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Curriculum Vitae
Thomas J. NechybaClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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- Personal
Date of Birth: March 27, 1968
Family: Married 6/20/1992 to Stacy L. Nechyba; three children - Eleanor Li Nechyba (born 12/07/2000), Jennifer Li Nechyba (born 4/08/2001), Katherine Wu Nechyba (born 9/22/2003).
Citizenship: Austrian, US Permanent Resident
- Education
| Ph.D. | University of Rochester | 1994 |
| B.A. | University of Florida | 1989 |
- Areas of Research
Public Finance, Economics of Education, Fiscal Federalism
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Professor, Department of Economics (and Public Policy Studies), 2003-Present
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- Associate Professor, Department of Economics (and Public Policy Studies), 1999-2002
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- National Fellow, Stanford University, September 1998 to August 1999
- Stanford University
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, July 1, 1994 to April 30, 2000
- Visiting Positions
- Visitor, University of Munich, November 2000
- Visiting Professor, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, June 1998-September 1998
- Professional Affiliations
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 1999-Present
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 1995-1999
Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research (CESifo), University of Munich, Germany, 2000-Present
- Publications (listed separately)
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
2007 Duke University Scholar/Teacher of the Year, September, 2007
J. Fish Smith and Lillian F. Smith Lecture, Brigham Young University, Spring 2006
Congress for the New Urbanism Keynote Lecture, February 2006
Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who LLC, 2005-
Keynote Speaker, 2004 CESifo Public Sector Conference, University of Munich, "School Finance, School Choice and Communities", May 7-9, 2004
Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award, Southern Economic Association, 2004
Bass Society of Fellows, Duke University, 2002-Present
Fuchsberg-Levine Family Chair, Trinity College of Art and Sciences, July 1, 2002-June 30, 2007
National Fellowship, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, 1998-99
Sigrid Banks Fellowship, Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, 1998-99
Keynote Speaker, New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, "The Economics of Education: Vouchers and Peer Group Effects", September 2-4, 1998
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University, 1995-1996
Voted among "Top Ten Professors at Stanford", Stanford Review, 1995
Researcher (NBER Family Members), National Bureau of Economic Research, 0 1995
First Place, Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association of Public Policy and Management, 1994
Second Place, 24th Annual Competition for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation, National Tax Association, 1994
President's (Edward Peck Curtis) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Rochester, 1993-1994
Conibear Prize for Best Third Year Paper, University of Rochester, 1992
- Major Grant Support
NSF (SBR-0339000), "An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes," 1/1/2004-12/31/2008 (Nechyba, PI; Vigdor, CoPI).
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, "Urban Sprawl," 2002-2003 (Nechyba, PI; Walsh, CoPI).
Spencer Foundation, "The Role of Peers, Parental Choices, and Neighborhoods," 1/1/2000-12/31/2003 (Nechyba, PI; Vigdor, Hill, CoPI).
NSF (SBR-9905706), "Efficient and Equitable Delivery of Education in a District Based Public School System," 6/1/1999-9/1/2001 (Nechyba, PI)
New Zealand Ministry of Education, "The Impact of Family and Community Resources on Educational Outcomes," 1999 (Nechyba, PI; Older-Aguilar,McEwan, CoPI).
NSF (SBR-9809269),"Vouchers, Migration and School Quality," 6/1/1998-5/31/1999 (Nechyba, PI).
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, "Land Taxes as State Tax Bases," 1998-1999, (Nechyba, PI).
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, "The Revenue Potential for Land Value Taxation," 1997-1998 (Nechyba, PI).
Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), "Education and Welfare Policy," 1994-1996 (Nechyba, PI).
