CLARENCE C. MORRISON

PERSONAL DATA

Birth Data:	June 19, 1932 Greensboro, North Carolina
Marital Status:	Married, two grown children
Military Service:	Active duty, U.S. Navy, August 1956-December 1959 (Supply and Disbursing Officer, USS PUTNAM (DD-757); Assistant to the Supply Officer, Assistant Supply Officer, Naval   Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia).  Reserve commission resigned November 1968.

EDUCATION
 

Date	Degree	Institution	Major	Minor
1954	B.S.	Davidson College	Economics	History and Psychology
1956	M.A.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Economic Theory	Public Finance
1964	Ph.D.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Economic Theory	Statistics

 

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE AWARDS

A. K. Pfifer Award in Economics, Davidson College, 1953-1954
Teaching Fellowship, UNC - Chapel Hill, 1955-1956
Wachovia Fellowship, UNC - Chapel Hill, 1962-1963
Various assistantships and instructorships, UNC - Chapel Hill, 1954-1955, 1960-1964

POSITIONS HELD
Instructor, Old Dominion University, 1959-1960
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, 1964-1967
Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 1967-1970
Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Spring 1976.
Professor, Indiana University - Bloomington, 1970 to present.

PUBLICATIONS

A.  Journal Articles and Notes

"A Note on Monopsonistic Exploitation and Discrimination,"
Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 23, April 1957, pp. 449-452.

"An Historical and Pedagogical Note on the Demand Elasticity
Concept," Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 43, October 1962,
pp. 85-91.

"A Note on Estimating the Concentration Ratio with Reference
to Pareto Distribution," Metroeconomica, Vol. 15, August 1963,
pp. 141-145.

"A Pedagogical Note on the Method of Least Squares," Indian
Journal of Economics, Vol. 45, January 1965, pp. 289-294.

"The Nature of Second Best," Southern Economic Journal, Vol.
32, July 1965, pp. 49-52.

"On Elasticity-Reply," Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 49,
October 1965, pp. 219-220.

"Another Look at Second Best," Indian Journal of Economics, Vol.
46, January 1966, pp. 285-296.

"Harrod Revisited," Metroeconomica, Vol. 18, January 1966,
pp. 1-14.

"The theory of Marginal Cost Pricing Reconsidered," Indian
Journal of Economics, Vol. 47, January 1967, pp. 247-268.

"On Cournot's Conjecture," Indian Journal of Economics, Vol.
48, July 1967, pp. 1-4.

"Generalizations on the Methodology of Second Best," Western
Economic Journal (now Economic Inquiry), Vol. 6, March 1968,
pp. 112-120.

"A Note on Two-Stage Second Best," Metroeconomica, Vol. 21,
January 1969, pp. 77-80.

"Marginal Cost Pricing and the Theory of Second Best,"
Western Economic Journal (now Economic Inquiry), Vol. 7, June
1969, pp. 145-152.

"The Relationship of Monopoly Power to Monopsonistic
Exploitation," Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 50, October
1969, pp. 115-119.

"Joint Production and Pareto Optimality," Southern Economic
Journal, Vol. 37, October 1970, pp. 221-222.

"On Distributional Equality," Southern Economic
Journal, Vol. 38, October 1971, pp. 260-262. (with Richard S.
Higgins).

"A Further Note on Distributional Equality," Southern
Economic Journal, Vol. 39, January 1973, pp. 442-443 (with
Richard S. Higgins).

"A Note on Comparative Statics Analysis in (In)equality
Constrained Models," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 39, April
1973, pp. 638-641.  (with Richard S. Higgins).

"A Note on the Axioms of Classical Microeconomic Models," Indian
Journal of Economics, Vol. 54, January 1974, pp. 357-369.
(with Richard S. Higgins).

"The Axioms of Classical Microeconomic Models:  A Correction,"
Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 55, April 1975, p. 467.
(with Richard S. Higgins).

"Public Goods and the Property Tax:  A Theoretical Analysis,"
Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 4, April 1976, pp. 159-172.

"Featherbedding - An Easy Second Best Problem," Atlantic Economic
Journal, Vol. 5, Winter 1977, pp. 56-59, (with Herbert J.
Kiesling).

