KERN O. KYMN

Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of Chicago, Economics, 1964.
B.A. Wilmington College, Economics, 1956.

Current Position:

Professor of Economics

Selected Previous Positions:

Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Reston, Virginia, 1972-76.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1971-72.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1970-71.
Summer Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri. Summer, 1970.
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969-1970.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri, 1966-1969.
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Management. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,1965-66.
Programmer, Computation Center, University of Chicago, 1964-65.
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1958-59.

Research Interests:

General theory, mathematical economics, and econometrics.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

The late Jeong, Woocheon, Kern O. Kymn, and Christine J. Kymn. 2003. The long-run interdependence of bank health, investment-oriented bank loans, and economics performance: A time-series analysis. Quarterly Preview of Economics and Finance, 43 (1).

Kymn, Kern O. and John J. Hisnanick. 2001 The CES - translog production function, returns to scale and AES. Bulletin of Economic Research, 53 (3).

Kymn, Kern O. and John J. Hisnanick. 1999. Modeling economics of scale, technical progress and productivity growth: The case of U. S. electric power companies. Energy Economics 21, 3.

Kymn, Kern O. and J. Hisnanick. 1994. Visual econometrics: evaluating scale and technical change effects. The 1993 Business and Economics, Statics Section Proceedings of the American Statistics Association.

Hisnanick, John J. and Kern O. Kymn. Jan. 1992. Comparison of returns to scale and economies of scale for U.S. electric power firms. Atlantic Economic Society Washington D.C. Best Paper Proceeding 1,1.

Hisnanick, John J. and Kern O. Kymn. 1992. Petroleum energy Tornquist Index in U.S. manufacturing The 1991 Business and Economics Statistics Section Proceedings of the American Statistical Association.

Hisnanick, John J. and Kern O. Kymn. October 1992. The impact of disaggregated energy on productivity: a study of the U.S. manufacturing sector, 1958-1985. Energy Economics.

Assar, Nasir and Kern O. Kymn. September 1990. Neoclassical optimal growth with a varying consumption rate. International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale), 9, 37: 829-836.

Hisnanick, John J. and Kern O. Kymn. February 1990. The evaluation of the U.S. manufacturing sector using multifactor inputs of capital, labor, energy and real cash balances. International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale), 2, 36: 149-162.

Kymn, Kern O. 1990. Aggregation in input-output models: a comprehensive review, 1946-1971. Economic Systems Research, 1, 3: 65-93.