Dr. David Mushinski

Associate Professor
david.mushinski@colostate.edu
C 316 Clark Building
970.491.3911
970.491.2925 Fax

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Philosophy

Economics provides students with a way of analyzing individual decision making which I feel is intuitive and which provides insights into human activity and human interactions. I seek to convey that intuition to students with an eye toward how and when economic ideas might be relevant to them in their everyday lives and in their analysis of economic policies.

Research

I am interested in public economics, generally, and, specifically, in health economics, regional economics, and economic development. A notable portion of my work has focused on issues surrounding small business and micro-enterprise access to credit markets. I am currently analyzing issues regarding entrepreneurs’ access to health insurance. With regard to regional economics, I am working on the identification of industries which produce for export.

Recent Work

Mushinski, David and Kathleen Pickering (2007). “Heterogeneity in Informal Sector Mitigation of Micro-Enterprise Credit Rationing.” 18 Journal of International Development (forthcoming).

Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty Dreams, Disenchantments and Diversity (with K. Pickering, Gene Summers and Mark Harvey). 2006. The Pennsylvania State University Press: University Park, Pennsylvania.

Thilmany, Dawn, Nicole McKenney, David Mushinski and Stephan Weiler (2005). “Beggar-thy-neighbor economic development: A note on the effect of geographic interdependencies in rural areas.” 39 Annals of Regional Science 593-605.

Mushinski, David W. and Kathleen Pickering (2005). The Impact of Welfare Reform on Labor Markets in Impoverished Areas.” XXXIX (2) Journal of Economic Issues 401-407.

Pickering, Kathleen and David Mushinski (2004). “Locating The Cultural Context of Credit: Institutional Alternatives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation” in Values and Valuables: From the Sacred to the Symbolic Cynthia Werner and Duran Bell, eds. Altamira Press: Walnut Creek, CA.

Nichols, Donald and David Mushinski (2003). "Identifying Export Industries Using Parametric Density Functions." 26(1) International Regional Science Review 68-85.

Mushinski, David and Stephan Weiler (2002). "A Note on the Geographic Interdependencies of Retail Market Areas."42(1) Journal of Regional Science 75-86.

Working Papers

Mushinski, David and Stephan Weiler. “Using Geographic Interdependencies to Assess Retail Base Spectra.”

Mushinski, David and Donald Nichols. “Identifying the Export Base of Industries That Produce Partly For Local Consumption.”

Phillips, Ronnie and David Mushinski. "The Role of Morris Plan Lending Institutions in Expanding Consumer Micro-Credit in the United States."

“The Role of Social Capital in Poverty Alleviation in Native American Reservation Communities.” January 2006.