I. RANK AND PROMOTIONS:
Argent Bank Professor of Business Administration 2000-2003
Professor 1996-present
Associate Professor 1990-1996
Assistant Professor 1983-1990
Instructor 1980-1983
II. EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy, 1983, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University, Economics, Dissertation Title: Voter
Participation in Nineteenth British Parliamentary Elections.
Master of Arts, 1979, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
& State University, Economics.
Bachelor of Science, 1977, Louisiana State University,
Economics.
III. TEACHING:
A. TEACHING AREAS:
Principles of Economics; Intermediate Microeconomics;
Public Economics/Public Finance/ Public Choice; Environmental
Economics; Business Regulation and Industrial Organization; Health
Economics; Managerial Economics (MBA).
B. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1985-present
Nicholls State University, taught: Principles
and Intermediate Economics (macro and micro), Survey of Economic
Principles (onesemester survey), Business Statistics, Quantitative
Business Methods, Public Economics, Public Policies Toward Business,
and Managerial Economics (MBA). Also developed and taught
Louisiana Council for Economic Education's Summer Institute Program
for teachers: "Economics and the Environment" (privately
funded by a grant from FreePort McMoRan, Inc.).
1982-1985
Marshall University, taught: Principles and
Intermediate Economics (macro), Public Finance, team taught and
team developed an Interdisciplinary Honors course "The Left
and the Right."
1981-1982
Lynchburg College, taught: Principles of Economics,
Advanced Microeconomic Theory (MBA), and Public Choice.
1980-1981
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
taught: Principles of Economics.
C. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES:
Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Workshop Participant/Core
Group Member (1991- present).
Nicholls State University Faculty Development Grant
to Host Workshops on the Use of Experimental Economic Methods
in Teaching Economics and Social Sciences (1995). Brought in Don
Wells and Shawn LaMaster from University of Arizona. Grant financed
by a grant to the Nicholls State from the Gheens Foundation.
Active Participant on TCH-ECON, a listserver discussion
group on Internet for those interested in the teaching of economics
in higher education.
Active Participant on economics.about.com, a forum open to anyone
interested in economics.
Developed web site for integrating my teaching materials into my courses
(with links page for college students) at
URL:
http://www.nicholls.edu/mcoats.
IV. INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
A. REFEREED JOURNALS:
1. Could Institutional Reform Have Saved Easter Island?, with Thomas R. Dalton. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 10:489-505 (2000).
2. The Limitations of Kuznets' Inverted-U Hypothesis:
A Suggested Approach, with Syrous Kooros.
Southwestern Economic Review 24 (1997).
3. Special Versus General Elections and Composition
of the Voters: Evidence from Louisiana School Tax Referenda,
with Gary M. Pecquet and Steven T. Yen (lead article). Public
Finance Quarterly 24:131-47 (1996). See citations.
4.
A Note on Estimating Cross-Border Effects of
State Cigarette Taxes. National Tax
Journal 48:573-84 (1995). Link takes you to Abstract in National Tax Journal, where a pdf version of
the article may be downloaded. Copyright held by National Tax Journal. See vita citations section, below.
5. Peakload Pricing and Facility Utilization
in Higher Education. Journal of Marketing
for Higher Education 6:15-25 (1995).
6. A Note on the Cost of Standing for the British
Parliament: 18521880, with
Thomas R. Dalton. Legislative Studies Quarterly 17:585-93
(1992).
7. Entry Barriers in Politics and Uncontested
Elections, with Thomas R. Dalton. Journal
of Public Economics 49:7590 (1992). See citations.
8. Brandname Investment of Candidates and
District Homogeneity: An Ordinal Response Model,
with Steven Yen and Thomas Dalton. Southern Economic Journal
58(4):9881001 (1992). See citations.
9. Projections of Net Revenues for a Louisiana
State Lottery, with Gary M. Pecquet. Southeastern
Economic Outlook 6 (1991).
10. An Instrumental-variables Approach to
Income Redistribution, with T. Nicolaus
Tideman. Public Choice 52 (1987).
B. EDITORIAL JOURNALS:
Monetarism, Deficits, Crowding Out, and Interest
Rates, with William P. Field and
Donald R. Andrews. MidSouth Business Journal (1985).
C. MONOGRAPHS:
1. Labor and Housing in St. Mary Parish:
A Look Forward, with Peter Sorant,
Rural Development Institute, Nicholls State University (1996).
