William
W. Cooper University Professor of Economics and Public
Policy; Professor, Social
and Decision Sciences, Engineering
and Public Policy, and the H.
John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Welfare
economics, imperfect markets, and regulation of economic
activity.
A.B. (Economics
and History) 1956, Wofford College
M.S. (Economics) 1957 and Ph.D. (Economics) 1960,
University of Virginia.
Carnegie
Mellon, 1960 -.
Professor
Davis's research interests include applied and theoretical
welfare economics, with special references to the
allocation of resources in imperfect markets and resource
allocation by government and other nonprofit organizations;
democratic theory and political influences in budgetary
processes; and the regulation of economic activity.
Professor
Davis has been active as President of the Public Choice
Society, 1970-72; Fellow of the Center for Advanced
Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1974-75; fellow
of the Econometric Society, elected 1978; member of
the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy
Analysis and Management, 1979; Research Director of
the Pennsylvania Tax Commission, appointed October
1979; member of the Board of Visitors to the Air University,
Maxwell Air Force Base, 1980-84; and President of
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,
1983.
Representative
Publications
E. Montgomery
and O. Davis, "Private Income Security Schemes in
Times of Crisis: A Case Study of U.S. Steel," Labour
and Society, vol. 15, no. 1, 1990.
O. Davis,
"The Jitneys: A Study of Grassroots Capitalism," Journal
of Contemporary Studies, vol. 7, pp.81-103, Winter
1984.
O. Davis
and D. DePasquale, "Enterprise Zones: New Deal, Old
Deal, or No Deal?," Cato Journal, vol. 2, no.
2, Cato Institute, Fall 1982. |
