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Professor of Economics
The University of Virginia
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The
Economist as Sleuth, The Economist as Novelist
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The
mystery novel was invented at the University of Virginia by
one of the UVa's most famous former students, Edgar Allen Poe.
Kenneth G. Elzinga, a professor of economics at the University,
has continued the mystery writing tradition. The author of three
mystery novels, he will describe what distinguishes mysteries
from other novels and draw parallels between how fictional sleuths
solve crimes and economists solve problems. Mr. Elzinga also
will discuss the costs and benefits of writing fiction —
of interest to all those who have ever thought, "I should write
a book about that."
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 Friday,
March 14, 2003
7:00-9:00pm
at Edwards Lecture Hall,
Woodberry
Forest School
One Walker Drive, Orange
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 Mr.
Elzinga has been a professor of economics at the University
since 1971. A graduate of Kalamazoo college, with an M.A.
and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, he brings extensive
knowledge as well as wisdom into the classroom.
He is frequently mentioned as a favorite professor on student
surveys and is noted for his teaching philosophy: "A
teacher serves by being available. For me, this has meant
setting my schedule to have no commitments immediately after
a lecture; to be generous with office hours; and to make
myself available to my students at home. A servant-teacher
is not a pal, but can be a friend. The servant-teacher is
an educator who succeeds because his or her students succeed.
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He
has held several distinguished positions over the course
of his career including Fellow in Law & Economics, University
of Chicago (1974); Visiting Professor of Economics, Trinity
University (1984); Thomas Jefferson Fellow, Cambridge University
(1990); and Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professorship,
University of Virginia, 1992-1997.
He
has won the Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Faculty
Award, Kenan Enterprise Award for Teaching Economics, and
in 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Award, the University's highest
honor.
His fields of specialty are Industrial Organization, Antitrust
Economics, Economics and Fiction. Past Research Topics include
Defining Relevant Markets, Antimerger Enforcement, Predatory
Pricing, Mystery Fiction, Religion and Economics. Currently
he is focused on research covering the Economics of the
Brewing Industry, and Innovation and Market Entry.
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the list of resources
for Mr. Elzinga's Lecture in pdf format. You need Adobe
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Professor
Elzinga's published works include:
The Beer Industry, in Walter Adams and James Brock
(eds.) The Structure of American Industry 9th ed. (New York:
Prentice-Hall, 1994)
A Deadly Indifference by Marshall Jevons (pseudonym),
co-author with William Breit (New York: Carroll & Graf, 1995)
Fifteen Theses on Classroom Teaching. 68 Southern Economic
Journal, 249 ( 2001).
Teaching Economics: Inspiration and Perspiration, in Phillip
Saunders & William G. Walsted (eds.) Teaching Undergraduate
Economics: A Handbook for Instructors. McGraw Hill, 1997
U.S. v. Microsoft: Remedy or Malady? with David. S.
Evans and Albert L. Nichols, 9 George Mason Law Review, ,
633 (2001).
For a full list of Professor Elzinga's published works, please
click
here.
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