Economics

Gwendolyn Tedeschi

Professor of Economics, Chairperson, Department of Economics

Contact

+1 630 637 5478
gatedeschi@noctrl.edu

Office Location

BE

Office Hours

Fall 2019: Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:30 - 9:45 AM, Wednesdays 10 AM - 1 PM, and by appointment

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Selected Scholarship

“The dark side of competition: Modeling status games” with P. Arora.  Managerial and Decision Economics (Early View, 2019), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mde.3032.

“Broadening the Frame Around Sustainability with Holistic Language: Mandela and Invictus” with P. Arora and J. Rovenpor.  Humanistic Management Journal Vol. 3, No. 2, 2018, pp. 233–251.

“Beyond the Subsidy:  Coyotes, Credit and Fair Trade Coffee” with Julie Carlson-DeCourcy.  Journal of International Development Vol. 25, No. 4, 2013, pp. 456 – 473.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1847

“Cross Sectional Impact:  Bias from Dropouts” with D. Karlan. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology Vol. 9, Nos. 3 – 4, 2010, pp. 270 – 291.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156914910X499714

“Overcoming Selection Bias in Microcredit Impact Assessments:  A case study from Peru.” Journal of Development Studies Vol. 44, No. 4, 2008, pp. 504 – 518.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220380801980822

“Drug Markets: A Classroom Experiment”  American Economist, Vol LI, No. 1, 2008, pp. 75 – 83.

“Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:  Can Dynamic Incentives Make Microfinance More Flexible?”  Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 80, 2006, pp. 84 – 105.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.01.003

Courses Taught

ECN 200 Principals of Microeconomics

ECN 400 Intermediate Microeconomics

ECN 320 Industrial Structure and Public Policy