"Note on a Proposition by Sono," International Economic Review,
Vol. 19, June 1978, pp. 537-539 (with James S. Fackler).

"A Note on Providing Public Goods Through Voluntary
Contributions," Public Choice, Vol. 33, 1978, pp. 133-137.

"Some Simple Observations on Price Searching and Tatonnement in
General Equilibrium Models," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol.
7, July 1979, pp. 1-9.

"Sobre la ingualdad en la distribution," Hacienda Publica
Espanola, No. 61, 1979, pp. 188-189 (with Richard S. Higgins).
Reprinted from Southern Economic Journal, translation by
Joaquin Alvarez Corbacho.

"Uno nota posterior sobre la igualdad distribution," Hacienda
Publica Espanola, No. 61, 1979, pp. 190-191 (with Richard S.
Higgins).  Reprinted from Southern Economic Journal,
translation by Joaquin Alvarez Corbacho.

"The Lerner Equal Distribution Theorem:  A Possible Extension,"
Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 9, March 1981,pp. 1-6.

"Second Best and Monopoly: A Cautionary Tale," Public Choice, Vol.
37, 1981, pp. 275-285.

"Hotelling's Proof of the Marginal Cost Pricing Theorem," Atlantic
Economic Journal, Vol. 9, December 1981, pp. 34-37 (with Ralph
W. Pfouts).

"Harold Hotelling and Marginal Cost Pricing:  Postcript," Atlantic
Economic Journal, Vol. 9, December 1981, pp. 41-42 (with Ralph
W. Pfouts).

"Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem: A Proof with a Picture," Chinese
Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 10, June 1982, pp. 77-84 (with
Martin Stynes).

"How to Avoid A Common Mistake in Welfare Economics," Public
Finance Quarterly, Vol. 10, October 1982, pp. 479-487.

"An Intuitive Proof of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem in R2,"
Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 56, No. l, January 1983, pp. 38-4l.
(with Martin Stynes). 

"Hotelling's Proof of the Marginal Cost Pricing Theorem: A
Correction," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. XI, No. 1, March,
1983, p. 113, (with Ralph W. Pfouts).

"Ownership Dispersion as a Second-Best Counter-Strategy Against
Monopoly," Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 35, No. 3,
July 1983, pp. 159-168.

"An Intuitive Proof of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem in R2,"
Irish Mathematical Society Newsletter, No. 10, March 1984, pp.
53-60 (with Martin Stynes).  Reprinted from Mathematics
Magazine.

"A note on Price Searching in General Equilibrium Models,"
Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 15, March 1987, pp. 56-58.

"Some Experimental Testing of the Cournot-Nash Hypothesis in Small
Group Rivalry Situations," Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, Vol. 13, No. 2, March 1990, pp. 213-231, (with
Hossein Kamarei).

"Some Experimental Evidence Regarding Collusion," Atlantic
Economic Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 1990, pp. 27-36, (with
Hossein Kamarei).

"The Macrodynamics of Business Cycles: A Comparative Evaluation," 
Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, June 1994, pp. 86-
90.

"Comparing the Welfare Effects of Income and Excise Taxes in the
Presence of the Other Taxation Paradox," Atlantic Economic
Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 1995, pp. 189-202,
(Hotelling Centenial Issue).

"The Economics of Non-Human Societies," Atlantic Economic Journal,
Vol. 23, No. 4, December 1995, pp. 318-322.

"Price Makers and Nonclearing Markets," Atlantic Economic Journal,
Vol. 24, No. 1, March 1996, pp. 19-32. (Atlantic Economic Journal
Best Paper award for 1996.)

"A Bully Pulpit," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, March
1997, pp. 1-6.

  "Cournot, Bertrand, and Modern Game Theory," Atlantic Economic Journal,
Vol. 26, No. 2, June 1998, pp. 172-174.

  "Dimand-Dore on Cournot-Bertrand: A Reply and More," Atlantic
Economic Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, September 1999, pp. 334-339.

