Davidson College

 16th Semester-in-India Program, Fall 2008.

2008 Program Director 

Professor Dennis Appleyard

Chair, Department of Economics

James B. Duke Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics
A.B. Ohio Wesleyan; A.M., Ph.D. Michigan
 

Research interests:  international trade theory and policy; the Indian economy. Co-author of International Economics, 6th Edition, an undergraduate textbook (McGraw-Hill, 2008).  Published journal articles (some co-authored) have dealt with India's long-run commodity terms of trade and single factoral terms of trade, offshore assembly provisions, aspects of John Stuart Mill's trade theory, effective protection, exchange rate depreciation, customs unions in a three-country Ricardian trade model, and comparative welfare effects of customs unions versus unilateral tariff reductions.  Was Director of Davidson's 1996 Semester-in-India Program and 2000 Semester-in-India and Nepal Program.  Courses taught at Davidson include "Introductory Economics," "Survey of International Economics," "Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory," and "International Trade."  Taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for over 20 years before coming to Davidson in 1990.  Received UNC-Chapel Hill's Tanner Award for "Excellence in Inspirational Teaching of Undergraduate Students" in 1983 and Davidson's Thomas Jefferson Award for teaching and service in 2004.

Department of Economics
Davidson College
P.O. Box 6903
Davidson, NC 28035-6903
Office: Chambers 201A
Phone: (704) 894-2294
FAX: (704) 894-2874
Email: DeAppleyard@Davidson.Edu

 

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