John W. Rowe

Department of Economics
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: (813) 974-6543
Fax: (813) 974-6510
E-mail: jrowe@coba.usf.edu

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics, University of Illinois,1966

M.S., Economics, University of Illinois, 1962

B.S., Economics, University of Illinois,1958

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

The Production Function: Its History, Properties, and Importance in the Theory of the Firm

MEMBERSHIP

American Economic Association

HONORS

Phi Kappa Phi

Omicron Delta Epsilon

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of Economics, University of South Florida, 1979 - Present

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Houston, 1968 - 1979

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma, 1967-1968

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma, 1963 - 1967

Instructor in Economics, Iowa State University, 1962 - 1963

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1959 - 1962

 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Chairman, Department of Economics, University of South Florida, 1979 - 1985 and 1991 - 1998

Chairman, Department of Economics, University of Houston, 1971 - 1974

Local Arrangements Chairman, Southern Economic Association Convention, Houston, 1973

Coordinator for Graduate Programs, Department of Economics, University of Houston, 1969 - 1970

 EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Board of Editors, Southern Economic Journal, 1975 - 1978

 TEACHING AREAS

Graduate Microeconomics

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics

Macroeconomic Principles

Managerial Economics

MBA Microeconomics

Microeconomic Principles

INTERNATIONAL TEACHING

Ecole de Cadres, Paris, November, 1994

Managerial Economics

Czechoslovak Management Center, Celakovice, Czech Republic, September and October, 1994

Managerial Economics

Florida State University London Study Center, Fall 1988 and Fall 1991

Macroeconomic Prinicples, British Economic Thought

PUBLICATIONS

"The Net Discount Rate in a Model of Long-Run Growth Equilibrium," Journal of Forensic Economics, Vol. V, #1, Winter 1991.

"Firm and Industry Elasticities of Substitution: The Two- Factor Case." DeEconomist, Vol. 126, 1978.

"Industry Partial Elasticities of Substitution," Southern Economic Journal, July, 1977.

"Some Further Comments on Input Classifications," The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 79, 1977.

"Short-Run, Long-Run, and Vector Revenue Productivity Curves," Southern Economic Journal, April, 1976.

"The Passus (Scale) Coefficient in the Pre-Optimal Production Region," DeEconomist, Volume 123, #3 (1975).

"Short-Run, Long-Run, and Vector Cost Curves," Southern Economic Journal, January, 1971.

"Returns to Scale and the Spacing of Isoquants: Comment, American Economic Review, June, 1968.

"Diminishing Returns and Linear Homogeneity: Comment," American Economic Review, July, 1965.

"Diminishing Returns and Linear Homogeneity: Comment," American Economic Review, September, 1964.

 

Updated: 11/2004