  "General Equilibrium Simulations and Keynesian Economic Analysis:
Some Simple Microfoundations from an Old Fashioned General
Equilibrium Perspective," American Journal of Economics and
Sociology, Vol. 59, No. 2, April 2000, pp. 315-333.

  "Magnan de Bornier on Cournot-Bertrand," History of Political Economy,
Vol. 33, No. 1, 2001, pp. 163-167.
 

B.  Book Chapters

"Some Experimental Testing of the Cournot-Nash Hypothesis in Small
Group Rivalry Situations," in Experiments in Decision,
Organization and Exchange, eds., R.H. Day and V.L. Smith,
North Holland (1993). (Reprinted from Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization.)

C.  Encyclopedia Articles

"Theory of the Firm," Economics Encyclopedia 73/74, Dushkin
Publishing Group, pp. 244-248.

"Equilibrium of the Firm," Economics Encyclopedia 73/74, Dushkin
Publishing Group, pp. 72-73.

"Profit Maximum," Economics Encyclopedia 73/74, Dushkin Publishing
Group, p. 200.

"Marginal Cost Pricing," Economic Encyclopedia 73/74, Dushkin
Publishing Group, pp. 144-145.

"Economic Efficiency," Economics Encyclopedia 73/74, Dushkin
Publishing Group, p. 63.

"Efficient Resource Allocation," Economics Encyclopedia
73/74, Dushkin Publishing Group, p. 68.

D.  Abstracts

"The Nature of Second Best," Journal of Economic Abstracts, Vol.
4, March 1966, pp. 171-172.

"Generalizations on the Methodology of Second Best," Journal of
Economic Abstracts, Vol. 6, September 1968, p. 591.

"Marginal Cost Pricing and the Theory of Second Best,"
Journal ofEconomic Literature, Vol. 7, December 1969, p. 1349.

"On Distributional Equality," Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.
11 June 1973, p. 778 (with Richard S. Higgins).

"A Further Note on Distributional Equality," Journal of
Economic Literature, Vol. 11, December 1973, p. 1626 (with
Richard S. Higgins).

"A Note on Comparative Statics Analysis in Inequality Constrained
Models," Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 12, March 1974,
p. 355 (with Richard S. Higgins).

"Note on a Common Mistake in Comparative Statics, Atlantic
Economic Journal, Vol. 6, March 1978, pp. 51-52.

"Some Simple Observations on Tatonnement and Price Searching in
General Equilibrium Models, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 7,
March 1979, p. 29.

"Some Methodological Differences Between Micro- and
Macro-Economics," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 7, March
1979, p. 33 (with A. Monroe Moore).

"An Intuitive Proof of Brouwers Fixed Point Theorem in R2,"
Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1979, p. 34
(with Martin Stynes).

"Walras vs. Keynes," Atlantic Economic Journal, March 1981, p. 37
(with A. Monroe Moore).

"Brouwer's Fixed Point theorem:  A Proof with a Picture,"
Zentralblatt fur Matematik, 497.55002 (with Martin Stynes).

"An Intuitive Proof of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem in R2,"
Zentralblatt fur Mathematik, 512.55005, and 541.47042 (with
Martin Stynes).

"Some Experimental Evidence on Tacit Collusion and the Prisoners'
Dilemma," Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, March
1990, pp. 71-72 (with Hossein Kamarei).

"Some Experimental Testing of the Cournot-Nash Hypothesis in Small
Group Rivalry Situations," Journal of Economic Literature,
Vol. 28, December 1990, pp. 2091-2092 (with Hossein Kamarei).

E.  Book Reviews

Mathematics for Economists, by Taro Yamane, Indian Journal of
Economics, Vol. 47, July 1966, pp. 91-92.

Essays in Economics and Econometrics:  A Volume in Honor of Harold
Hotelling, edited by Ralph W. Pfouts, Indian Journal of
Economics, Vol. 47, July 1966, pp. 92-93.

F.  Miscellaneous

Problem and solution in Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 40, September
1967.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

A.  Papers Read

"Some Observations on the Theory of Second Best," Department
of Economics, University of Virginia, November 1963; and
Department of Economics, Rice University, January 1964.

