Economic Review, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, World Development, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Education, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, Transport Policy Teaching and Advising Graduate courses taught: Advanced International Trade, Elements of Econometrics MBA courses taught: Market Forces in the Global Environment Undergraduate courses taught: International Economics, International Economics for Business, Introduction to Econometrics, International Institutions and Culture, Analysis of Economic Problems Dissertation Advisor for: Sasima Wongseree, PhD (2012), Placement: Ministry of Industry, Thailand Valentina Kozlova, PhD (2013), SUNY Oswego Clay McManus, Expected 2015 Dissertation Committee Member for: Ye Gu, Economics, PhD Zhongdong Chen, Finance, PhD Lauren Coarse, Accounting, PhD 7