Dr. BRIAN GOFF
Dr. BRIAN GOFF
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Economics/Ford College of Business
Western Kentucky University/Grise Hall 414
Email: brian.goff@wku.edu/Phone: 270-745-3855
COURSES
ECON 202
Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 203
Principles of
Macroeconomics
ECON 206
Statistics
ECON 306
IntermediateStatistics
ECON 400
Issues in Capital
Market Economics
ECON 410
Seminar in Economics on Internet
ECON 503
Applied Macroeconomic
Theory
BA 540
Applied Statistical Methods
ECON 571
Public Sector Economics
BA 511
Applied Micro (pMBA)
LINKS
Last Modified January 21, 2010
Western Kentucky University
LINKS FOR SENIOR ASSESSMENT
Ideas for Topics
(The
Fed articles are very easy
reading; the journals are much more technical; looking over past issues
provides lots of
ideas as to what can be
done as well as supplying references for related articles)
St.
Louis Fed Regional Economist; Philadelphia Fed
Business Review;
Quarterly
Journal of Economics (text access available through WKUnet)
Journal
of Political Economy (text access available through WKUnet)
Organization & Writing Tips (Pen to Paper Issues); St. Louis Fed (Quarterly) Review Examples
GRADUATE
PROGRAM IN ECONOMICS
Powerpoint
Overview of Economics M.A. Program
ECON 596 APPLIED PROJECT
INFORMATION
Project
Checklist: MUST READ (Guidelines for setting up project
committee, proposals, defense, and nature of project)
DATA ARCHIVES
American Economic
Review (data for most articles published from 2003-present)
Econometrica
(data for most articles from 2004-present)
Data Archive for the Journal of
Applied Econometrics (relatvely complete data for articles dating
back to 1995)
Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review (data for most articles back to
1993 except for most recent)
Journal
of Statistics Education Data Archive (variety of data for articles
inside and outside economics from American Statistical Association)
StatLib Data Archive
(variety of data from articles econ and non-econ: example hedonic house
price model data)
FRED -- Economic
data maintained by St. Louis Fed
WKU Econ Faculty: Many of
the WKU faculty have data connected to articles on which they have
worked as well as knowledge of large databases. Here are some
areas on topics by faculty member. You may consult their webpages
for more information on specific articles.
Howsen/Borland: Educational
performance at student and school level
Zimmer: Healthcare
expenditures and usage
Goff: Sports-related
data; county-based political economy & religion;
Goff/Lebedinsky: State
economic performance with states matching
Carey/Lebedinsky: International
C. Strow: Family choice
and outcomes
Lile: Kentucky public finance
and economic performanc
Trawick: Health and
family choice and outcomes
Examples of Well-Executed
Projects: Cress; Wegenka, Tudor