Publications

PUBLICATIONS

A.      Refereed Publications

"The Impact of Tourism on the Economic Growth and Development of Africa," with (Christian Nsiah and Bedassa Tadesse), Tourism Economics, 14 (4) (December 2008):807-818.

"Does a Unilateral Trade Policy Promote Trade: The Case of African Growth Opportunity Act," (with Bedassa Tadesse and Andrew McColley), Review of  Development Co-operation, 2 (October 2008), Forthcoming.

"The Impact of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on U.S. Imports from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)," (Bedassa Tadesse), Journal of International Development, (2008):920-941.

"Diversification and Livelihood Sustainability in a Semi-Arid Environment: A Case Study from Southern Ethiopia" with (Wassie Berhanu,  David Colman), Journal of Development Studies, 43 (5), (July 2007): 871-889.

"Dependency Ratio and the Economic Growth Puzzle in Africa," with Paulos Gutema Global Development Studies, 4 (Spring 2006):91-112.

“Factors Affecting the Health Status of Sub-Sahara African Countries.” (with Paulos Gutema) The American Economist, Vol. 49, (Fall 2005): 60-67.

 “Estimating a Health Production Function: The Case of Sub-Sahara Africa.” (with Paulos Gutema) Applied Economics, Vol. 37, (2005):155-164.

 “Economic Growth in Subsistence Economies: An Alternative View.” (with Pauols Gutema) Journal of Developing Areas, 38 (Fall 2004):19-36.

 “Broad Money and the International Reserves: The Case of East Asian Countries.” (with Mamit Dame) Journal of Industrial Business & Economic Research, Vol. 7, No. 2 (June-December 2003):1-16. 

“An Assessment of the Degree of Globalization in Severely Indebted Low Income African Countries.” (with Mamit Dame) Journal of Global Awareness, Vol. 4 (Spring 2003):50-60, Co-author. 

“The Effects of Health and Nutrition on Economic Growth: The African Case.” (with Wold Zemedkun) Journal of Global Awareness, Vol. 4 (Spring 2003):82-88. 

 “Micro-Lending: An Approach to Entrepreneurial Development.” (with Wold Zemedkun) International Journal of Business Disciplines, Vol. 12, No. 2, (Fall/Winter, 2002):37-46. 

"The Social and Economic Determinants of Children in State Custody."  (with Mohammed El-Kaissy) Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Volume XXVI, Number 2, (Fall/Winter 2000):14-22. 

"Debt, Capital Inflows, and Economic Growth: The Case of Sub Sahara African Countries." Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies, Vol.18, No. 2&3, (June 1999): 258‑262. 

“Foreign Aid and Economic Growth of Developing Countries: Further Evidence.” (with Mohammed El-Kaissy) (Studies in Comparative International Development, 34, No. 3 (Fall 1999): 37-50.  

 "Declining Government Involvement in Job Search and the Rise of Self-Placement: A Macroeconomic Explanation." (with Billy Balch) American Business Review, 15 (January, 1997):43-48.

  "Human Capital, Research and Development, Trade and Economic Growth, Economia Internazionale, 49 (August, 1996): 373-384.  

   “Aspects of Oromo Cultural Endowments and Their Implications for Economic Development.” Journal of Oromo Studies, 3, No. 1/2, (Winter/Summer 1996): 38-46. 

   "Inflation, Money, Interest rate, Exchange Rate, and Causality: The Case of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia." (with Mamit Dame) Applied Economics, 27 (12) (1995): 1219-1224. 

"How at Risk Students Fare in the Principles of Economics: Further Evidence and Extensions,"

 (with Duane Graddy) Journal of the Tennessee Economics Association, Volume I, # 1 (Spring 1996): 1-7. 

  "Some Aspects of the Vision and Effectiveness of Oromo Organizations," Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Winter 1994):  72-76. 

“The Impact of Exchange Rate Changes on Investment in Research and Development." (with Joachim Zietz) The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 34(2), (Summer 1994): 195-211. 