2. Replacement of Liquor Profit Transfers
with Taxes on Private Distributors,
with Wendell E. Sweetser. West Virginia Tax Study Commission
(1984). Condensed version appeared in A Tax Study
for West Virginia in the 1980's, West Virginia Tax Study
Commission (1984).
D. PROCEEDINGS:
1. Choice of Regulatory Schemes When Quality is
Uncertain, with Thomas R. Dalton. Atlantic
Economic Society's Best Papers Proceedings 4(1), January,
1994.
2. Projections of Net Revenues from State Lotteries
for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas,
with Gary Pecquet. Proceedings of the MidSouth Academy
of Economics and Finance (1991).
3. Dampening the Local Business Cycle Through
Efficient Industrial Diversification.
Proceedings of the Academy of Louisiana Economists
(1989).
E. NEWSLETTERS:
1. Women Still Hold Few Elected Offices in Louisiana,
Les Femmes et la Politique en Louisiane 1 (1994).
2. All Elected Officials in Louisiana by Gender,
Race and Party--1994 (tables), Les
Femmes et la Politique en Louisiane 1 (1994).
3. A Brief History of Louisiana Women in Government:
The Center's Hall of Fame Recipients,
Les Femmes et la Politique en Louisiane 1 (1994).
F. BOOK REVIEWS:
Richard Johnston, André Blais, Henry E. Brady
and Jean Crête (1992). Letting the People Decide: Dynamics
of a Canadian Election, Stanford, California: Stanford University
Press. Reviewed in Public Choice (1993).
G. PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
2. A Different Type of Homestead Exemption in Local Property Taxation:
A Tax Reform for Louisiana. Society of Business, Industry and Economics Meeting, Natchez, MS (2001).
3. Could Institutional Reform Have Saved Easter
Island? with Thomas R. Dalton. Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans (1999).
4. Justice and State Spending Financed Through
Taxation of Mineral Wealth, with T. Nicolaus
Tideman. Atlantic Economic Society (1996).
5. Bank Efficiency: A Bayesian Approach,
with Danielle Lewis. Midwestern Economics Association and at the
Academy of Economics and Finance (1997).
6. Economies of Scale in U.S. Banks in the 1990s:
Applying Stigler's Survivor Approach,
with John P. Lajaunie. Atlantic Economic Society (1996).
7. Municipal Cigarette Taxes in Missouri and Cross-jurisdictional
Substitution. Missouri Valley Economic
Association (1996).
8. A Comparison of the Luddite and Bubba-Gump
Approaches to Regulating a Fishery, with
Michael J. Haupert and Thomas R. Dalton. Atlantic Economic Society
(1995).
9. Barriers for Women in the Market for Legislative
Seats, with Thomas R. Dalton. Southern
Economic Association (1995).
10. Barriers to Entry: The Market for Women in
State Legislatures. Allied Social Science
Associations Annual Meeting (1995).
11. Special versus General Elections and the Composition of the Electorate: Some Evidence from Louisiana School Tax Referenda, with Gary M. Pecquet. Southern Economic Association meetings (1992). With Steven Yen added as third co-author and with improved estimation techniques, the paper was presented at Atlantic Economic Society Conference (1994), published in Public Finance Quarterly 24:131-47 (1996)--the issue's lead article.
12. Measuring Gender Differences in Issue Salience,
with Susan Wiley. South Central Women's Studies Association Conference
(1994).
13. Campaign Spending Limits, Gerrymandered Districts
and Entry Barriers in Politics: Women Candidates for Congress
and State Legislatures, with Thomas Dalton.
South Central Women's Studies Association Conference (1994).
14. Choice of Regulatory Schemes When Quality is Uncertain. Atlantic Economic Society (1993). Short version selected for Atlantic Economic Society's Best Papers Proceedings 4(1) (1994).
15. Gender Differences in Issue Salience: Presidential
Elections in the 1980s, with Susan L.
Wiley. Southwestern Political Science Association, affiliate of
the Southwestern Social Science Association (1993).
16. Peakload Pricing and Facility Utilization
in Higher Education. Mid-South Academy
of Economics and Finance (1993). Published in Journal of Marketing
for Higher Education 48:573-84 (1995).
17. The Demand and Supply of Bribed Votes.
Western Economic Association International (1992).
18. Candidate Choice and Issue Positions:
Logit Analysis Results for the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Presidential
Elections, with Susan Wiley. Public Choice
Society (1992).
19. Municipal Taxation of Cigarettes in Missouri.
Academy of Economics and Finance (1992). See citations.
20. A Note on the Cost of Standing for the British
Parliament During the Nineteenth Century,
with Thomas Dalton. Southern Political Science Association (1991).
