Robin Grier
Professor of Economics
Robin Grier is a professor of economics with the Free Market Institute and a professor of agricultural and applied economics in the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.
Robin is the coauthor of one book and several articles in peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Law and Economics, Economic Development & Cultural Change, and The Journal of Development Economics.
Robin teaches an undergraduate course on The U.S.-Mexico Border Economy and a graduate course in Applied Macroeconomic Analysis.
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Education
George Mason University
Ph.D., Economics, 1995
M.A., Economics, 1993
Colorado State University
B.A., 1992
Academic Positions
Texas Tech University
Professor of Economics, Free Market Institute, 2017-
Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2021-
University of Oklahoma
Professor of Economics and International & Area Studies, 2010-2017
Associate Professor of Economics and International & Area Studies, 2004-2010
Area Coordinator, Latin American Studies, 2001-2010
Assistant Professor of Economics and International & Area Studies, 1999-2004
Duke University
Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, 2005-2006
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) (México)
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1997-1999
Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics & Latin American Studies, 1995-1997
Books
The Long Process of Development
Building Markets and States in Pre-industrial England, Spain and their Colonies
Jerry F. Hough and Robin Grier
Cambridge University Press, 2014
Scholarly Journal Publications
2024
The Causal Effect of Economic Freedom on Female Employment and Education
Contemporary Economic Policy (Forthcoming)
Uncertain Times: The Causal Effects of Coups on National Income
American Journal of Political Science (with Kevin Grier and Henry Moncrieff)
Crawling Towards Weber? Mexican State Capacity in the Nineteenth Century
Essays in Economic & Business History
2023
The Consequences of CIA-Sponsored Regime Change in Latin America
European Journal of Political Economy (with Samuel Absher and Kevin Grier)
Two Birds with One Stone: Reducing Corruption Raises National Income
Social Science Quarterly (with Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Kevin Grier)
Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives:
The Case of the Sugar Industry
American Political Science Review (with Kevin Grier and Gor Mkrtchian)
2022
The Causal Effects of Rule of Law & Property Rights on Fiscal Capacity
European Journal of Political Economy (with Kevin Grier and Andrew Young)
2021
The Washington Consensus Works: Causal Effects of Reform, 1970-2015
Journal of Comparative Economics (with Kevin Grier)
Household Responses to Escalating Violence in Mexico
Applied Economics Letters (with Luisa Blanco, Kevin Grier, and Daniel Hicks)
2020
The Economic Consequences of Durable Left-populist Regimes in Latin America
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (with Samuel Absher and Kevin Grier)
Contact
Email: robin.grier@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-8568
Offices: Administration 169D
Free Market Institute
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Address
Texas Tech University - Box 45059 - Lubbock, TX - 79409-5059 -
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Email
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