Photo of Peck, Richard M.

Richard M. Peck, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Economics

Contact

Building & Room:

726 UH

Address:

601 S Morgan St.

Office Phone:

(312) 413-2365

Selected Publications

“What is the Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Enforcing a Prohibition on the Sale of Tobacco to Minors,” (with J. D. DiFranza, et. al.), Preventative Medicine, 32, 168-174, (2001).

“The Inefficiency of the Poll Tax,” Journal of Public Economics, 67 (1998), 241-252.

“What Happened to Peoria: The Impact of Airline Deregulation,” Transportation Quarterly, 48 (Spring 1994), 149-162.

“Taxation, Risk and Returns to Scale,” Journal of Public Economics, 40 (1989), 319-330.

“Uncertain Lifetime and Ordinal Impatience,” (with P. Srinagesh), Economic Letters, 24 (1987), 121-124.

“Power, Majority Voting and Linear Income Tax Schedules: An Example,” Econometrica, 54 (January 1986) 87-94.

Education

PhD, Princeton University, 1983

Professional Memberships

Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, 1987-1988

Ameritech Research Fellow, 1989-1990

Consultant, World Bank, Word Health Organization, City of Chicago

Research Currently in Progress

Taxation; Regulation, Tobacco Control