Published in Legislative Studies Quarterly 17:585-93 (1992).
21. Lottery Demand, Costs, and Net Revenue Estimates
for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas,
with Gary M. Pecquet. Academy of Economics and Finance (1991).
Published in Proceedings of the MidSouth Academy of Economics
and Finance (1991).
22. Information Costs and Candidate Advantage,
with Steven Yen and Thomas Dalton. Western Economic Association
International (1991). Published as "Brandname Investment
of Candidates and District Homogeneity: An Ordinal Response
Model," in Southern Economic Journal 58(4):9881001
(1992).
23. Estimating Cross-Border Effects of State
Cigarette Taxes, Western Economic Association
International (1991), published in National Tax Journal
48:573-84 (1995).
24. An Ordinal Response Model of Candidate Competition: Exploring
the Search Good/Experience Good Dichotomy,
with Steven Yen and Thomas Dalton. Public Choice Society (1991).
A later version was presented at the Western Economic Association
International (1991) as "Information Costs and Candidate
Advantage." See above.
25. Regulation vs. Market Coordination in Markets
with Credence Goods, with Thomas R. Dalton,
Southern Economic Association (1990). A later version was presented
at the Atlantic Economic Society (1993) as "Choice of Regulatory
Schemes When Quality is Uncertain." See above.
26. Simple Welfare Analysis of State Lotteries.
Southern Economic Association (1990).
27. The Political Economy of State Mineral Revenues:
The 'Other' Alaskan Oil Spill, with T.
Nicolaus Tideman. Western Economic Association (1990).
28. The Introduction of the Secret Ballot.
Public Choice Society (1990).
29. Vote Shares and Inalienable Entry Barriers
in the Age of Russell, Disraeli and Gladstone,
with Thomas R. Dalton. Public Choice Society (1989).
30. Entry Barriers in Politics and Contestability
of Elections, with Thomas R. Dalton. Public
Choice Society (1988). Published as "Entry Barriers in Politics
and Uncontested Elections," Journal of Public Economics
49:7590 (1992).
31. Normative Public Economics: One View
of the Cathedral. Public Choice
Society (1986).
32. Urbanization and Voter Turnout, with
Wendell E. Sweetser. Public Choice Society (1985).
33. Liquidating a State Liquor Monopoly, with Wendell Sweetser. Southern Economic Association (1984).
34. An Instrumental-variables Approach to
Appropriate Income Redistribution, with
T. Nicolaus Tideman. Southern Economic Association (1984).
35. The Effect of the Secret Ballot on Turnout:
A Test of the CoxKousser Hypothesis.
Public Choice Society (1984).
36. The Probability of a Tied Election:
One More Time, with Wendell E. Sweetser.
Public Choice Society (1983).
H. CITATIONS:
A Note on Estimating Cross-Border Effects of State
Cigarette Taxes. National Tax Journal
48:573-84 (1995). Cited by:
1) Beard, Gant and Saba in Southern Economic Journal (1997);
2) Gant in Ph. D. Dissertation, Auburn University
(1996).
3) Chaloupka, Tauras and Grossman in Southern Economic
Journal (1997).
4) Keeler, Hu, Manning, and Sung in National Tax Journal (2001).
Special Versus General Elections and Composition
of the Voters: Evidence from Louisiana School Tax Referenda,
with Gary M. Pecquet and Steven T. Yen, Public Finance Quarterly
(1996). Cited by:
1) Dunne, Reed and Wilbanks in Public Choice
(1997).
Entry Barriers in Politics and Uncontested Elections,
with Thomas R. Dalton, Journal of Public Economics (1992).
Citations before publication either as working paper or as forthcoming).
Cited by:
1) Lott in Economic Inquiry (1990);
2) Lott in Public Choice (1991);
3) Morton in Public Choice (1991);
4) Lott and Davis in Public Choice (1992);
5) Hersch and McDougal in Economic Inquiry (1994)
6) Bender and Lott in Public Choice (1996).
and
7) Bronars and Lott in Journal of Law and Economics
(1997).
Brandname Investment of Candidates and District
Homogeneity: An Ordinal Response Model,
with Steven T. Yen and Thomas R. Dalton, Southern Economic
Journal (1992). Cited by:
1) Hersch and McDougal in Economic Inquiry
(1994).
2) Bender and Lott in Public Choice (1996).
3) Daniel and Lott in Public Choice (1997).
Municipal Taxation of Cigarettes in Missouri (working
paper). Cited by:
1) Chiles and Sollars, Journal of Economics and
Finance (1993).
V. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
A. CONSULTING:
1. The Terrebonne Parish Tax Structure: Study and Recommendations, with Bruce L. McManis.
2. Study of Work Skills Needed and Employer
Interest in Hiring and Training Apprentices in SLEC Service Region,
for South Louisiana Economic Council (1997 & 1998)
3. Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Proposal by
the Greater Port Commission of South Lafourche (road improvement)
for Louisiana Economic Development
Corporation's Infrastructure Award Program (1997).
4. Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Proposal by
the Greater Port Commission of South Lafourche (bridge repair)
for Louisiana Economic
Development Corporation's Infrastructure Award Program (1997).
5. Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Proposal by
Baker Hughes INTEQ for Louisiana
Economic Development Corporation's Infrastructure Award Program
(1997).
6. Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Proposal by
Cal-Dive, Inc. for Louisiana Economic
Development Corporation's Infrastructure Award Program (1996).
7. Economic Impact Studies (many)
for the South Louisiana Economic Council (1994-present).
8. Labor and Housing in St. Mary Parish:
A Look Forward, with Peter Sorant,
Rural Development Institute, Nicholls State University (1996).
9. Intellectual Contributions for AACSB Accreditation,
for the College of Business Administration at Southern University
at New Orleans (1996).
10. Regional Multiplier Impact and Tax Impact Estimates
for the Four Parish Region of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary
and Terrebonne Parishes, for Edison-Chouest
Shipyards and Nicholaus Paper Co. with Don Andrews--not for pay
(1994).
11. Textbook Review of
a book on government regulation of business for D.C. Heath (1991).
12. Estimates of Effects of Proposed Increases
in West Virginia's State Cigarette Taxes, with
Wendell Sweetser, for The Tobacco Institute (1990).
13. Replacement of Liquor Profit Transfers
with Taxes on Private Distributors,
with Wendell E. Sweetser. West Virginia Tax Study Commission
(1984). A condensed version of Replacement of Liquor
Profit Transfers with Taxes on Private Distributors, with
Wendell E. Sweetser, appeared in A Tax Study for West Virginia
in the 1980's (1984), West Virginia Tax Study Commission
(1984).
B. EDITOR/EDITORIAL BOARDS:
1. Editor of a statistical newsletter, Les Femmes
et la Politique en Louisiane (Government and the Louisiana
Woman) and a Factsheet Series from the Louisiana Center for Women
& Government. The factsheets contain statistical data (numbers
and percentages) indicating the involvement in government by women
in Louisiana (1994).
2. Founding Editorial Board Member of B-Quest,
an electronic journal on business and economics.
3. Editorial Board of the Journal of Economics
and Finance.
C. SESSION CHAIR:
Missouri Valley Economics Association (1996).
South Central Women's Studies Association and the
Women's Studies Consortium of Louisiana (1994).
Western Economic Association International (1992).
Academy of Economics and Finance (1992, 1998).
Society of Business, Industry and Economics (2001).
D. DISCUSSANT:
Allied Social Science Association--National Tax Association
Session (1997).
Missouri Valley Economics Association (1996).
Allied Social Science Association--Atlantic Economic
Society Session (1995).
Southwestern Political Science Association (1993).
Atlantic Economic Society (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997).
Western Economic Association International (1992).
Southern Economic Association (1984, 1986, 1990,
1992, 1995).
Public Choice Society (1983-86, 1988-91).
Academy of Economics and Finance (1991, 1992, 1993,
1997, 1998).
Society of Business, Industry and Economics (2001).
E. MEMBER:
Academy of Economics and Finance
Missouri Valley Economics Association
South Central Women's Studies Association and the
Women's Studies Consortium of Louisiana
Southern Political Science Association
Southwestern Political Science Association
Southwestern Social Science Association
Atlantic Economic Society
Southern Economic Association
Western Economic Association International
Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance
Public Choice Society
American Economics Association
F. JOURNAL REFEREE:
National Tax Journal (1994,
1995, 1996, 1997).
Southwestern Economic Review
(1986, 1993, 1994, 1999).
Contemporary Policy Issues
(1991).
Journal of Public Economics
(1989).
B-Quest (1996).
Journal of Economics and Finance
(1997, 1998).
G. TESTIMONY:
Testimony before the Louisiana House Ways and Means
Committee on the Effects of Proposed Increases in Louisiana's
State Cigarette Taxes, Reported Findings of Lost Revenue to Cross-Border
Effects for The Tobacco Institute (1992 & 1998) and Orzechowski & Walker (2000).
