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Steven G. Craig
Professor

• Email:    scraig@uh.edu
• Phone:   (713) 743-3812
• Fax:       (713) 743-3798
• Office:   202A McElhinney Hall

Vita

Teaching Information

• ECON 2304: Introductory Microeconomics
• ECON 3332: Intermediate Microeconomics
• Homework 1 (Additional Exercises, Ch 2: 3,5,7,12)
• Homework 2 (Additional Exercises, Ch 4: 2,5,8,14)
• Homework 3 (Additional Exercises, Ch 5: 1,8,10,11)
• ECON 3377: Public Sector Economics
• ECON 4389: Greed, Interpersonal Relationships, and Economic Collapse
• ECON 6485: Microeconomic Theory for the Applied Masters' Program
• ECON 7378: Intra-National Public Economics
• Paper Assignment

Working Papers

• "General Purpose or Special District Governance? Technical Efficiency vs. Rent Dissipation in Airport Finances"
• "The Fiscal Impact of Immigrants and State Redistributive Policy"
• "Cooperation and Competition Among Welfare Recipient Groups: Do Taxpayers Pay for Cost Increases"
• "Does It Pay to Get an A? School District Resource Allocations in Response to Accountability Ratings"
• "Is Gifted Education a Bright Idea? Assessing the Impact of Gifted and Talented Programs on Achievement and Behavior"
• "Fiscal Policy, Debt Neutrality, and Savings Behavior: Evidence from Life Insurance Holdings"

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Speeches to Regents (as Faculty Senate President)

• "The Direction for Long Range Planning"
• "How Tuition Decisions Affect University Growth"
• "Research Universities-- Not Teaching Universities-- Are the Center of Growth"
• "How Universities are Accountable to All of Their Constituents"

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Articles in UHCN- the internal UH Magazine (as Faculty Senate President)

• Institutional Environment for Positive Change"
• "Scholarship Report: Advantages and Uses"
• "Long Range Planning and the Value of a Research University"
• "Integration of the VP for Research into the Entire University"
• "Advantages of a Research Campus"
• "Growth Requires Assessment, Assessment Requires Data"
• "Long Run Success Requires Sustainable Balanced Growth"
• "Assessment: Markets vs. Test Results"
• "Need for Operational (Management) Data"

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External Links

• Texas State Data
• Federal Reserve Economic Data
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• The Center for Public Policy

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Internal Links

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Houston, TX  77204-5019