ROBERT G. HAMMOND
Curriculum Vitae
January 2008
EDUCATION
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Primary: Industrial Organization, Econometrics
- Secondary: Experimental Economics, Economic History
PAPERS
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIP
- Vanderbilt University, College of Arts and Science, Summer Research Award, 2007
- Household International Research Support Program Funding Award, "An Experimental Investigation of Pricing in Auction and Posted-Price Markets," Vanderbilt University, 2007
- Household International Best Research Paper Award, "Comparing Revenues from Auctions and Posted Prices," Vanderbilt University, 2006
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Vanderbilt University, 2004-present
- Graduate Tuition Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2003-present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
- Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2006-2007
- Course Taught (Sole Instructor): Statistics for Economics - Fall 2006 & Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant
- Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2003-2006, 2007-present
- Courses Assisted: The Wealth of Nations Seminar, Principles of Macroeconomics (twice), Public Finance, Economic History of the United States, Open Economy Macroeconomics (twice), Urban Economics, Education & Economic Development
Tutor
- Learning Center, Vanderbilt University, 2004-2005
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- "A Structural Model of Competing Sellers: Auctions and Posted Prices"
- Southern Economics Association Annual Meetings, November 2007
- "Comparing Revenues from Auctions and Posted Prices"
- International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2007
- Southern Economics Association Annual Meetings, November 2006
- Graduate Student Research Day, Vanderbilt University, April 2006
- "Pricing the Flagships: The Political Economy of Tuition Setting at Public Research Universities"
- Graduate Student Tea, Vanderbilt University, April 2006
- "An Economic Analysis of Prize Courts: The Royal Navy During the Napoleonic Wars"
- Graduate Student Tea, Vanderbilt University, February 2004
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Research Assistant to Professor Peter L. Rousseau, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2005-2006
- Research Assistant to Professors Michael K. McLendon and James C. Hearn, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organization, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 2005
- Research Assistant to Martha J. Bailey, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2004
- Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Research Department, 2003
- Research Assistant to Professor Daniel K. Benjamin, Department of Economics, Clemson University, 2002-2003
SERVICE
Department and University Service
- President, Council of Economics Graduate Students, 2004-2005
- Organizer, Economics Department Graduate Research Day, Vanderbilt University, 2005
- Session Chair, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Research Day, 2005
- Organizer, Steine Lecture, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, May 2005
Discussant
- Southern Economics Association Annual Meetings, November 2007
- International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2007
Referee Service
- Review of Industrial Organization
- Journal of Economic History
Professional Memberships
- American Economic Association
- Southern Economic Association
OTHER INFORMATION
Citizenship
Software
- Stata, SAS, MATLAB (basic), Mathematica, LaTex
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