Anthony O. Gyapong

For information on Professor Gyapong, see:

• Education
• Research and Teaching Interests
• Academic Positions
• Teaching Experience
• Publications and Working Papers
• Services

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EDUCATION

Ph.D.,Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, October 1984

• Major Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
• Dissertation Title: The Determinants of Strike Activity in Canadian Manufacturing: An Interindustry Analysis Using Panel Data
• Advisor: Michael G. Abbott and David C. Smith

M.A.,Department of Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, May 1978

• Thesis Title: Primary Products Exports and Growth: An Analysis of the Applicability of the Secular-Deterioration Hypothesis to the Ghanaian Experience
  

• Major: Economics.

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INTERESTS

• Labor and Human Resources
• Applied Microeconomics
• Economics of Crime
• Economics of Education
• Development Economics

Teaching

• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Economics of Crime

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POSITIONS

Associate Professor of Economics,

Penn State University-Abington Campus, September 1991 to present

Assistant Professor of Economics,

Wayne State University, September, 1986 to August, 1991

Visiting Assistant Professor,

Wayne State University, September, 1984 to August, 1986

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• The Economics of Crime

• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Statistics for Economics and Business Students
• Introduction to Labor Economics

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Publications and Working Papers

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

• Alternative Estimation Techniques for Panel Data on Strike Activity. Anthony O. Gyapong, The Review of Economics and Statistics 68:526-532. (1986)

• Factor Substitution, Price Elasticity of Factor Demand and Returns to Scale in Police Production. Anthony O. Gyapong, and K. Gyimah-Brempong, Southern Economic Journal, 54:863-878. (1988)

• Demand for Factors of Production: A Study of Michigan's Police Departments. K. Gyimah-Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong, Applied Economics 20:1421-1433. (1988)

• Characteristics of Education Production Functions: An Application of Canonical Regression Analysis. K. Gyimah- Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong, Economics of Education Review, 10:7-17. (1991)

• Elasticities of Factor Substitution in the Production of Education. K. Gyimah-Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong, Economics of Education Review, Vol 11, No.2 (1992)

• Production of Education: Are Socioeconomic Factors Important. K. Gyimah-Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol 17, No.4 (1992), pp.507- 522.

• Exchange Rate Distortion and Economic Growth in Ghana. K. Gyimah-Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong, International Economic Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1993) pp.59-74

Articles published in nonrefereed journals

• Comments on: Maternity Leave, The Question Remains, by Marian Schultz. Anthony O. Gyapong, Atlantic Economic Journal, 16:28. (1988)

Working Papers

• Direct Foreign Investment Strategies and Economic Output in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries. (Co-authored with John A. Karikari).
• Economies of Scale and Economies of Scope in Multiproduct Credit Unions. Anthony O. Gyapong and K. Gyimah-Brempong,
• A Gravity Model of International Migration to North American. David Karemera and Anthony O. Gyapong
• Types of Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Selected African Countries (with John A. Karikari)
• Production Efficiency in Elementary School Education: The Case of Pennsylvania Public Schools.
• The spatial distribution of criminal offenses by city: Evidence from Michigan. Anthony O. Gyapong and K. Gyimah- Brempong

Conference/Workshop Presentations

• Presenter: "Elasticities of Factor Substitution in the Production of Education." (Session 03: Economics of Education I) Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA March 15-17, 1991

• Presenter: "The Determinants of International Migration (Session 03: International Migration ) Western Economic Association Meetings, Seattle, WA July 15-17, 1991

• Presenter: "Spatial Variations in Crime Rates in U.S. Cities." (Poster Session: Urban and Regional Economics) MidWest Economics Association Meetings, Chicago, IL March 19-21, 1992

• Presenter: "The Effects of School Inputs on School Output" (Session: Economics of Education) Eastern Economic Associa- tion Meetings, New York, NY March 27-29, 1992

• Presenter: "Exchange Rate Distortion and Economic Growth in Ghana" (Session 16: Determinants of African Economic Development) American Economic Association/ASSA meetings, Anaheim, CA January 4-7, 1993

• Presenter: "The Structure of Production in Credit Unions (Session 37: Topics in Credit and Banking Markets) Midwest Economics Association Meetings, Indianapolis, IN April 1-3, 1993

• Presenter: "Direct Foreign Investment Strategies and Economic Output (Session 16: Determinants of African Economic Development). American Economic Association/ASSA meetings, Boston, MA January 2-4, 1994

• Presenter: "Direct Foreign Investment Strategies and Economic Output (Session 6: Economics of Sub-Saharan Africa) Midwest Economics Association Meetings, Chicago, IL March 24-26, 1994

• Presenter: "Aid and Economic Growth in African Countries: A Further Analysis. (Session on African Economic Development). American Economic Association/ASSA meetings, Washinton, D.C., January 6-8, 1995

• Presenter: "Production Efficiency in Elementary School Education: The Case of Pennsylvania Public Schools. (Session on Economics of Education) Midwest Economics Association Meetings, Cincinnati, OH, March 30-April 1, 1995

• Presenter: "Types of Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in African Countries (Session: African Economic Development). American Economic Association/ASSA meetings, San Francisco CA, January 5-8, 1996

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Referee

• Journal of Macroeconomics, 1985, 1986, 1987

• Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 1987, 1990

• Southern Economic Journal, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996

• Economics of Education Review 1991, 1992, 1994

• Journal of African Finance and Economic Development 1992, 1993

• International Economic Journal, 1994

• Member, Midwest Economics Association

• Member, The Eastern Economic Association

• Member, The American Economic Association

• Member, African Finance and Economics Association

• Member, The American Economic Association

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