"Public Goods and the Property Tax," Department of Economics,
Indiana University - Bloomington, March 1970.

"Featherbedding - An Easy Problem of Second Best," 1976
meetings of the Southern Economic Association in Atlanta,
Georgia (with Herbert J. Kiesling).
 

"Note on a Common Mistake in Comparative Statics," 1977
Atlantic Economic Conference in Washington, D.C.

"How to Avoid a Common Mistake in Welfare Economics," 1977
meetings of the Southern Economic Association in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

"A Note on Providing Public Goods Through Voluntary
Contributions," 1978 meetings of the Public Choice Society in
New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Some Simple Observations on Tatonnement and Price Searching
in General Equilibrium Models," 1978 Atlantic Economic
Conference in Washington, D.C.

"Some Methodological Differences Between Micro- and
Macro-Economics," 1978 Atlantic Economic Conference in
Washington, D.C. (with A. Monroe Moore).

"An Intuitive Proof of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem in R2,"
1979 International Atlantic Economic Conference in Vienna,
Austria (with Martin Stynes).

"Monopoly and Second Best:  A Numerical Example and Some
Common Sense Observations," 1979 meetings of the Southern
Economic Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

"The Lerner Equal Distribution Theorem:  A Possible
Extension," Vice Presidential Address to the 1980 Atlantic
Economic Concerence in Boston, Mass.

"Marginal Cost Pricing and Welfare," 1981 meetings of the
Eastern Economic Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Ownership Dispersion as a Possible Counter-Strategy Against
Monopoly," 1982 meetings of the Southwestern Social Science
Association in San Antonio, Texas.

"Some Observations on Walrarian Economics," Seminars at
Davidson College and Auburn University, Spring 1982, Wabash
College, Spring 1983.

"Some Experimental Testing of a General Equilibrium Model with
Monopolistic Interaction," 1983 Atlantic Economic Conference
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with Hossein Kamarei).

"Some Experimental Testing of a General Equilibrium Model with
Monopoly Firms," 1983 meetings of the Southern Economic
Association in Washington, D.C. (with Hossein Kamarei).

"Some Experimental Testing of Walras' Groping Hypothesis,"
1983 meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations in San
Francisco, California, and 1985 meeting of The Missouri Valley
Economic Association in Memphis, Tennessee (with Hossein
Kamarei).

"Further Testing for Tacit or Implicit Collusion in the Case
of Two Rivals," 1986 meetings of the Allied Social Science
Associations in new Orleans, Louisiana and the 1987 meetings
of The Missouri Valley Economic Association in Kansas City,
Missouri (with Hossein Kamarei).

"Some Experimental Evidence on Tacit Collusion and the
Prisoners' Dilemma," 1989 Atlantic Economic Conference in
Montreal, Canada.

"Price Makers and Nonclearing Markets," 1994 Atlantic Economic
Conference in Montreal, Canada; 1994 Southern Economic 
Conference in Orlando, Florida; and 1995 Allied Social Science
Associations meetings in Washington, D. C.

"Some Numerical Examples Comparing the Welfare Effects of
Income and Excise Taxes in the Presence of the Other Taxation 
Paradox." 1995 Southern Economic Conference in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

"Some Simple Microfoundations from an Old Fashioned General
Equilibrium Perspective," 1998 Allied Social Science Associations
meetings in Chicago, and 1999 Southern Economic Association
meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana.

B.  Miscellaneous

Member, Board of Editors, Atlantic Economic Journal since
1977.

Vice President, Atlantic Economic Society, 1979-80.

Vice President, Atlantic Economic Society, 1994-95.

President, Atlantic Economic Society, 1995-96.

Editorial refereeing for Western Economic Journal, Public
Finance Quarterly, Explorations in Economic History, Journal
of Economic Education, University of North Carolina Press,
Dryden Press, and Business Publications, Inc.

Session chairman or discussant at various meetings of the
Allied Social Science Associations, Atlantic Economic Society,
Econometric Society, Midwestern Economic Association, Missouri
Valley Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, and
Southwestern Social Science Association.

Grant Review for National Science Foundation.