- Conferences Organized
- Organizing Committee, 2007 Public Economic Theory Conference, 2006-2007
- Program Committee, Econometric Society Summer Meetings, 2006-2007
- Chair, Program Committee and Host, 4th International Conference on Public Economic Theory, June 2003
- Scientific Organizing Committee, International Institute of Public Finance, Summer 2002
- Organizer and Chair, Program Committee, Interdisciplinary Conference on Education and Incentives, December 2001
- Organizer, Week of Seminars on "Competition in Urban Economics", July 13-17, 1998
- Organizer, Week of Seminars on "Intergovernmental Competition in Public Economics", July 1998
- Organizer, Week of Seminars on "Intergovernmental Competition in Public Economics", August 1--15, 1997
- Professional Service
- A&S Council
- Judicial Affairs Task Force, February 2007
- Member, Arts and Sciences Committee on Degrees (AB vs BS), 2006 - present
- University Committee
- Social Science Research Institute Advisory Board, 2004 - present
- Task Force on Departmental IT Support, 2005-2006
- Arts and Sciences Council, September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2004
- Academic Council, July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004
- Senior Associate, Micro Incentives Research Center, July 1, 2000 - June, 2004
- Arts and Sciences Task Force (Budget and Finance), 2002
- Social Sciences Planning Group, 2001-2002
- Dept Officer
- Economics Center of Teaching (EcoTeach), 2011 - present
- Department Chair, June 1, 2003 - undefined 2009, 05
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2001-2003
- Director, Economics Center of Teaching (EcoTeach), July 1, 2000 - May 31, 2003
- Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies (Stanford University), 1996-1997
- Dept Committee
- Department of Economics Executive Committee, 1999-Present
- Chair, Senior Recruiting, 2002-2003
- Chair, Economics Department Strategic Planning Committee, 2002
- Chair, Committee to Reform Undergraduate Economics Core, 2000-2001
- Chair, Micro-Theory Recruiting Committee, 1999-2000
- Committee to Reform Undergraduate Economics Requirements (Stanford University), 1997-1998
- Committee to Reform Graduate Ecoomics Core Curriculum (Stanford University), 1996-1997
- Graduate Admissions Committee (Stanford University), 1994-1995
- Univ Services
- Bass Connections Theme Leader (Education & Human Development), Bass Connections Theme Leader (Education & Human Development). 2013 - 2018, 2013-18
- Bass Connections Faculty Advisory Council, 2012-18
- Other
- Associate Editor, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2007 - present
- Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006 - present
- Associate Editor, American Economic Review, 2001 - 2007
- Associate Editor, International Tax and Public Finance, 2003 - present
- Associate Editor, BE Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006 - present
- D. Lincoln Fellowship Advisory Committee, 2005 - present
- Participant, Participant. Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement. January 11, 2021 - January 14, 2021, January 2021
- Advisory Board, School Choice Demonstration Project, 2004-Present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 1997-2002
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- J. Fish Smith and Lillian F. Smith Lecture, Brigham Young University, Spring 2006
- Keynote Lecture, Congress for a New Urbanism, February 2006
- Various University Seminar Presentations, 2006
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Kata Mihaly, (2008)
- Patrick Dudley, (2008)
- Alvin Murphy, (2008)
- Anil Nathan, (2008)
- Josh Kinsler, (2007)
- Renzo Massari, (2006)
- Jane Cooley, (2006)
- Cathleen McHugh, (2005)
- Saunders Shauna, (2005)
- Bentley Coffey, (2004)
- Thomas Anderson, (2002)
- Kivanc Kirgiz, (2002)
- Randall Walsh, (2002)
- Gregory Besharov, (2000)
- Patrick McEwan, (2000)
- Koshy Mathai, (1999)
- Patrick Bayer, (1999)
- Robert McMillan, (1999)
- Jonathan Rork, (1999)
- Jessie David, (1998)
- David Mancuso, (1998)
- Bret Dickey, (1998)
- Thomas DeLeire, (1997)
- Geeta Singh, (1997)
- Chris Timmins, (1997)
- Jiahua Che, (1996)
- Daniel Garrett, (1996)
- William Vogt, (1996)
- Michael Smart, (1995)
- Uday Rajan, (1995)
- Susan Snyder, (1995)
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