Phillip J. Bryson

Douglas and Effie Driggs Professor of Economics
Finance, Department of


Office: 616 TNRB
Phone: (801) 422-2526
Email: phil_bryson@byu.edu
Expertise:
  • Comparative economics systems
  • International economics
  • Micro economics
Research:
  • Fiscal Decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics
  • Henry George in Contemporary Economics
  • The Chinese Economy
Education:
  • PHD, Economics, Ohio State University, 1967
  • BA, Economics, Univ of Utah, 1964
Group Affiliations:
  • Finance and Economics - Primary
  • Global Management Center - Secondary
Selected Publications:
  • "Regional Development in the Czech and Slovak Republics," Decentralisation and Regionalisation, eds. Zeljko Sevic and Stranka Senikar-Canikar Volume 2008, Pages 51-68, Greenwich University Press, London, October, 2008    
  • "Fiscal Decentralisation in the Czech Republic:Problems and Prospects," Local Public Finance in Central and Eastern Europe, ed. by Zeljko Sevic Volume 2008, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, October, 2008    
  • "A Leontief Model of Municipal Budgeting, Journal of International Business and Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, pp. 123-127.," Journal of International Business and Economics Volume 8, Issue No. 1, Pages 123-127, October, 2008    
  • "State Administration vs. Self-Government in the Czech and Slovak Republics," Communist and Post-Communist Studies Volume 41, Issue No. 3, Pages 339-358, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September, 2008    
  • "User Fees in Local Finance: Performance and Potential in the Czech Republic and Slovakia," Eastern European Economics Volume 46, Issue No. 2, Pages 5-27, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, New York, March, 2008    
  • "Henry George: the Theory of Distribution in Progress and Poverty," Review of Business Research Volume VII, Issue No. 4, Pages 20-24, International Academy of Business and Economics, Turlock, CA, October, 2007    
  • "Provincial Development in China: Lessons from EU Regional Policy Experience," Global Economic Review Volume 36, Issue No. 3, Pages 193-215, Routledge, London, September, 2007    
  • "Slovakia's Surge: The New System's Impact on Fiscal Decentralization," Post-Communist Economies Volume 18, Issue No. 4, June, 2006    
  • "The New Economy Revisited: Toward the Information Economy. Introduction to this Issue," The European Journal of Management and Public Policy Volume 3, Issue No. 2, Pages 3-15, June, 2006    
  • "Pricing in The New Economy: Lessons from the Period of the E-Commerce Bubble," International Journal of Business Volume 10, No. 1, January, 2005    
  • "Public Sector Transition in Post-communist Economies: The Struggle for Fiscal Decentralisation in the Czech and Slovak Republics," Post-Communist Economies Volume 16, Issue No. 3, Pages 265-83, October, 2004    
  • "Moral Hazard in Property Tax Administration: A Comparative Analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics," Comparative Economic Studies Volume 2003, Issue Vol. 45, No. 1, Pages 44-62, March, 2003    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Taxes on Real Property in the Czech Republic, The World Bank," Volume The Development of Property Taxation in Economies in Transition: Case Studies from Cent. & E. Europe, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., J.H. Malme and J.M. Youngman, 2002    
  • "Economy and New Economy in the United States and Germany," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy Volume 36, Issue No. 4, Pages 180-190, July, 2001    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Fiscal Decentralisation in Economic Transformation: The Czech and Slovak Cases," Europe-Asia Studies Volume 52, Issue Number 3, Pages 507-522, May, 2000    
  • "German Democratic Republic: Economy, Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990," Volume 2, New York: Garland Publishing Inc, Dieter K. Buse and Juergen C. Doerr, January, 1998    
  • "The Reluctant Retreat: The Soviet and East German Departure from Central Planning," Dartmouth Publishing Company, Aldershot, England, 1995    
  • "The Economics of German Reunification: A Review of the Literature," Journal of Comparative Economics 1992    
  • "The End of the East German Economy:From Honecker to Reunification," 1991    
  • "Non-Market Prices in the Socialist World Market," Kyklos 1975    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Visiting Professor, Marburg University, 1990-1991
  • Professor, Brigham Young University, 1988
  • Visiting Professor, University of Munich, 1981-1982
  • Professor, University of Arizona, 1977-1988
  • Associate Professor, University of Arizona, 1972-1977
  • Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, 1967-1972
   Professional
  • Member, Association for Comparative Economic Studies
  • Member, American Economic Association
  • Member, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), 1985-1989
Awards:
  • David C. Lincoln Fellow , Lincoln Institute of Land Policy , 2003
  • Douglas and Effie Driggs professorship , Marriott School , 2001
  • Fulbright Scholar , Marburg University , 1991
  • Exchange Fellow , IREX, Hochschule fuer Oekonomie, Karlshorst, East Berlin , 1989
  • Exchange Fellow, IREX , Hochschule fuer Oekonomie, Karlshorst, East Berllin, GDR , 1985
  • Humbolt Fellow , University of Munich , 1982
  • Humboldt Fellow , Free University of Berlin , 1974