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Miles Finney
Professor

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Office: 909 Simpson Tower
Phone: (323) 343-2937
FAX: (323) 343-5462
Email: mfinney@calstatela.edu

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Course Website

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Economics, 1992
University of Houston, Texas

M.A. Economics, 1989
University of Houston, Texas

B.A. Economics, 1986
University of Texas - San Antonio, Texas

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TEACHING INTERESTS

Statistics (Econ 309 and Econ 209)
Urban Economics (Econ 440)
Data Analysis, Reporting and Presentation (Econ 491)
Public Finance (Econ 433)
Microeconomics (Econ 410) 

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban Economics
Local Public Finance

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RECENT RESEARCH

"The Effect of Urbanization on Labor Turnover," Journal of Regional Science, p.311–328, May 2008. (coauthored with Janet E. Kohlhase)

"A Threshold Cointegration Analysis of Asymmetric Price Transmission From Crude Oil to Gasoline Prices," Economics Letters, p. 233-239, November, 2005. (coauthored with Li-Hsueh Chen and Kon S. Lai)

"Asymmetric Interdependence in the Provision of a Local Public Good: An Empirical Examination," Public Finance Review,  p. 648-668, November, 2003. (coauthored with Mann J. Yoon)

"Constituency Preference and Police Consolidation: The Case of West Hollywood," Contemporary Economic Policy, p. 235-243, April, 1999.

“Scale Economies and Police Consolidation: Evidence from Los Angeles,” Contemporary Economic Policy, p. 121-127, January, 1997.

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