Gary M. Crakes – Economics and Finance

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

With Cottrill, M. “A Different Look at “Pay for Performance”: Returns to Bench Strength in the NFL,” Proceedings of the Economics & International Business Research Conference, December, 2004.

With Crakes, A. and Shanley, H. “Education, Earnings, and the NCAA Student Athlete,” Proceedings of the New England Business Administration Association, May, 2004.

With Cottrill, M. and Crakes, J. “Context for the Medical Malpractice Insurance Debate,” Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology, October, 2003.

With Thorson, J. and Cottrill, M. “The Impact of Law Firm Concentration on Lawyers’ Salaries,” Proceedings of the New England Business Administration Association, April, 2000.

With Thorson, J. and Cottrill, M. “Are Baseball Players Overpaid? An Analysis of Major League Baseball Salaries,” Proceedings of the Northeast Business & Economics Association, October, 1998.

With Cottrill, M. “The Connecticut State Income Tax and the Equal Sacrifice Rule,” Proceedings of the New England Business Administration Association, November, 1997.

With Cottrill, M. “Banking It Before the Bar: Legal Compensation Trends in Major Markets,” Proceedings of the Northeast Business & Economics Association, September, 1997.

With Cottrill, M. “Young and Old Scholars,” Proceedings of the Eastern Case Writers Association/Eastern Academy of Management, May, 1994.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

With Beazoglou, T., Doherty, N., and Heffley, D. “Determinants of Dentists’ Geographic Distribution,” Journal of Dental Education (November, 1992).

With Doherty, N. “Estimating the Costs of Public Dental Programs: Mobile Clinics,” Community Dental Health (Spring, 1987).

“A Comparison of Economic Estimates of Loss with Jury Awards and Pre-verdict Settlements,” Business Journal (Fall, 1985).

With Doherty, N. “Economic Specification of Cost Estimates in Dental Programs,” Journal of Dental Research (June, 1985).

With Doherty, N. “Adjusting Social Program Costs for Research and Evaluation Activities,” Evaluation Review (August, 1980).

With Doherty, N. “Commentary: Reply to Joan Quinn,” Inquiry (Summer, 1980).

With Doherty, N., and Horowitz, P. “Real Costs of Dental Care in Private and Public Practice,” Medical Care (January, 1980).

With Doherty, N. “The Impact of a Change in Regulation on Costs in an Experimental Program,” Inquiry (Summer, 1979).

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

Co-author of paper titled “Do Older Workers Respond to Incentives? Evidence From the Senior PGA Tour” (with M. Cottrill and J. Thorson, presenter) presented at the annual Connecticut State University Research Conference, October, 1999, Eastern Connecticut State University.

Presented co-authored paper titled “The Intra and Inter-State Distribution of Dentists” (with T. Beazoglou and D. Heffley) at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, March 3, 1989 in Baltimore, MD.

Co-author of paper titled “Determinants of Dentists’ Geographic Distribution” (with T. Beazoglou and D. Heffley, presenter) presented at the meeting of the American Association of Dental Research, March 15, 1989 in San Francisco, CA.

Presented co-authored paper titled “Estimating Dental Practice Production Functions with Alternative Output Measures” (with T. Beazoglou) at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, March 4-7, 1987 in Washington, D.C.

Presented paper titled “A Comparison of Economic Estimates of Loss with Jury Awards and Pre-verdict Settlements” at the meeting of the Atlantic Economic Society, August 29 – September 1, 1985 in Washington, D.C.

Presented co-authored paper titled, “A Re-examination of the Returns to Scale of Dental Practices” (with T. Beazoglou) at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, March 21-23, 1985 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Presented co-authored paper titled “Economic Specification of Costs of Dental Programs” (with N. Doherty) at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, March 21-23, 1985 in Pittsburgh, PA.

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Economic Analysis of Damages, Public Finance, Economics of Sports

INSTITUTION GRANTING Ph.D.:

University of Connecticut, 1984.