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Thomas J. Nechyba, Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Director of EcoTeach Center

Thomas J. Nechyba
Contact Info:
Office Location:  318 Social Sciences
Office Phone:  (919) 660-1826
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.econ.duke.edu/~nechyba/

Teaching (Fall 2012):

  • ECON 201D.001, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Bio Sci 111, MWF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • ECON 201D.01D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 113, W 08:45 AM-09:35 AM
  • ECON 201D.02D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 113, Tu 03:20 PM-04:10 PM
  • ECON 201D.03D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 113, Tu 04:55 PM-05:45 PM
  • ECON 201D.04D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 111, M 06:30 PM-07:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.05D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 111, Tu 06:30 PM-07:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.06D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 111, Tu 07:30 PM-08:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.07D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 113, W 06:30 PM-07:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.08D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 113, W 07:30 PM-08:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.09D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 327, Th 03:20 PM-04:10 PM
  • ECON 201D.10D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    TBA, Th 04:55 PM-05:45 PM
  • ECON 201D.11D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 327, Th 06:30 PM-07:20 PM
  • ECON 201D.12D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Allen 318, F 01:40 PM-02:30 PM
  • ECON 201D.13D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS I Synopsis
    Social Sciences 111, Th 07:30 PM-08:20 PM
Office Hours:

By Appointment
Education:

PhDUniversity of Rochester1994
BAUniversity of Florida1989
Specialties:

Public Finance
Microeconomics
Research Interests: Public Finance, Economics of Education, Fiscal Federalism

Professor Nechyba conducts his research within the fields of public finance, fiscal federalism, and the economics of education. His studies tend toward the investigation of function within local governments, public policy issues concerning disadvantaged families, and the economics behind primary and secondary education. He received funding for one of his latest projects, “An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects in Schools and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes,” from a National Science Foundation grant. He also received support from the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy for his work, “Urban Sprawl;” from the Spencer Foundation for his study on, “The Role of Peers, Parental Choices, and Neighborhoods;” from the New Zealand Ministry of Education for a study on, “The Impact of Family and Community Resources on Education Outcomes;” and the Hoover Institution for the study, “The Implications of New Federalism.” He also received monetary support from the National Academy of Sciences for his investigation of the fiscal impact of immigrants, and from the Center for Economic Policy Research for various projects concerning education and welfare policy. In addition to his individual research pursuits, Professor Nechyba is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Keywords:

Economics of Education • Local Public Finance • Fiscal Federalism

Curriculum Vitae  Bio
Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

    Representative Publications   (More Publications)

    1. T. Nechyba, School Finance, Spatial Income Segregation and the Nature of Communities, Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 54 no. 1 (July, 2003), pp. 61-88
    2. T. Nechyba, What Can be (and What Has Been) Learned from General Equilibrium Simulation Models of School Finance, National Tax Journal, vol. LVI no. 2 (June, 2003), pp. 387-414
    3. T. Nechyba, Public School Finance and Urban School Policy: General Versus Partial Equilibrium Analysis, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (Fall, 2003), pp. 139-170
    4. T. Nechyba, Centralization, Fiscal Federalism and Private School Attendance, International Economic Review, vol. 44 no. 1 (February, 2003), pp. 179-204
    5. T. Nechyba, Social Approval, Values and AFDC: A Re-Examination of the Illegitimacy Debate, Journal of Political Economy (June, 2001), pp. 638-72
    6. T. Nechyba, Mobility, Targeting and Private School Vouchers, American Economic Review, vol. 90 no. 1 (March, 2000), pp. 130-46
    7. T. Nechyba, School Finance Induced Migration Patterns: The Impact of Private School Vouchers, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 1 no. 1 (1999), pp. 5-50
    8. T. Nechyba, Local Property and State Income Taxes: The Role of Interjurisdictional Competition and Collusion, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 105 no. 2 (1997), pp. 351-384
    9. T. Nechyba, Existence of Equilibrium and Stratification in Local and Hierarchical Public Goods Economies with Property Taxes and Voting, Economic Theory, vol. 10 (1997), pp. 277-304
    Conferences Organized

    • 2007 Public Economic Theory Conference, Organizing Committee, 2006-2007  
    • Econometric Society Summer Meetings, Program Committee, 2006-2007  
    • 4th International Conference on Public Economic Theory, Chair, Program Committee and Host, June 2003  
    • International Institute of Public Finance, Scientific Organizing Committee, Summer 2002  
    • Interdisciplinary Conference on Education and Incentives, Organizer and Chair, Program Committee, December 2001  
    • Week of Seminars on "Competition in Urban Economics", Organizer, July 13-17, 1998  
    • Week of Seminars on "Intergovernmental Competition in Public Economics", Organizer, July 1998  
    • Week of Seminars on "Intergovernmental Competition in Public Economics", Organizer, August 1--15, 1997  
    Three Children: Eleanor Li Nechyba, Jennifer Li Nechyba, and Katherine Wu Nechyba. Citizenship: Autrian Citizen, US Permanent Resident

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