Kolleen J. Rask
Associate Professor of Economics

 

Contact information
 Office: Stein Hall 504
 Phone: 508/793-2768
 Fax: 508/793-3710
 e-mail: krask@holycross.edu
 PO Box: 8A

 

Office hours, Spring 2008

 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00-2:45
 Many Tuesdays

 

Spring 2008 teaching schedule

 History of Economic Thought (Economics 320)
   01: MWF 10:00-10:50
   02: MWF 11:00-11:50
 Theory of International Trade (Economics 307)
   01: MWF 9:00-9:50

 

Fall 2008 teaching schedule

 History of Economic Thought (Economics 320)
   01: MWF 9:00-9:50
   02: MWF 10:00-10:50

 

Spring 2009 teaching schedule (tentative)

 Macroeconomics (Economics 256)
   01: MWF 9:00-9:50

 

Education

 Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University (1989)

 B.A. in Economics, Williams College (1982)

 

Research and teaching interests
 Transition Economies, Economic Development, International Trade, Food Resources, History of Economic Thought

 

Selected Papers and Publications

“Transition Economies and Globalization: Food System Asymmetries on the Path to Free Markets,” with Norman Rask, in Pan A. Yotopoulos and Donato Romano, eds., The Asymmetries of Globalization. London: Routledge, December 2006.

 

“Economic Development and Food Demand Changes: Production and Management Implications,” with Norman Rask, invited paper presented at the 15th IFMA Congress, “Developing Entrepreneurship Abilities to Feed the World in a Sustainable Way,” Campinas, Brasil, August 14-19, 2005.

 

“Reaching Turning Points in Economic Transition:  Adjustments to Distortions in Resource-Based Consumption of Food,” with Norman Rask, in Comparative Economic Studies, December, 2004.

 

“Health Care Reform in Transitional China:  Its Impact on Accounting and Financial Management,” with David Chu, in Research in Healthcare Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 1,  August, 2001.  Selected for RHFM Best Paper Award, 2001.

 

“The Transformation of China’s Health Care System and Accounting Methods:  Current Reforms

and Developments,” with David Chu, in Advances in International Accounting, Vol. 15, 2002.

 

“Institutional Change in Transitional Economies:  The Case of Accounting in China,” with Thomas Gottschang and David Chu, Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Winter) 1998.

 

“The Central Role of Services in Economic Development:  Externalities, Growth, and Public

Policy,” with Kevin Rask, in Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 1994.

 

“The Pivotal Role of Services in Transitional Economies:  Lessons from the West,” with Kevin

Rask, in The Economics of Transition, Vol. 2 No. 4, December 1994.

 

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