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June 2007
DOUGLAS (Doug) A. HOUSTON
Curriculum Vitae
I. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
PRESENT POSITIONS:
Area Director for Finance, Economics, and Decision Sciences, School of Business, University of Kansas
Professor, School of Business, University of Kansas (Courtesy appointment in East European and Russian Studies)
PRIOR ACADEMIC POSTIONS:
February 1999-June 1999 Visiting Professor, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
June 1994-July 1998, Director of Edwards Campus MBA Program.
June 1992-Present, Professor, School of Business, University of Kansas.
June, 19861992, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Kansas.
February, 1990-May, 1990, Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher, Central School of Planning & Statistics, Warsaw, Poland.
1988-90, Division Director and Director of Masters Programs, School of Business, University of Kansas.
August, 1981May, 1986, Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Kansas.
19801981, Visiting Lecturer, Indiana University.
BUSINESS AND MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
19741977, Market Research Director and Product Manager, Facet Enterprises, Inc.
19721974, Analysis and Forecasting Manager, Bendix Corporation.
19711972, Senior Financial Analyst, Shell Oil Corporation.
1968-1970 82nd Airborne, U.S. Army (Vietnam).
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 1980.
MBA, Indiana University, January 1971.
BA with Honors in Economics, Union College, Schenectady, NY, June 1967.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Managerial Economics; Political Strategies for Managers; Business-Government Relations; Economics of the Internet; Economic Environment (macroeconomics); Ph.D. Microeconomics; Negotiations; Economics of Organizations
II. PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
**Can Corruption Ever Improve an Economy?” Cato Journal (Fall 2007, Vol. 27, no. 3) forthcoming.
*”The Case for Paternalism Revisited: Updating the Freidman Critique,” Journal of Private Enterprise (Fall 2005, Vol. XXXI, No. 1), pp. 105-122.
*”Can the Internet Promote Open Global Societies?” The Independent Review (Winter 2003, Vol. 3), pp. 353-369.
*"Trust in the Networked Economy: Doing Business on Web Time," Business Horizons, March- April 2001, pp. 38-44.
* "U.S. Federal Power Privatization: Applying International Evidence to the Case of the TVA,” Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. XIII, No.2 (Spring 1998), pp. 87-105.
"Going Private," Energy, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (April 1996), pp. 3-7.
"Can Energy Markets Drive DSM?,” Electricity Journal. (November 1994), pp. 46-55.
**"Utility-Industry 'Partnerships' as New Industrial Policy," Public Utilities Fortnightly, (May 1, 1993).
*User-Ownership of the Electric Transmission Grids," Regulation, Winter 91/92.
"Let's Privatize the TVA," Public Utilities Fortnightly, (February 15, 1991), pp.22
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**"A Tool of Opportunity: Privatization of the TVA," National Forum, Vol. 70, No. 2, Spring 1990, pp.28-31.
"TVA: A Model Privatization Target," Wall Street Journal, (February9, 1989), p.A20.
**"Power to the People: Communities' Impact on Electric Utility Deregulation," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4 (June, 1987) pp.718 740.
*"The Mixed Interest in Deregulation," Land Economics, Vol. 63, No. 4 November 1987), pp. 4035.
*The Ethics of Going Private," with John S. Howe, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 6 (1987), pp. 519525.
**"Rural Kansas Confronts Deregulation," Kansas Business Review, Fall 1986, pp. 19.
"Reply to an Economic Rationale for Couponing: Comment," with John S. Howe, forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol.25, No. 4 (Fall 1986), pp. 7576.
*"An Economic Rationale for Couponing," with John S. Howe, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 1985), pp.37 50.
"How to Shortcircuit the Utility Monopoly," Reason, (April 1985) pp. 34 38.
*"Revenue Effects from Changes in a Declining Block Pricing Structure: Reply," Land Economics, Vol. 61, No. 1 (February, 1985), pp. 8182.
**"An Economic Perspective on Rate Suppression Legislation," with Anthony Redwood and Gary Albrecht, Kansas Law Review Vol. 33, No. 3, (Spring 1985), pp. 459467. Also Published in Vol.VII of Public Utilities Law Anthology.
*"Entrepreneurship, Change, and Humanism," presented at Conference on The Humanities and the Future, sponsored by Kansas Committee for the Humanities in cooperation with the Center for Humanistic Studies, October 1920, 1984, Lawrence, Kansas (proceedings).
*"Deregulating Electric Utilities: A MarketProcess Approach," Cato Journal, Vol. 3 (Winter/Spring 1984), pp. 831853.
*"Solar Energy Access: Limitations on the Zoning Alternatives from a Legal and Economic Perspective," Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal, Vol. 3 (Spring 1984; with John W. Gergacz), pp. 512 and 6369.
*"Implicit Discount Rates and the Purchase of NewTechnology, Energy Saving Durables," Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 10 (September 1983), pp. 236246.
*"Revenue Effects from Changes in a Declining Block Pricing Structure: Reply," Land Economics, Vol. 59, No. 3 (August 1983), pp. 360364.
*"Revenue Effects from Changes in a Declining Block Pricing Structure," Land Economics, Vol. 58, No. 3 (August, 1982), pp. 351363.
