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Darren Grant
providing mundane answers to
basic economic questions
since 1995
If you look for it, you'll probably find it.
Professional stuff above, personal stuff below.
Here is a PICTURE OF ME WITH A GOAT. (The goat is on the left.) Another PICTURE OF ME WITH A GOAT. And here is a PICTURE OF ME CONCENTRATING REAL HARD. Also: UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE.
Here's a vita.
GET THE BOOK. No, really: get the book! And welcome to my world.
Thanks for nothing, because you didn't come to my TED talk on the benefits of bicycling for children's emotional development. Want to know why kids have quit walking and biking to school? This talk tells you.
A suite of written and video materials on How to Give a Good Research Presentation, RIGHT HERE. Helpful for economists and non-economists!
ALL THE EARNINGS OF ALL THE GRADUATES OF SHSU'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, more or less, since 2002, by major, over the first ten years of their career. Tasty!
My Erdös Number. Eat your heart out!
A suite of research on traffic safety. Drunk driving: THE OTHER GREAT MODERATION, THE ROLE OF POLICY ANALYSIS (working paper), and THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE RAISED DRINKING AGE (working paper). A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. The effect of traffic safety laws for youth: ZERO TOLERANCE and BICYCLE HELMETS. EDUCATION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY (working paper).
A suite of research on orderings and their effects. Ballot order effects in PRIMARY and GENERAL elections, Testing for bias in order determination using TARGETED and UNTARGETED tests. Altogether, these papers feature data from Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Want my ballot order data? Ask me!
A suite of research on the cesarean section in the U.S. The effect of: THE QUIET REVOLUTION, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, SOURCE OF PAYMENT, INFORMATION, MALPRACTICE, and RACE.
A suite of research on the dynamics of wages, prices, and public opinion about the economy. The effect of UNIONS and IMPLICIT CONTRACTS on wages over the business cycle. Pricing in MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL and THE ALUMINUM MARKET. Macroeconomic perceptions in the U.S. UP TO THE GREAT RECESSION and DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (working paper).
A suite of research on the effects of threshold incentives, among VOTERS,
ULTRAMARATHONERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, DRINKING DRIVERS, and VOTERS AGAIN.
And that's not all! My SSRN page. It has working papers and many published articles. Also many published articles and working papers available on ResearchGate HERE. Both of these links have a few articles not included in the suites listed above. Macro Principles: SYLLABUS
and HOMEWORKS. Micro Principles: SYLLABUS,
CLASS EXERCISES , HOMEWORKS.
Introductory Economics: SYLLABUS, HOMEWORKS, PRACTICING THE CONCEPTS and ALL OF THE CONGRESSES OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Undergraduate Health Economics: SYLLABUS , ASSIGNMENTS
, PRACTICE TEST 1, PRACTICE
TEST 2, PRACTICE TEST 3, Outline of My Lectures, the Wal-Mart Brief, and the Diabetes
Article. Introduction to Econometrics: SYLLABUS and ASSIGNMENT
1, ASSIGNMENT 2, and ASSIGNMENT 3, along with the
teachers data , the wages data,
the grades data, and the house
time series data! Economics of Public Policy: SYLLABUS. Intermediate Micro: SYLLABUS and Homework. Math Econ: SYLLABUS
and plentiful HOMEWORKSES. Business Statistics: SYLLABUS
and PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT. Undergraduate Labor Economics: SYLLABUS, ASSIGNMENTS,
HOMEWORKS, and TRADE
ARTICLES. Graduate Labor Economics: SYLLABUS,
HOMEWORKS, and ASSIGNMENTS!
Graduate Managerial Economics (MBA version): SYLLABUS and LOTS OF
HOMEWORKS Graduate Managerial Economics (Health Admin.
version): SYLLABUS, ASSIGNMENTS,
HOMEWORKS, and POWERPOINTS
for Unit 1 and for Unit 2 and for
Unit 3. Graduate Health Economics SYLLABUS and HOMEWORKS
and PowerPoints Number
1, Number 2, Number 3, Number
4. Graduate Statistical
Analysis SYLLABUS and HOMEWORKS
and Presentation Assignment. Hey, here's something cool: my teaching
evaluations! Here they are for Georgia Southern
University, for UTA, and for SHSU. I am the advisor for
Women's Ultimate Frisbee and the Chess Club, and former president of the Seven Hills Running Club. Also co-originator and music director for Sundown at Sam's outdoor live music series. Here are my newspaper columns for the Savannah Morning News 1999-2001 and in Metroplex newspapers, HERE. Locally, I'm a former columnist for the Huntsville Item (running) and the Walker County Press (Covid), and an occasional contributor to Hello Huntsville (morning show) and The Huntsvillan. Here is a whole bunch of stuff about my bicycle touring:
a Full List of My Tours with brief narratives about each,
Basic Facts about bicycle touring,
a Day by Day Itinerary for my Alaska Trip, and a Q & A about my
Alaska trip. Here is the entire route of my first trip, from Louisiana to South Dakota: Click here and wait for it to load! Some Favorites: movie,
book, economics book,
song (not pc or suitable for work), album,
band, city. Three favorite paintings, and why.
My teaching philosophy is exemplified
in Kaa's Hunting, from the first Jungle Book. My office is
237H Smith-Hudson, SHSU. My Summer '26 office hours are non-existent. If you need to reach me, try calling or e-mailing me and I will respond, though it may take a few days. My office phone is (936) 294-4324 and my e-mail address is dgrant.at.shsu.edu.
That's All Folks!!
