Christopher S. P. Magee

Curriculum Vitae

October 2009

 

Personal

 

            Business Address                      Department of Economics

                                                            Bucknell University

                                                            Lewisburg, PA 17837

                                                            (570) 577 – 1752

                                                            cmagee@bucknell.edu

 

            Home Address                          3054 Kratzerville Road

                                                            Selinsgrove, PA 17870

                                                            (570) 374 – 5741

 

Education

 

            Swarthmore College                              Economics                    B.A.     1992

            University of Wisconsin (Madison)         Economics                    M.A.    1994

            University of Wisconsin (Madison)         Economics                    Ph.D.   1997

 

Teaching Experience

 

Visiting Assistant Professor                 Michigan State University          1997 – 1998

Assistant Professor                              Bard College                             1998 – 2001

Assistant Professor                              Bucknell University                   2001 – 2006

Associate Professor                             Bucknell University                   2006 – present

Visiting Associate Professor                Texas A&M University             2008

 

Classes Taught

 

International Economics                                     F 1997, 98; S 2000

Introduction to Microeconomics                                      F 1997; S 1998, 99, 2000, 01

Introduction to Macroeconomics                         F 1998, 99, 2000           

Comparative Economic Systems                                     S 1999

Topics in International Economics                                   S 1999, 2001

Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences                        S 1999

American Economic History                                          F 1999

Transition Economies: From Communism to Capitalism    F 1999

Labor Economics                                                          S 2000

European Economic History                                           F 2000

Economics of Politics and Lobbying                                F 2000, 01, 05, 08; S 03, 04, 05, 07

Economic Principles and Problems                                 F 2001, 02, 04, 06; S 09

Econometrics                                                                S 2002, 03, 05; F 05, 06, 08

Intermediate Macroeconomics                                       S 2002, 04, 07

Seminar in International Economics                                S 2006

International Trade: Theory and Policy                            S 2008

 

Research Fields

 

            International Trade, Public Choice

Refereeing Work

 

American Economic Review

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

American Political Science Review

B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis & Policy

Canadian Journal of Economics

Canadian Public Policy

Contemporary Economic Policy

Eastern Economic Journal

Economic Inquiry

Economics & Politics

Economics of Governance

European Economic Review

International Economic Review

International Review of Economics & Finance

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Journal of Development Economics

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Journal of Economic Education

Journal of Economics

Journal of Geography and Regional Planning

Journal of International Economics

Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization

Review of International Economics

Review of International Political Economy

Social Science Quarterly

Southern Economic Journal

NSF grant proposal

Thomson/South-western econometrics textbook review

John Wiley & Sons international trade textbook review

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

 

Magee, C., 2009, Do Professors’ Opinions Affect Students?” Forum for Social Economics 38 (2), 135 – 151.  http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s12143-008-9025-6

 

Magee, C., 2009, “Would NAFTA have been approved by the House of Representatives under President Bush? Presidents, Parties, and Trade Policy,” Review of International Economics, forthcoming.

 

Magee, C., 2008, “New Measures of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion,” Journal of International Economics 75, 340 – 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.03.006

 

Magee, C., and S. Magee, 2008, “The United States is a Small Country in World Trade,” Review of International Economics 16 (5), 990 – 1004.

 

Magee, C., 2007, “Influence, Elections, and the Value of a Vote in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Economics and Politics 19, 289 – 315. (Lead article)

 

Wolaver, A., and C. Magee, 2006, “Law Firm, Insurance, and Health Care Lobbying over Medical Liability Legislation,” Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (1), article 21, http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/topics/vol6/iss1/art21/.

 

Magee, C. and A. Wolaver, 2005, “Policy Divergence in Races for the U.S. House of Representatives,” Social Science Quarterly 86 (3), 565 – 581.

 

Magee, C., C. Davidson, and S. Matusz, 2005, “Trade, Turnover, and Tithing,” Journal of International Economics, 66 (1), 157 – 176.

 

Beaulieu, E. and C. Magee, 2004, “Four Simple Tests of Campaign Contributions and Trade Policy Preferences,” Economics and Politics 16 (2): 163 – 187.

 

Magee, C., 2003, “Endogenous Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Analysis,” Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy 2 (1), article 15, http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol2/iss1/art15.

 

Magee, C., 2003, “Third Party Candidates and the 2000 Presidential Election,” Social Science Quarterly 84 (3): 574 – 595.

 

Magee, C., 2003, “Endogenous Tariffs and Trade Adjustment Assistance,” Journal of International Economics 60 (1): 203 – 222.

 

Magee, C., 2002, “Declining Industries and Persistent Tariff Protection,” Review of International Economics, 10 (4): 749 – 762.

 

Magee, C., 2002, “Endogenous Trade Policy and Lobby Formation: An Application to the Free-Rider Problem” Journal of International Economics, 57 (2): 449 – 471.

 

Magee, C., 2002, “Do political action committees give money to candidates for electoral or influence motives?” Public Choice 112: 373 – 399.

