DONALD R. ADAMS, JR.

Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1967.
M.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1963.
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1962.

Current Positions:

Professor of Economics

Selected Previous Positions:

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, 1981-1987.
Professor, Southern Illinois University, 1978-1981.
Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, 1970-1978.
Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, 1968-1970.
Instructor of Economics, United States Naval Academy, 1965-1968.

Research Interests:

American economic history.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Hwang, Ming-jeng, C. Yang, D. Adams and J. Li. Forthcoming. The elasticity of demand for oil and world market prices. A research note in International Advances in Economic Research.

Hwang, Ming-jeng and D.R. Adams. 1994. The detection of collusion from the theory of price elasticity in antitrust decision. Working Paper Series.

Adams, Donald R., Jr. March 1992. Wages and prices in West Virginia, 1790-1860. Journal of Economic History, LII. No.1: 206-216.

Hwang, Ming-jeng and D.R.Adams. January 1992. Price elasticity, monopoly pricing and antitrust enforcement. Best Paper Proceedings of the Atlantic Economic Society 2,1: 128-32.

Hwang, Ming-jeng and D.R.Adams. December 1991. Inferring collusion from pricing behavior. (Anthology) Atlantic Economic Journal.

Adams, Donald R., Jr., with M.J. Hwang. December 1991. Inferring collusion from pricing behavior. Atlantic Economic Journal XIX, Number 4.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Hagley Foundation, Annapolis, MD, 1981.

Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Regional Economic History Research Center, Hagley Foundation, Greenville, Delaware.

American Council of Learned Societies Fellow, 1975-76. National Defense Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1965.

University Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1963. Elected Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pittsburgh, 1962.

Graduate Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1962.

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pittsburgh, 1962.