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

Phone:  (419) 372-6053
Fax: (419) 372-1557
Email: mcarrol@bgsu.edu

Education:

• Ph.D.  Colorado State University, 1997
• M.S. Wright State University, 1990
• B.S. Wright State University, 1982

Teaching Interests:

• Urban & Regional Economics
• History of Economic Thought
• Contemporary Schools of Economic Thought
• Comparative Economic Systems

Research Interests:

• Regional Economic Theory
• History of Economic Thought
• Political Economy
• Macroeconomic Theory.

Selected Publications

  Books:

• A Future of Capitalism: The Economic Vision of Robert Heilbroner.  London: Macmillan Press and New York: St. Martin's, 1998.

  Monographs:

• Local Technical Assistance Program Evaluation. Bowling green State University.  Authorized by grant #99-06-07477 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration:  Washington, D.C., forthcoming, 2003 (co-authored with Beth Walter Honadle).
• The Economic Environment:  A Study of the Economic Structure of Kanawha, Clay and Putnam Counties. Charleston, WV:  West Virginia Research League, 2001.
• The Economic Impact of the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV:  West Virginia Research League, 2001.
• The Economic Engines of West Virginia: Past, Present and Future. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 2000.
• Community Indicators: Measuring West Virginia's Economic Potential and Quality of Life. Vol. I, State-to-State. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 2000.
• Community Indicators: Measuring West Virginia's Economic Potential and Quality of Life. Vol. II, County-to-County. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 2000.
• The Role of Venture Capital In Regional Development: The Economic Impact of the West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust Board.  Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 1999.
• Community Health Assessment. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 1999.
• The Economic Impact of West Virginia's Oil and Gas Industry. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 1999.
• Community Redevelopment: Spatial Economic Implications. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 1998.
• State College System of West Virginia: An Economic Impact Study. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Research League, 1997.

  Journal Articles:

• "Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities:  The Case of Bowling Green State University," Industrial Geographer, May-June 2006, coauthored.
• "Governanace and the Legitimacy of Corporate Power:  A Path for Convergence of Heterodox Economics?" Journla of Economic Issues, June, 2004, coauthored.
• "Social Capital, Karl Polanyi, and American Social and Institutional Economics" Journal of Economic Issues, June 2003, coauthored.
• "Sustainable Regional Economic Development," Journal of Economic Issues, June 2001.
• "Adolph Lowe's Instrumental Political Economy."  Indian Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2001.
• "Monopoly Capital and Adolph Lowe's Instrumental Method," Journal of Economic Issues, June 1997, Pp.481-490.

Professional Affiliations:

• American Economic Association
• Association for Evolutionary Economics
• Association for Institutional Thought
• Association for Social Economics.

Other:

• Dr. Carroll is the Director of the Center for Regional Development and an associate professor in the Economics Department.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Issues. (January 1999 to present)

Honors and Awards:

• Bowling Green State University Libraries' Artist and Authors Award, 2002