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        Gary A. Hoover 

Associate Professor of Economics                                                          and

William White McDonald Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow and

Assistant Dean for Faculty and Graduate Student Development

Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies

University of Alabama

Office: 267 Alston Hall, 205/348-6033
  ghoover at bama.ua.edu

Specialty Areas: Public Policy Analysis, Public Finance, Income Distribution, Labor Economics.

Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (B.A., 1993), Washington University (M.A., 1995 and Ph.D., 1998).

Honors, Achievements and Affiliations: From August 2006 until present, I am the William White McDonald Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow. I am a member of the Western Economic Association and American Economic Association. Have published papers in the American Economic Review P&P, Southern Economic Journal, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Literature, International Tax and Public Finance, Applied Economics, and the Journal of Labor Research. Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Mentor in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. Mentor in the Culverhouse College of Business Administration Faculty Scholars Program.

Working Papers: Click here for recent working papers.

"Tell yourself a story."

"You better start using my office hours or you're going to be very unhappy."

"I know... It's me... Students are never wrong... "       

Personal Stuff

Quick summary of journal editors survey

Economics 110 Principles of Microeconomics

Economics 308 Intermediate Microeconomics

Economics 482  Senior Topics in Economics

Economics 570 Math Econ

Economics 623  Public Expenditures and Policy Analysis

Page Last Updated: September 2008