Professor Emeritus of Economics

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH  43403

Phone: (419) 372-2457
Email: mkasoff@bgsu.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969
• M.A., Indiana University, 1967
• B.A., City College of New York, 1964

Teaching Areas:

• Canadian Economy
• Canadian Studies
• Comparative Economic Systems

Research Interests:

• Canadian Economy
• Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
• Canadian Direct Investment in the U.S.
• Reducing Canadian Dependence on the United States Through Increasing Economic Relations with Asia

Selected Publications:

• "The Importance of International Business at the Local Level," Business Horizons, Vol. 43, No. 3, May-June 2000 (coauthored)
• "Estonia in Transition," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 33, No. 4, December 1999 (coauthored)
• "Canadian Direct Investment in the United States: An Ohio Perspective," Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, June, 1997
• "The Canadian Economy," Introducing Canada, 1997 (coauthored)
• "Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Policy," Emerging Markets in Asia, 1996 (coauthored)
• "Canada-Korea Economic Relations and APEC," Economic Trends and Accounting Practice in Asia, 1995 (coauthored)
• "NAFTA Sets Course for U.S./Canada Trade," FORUM for Applied Research and Public Policy, Summer 1995
• "Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment from Japan and Canada in Ohio," Globalization of Asian Economies and Capital Markets, 1994 (coauthored)
• "Canada-Ohio Economic Relations," Economic Development Review, Spring, 1993
• "North American Free Trade and Implications for East Asia: The Case of the Republic of Korea," Economic Integration and Financial Markets in Asia, 1993 (coauthored)
• "Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Case of Canadian Direct Investment in the United States," Management International Review, 1990 (coauthored)
• "Canadian Investment in Northern New York: Impact of Exchange Rates on Foreign Direct Investment," Growth and Change, 1989 (coauthored)

Professional Affiliations:

• Academy of International Business
• American Council for Quebec Studies
• American Economic Association
• Association for Canadian Studies
• Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
• Midwest Association for Canadian Studies
• National Consortium for Teaching Canada
• Toledo Area International Trade Association

Other Information:

• Joined BGSU faculty in 1991 as Professor of Economics and Director of the newly established Canadian Studies Center
• Retired from BGSU in 2007