 

Magee, C., 2001, “Administered Protection for Workers: An Analysis of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program,” Journal of International Economics 53 (1): 105 – 125.

 

Baldwin, R. and C. Magee, 2000, “Is Trade Policy for Sale? Congressional Voting on Recent Trade Bills,” Public Choice 105: 79 – 101.

            Winner of the Duncan Black Award for 2000 (best paper of the year in Public Choice)

 

Pirog-Good, M. and C. Magee, 1997, “High School Completion: The Influence of Schools, Families, and Adolescent Parenting,” Social Science Quarterly 78 (3): 710-724.

 

 

Edited Volume and Other Publications

 

Magee, C. and S. Magee, 2009, “Endogenous Protection: A Survey,” forthcoming in Handbook of Government and Business, edited by David Coen.

 

Magee, C. and S. Magee, 2004, “The Madison Paradox and the Low Cost of Reducing Special Interest Legislation,” in Douglas Nelson, ed., The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Essays in Honor of J. Michael Finger, (Elsevier Press: Amsterdam), pp. 131 – 154.

 

Magee, C., 2004, “Industry and Factor Linkages between Lobby Groups,” in D. Mitra and A. Panagariya, eds.,  The Political Economy of Trade, Aid and Foreign Investment Policies, Elsevier Press, 2004, pp. 159 – 175.

 

Magee, C., C. Davidson, and S. Matusz, 2003, “Trade, Turnover, and Tithing,” Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy Research Paper 2003/38.

 

Magee, S. and C. Magee, 2003, “The Effects of Rent Seeking on Economic Development: An Increasing Divergence between Rich and Poor Countries?” S. Ramaswamy and J. Cason, eds., Development and Democracy (University Press of New England; Hanover, NH), pp. 123 – 145.

 

Magee, S. and C. Magee, 2002, “Rent Seeking and Development,” in Albert Tavidze, ed., Progress in Economic Research, Vol. II (Nova Science Publishers: New York).

 

Magee, C., 2001, “Campaign Contributions, Policy Decisions, and Election Outcomes: A Study of the Effects of Campaign Finance Reform,” Jerome Levy Economics Institute Public Policy Brief 64.

 

Baldwin, R. and C. Magee, 2000, Congressional Trade Votes: From NAFTA Approval to Fast-Track Defeat (Institute for International Economics: Washington D.C.).

 

Magee, C., et al., 2000, “Transition Economies: Policies and Prospects,” Bard Journal of Social Science 7 (5-6), 17 – 33, with students in Economics 214.

 

Magee, C., 1999, “Why Do Political Action Committees Give Money to Candidates? Campaign Contributions, Policy Choices, and Election Outcomes,” Jerome Levy Institute Working Paper #292.

 

Baldwin, R. and C. Magee, 1998, “Is Trade Policy for Sale? Congressional Voting on Recent Trade Bills,” NBER Working Paper # 6376.

 

 

Submissions

 

Magee, C. and T. Massoud “Trade Openness and Internal Conflict,” revise and resubmit sent into Journal of Peace Research, October 2009.

 

Gawande, K. and C. Magee, “Free Riding on Protection for Sale,” submitted to Journal of International Economics, May 2009.

 

 

 

Working Papers

 

Schroffel, Jesse, and Christopher Magee, 2009, “Own-Race Bias among NBA Coaches,” soon to be submitted.  

 

Magee, C., “The Incumbent Spending Puzzle,” soon to be submitted.

 

Massoud, T. and C. Magee, “How is Trade Related to the Political, Military, and Economic Cooperation between Nations?” soon to be submitted.

 

 

Recent Presentations

 

Magee, C., “The Incumbent Spending Puzzle,” Bucknell University Faculty Colloquium, March 2009

 

Magee, C., “The Incumbent Spending Puzzle,” Lafayette seminar series, October 2008

 

Gawande, K. and C. Magee, “Free Riding on Protection for Sale” International Political Economy Society Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008

 

Gawande, K. and C. Magee, “Free Riding on Protection for Sale” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 2008

 

Magee, C. and T. Massoud “Trade Openness and Internal Conflict,” presented at the International Studies Association Meetings in March 2008 in San Francisco and SMU economics seminar, May 2008.

 

Magee, C., and S. Magee, 2008, “The United States is a Small Country in World Trade,” presented at the Baylor University Seminar in February, 2008.

 

Massoud, T. and C. Magee, “Trade and Political, Economic, and Military Cooperation,” presented at the September 2006 American Political Science Association Meetings in Philadelphia.

 

Magee, C., “Robert Peel, Bill Clinton, and the George Bushes,” paper presented at Conference in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati’s 70th birthday, Columbia University, August 5, 2005.

 

Magee, C., “The Choice of Preferential Trading Partners and the Trade Effects of Regionalism,” presented at the Summer Econometrics Society Meetings, Brown University, June 2004, and at the Southern Economics Association meetings, November 2004.