Shannon K. Mitchell

September 2006

Contact Details

Department of Economics

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 844000

Richmond, VA 23284-4000

tel. (804) 828-7142

smitchel@vcu.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, 1989

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Master of Arts, Economics, 1987

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Bachelor of Science, Honors, Economics, cum laude 1984

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Academic Experience

July 1997-present, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

July 2001 – December 2001, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

January 1999-December 1999, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

July 1995-June 1996, Visiting Fellow, School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

August 1990-July 1997, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

1989-1990, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Other Experience

1999-2000, Consultant, Landmine Working Group/Mine Action Associates

Developed a methodology for estimating the economic costs of landmine contamination. Applied this methodology to the cases of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ethiopia and Eritrea to determine the impact of landmines on its economic development. Work was funded by the U.S. Departments of Defense and State through the Inter-Agency Working Group for Humanitarian Demining.

1986-1987, Economist, Tayloe-Murphy Institute, University of Virginia

Analyzed the economic development prospects for Southwest Virginia.

Honors and Awards

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Lecturing and Research Award, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, July – December 2001

Refereed Publications

Engers, Maxim and Shannon Mitchell "R&D Policy with Layers of International Integration", European Economic Review, 50(7), October, 2006, 1791-1815.

Mitchell, Shannon K. “Death, Disability, Displaced Persons and Development: The Case of Landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, World Development, 32(12), December 2004, 2105 – 2120.

Black, A. and Mitchell, S. “Policy in the South African Motor Industry: Goals, Incentives, and Outcomes”, South African Journal of Economics, 70(8), December 2002, 1273-1296.

Mitchell, Shannon K. and Alison Butler. "R&D Subsidies in a Product Cycle Framework: US-Japan Simulations", Review of International Economics, 6(3), August, 1998, 386-400.

Cotter, Kevin D. and Mitchell, Shannon K. "Renegotiation-Proof Tariff Agreements", Review of International Economics, 5(3), August 1997, 348-372.

Mitchell, Shannon K. and Stonecash, Robin E. “The Role of Economies of Scale in Australian R&D”, Prometheus, 14(2), December 1996, 152-168.

Mitchell, Shannon K. “GATT, Dispute Settlement and Cooperation: A Note”, Economics and Politics, 9(1), March 1996, 87-93.

Mitchell, Shannon K. "The Political Economy of Quota Rents in a Dynamic International Trade Model", Economics and Politics, November 1995, pp. 243-261.

Harrison, William B. and Mitchell, Shannon K. and Peterson, Steven P. "Alumni Donations and Colleges' Development Expenditures: Does Spending Matter?". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, October 1995, pp. 399-412.

Mitchell, Shannon K. "The Welfare Effects of Rent-Seeking and Rent-Saving." Canadian Journal of Economics, August 1993, pp. 660-9.

Unrefereed Publications

“The Role of Exports in the Greater Richmond Economy”, Greater Richmond International Business Directory, 1998-99, The Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, p. 8-10.

Mitchell, Shannon K., "Enforcing APEC", Policy, December 1996, 35-36.

Davis, Douglas and Mitchell, Shannon, "Experimental Economics: An Introduction for Application to International Trade" North Central Regional Research Monograph: Proceedings of Workshop on Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization for Applications to International Trade, July 1992.

Book Reviews

Mitchell, Shannon K., “Review of Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy by David Vogel”, Southern Economic Journal, July 1996.

Mitchell, Shannon K. Review of The United States and the Politicization of the World Bank: Issues of International Law and Policy, by Bartram S. Brown. Southern Economic Journal, August 1994, pp. 553-4.

Working Papers

Mitchell, Shannon K., and Kevin Kelly, Francois Potgieter, Martha W. Moon. Assessing Social Preparedness for Antiretroviral Therapy in a Generalized AIDS Epidemic: A diffusion of innovations approach. August 2006.

Grants

“An Economic Theory of Stigma”, School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2004.

Fulbright Lecturing and Research Award, July – December 2001, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

"R&D Subsidies in the Presence of International R&D Spillovers", School of Business Faculty Excellence Fund, 1999.

“Make or Buy: R&D Policy in a Small Country”, School of Business Faculty Excellence Fund, 1997, $3,445.

“The Role of Economies of Scale in Australian R&D”, School of Business Faculty Excellence Fund, 1996, $3,200.

Special Research Grant, University of New South Wales: $A1,000 “The Role of Economies of Scale in Australian R&D”, joint with Robin Stonecash, 1996.

University Grants-In-Aid: $7,000 "Punishment and International Tariff-Reduction Agreements", Summer 1991.

Memberships

American Economic Association

Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession

International Economics and Finance Society

Richmond Association of Business Economists