Texas Tech University

R. Kaj Gittings, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Economics

Email: kaj.gittings@ttu.edu

Phone: 806.834.2175

Faculty Office: 254 Holden Hall

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014


Link to Dr. Gittings web page

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Education

Ph.D., Economics, Cornell University, 2009
M.A., Economics, Cornell University, 2007
M.A., Economics, University of Colorado-Denver, 2002
B.A., Economics, University of Colorado-Denver, 2000

Research Interests

Labor Economics
Organizational and Personnel Economics
Executive Compensation
Economics of Crime

Courses Offered

ECO 5314 Econometrics
ECO 5321 Labor Market Theory & Policy 
ECO 5322 The Economics of Wages and Income

ECO 2301 Principles of Economics I
ECO 4305 Intro to Econometrics

Selected Publications

“Who Benefits from a Resource Boom? Evidence from the Marcellus and Utica Shale Plays.” 2020. Energy Economics, vol.87, pp. 1-14 (with Travis Roach).

“Urban Transport and Crime: Evidence from Unanticipated Mass Transit Strikes.” 2019. Economic Inquiry, vol. 57 no. 3, pp. 1718-1737 (with Gregory DeAngelo, Daniel S. Grossman and Umair Khalil).

“Interracial Face-to-Face Crimes and the Socioeconomics of Neighborhoods: Evidence from Policing Records.” 2018. International Review of Law and Economics, vol. 56, pp. 1-13 (with Gregory DeAngelo and Anita Alves Pena).

“Police Incentives and the Enforcement of Drug Crimes.” 2018. Review of Law and Economics, vol. 14, no. 1. (with Gregory DeAngelo and Amanda Ross).

“The Effects of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Developing Countries.” 2017. Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 153-171 (with Masha Rahnama and Fadi Fawaz).

“Getting Handcuffs on an Octopus: Minimum Wages, Employment and Turnover.” 2016. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 69, no. 5, pp.1133-1170 (with Ian M. Schmutte).

“The Impact of Incentives on Human Behavior: Can We Make It Disappear? The Case of the Death Penalty.” 2010. The Economics of Crime: Lessons for Latin America, Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards and Ernesto Schargrodsky (editors), NBER/University of Chicago Press, pp. 379-418 (with Naci Mocan).

“Getting Off Death Row: Commuted Sentences and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment.” 2003. Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 453-78 (with Naci Mocan).