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Katherine T. McClain

  • Senior Lecturer, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics

Education

  • PhD, Economics, Univ. of Calif. at San Diego, 1987
  • MA, Economics, Univ. of Calif. at San Diego, 1984
  • BS, Mineral Economics, Penn State, 1981

Research Interests

  • International Economics
  • Time Series Econometrics
  • Econometric Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Kiel, Katherine and Katherine T. McClain. 1995. House Prices During Siting Decision Stages: The Case of an Incinerator from Rumor Through Operation. The Journal Of Environmental Economics And Management, (28(2)):pp. 241-255.
  • McClain, Katherine T. and Jeffrey Wooldridge. 1995. A Simple Test for the Consistency of Ordinary Least Squares in Rational Distributed Lag Models. Economic Letters, (48):pp. 235-240.
  • Kiel, Katherine and Katherine T. McClain. 1995. The Effect of an Incinerator Siting on Housing Appreciation Rates. The Journal Of Urban Economics, (37):pp. 311-323.
  • McClain, Katherine T., H. Brett Humphreys, and Atahualpa Boscan. 1996. Measuring Risk in the Mining Sector with ARCH Models. The Journal Of Empirical Finance, (3(4)):pp. 369-391.
  • Kiel, Katherine and Katherine T. McClain. 1996. House Price Recovery and Stigma After a Failed Siting. Applied Economics, (28):pp. 1351-1358.
  • Humphreys, H. Brett and Katherine T. McClain. 1998. Reducing the Impacts of Energy Price Volatility Through Dynamic Portfolio Selection. The Energy Journal, (19(2)).

Book Chapters

  • McClain, Katherine T. (1995) “Recycling Programs,” in Bromley, Daniel, editor, Handbook of Environmental Economics, Blackwell, pp. 222-239.
  • McClain, Katherine T. (1993) “Economics Considerations of Resource Scarcity,” in Majumdar, S., et al., editors, Conservation and Resource Management, The Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, pp. 253-264.

Awards, Honors, and Recognition

  • Swift Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Department of Economics, 2018
  • University of Georgia Career Center Recognition 2017, 2018
  • Outstanding Professor Award, Student Government Association, 2016
  • Swift Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Department of Economics, 2014
  • Online Learning Fellow, 2013 - 2014
  • Swift Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Department of Economics, 2012
  • Provost's Award for Collaborative Instruction and Curricular Innovation, Penn State, 1993

Service

  • University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Study Abroad and Foreign Exchange Committee, 2017 – present
  • College Board AP Economics Colloquium, 2014
  • Pearson Education Digital Advisory Board, 2013 – present
  • University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, International Business Coordination Committee, 2012 – present
  • University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Department of Economics, Graduate Assistant Teaching Coordinator, 2010 – present
  • University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, International Business Society Adviser, 2010 – present

Prior Professional Positions

  • Lecturer, Banking and Finance, Univ. of Georgia, 2003-2010
  • Learning Edge Academic Program, Director, Penn State, 1998-2000
  • Mineral Economics, Assistant Professor, Penn State, 1990-1998
  • Assistant Professor, Economic, Wellesley College, 1987-1990