M. Garrett Roth, Ph.D.

 Publications:

• • Roth, M. Garrett and Wm. P. McAndrew (forthcoming) "The Profitability of Racial Diversity and Gender Balance in Modern Hollywood." Journal of Economics and Politics.

  • Roth, M. Garrett and Wm. P. McAndrew (2025) "Teaching, Research, and Faculty Salary Inequality in American Public University Systems: An Exploratory Analysis." Economics Bulletin.

  • Roth, M. Garrett and J. Zachary Klingensmith. (2023) "It Doesn't Pay to Be Purple: An Empirical Test of Pork Barrel Spending and Congressional Delegation Homogeneity." Pennsylvania Economic Review 30: 56-65.  (working paper version) 

  • McAndrew, Wm. P. and M. Garrett Roth. (2021) "The Weight Loss Show That Isn't: Testing for Discrimination on the Game Show The Biggest Loser." Applied Economic Research Bulletin: Peer-Reviewed Working Paper Series.

  • Roth, M. Garrett and Ryan Morris. (2020) "Here I Come to Save the Day?  Reassessing the Efficacy of Small Business Development Centers in the Internet Age." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 9: 19-28.  (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett. (2019) "Selling Yourself:  A Preliminary Analysis of Political Candidates as Marketers and Entrepreneurs." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 7: 269-78. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett. (2019) "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Polarization." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties 29: 143-61. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett. (2018) "On the Value of Teaching Edgeworth Boxes in Introductory Economics Courses." Journal of Economics and Finance Education 17: 20-30. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett. (2018) "Reconciling Competing Systems of Property Rights Through Adverse Possession." Libertarian Papers 10: 113-126. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett and William P. McAndrew. (2018) "To Each According to Their Ability? Academic Ranking and Salary Inequality Across Public Colleges and Universities." Applied Economic Letters 25: 34-37. (working paper version)

  • McAndrew, Wm. P. and M. Garrett Roth. (2016) "Up from 'Arts and Crafts': Division of Labor in Forensic Science Laboratories." Forensic Science Policy and Mgt. 7: 58-65. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett and David Skarbek. (2014) "Prison Gangs and the Community Responsibility System." The Review of Behavioral Economics 1: 223-43. (working paper version)

  • Roth, M. Garrett. (2011) "Resource Allocation and Voter Calculus in a Multicandidate Election." Public Choice 148: 337-51. (working paper version)

Working Papers:

• • "Playing It Safe?  An Analysis of Profit Variability in the Modern Motion Picture Industry"

  • "Because I Deserve This: The Demographics of Public and Personal Debt"

  • "Social Cooperation Under Variable Time Preference"

  • "Moving Against the Median Voter: Voter Unrest and Preference Uncertainty in a Two-Party Spatial Model"

  • "Feedback Loops in Multicandidate Political Competition"

  • "The Impact of Endogenous Time Preference on Public Debt"

  • "Political Campaigning as a Sequential Game: An Empirical Analysis"

  • "Political Shocks and the Optimal Sequence of Campaign Expenditure"

Courses Taught:

Gannon University

Business Core 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2014 - present): Syllabus

Economics 431 - Public Finance (Spring '17 - present): Syllabus

Economics 325 - Game Theory (Fall '17 - present): Syllabus

Economics 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall '16 - present): Syllabus

GMBA 571 - Economic Environment of the Firm (Spring 2018, 2019, 2020): Syllabus

Economics 285 - Project Economics (Fall 2014, 2015): Syllabus

Oberlin College

Economics 101 - Principles of Economics (Fall 2013, Spring 2014): Syllabus

Economics 444 - Senior Seminar: Politics without Romance (Fall 2013): Syllabus

Duke University

Political Science 139 - Conflict, Collusion, and Cooperation (Fall '11, Spring '12): Syllabus

St. Lawrence University

Econ. 100 -  Introduction to Economics (Fall '10, Spring '11): Syllabus

Econ. 248A -  Government by Consensus: Voting Rules and Social Choice (Fall '10): Syllabus

Binghamton University

Econ. 144 - The  Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (Summer '08, Summer '09): Syllabus

Econ. 483M -  Applications of Game Theory (Summer '10): Syllabus