Econ422 Clips - Spring 2008

Department of Economics
3004F Business Administration Bldg.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH  43403

Phone: (419) 372-8221
Fax: (419) 372-1557
E-mail: mbenedi@bgsu.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University,1991
• M.S., Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, 1985
• B.A., Waynesburg College, 1974

Research Interests:

• Labor Economics
• Labor Relations
• Income Inequality

Teaching Interests:

• Labor Economics
• Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

Selected Publications:

• "The Price of Moral Satisfaction:  An Empirical Investigation of Industry and Sector Moral Satisfaction of Economists," coauthored, The American Economist, 2005.
• "Seating Choice in Large Lectures: Are Students Sitting in the Back of the Room Disadvantaged?" Journal of Economic Education, accepted January 2003, forthcoming (coauthored).
• "Gender Inequality and Growth Revisited: The Impact of Gender when Culture is Considered."  Submitted to The Journal of Economics and Politics, December 2002 (coauthored).
• "Who's Afraid of Their Economics Classes?" 2002. American Economist, 46(2): 31-44 (coauthored).
• "Market Structure and Employee Relations:  An Analysis of the Newspaper Industry." submitted to Journal of Legal Studies in Business, July 2001; accepted November 2001 (coauthored).
• "Regional Earnings Differences in Estonia: The Influence of Demographic Characteristics. International Advances in Economic Research, 2002, 8(3):  201-214 (coauthored).
• "Joining the EU as an Exercise in International Economics, Journal of Economics, 2001, 27(1): 79-88 (coauthored).
• "When Does Price Discrimination Rise to the Level of a Group Boycott or Concerted Refusal to Deal in Assessing Antitrust Violations?" Duquesne Law Review, 2001 (coauthored).
• "What's on Your Mind?  A Negotiation Role-Play."Journal of Legal Studies Education, 18 (2): 307-325 (coauthored).
• "Should Timing Be Everything?  The Consequences of NLRB Delays When Requesting Section 10(j) Injunctions." The American Business Law Journal.  Submitted December 1999; revise and resubmit notice, February 2000 (coauthored).
• "Changes in Estonian Income Distribution, 1995-96."  1999. Harmonization with the Western Economics: Estonian Economic Developments and Related Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks, Ulo Ennuste and Lisa Wilder, eds. Uheselu, Tallinn, Estonia: 169-189 (coauthored).
• "A Demographic Analysis of Income Distribution in Estonia," Comparative Economic Studies, April, 1999.
• "Gender, Rank and Unionization: A Study of Ohio Public Universities," Journal of Labor Research, January, 1999.
• "Unionization and Tenure and Rank Outcomes in Ohio Universities," Journal of Labor Research, 20(2): 187-201, Spring, 1999.
• "The Union Effect on the Earnings Distribution in Higher Education in Ohio", The American Economist, 43(1): 57-71, 1999.
• "Pittsburgh Labor Market Adjustments in the 1980s: Who Gained and Who Lost? Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 1, 53-68, 1998.
• "Canadian Direct Investment in the United States: An Ohio Perspective", Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 1, 178-187, June, 1997 (coauthored).
• "Reemployment Differences Among Dislocated and Other Workers," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 1, January 1997.
• "The Impact of Pension Benefits on the Distribution of Earned Income," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 1995, Vol. 48, No. 4 (coauthored).
• "Faculty Governance: A Vehicle for the Development of Institutional Empowerment Strategies", 1995. Proceedings, Achieving Gender Equity in the Classroom and on the Campus - The Next Step. The American Association of University Women national symposium of 1995.
• "The Distribution of Family Income and Benefits," The Ohio Journal of Economics and Politics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1994.
• "Pensions and Wages: A Hedonic Price Theory Approach," International Economic Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, Feb. 1992,(coauthored).
• "The Impact of Bargainer Experience on Teacher Strikes," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 42, No. 3, April 1989.

Honors and Awards:

• College of Business Administration Faculty Service Award, 2005.
• BGSU’s 2004 Elliott L. Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Student Innovative Basic Research/Creative Work
• College of Business Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2003
• BGSU Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award, 2002.
• Bowling Green State University Authors and Artists Award, 2001.
• The Ralph C. Hoeber Excellence in Research Award, Journal of Legal Studies, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2001.
• Midwest Business Administration Association 2001 Distinguished Paper in Legal Studies.
• Recipient, Marie R. Hodge Advising Award for College of Business Administration, 2000.
• Carnegie-Mellon University Alumni Service Award, 1999.
• Recipient, Undergraduate Student Government Faculty Excellence Award, Bowling Green State University,1998. Finalist, 1999.
• USG Faculty Excellence Award for CBA, 1998.
• Marquis Who's Who of American Women, 1997-98, 1998-99
• Finalist, Master Teacher Award, Bowling Green State University, 1997, 2001, 2002.
• Alumni Clan Service Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994.