Marianne Johnson
Specialties: History of Economic Thought, Evolution and Development of Public Finance, Economics Education
Ph.D, Michigan State University
Professor of Economics
Sage 2414, (920) 424-2230
johnsonm@uwosh.edu
Background
Dr. Johnson earned her PhD and MA in economics from Michigan State University and her BA in economics from the University of Minnesota. She has taught economics in Estonia, Germany, Peru, and Senegal; at UW Oshkosh, she regularly teaches Introductory and Intermediate Microeconomics and Econometrics. Dr. Johnson serves on the History of Economics Society Executive Committee and as co-editor for Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.
Selected Publications
"American Academic Public Finance: The First Fifty Years," History of Political Economy: forthcoming
“Public Finance and Wisconsin Institutionalism, 1892 – 1929,” Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 45, No. 4 (2012).
“Wicksell and the Scandinavian and Public Choice Traditions,” International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 38, Issue 7 (2011): 584 - 594.
“Wicksell’s Social Philosophy and his Unanimity Rule,” Review of Social Economy, Vol. 68 No. 3 (2010): 187 – 204.
“A Framework for Reconsidering the Lake Wobegon Effect,” with M.R. Haley and M.K. McGee, Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2010): 95 - 109.
“Wicksell’s Theory of Public Goods: Buchanan’s and Musgrave’s Interpretations,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2006): 59 - 81.
“Wicksell’s Unanimity Rule for Public Goods: Buchanan’s Dominance Considered,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 4 (2005): 1049 - 1071.
“Basic Math Skills and Performance in an Introductory Economics Class,” with C.L. Ballard, Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2004): 3 - 23.
Professional Memberships
History of Economics Society
Midwest Economics Association
