Thomas Evans
Lecturer
2008
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Current Activities
Current Research Activities
I have been following up on previous research to do with the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005. The current research estimates the impact of the stricted personal bankruptcy rules on the levels of foreclosure. Though not yet completed, the work is an invited by the journal Banking and Financial Services Report. The due date for this work is February 6, 2009.
Biography
Biographical Statement
Tom has been a Lecturer in PAM since the Fall 2007 semester. Prior to joining Cornell University, from 2003-2007, he was a Lecturer in the economic department at the University of Chicago. Prior to beginning a Ph.D in 1998, he worked in various manufacturing positions in Canada, New York, and South Carolina.
Education
PhD Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. (Economics), 2003
MS Columbia University, New York, N.Y. (Industrial Engineering), 1995
BS Royal Military College of Canada, Ontario, Canada. (Engineering Management), 1988
Courses, Websites, Pubs
Courses Taught
ECON 1110: Introductory Microeconomics
PAM 2000: Intermediate Microeconomics
PAM 2150: Research Methods
Selected Publications
Evans, Thomas A. and Paul B. Lewis. 2008. “An Empirical Analysis of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reforms,” Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal 24(2): 327-60.
Evans, Thomas A. 2007. "An Empirical Test of Why Incumbents Adopt Campaign Spending Limits," Public Choice 132: 437-56.
Evans, Thomas A. 2006. "The Different Effects of Discretionary Federal Spending on Parliamentary Elections," Economic Inquiry 42:234-48.
Evans, Thomas A. 2005. "The Impact of Representation per Capita on the Distribution of Federal Spending and Income Taxes," Canadian Journal of Political Science 38(2): 263-85.