Scott A. Kjar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Address: 6363
St. Charles Avenue, Box 15
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504)864-7936
Fax: (504)864-7970
Email: sakjar@loyno.edu
Office: Miller 329
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Auburn University , 2002. Dissertation title: Essays on Menger in the Neoclassical Tradition
- M.A., Economics, Auburn University , 2000.
- M.S., Public Policy Analysis, University of Rochester , 1988. Thesis title: Bottoms Up! A Proposal to Break Up and Sell the United States Postal Serrvice
- B.A., Political Science (major) and English (minor), Drake University , 1983
Academic/Industry Experience
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans, 2007–2008.
- Visiting Assistant Professor (sabbatical replacement), Baldwin Wallace College, 2006-2007.
- Assistant Professor, Graduate Faculty, Touro University International, 2005-2006.
- Instructor, Georgia Perimeter College,2003-2005.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Middle Georgia College, 2002-2003.
- Graduate Assistant, Auburn University, 1997-2002.
Course Information
Courses Taught- Prin. of Macroeconomics
- Prin. of Microeconomics
- Survey of Economic Principles
- Money and Banking
- Investment Analysis
- International Finance
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Seminar on the Austrian School
- American Government
Research Interests
- 19th Century History of Economic Thought
- Carl Menger
- Early American Constitutional Analysis
Publications, Proceedings, and Papers
- “Can Good Apples be Mixed with Bad Economics? A Mengerian Critique of the Alchian and Allen Theorem,” with William Anderson. American Journal of Economics and Sociology , forthcoming (2007).
- “A Diagrammatic Exposition of the Socialist Calculation Argument,” with Barry Simpson. New Perspectives of Political Economy, vol 2, no. 1 (Fall 2006).
- “Circular Flow, Austrian Price Theory, and Social Appraisement,” with Barry Simpson. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics (Winter 2005).
- “On Home Grown-ness in Politics: Evidence from the 1998 Election for Alabama 's Third Congressional District,” with David Laband. Public Choice (July 2002).
Current Submissions
- “Marshall and Menger on Time: A Synthesis of Derived Demand and Imputation,” with Barry Simpson. Submitted to the Eastern Economic Journal .
Current Working Papers
- Constitutional Deception: John Marshall and Marbury v. Madison . With Robert Rahm.
- Unintended Consequences and the Matrix of Capital: Hurricane Katrina and the Levees. With William Anderson.
- Menger's n-Dimensional Box of Value Theory.
Awards
- “Menger and Lancaster and the Use of Characteristics.” Best paper by a graduate student. Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. Presented at Southern Economic Association, 2001.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
- “A Mengerian Critique of the Alchian and Allen Theorem.” Co-Authored with William Anderson. Presented at the Association of Private Enterprise Educators Conference, 2006.
- “Using The Sims to teach Mengerian Economics.” Presented at the Association of Private Enterprise Educators Conference, 2006.
- “Marshall and Menger on Time: A Synthesis of Derived Demand and Imputation.” Co-Authored with Barry Simpson. Presented at the Austrian Scholar's Conference, 2006.
- “Third Law or Third Rail: A Critique of the Alchian-Allen Theorem.” Co-Authored with William Anderson. Presented at the Austrian Scholar's Conference, 2004.
- “Kirzner's Snowman: Incorporating the Entrepreneur into the Circular Flow Model.” Co-Authored with Barry Simpson. Presented at the Austrian Scholar's Conference, 2003.
- “Menger, Dupuit, and the Characteristics of Goods.” Presented at the Austrian Scholar's Conference, 2002.
Personal
Professional Memberships
- Academy of Political Science
- American Economic Association
- Association of Private Enterprise Educators
- Economic History Association
- History of Economics Society
- Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
- Southern Economic Association