H. GRANTS:
1. EPSCoT Grant for Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Department
of Economic Development," Acadiana Region Strategic Planning Proposal" as a subgrant to
a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Principal investigator for Nicholls State
University (NSU) in a Consortium that includes the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL).
This grant is to produce an economic development/technology transfer plan for a 14-parish
region that includes the parishes that are served by NSU and ULL (1999-2000).
2. Grant from St. Mary Economic Development Office to study "Housing and Residential
Choice in St. Mary Parish By Out-of-Parish Workers" (1999-2000).
3. LEQSF Graduate Enhancement Grant, "A Mission-Driven/Strategic
Enhancement of Instructional and Research Resources For the Nicholls
State University Graduate Studies in Business Administration Program,"
ranked 4th in state of 19 projects and highly recommended for
funding, 1 of 10 principal investigators.
4. Nicholls State University Faculty Development
Grant to Host Workshops on the Use of Experimental Economic Methods
in Teaching Economics and Social Sciences (February 9-10, 1995).
Brought in Don Wells and Shawn LaMaster from University of Arizona.
Grant was financed by a grant to Nicholls State from Gheens Foundation.
5. Grant from Louisiana Center for Women and Government
to be editor of a statistical newsletter, Les Femmes et la Politique
en Louisiane (Government and the Louisiana Woman); and Factsheet
Series. The factsheets contain statistical data (numbers and percentages)
indicating involvement in government by Louisiana women (1994-96).
6. Administered Louisiana Council for Economic Education
grant to teach environmental economics to elementary and secondary
teachers. Funded by FreePort-McMoRan, Inc. (1992).
7. Gender Differences in Issue Salience, with Susan
Wiley. Center for Women and Government, Nicholls State University
(1992), explores gender differences in issue tradeoffs through
the use of logit analysis with survey data on issue positions
of candidates and respondents, presented at Southwestern Political
Science Association meeting (1993).
8. Dampening the Local Business Cycle Through Efficient
Industrial Diversification, Nicholls State University Research
Grant, analyzes the effects of adding various industries to the
local employment "portfolio," in terms of both growth
and variance; study appeared in the Proceedings of the Academy of
Louisiana Economists (1989).
9. Urbanization and Voter Turnout, with Wendell E.
Sweetser, Marshall University Foundation Grant (1985).
10. West Virginia Tax Study Commission (1984).
A condensed version appeared in A Tax Study for West Virginia
in the 1980's (1984).
I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Journal of Economics and Finance
(1993).
Economic Inquiry (1992).
VII. SERVICE
A. COMMITTEES:
University Courses and Curriculum Committee--appointed
(199096); elected (1996-present).
Faculty Senate--elected (19871989).
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Business
Administration--appointed (198692, Chairman 198688,
199091, and 1994-96).
Undergraduate Programs Committee (SACS committee),
University--appointed (1993).
Undergraduate Programs/Instruction Team, College
of Business Administration--appointed (1993-present; Chairman
1994-95 academic year).
Executive Council of the Graduate Faculty, College
of Business Administration (1992-present).
University Honors Council, Marshall University (1982-84).
B. STUDENT SUPPORT
Faculty Advisor for Delta Sigma Pi (1992-1997).
C. COMMUNITY SERVICE
Social Science Fair Judge:
Regional Social Science Fair--Judged Individual and
Group Projects Division III (High School) for Economics (1992,
1994, 1996, 1997).
State Social Science Fair--Judged Individual and
Group Projects Division III (High School) for Economics (1992).
Community Groups:
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, Committee
Member (1994-96). Received commendation from Louisiana Governor
M. J. Foster for making significant contributions to the Barataria-Terrebonne
Estuary Program.
Media Support:
Columnist for Bayou Business Review, a bi-weekly
local business news magazine, serving the Parishes of Terrebonne
and Lafourche, my columns have appeared in every issue from the first issue in June of 1997 until August of 2000.
Only a few of my columns are listed below. For a more complete listing and web access, go to URL:
http://www.nicholls.edu/mcoats/myopeds.htm
Also frequently interviewed by local press.
Home Address: 508 Levert Dr.
Home Ph: (985)446-8699
Work Address:
Department of Economics and Finance
Work Ph:(985)448-4237
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
Home Fax:(985)446-8699
Home e-mail: coatsm@cajunnet.com
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA 70310
Work Fax:(985)448-4922
Work e-mail: ecfi-rmc@nicholls.edu
World Wide Web:
URL: http://www.nicholls.edu/mcoats