"A Study of the Performance of the Performance of Developmental Studies Students in the Principles of Economics." (with Duane Grady and Kenneth Smith) ) Journal of Economics & Finance, Vol.17, No.3, (Fall 1993): 149-160.  

  "The Capital Markets' Assessment of Airline Restructuring Following Deregulation,"(with Reuben Kyle and Tom Strickland) Applied Economics, Vol. 24, (1992): 1097-1102.

   "An Empirical Study of Manufacturing Wage Differentials in the U.S." (with Billy Balch) American  Business Review, Vol. 10, No. 2 (June, 1992): 90-94. 

   "R&D Expenditures and Import Competition:  Some Evidence for the U.S." (with Joachim Zietz Weltwirtschaftfliches Archiv, Vol. 128 No. 1 ( March, 1992) 52-66.

   "Choice of Optimal Technology in Small Developing Country Using Linear Programming Model." Journal of Economics & Finance, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 1991): 57-68.

    "An Estimation of the Aggregate Educational Production Function for the Public Schools in Louisiana." (with Donald Andrews and Uday Tate) The Review of Black Political     Economy, Vol. 20, No. 1(Summer 1991): 25-48  

   "The Urban Subsistence Labor Force:  Toward Policy Oriented and Empirically Accessible Taxonomy." (with William E. Cole) World Development, Vol. 19, No. 7 (July,    1991): 779-789. 

   "An Empirical Test of the Augmented Todaro Model of Labor Migration:  The Case Mexico." (with Tekie Fessahatzion) Business and Economic Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1991): 77-85.

   "Variations in Economic Estimation of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death." (with Walter Rogers and Billy Balch) Journal  of Legal Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1  (March, 1991): 81-88.

   "The Role of Child Care Services in the Labor Force Participation an Income Distribution of Working Mothers in the U.S."  (with Tekie Fessehatzion) International Journal of Social Economics, Vol.  17, No. 4 (1990): 49-56.

   "An Empirical Analysis of the Duration Job Search Utilizing    Macroeconomic Data," (with Billy Balch)  International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 17, No. 4 (1990): 42-28

   "The Determinants of Employee Benefits in the Manufacturing Industries," (with Billy Balch) Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall 1990):17-22.

   "Merger Targets in the Food and Related Industries," (with Darlene Horn and Tekie Fessehaztion) American Business Review, Vol. 8, (June 1990):1-6.

   "Public Assistance and Job Search Behavior of the Rural Poor:  Evidence from the Mississippi Delta." (with Tekie Fessehatzion) The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 18, No. 3, (Winter, 1990):79-91.

   "An Analysis of Informal Job Search Behavior Utilizing Macroeconomics Data." (with Billy Balch) Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16 (Spring 1990):13-18.

   "Factors Influencing the Sale of Single Family Dwelling," (with Walter Rogers) The Journal of Real Estate Appraisal and Economics, (Fall, 1989).

"The Effectiveness of Transfer Payments in Reducing Poverty:  Evidence from Mississippi."  (with Tekie Feshatzion) Journal of Economics & Finance, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Fall 1988):  207-214.

   "A Note on the Variance and Partial Moment Measure of Systematic Risk:  Further Evidence." (with Ghassem Homaifar) Journal of Economics & Finance, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 988):  51-59.

   "The Effects of Price-Earning Ratio, Dividend Yield and Skewness on Risk Adjusted Returns." Business and Economic Review, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 1987):  77-85.

 "A Portfolio Strategy:  Based on P/E Ratios:  Further Evidence." (with Ghassem Homaifar) American Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 1987):  1-6

"On the Return Behavior of Low and High P/E Portfolios." Journal of Economic and Finance, Vol. 10, No. 1 (May, 1986):  51-58.

"A Simultaneous Equation Model Male and Female Interstate Migration in Mexico," Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 8, No. 3 (December, 1984):  385-394.

"An Empirical Analysis of Male and Female Interstate Migration in Mexico." Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 7, No. 3 (December, 1983):  465-472.