**"The Residential Energy User: Spendthrift or Saver," Kansas Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 5 (AprilMay 1982), pp. 1012.
*"The Determinants of Residential Electricity Demand: The Role of Conservation Actions, Engineering Factors, and Economic Variables," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Summer, 1982; with Bruce L. Jaffee and Richard W. Olshavksy). pp. 37151.
*"A Reexamination of the Nixon WagePrice Controls: An Application on Time Series Methods," Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Spring/Summer, 1981; with Lawrence S. Davidson), pp. 246253.
*"A Note on RailroadShipper Transactions: Appropriation, Private Contracts, and Regulation," Transportation Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Winter, 1979), pp. 6066.
*"The Oil Crisis--Five Years Later," Business Horizons, Vol. 21, No. 4 (August, 1978; with Bruce L. Jaffee), pp. 2326.
* Refereed
** Invited
BOOKS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS, POLICY STUDIES, & ISSUE BRIEFS:
*"Demand-Side Management Expenditures and the Market Value of U.S. Electric Utilities," in Deregulation of Electric Utilities, edited by Georges Zaccour (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Norwell, MA, 1998.
Santee Cooper's Privatization (South Carolina Policy Council: Columbia, SC), Spring 1998.
Energy Deregulation and Kansas: The Time to Start is Now, (Kansas Public Policy Institute: Wichita, KS), July 1997.
Federal Power: The Case for Privatizing Electricity, (Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, CA), Policy Study No. 201, March 1996.
"Privatizing Santee Cooper," in Reclaiming the Legacy, edited by Thomas Gale Moore (South Carolina Policy Council: Columbia, SC), 1995, pp. 40-49.
Demand-Side Management: Ratepayers Beware, (Institute for Energy Research: Houston, Texas), May 1993.
Toward Resolving the Access Issue: User-Ownership of Electric Transmission Grids, (Reason Foundation, Santa Monica California), Issue paper No. 129, August 1991.
* "Privatization of Electricity in the United States," in Competition and the Regulation of Utilities, edited by Michael A. Crew (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Norwell, MA, 1991), pp. 189-211.
Privatization of the TVA: Prospects for Enhanced Cooperation and Competition in the Power Industry, Southern Regulatory Policy Institute, Issue Paper No. 2, March, 1990.
"Privatization of the TVA," Proceedings of 12th World Energy Congress, October 2427, 1989, pp.375385.
"Privatization of TVA," in Federal Privatization: Toward Resolving the Deficit Crisis, edited by Robert Poole (Reason Foundation: Santa Monica, California, June, 1988), pp.56-68; also in Federal Privatization, edited by William Niskanen (Reason Foundation: Santa Monica, California).
"The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Kansas," in Kansas Communities: Changes, Challenges, Choices, (Division of Continuing Education, the University of Kansas, 1986), pp. 2026.
"Economic Prospects for Kansas Rural Communities," in Kansas Policy Choices, with Charles E. Krider, edited by H. E. Flentje (University Press of Kansas, 1986), pp. 4974.
* Refereed
** Invited
III. SERVICE (1995-Present)
University:
Co-Principle Investigator on U.S Trade and Development Agency Grant Proposal: “Feasibility Study Funding Request: A Masters of Business Administration in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2003-2005.
Member, University Council, 1994-1996
Chair, University Academic Policies and Procedures Committee, 1995-6
Member, Chancellor's Task Force on Cost-Savings, Restructuring, and Reengineering, 1995-6
Faculty Advisor for University of Kansas student group "KU Libertarians," 1992-1998.
Outside member, several Ph.D. dissertation committees
School of Business:
Chair, Masters Team
Member, Karyl Leggio Ph.D. dissertation committee; Fred Gusak Ph.D. dissertation committee.
Miscellaneous task forces, committees
State/Nation:
Chair, Research Advisory Committee, Flint Hills Center for Public Policy
Chair, Research Advisory Committee, Kansas Public Policy Institute, 1994-2001
Paper referring for Energy Journal and book manuscripts for Cato Institute
Panel participant in Kansas townhall meetings on social security reform, 1997-8
IV. EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY
Testimony on Georgia Power Company's Application for Approval of an Integrated Resource Plan, Docket No. 5601U before Georgia Public Service Commission on behalf of the George Textile Manufacturers Association and Southwire Company, June, 1995.
Testimony on Application of Consumers Power Company for Reconciliation of its Demand-Side Management Program and Determination of Incentive, Case No. U-10554, on behalf of the Association of Businesses advocating Tariff Equity (ABATE), before the Michigan Public Service Commission, December, 1994.
Testimony on DSM Uncertainty and Competitive Effects, Docket No. 93-ER-94 before the California Energy Commission, on behalf of the Independent Energy Producers, January, 1994.
Testimony regarding DSM matters in General Rate Case, No. U-10102 before the Michigan Public Service Commission, on behalf of the Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity (ABATE), March, 1993.
Comments before the California Public Service Commission in En Banc Hearings on Demand-Side Management, February 25, 1993.
Testimony regarding DSM matters in Docket No. 4132-U before the Georgia Public Service Commission, October-November, 1992.
Testimony (written) before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Public Conference on Electricity Issues, Docket No. PL91-1-000, June 1991.
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