Andrew Bacdayan

Andrew Bacdayan

Courses Taught/Developed

ECON 1301--Principles and Policies
ECON 2301--Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302--Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 3320--Money and Banking
ECON 3340--Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 3350--International Trade and Finance

Research Interests

Economic development of indigenous societies
Economics of the learning process
Economics of the life insurance market

Honors and Recognitions

President, Southwestern Society of Economists, 2007-2008
Member, Board of Editors, Southwestern Economic Review, 2008-2010
Member, Executive Board, Federation of Business Disciplines, 2007-2008
President-Elect and Program Chair, Southwestern Society of Economists, 2006-2007
Member, Board of Reviewers - Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, 2004-2006
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award - 1991, 1996, 2002, 2007

Selected Publications

Bacdayan & Montano--"A Time-Denominated Cost Theory of Academic Performance Standards: The Evidence From an Experiment in the Use of Mastery Learning Procedures in a Programmed Instruction Format --Southwestern Economic Review, Volume 35, Spring 2008.

Bacdayan & Montano--"Identifying Your Region's Engine of Economic Growth: A Southeast Texas Model"--Applied Research in Economic Development, Volume 3, No. 2, 2006.

Bacdayan, Elliott & R. Jones--A Quantitative Analysis of Workable Competition in the Life Insurance Market--Southwestern Economic Review--Volume 31, Number 1 Spring 2004.

Bacdayan--"Life Insurance Education May be a Key Factor for Increasing Sales and Lowering Lapse Rates",--Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 2003.

Bacdayan, Elliott & Aby--Do Consumers Have a Point? A Quantitative Analysis of Conventional Wisdom in the Life Insurance Market--Ethics and Critical Thinking Journal--Volume 2001, Number 4, December 15, 2001.

Bacdayan, M. Jones, & D. Jones--Term or Whole Life Insurance? An Exploratory Analysis of the Factors Affecting Life Insurance Buyer Preferences--The National Finance Journal--Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 2000.

Bacdayan--A Mathematical Analysis of the Learning Production Process and a Model for Determining What Matters in Education--Economics of Education Review--Volume 24, Number 1, Spring 1997.

Bacdayan--A Theory of Individual Learning and the Determination of What Matters in the Learning Production Process--Southwestern Economic Review--Volume 24, Number 1, Spring 1997.

Bacdayan--An Econometric Analysis of the Educational Theory of Individual Learning Differences and the Twin Puzzles of American Education--Southwestern Economic Review--Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1995.

Bacdayan--Time-Denominated Achievement Cost Curves, Individual Differences and Individualized Instruction--Southwestern Economic Review--Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 1994.

Bacdayan--Testing the Homogeneity of the Learning Production Function--Southwestern Economic Review--Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1994.

Degree Plans

BBA in Economics
BBA in Finance

Faculty

Larry Allen
Hez Aubey
Andrew Bacdayan
J.Y Choi
Charles Hawkins
Carl Montano
Jimmy Moss
James Slaydon
Thomas Thompson