Peter VanderHart
Peter VanderHart, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator
Currently, Dr. VanderHart is working on research that investigates the economic viability of wind turbines, along with estimating preferences of the Federal Reserve, and decision making under uncertainty in a dynamic game-theoretic context. His primary area of expertise is public economics.
He is most proud of being a finalist for the Master Teacher award presented at BGSU and publishing in the prestigious Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. The economics professor says he became a college teacher because he is “pretty good at explaining things.” He recommends that all business students read the book “Paradox of Choice” because of the potential to provide a healthier attitude towards spending and the role of business in people’s lives.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison 1991
M.S. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1988
B.A. Alma College, 1986
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Professor of Economics, Bowling Green State University, August 2003–present
Associate Professor of Economics, Bowling Green State University, August 1997–August 2003
Assistant Professor of Economics, Bowling Green State University, August 1991–August 1997
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - Madison, October–December, 1990
SELECTED AWARDS
Finalist, Master Teacher Award, 2007
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Why Do Some Schools Group by Ability? Some Evidence from the NAEP,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 65, pp. 475-502, 2006.
“The Bank of Canada’s Reaction Function,” American Review of Canadian Studies, 33, pp. 357-371, 2003.
“Not Enough Capital and Too Much Bureaucracy: An Analysis of the Input Choice Efficiency of Ohio Secondary Schools,” (with Jennifer Ransom) Journal of Economics MVEA, 29, pp. 77-92, 2003.
Teaching Content