CURRICULUM VITAE

M. KEVIN McGEE

 

Office:        Department of Economics

                  University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

                  Oshkosh WI 54901

                  (920) 424-7155

                  Email:  mcgee@uwosh.edu

 

EDUCATION

Degrees:     B.A. Mathematics, Ohio Dominican College, June 1972

                  M.A. Economics, Ohio State University, December 1978

                  Ph.D. Economics, Ohio State University, September 1983

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

                  Instructor, 1982 - 1984

                  Asst. Professor, 1984 - 1990

                  Assoc. Professor, 1990 - 1999

                  Professor, 1999 - 2012

                  Distinguished Professor, 2012 - present

                  Department Chair, 1993-1997, 2009-2011

 

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Disparity, Shortfall, and Twice-Endogenous HARA Utility", with M. Ryan Haley and Todd Walker, Econometric Reviews, 32(4) 2012, 524-541.

Ò`The Best DefenceÉÕ  or Determining The Optimal Offence/Defence Spending Ratios in the NFL", with Nancy Burnett and Lee Van Scyoc, Applied Economics Letters, 19(8) 2012, 717-720.

ÒBudget Priorities and Community Perceptions of Service Quality and ImportanceÓ, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, with Karl Nollenberger, Craig Maher, and Paul Beach, 24(2) Summer 2012, 255-277.

ÒKLICing There and Back Again: Portfolio Selection Using the Empirical Likelihood Divergence and the Hellinger DistanceÓ, with M. Ryan Haley, Journal of Empirical Finance, 18(2) March 2011, 341-352.

 ÒTwice Constrained Investment Under Uncertainty: A Mixed Time ModelÓ, Research in Economics, 64(2) June 2010, 110-120.

"A Framework for Reconsidering the Lake Wobegon EffectÓ with Marianne Johnson and Ryan Haley, Journal of Economic Education 41(2) April-June 2010, 95-109.

ÒTwice Constrained Investment Under UncertaintyÓ, presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Cleveland,OH) March 2009.

 ÒKLICing There and Back Again: Portfolio Selection Using the Empirical Likelihood Divergence and the Hellinger DistanceÓ, with Ryan Haley, presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Chicago,IL) March 2008.

"Internationalization of the Economics Major-A ÔHow toÕ with Case Studies," with Nancy Burnett, Ralph Gunderson, and M. Ryan Haley, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research 9(2) 2008, 17-42.

"Testing for the Lake Wobegon Effect: Does Biased GPA Meaningfully Bias GPA Studies?", with Marianne Johnson and M. Ryan Haley, presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Minneapolis, MN) March 2007.

"Tilting Safety First and the Sharpe Portfolio", with M. Ryan Haley, Finance Research Letters 3, Sept. 2006, 173-180.

 "International Cases in Micro and Macroeconomics", with Ralph Gunderson, presented at the Western Economics Association Annual Meetings (San Diego, CA) July 2006.

"Policy Issues Regarding User Fees", Apr. 2005. [download]

"Controlling State Spending: A Responsible Alternative to TABOR", November 2004. [download]

"Taxes", in the Encyclopedia of Capitalism, Vol. 3, edited by Syed B. Hussain,  pp. 826-828.  New York: Golson Books, Ltd., 2004.

"Spending Boom: The Origins of Wisconsin's 2003 Fiscal Crisis", Wisconsin Political Scientist 9(3), Fall 2003.

"Spending Boom: The Origins of Wisconsin's 2003 Fiscal Crisis", presented at the Wisconsin Economics Association Meetings, October 2003. [download]

"County Spending and the Subsidy to 'Urban Sprawl'", Wisconsin Political Scientist 8(2), Summer 2002.

"County Spending and the Implicit Subsidy to 'Urban Sprawl'", presented at the MidContinent Regional Science Association Annual Meetings (Kansas City, MO), June 2002. [download]

"Draining Away: Who Is Leaving the State?  Where Are They Going?" Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report 14(5), August 2001 (with James I. Brannon) . [download]

"Jail and Human Service Costs: Is there a Countersubsidy to 'Urban Sprawl'?", manuscript, February 2001.

"County Spending and the Implicit Subsidy to 'Urban Sprawl'", presented at the Southern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Washington D.C.), November 2000.

"Capital Gains Taxation and New Firm Investment", National Tax Journal 60, December 1998, 653-673.

"Risk, Capital Gains and New Firm Formation", presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Boston MA), March 1996.

"Capital Gains and New Firm Formation", presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (New York NY), March 1995.

"Mean-Based School Funding Formulas", presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Cincinnati OH), March 1995.

"The Partial Corporate Cash Flow Tax",  manuscript, January 1995.

"Neutral Tax Depreciation", manuscript, June 1994.

"A Revenue-Raising Efficient Corporate Tax Reform",  presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Washington D.C.), March 1993.

"Lifecycle Saving Dynamics and Adaptive Expectations", presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Chicago IL), March 1992.

"An Investment Tax Credit: A Comment", NTA Forum, Spring 1991.

"The Lifetime Marginal Tax Rate", Public Finance 44(1), 1989, 51-61.

"Alternative Transitions to a Consumption Tax", National Tax Journal 42, June 1989, 155-166.

"Taxes and Saving: An Experiment", presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Baltimore MD), March 1989.

"Invariant Resource Supply and Tax Incidence in a Lifecycle Growth Model", Public Finance Quarterly 16, October 1988, 482-492.

"The Unbalanced Budget in the Transition to a Consumption Tax", presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Boston MA), March 1988.

"Tax Incidence in a Lifecycle Growth Model", presented at the Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Washington D.C.), March 1987.

"Lifetime Taxation and the Marginal Tax Rate", presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings (Chicago, Ill.), March 1986.

 "The Burden of Taxation Revisited", unpublished manuscript, May 1985.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Economic Association

National Tax Assn. - Tax Institute of America

 

REVIEWING

Referee, Urban Affairs Review, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2006.

Referee, National Tax Journal, 1991-1992, 1999.

Referee, Journal of Economic Education, 1997, 2005.

 

OTHER

Elected Member, Oshkosh Common Council, 1997 - 2001.