Robert G. Crawford

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics
Finance, Department of

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Office: 620 TNRB
Phone: (801) 368-2262
Email: robert_crawford@byu.edu
Office hours: By Appointment
Expertise:
  • Economic obsolescence
  • Economics
  • Ethics
  • Ethics: philosophy of economics
  • Philosophy
  • Valuation problems
Research:
  • business economics
  • economic obsolescence
  • special purpose property value
  • self and self-interest
  • valuation theory
Education:
  • PhD, Economics, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV, 1975
  • MS, Economics, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV, 1971
  • BA, Economics, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1967
Group Affiliations:
  • Finance and Economics - Primary
  • Ethics, Values, Social Responsibility - Secondary
Selected Publications:
  • "Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents and the Competitive Contracting Process," Economics of Modern Business Enterprise, a three volume collection. Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd.,, Cheltanham, Glos., U.K, Martin Ricketts, Professor of Economic Organisation and Dean of the School of Humanities, July, 2008    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Ethics in Entrepreneurship," Yale Economic Review Issue Summer 2006, Pages 21-26, Yale University, New Haven, June, 2006    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "The Ethics of Productivity in the Information Economy," The European Journal of Management and Public Policy Volume Volume 4, Issue No. 1 (2005), Pages 75-86, European Center fo Peace and Development, April, 2006    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Appraising Industrial Special-Purpose Property," The Appraisal Journal Volume LXIX, No.2, Issue April 2001, Pages 161-173, April, 2001    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Unsetting the Metaphysics of NeoClassical Micro-Economic and Management Thinking," International Journal of Public Administration Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 645-690, January, 1998    
  • "Fisher Equations: Inverted and Not," Journal of Economics and Finance 1997    
  • "Valuing Illiquid Real Property: The Pitfalls of Yield Capitalization," Journal of Property Tax Management 1995    
  • "The Problem of Appraising Specialized Assets," The Appraisal Journal 1994    
  • "Determining Wellhead Value for Tax Purposes," Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly Issue December, 1992    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Acting Director, Smith Center for Free Enterprise Studies, Brigham Young University, 1988-1990
  • Chair, Managerial Economics, Managerial Economics, Brigham Young University, 1984-1990
  • Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, 1979
  • Visiting Research Fellow, UCLA, 1976-1977
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, 1972-1979
   Professional
  • Member, Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society
  • Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
  • Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America
  • Member, Academy of International Business
  • Member, Blue Key National Honor Society
  • Member, National Association of Business Economists
Awards:
  • Course Development Grant
  • Excellence in Teaching Award , Exxon , 1984
  • MBA Professor of the Year , Brigham Young University , 1982
  • Most Distinguished Research in Law and Economics , Law and Economics Center, University of Miami Law School , 1979