Earl Grinols

Distinguished Professor of Economics - Economics

Contact Information

Email:	Earl_Grinols@baylor.edu
Campus Phone:	(254) 710-7522
Fax:	(254) 710-6142
Mailing Address:	One Bear Place #98003 Waco, TX  76798-8003
Office Location:	Hankamer 357

Work Experience

• President, second term, Association of Christian Economists (2008 - 2008)
• President, second term, Association of Christian Economists (2007 - 2007)
• President, Association of Christian Economists (2006 - 2006)
• President, Association of Christian Economists (2005 - 2005)
• Distinguished Professor, Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business, Economics Department (January 2004 - Present)
• Vice President, Association of Christian Economists (2004 - 2004)
• Vice President, Association of Christian Economists (2003 - 2003)
• Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (January 1992 - September 1992)
• President (first president and founding member), Illini Christian Faculty and Staff (1990 - 1992)
• Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign, Department of Economics (August 1988 - July 2005)
• Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President (July 1987 - August 1988)
• Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign, Department of Economics (July 1984 - June 1987)
• Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Department of Economics (September 1977 - June 1984)
• International Economist, Dept. of the Treasury, Research Department & Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs (May 1975 - September 1975)
• Vice President, Association of Christian Economists
• Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

Consulting

• Academic, MSRPO (MN Seasonal Recreational Property Owners Association) (2008 - 2008)
• Academic, Galen Institute, Washington, DC
• Academic, Heartland Insitute, Chicago, Illinois
• Academic, Representative Doc Anderson
• Academic, Senator Kip Averitt
• Academic, State of Missouri, Missouri State Auditor's Office
• Academic, Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas

Professional Memberships

• American Economic Association
• Association of College of Healthcare Executives
• Econometric Society
• International Economics & Finance Association
• International Trade & Finance Association
• North American Economics & Finance Association
• President, Association of Christian Economists
• Royal Economic Society
• Vice-President, Association of Christian Economists

Publications

Discipline-based Scholarship

Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment, Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, August 2009 (coauthors: Jim Henderson).

"Quantifying Gambling Social Cost Determination," Quinte Exhibition and Raceway Impact Study, (October 2008).

"Correctly Critiquing Casino-Crime Causality," Economics Journal Watch, Vol. 5, No. 2, (January 2008), pp. 21-45 (coauthors: David B. Mustard).

"An Enhancement of Modern Free Trade Area Theory," Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 59, No. 2, (April 2007), pp. 219-225 (coauthors: Peri Silva).

"Casino Impact," The Buffalo News, (March 2007), pp. A8 (coauthors: Joel Rose).

Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism--America's Charity Divide, Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why it Matters, Spring 2007.

"Gambling," Encyclopedia of Law and Society, American and Global Perspectives, David S. Clark (eds.), London: Sage Publications, 2007, pp. 619-621.

"Replace Pharmaceutical Patents Now," PharmacoEconomics, Vol. 25, No. 5, (2007), pp. 355-363 (coauthors: James Henderson).

"Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling," Research and Measurement Issues in Gambling Studies, Garry Smith, David Hodgins and Robert Williams (eds.), New York: Elsevier Press, 2007, pp. 515-540.

"Saving Minnesota’s Recreational Lands for Public Enjoyment," (December 2006), pp. i + 15.

"The WTO Impact on International Trade Disputes: An Even History Analysis," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 88, No. 4, (November 2006), pp. 613-624 (coauthors: Roberto Perrelli).

The Economics of Sin, Fall 2006.

The Victory of Reason, Fall 2006.

"The Intervention Principle," Review of International Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2, (May 2006), pp. 226-247.

"Statement filed with Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security," U.S. House of Representatives, (April 2006).

"Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 88, No. 1, (February 2006), pp. 28-45 (coauthors: David B. Mustard).

"Global Patent Protection: Channels of North & South Welfare Gain," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 30, No. 2, (February 2006), pp. 205-227 (coauthors: Hwan C. Lin).

"A Spark of Rightness for Us All," Waco Tribune-Herald, (August 2005), pp. 15A.

"Turning Back to Go Forward: Why Gambling Doesn't Pay, But Costs," American Experiment Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, (Spring 2005), pp. 90-117.

"Trade Games: Modeling the WTO's Impact on Trade Disputes," WTO and World Challenges in a New Era, Contributions to Economics, Gunter S. Heiduk and Kar-yiu Wong (eds.), New York: Springer-Verlag, 2005, pp. 235-250 (coauthors: Roberto Perrelli).

"Taxation versus Litigation," Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 25, No. 4, (June 2004), pp. 179-183.

Gambling In America: Costs and Benefits, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

"Associating Christian Economists," Faith and Economics, Vol. 52, No. Fall, pp. 9- 10.

"Connecting Casinos and Crime," Econ Journal Watch, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 156 - 62 (coauthors: David B. Mustard).

Governing America's Fortunes.

"Industrial Targeting in Free Trade Areas with Policy Independence," Canadian Journal of Economics.

"Isolation, Intervention, and Exchange Rights Principles in Trade Theory," Regional Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere: Routledge.

"Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling," Vol. 12, No. April, pp. 27.

The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans.

Presentations and Proceedings

"Expanding Health Insurance," presented at the Allied Social Sciences Association, San Francisco, California, January 2009 (coauthors: Jim Henderson).

"Uninsured 3-Share Synthesis Forum," presented at the Texas Health Institute, Austin, TX, October 2007.

"A Model of Universal Health Care," presented at the University of North Dakota, April 2007.

"The Economics of Casino Gambling," presented at the Buena Vista University, October 2006.

"Health Coverage in MA and TX: Where are We Now?," presented at the Texas Health Institute, Austin, TX, May 2006.

Discipline-based Scholarship

"Baylor Efficient Intervention Plan: What is Phase 2?," presented at the Army-Baylor Healthcare Administration Program, San Antonio, Texas, December 2008 (coauthors: Jim Henderson).

“Replace Pharmaceutical Patents Now,” with Earl Grinols, PharmacoEconomics 25(5), 2007, 355-363.