Department of Economics

 

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Barry W. Ickes
Professor of Economics

Joined the faculty in 1983    

Ph.D., 1984, 

     University of California, Berkeley

618 Kern Graduate Building

Phone: (814) 863 - 2652

Fax: (814) 863 - 4775

E-mail: bwickes@psu.edu

Personal Homepage: http://econ.la.psu.edu/~bickes/index.htm

Office Hours for Fall 2008: by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest  

  • Economics of Transition 
  • Development Economics
  • International Economics

Recent Publications:

Russia's Virtual Economy, (with C. Gaddy), Brookings Institution Press, 2002.

"Economic Pathology and Comparative Economics: Why Economics Fail to Succeed, Presidential Address," Comparative Economic Studies , 2005, 47, 503-519.

"A Model of Russia's 'Virtual Economy," (with R. Ericson), Review of Economic Design , 2001, 6, 185-214.

"Russia's Virtual Economy," (with C. Gaddy), Foreign Affairs , 77 (5), September/October 1998.

"The Political Economy of Structural Change in Russia," (with Gur Ofer) European Journal of Political Economy ¸forthcoming.

"End of the Tunnel? The Effects of Financial Stabilization in Russia," (with P. Murrell and R. Ryterman), Post-Soviet Affairs , (formerly Soviet Economy) , 13:2, April-June 1997, pp. 105-133.

Research in Progress:

  • Barter in Transition, Russia's Virtual Economy
  • Stabilization in Transition Economies
  • Enterprise Behavior and Restructuring in Transition

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