N ICOLAE ADRIAN STOIAN

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Hayward, CA 94542 E-mail: abp26w@r.postjobfree.com

Homepage: http://www.cbe.csueastbay.edu/~astoian

E DUCATION

University of Arizona

PhD in Economics, 2008

Dissertation: Essays in the Microeconomics of Incentives, Government Programs and

Communication

Committee Chair: Price V. Fishback

Clemson University

Master of Arts in Economics, 2003

Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)

Bachelor of Science in Banking and Financial Markets, 1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Labor Economics, Economic History, Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

California State University, East Bay, Assistant Professor of Economics, September 2008

Graduate Advisor for the M.A. in Economics program, October 2009 -

ARDAF Insurance Reinsurance, Economist, February 1998 July 2001

Prudent Securities, Economist, October 1997 January 1998

Creditanstalt Securities, Administrative clerk, July 1997 September 1997

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era (with Price V. Fishback)

Explorations in Economic History 47 (2010) 1-27, NBER Working Paper 14970

California State University East Bay Economics Research Workshop, 2009

Economic History Association Meeting, New Haven, 2008

Southern Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans, 2007

Eastern Economic Association Meeting, New York, 2007

Western Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, 2006

University of Arizona Applied Economics Seminar, 2006

Measuring the Sorting and Incentive Effects of Tournament Prizes (with Tim Davies)

Southern Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans, 2007

Society of Labor Economists Conference, Chicago, 2007

Western Economic Association International Conference, Seattle, 2007

University of Arizona Applied Economics Seminar, 2007

Public Messages and Bubbles

Western Economic Association International Conference, Vancouver, 2009

AWARDS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS

Summer Research Grant California State University East Bay: 2009

Best Third Year Paper Award Department of Economics, University of Arizona: 2006

Graduate College Grant University of Arizona: 2007

Humane Studies Fellowship Institute for Humane Studies: 2006

Travel Grant Economic History Association: 2007, 2008

Best Property Insurance Award Annual Romanian Insurance Awards Gala: 2001

Ion Tiriac Fellowship Babes Bolyai University, Romania: 1997

T EACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate level:

Introduction to Econometrics

Advanced Econometrics

Economics for Managers in a Global Economy (M.B.A. class)

Undergraduate level:

Econometrics

Macroeconomics (intermediate level)

Managerial Economics

Principles of Economics (both Micro and Macro)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Referee: Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic History

Discussant: WEAI Conference Vancouver, 2009; Southern Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans,

2007; Eastern Economic Association Meeting, New York, 2007

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 2009

American Economic Association Meeting, San Francisco, 2009

Economic History Association Meeting, Austin, 2007

Cliometrics Conference, Tucson, 2007

American Economic Association Meeting, Chicago, 2007

Economic Science Association Meeting, Tucson, 2006

Social Change Workshop, University of Virginia, 2002

Reinsurance Conference, Winterthur Re, Switzerland, 1998

Multiple Insurance, Financial and Investment Conferences, Romania, 1995-2001

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Economic Association

Western Economic Association International

COMPUTER SKILLS

Stata, Gauss, Scientific Workplace, Microsoft Office

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Coordinator of MUTUAL FUNDS Conference, Romania, 1996

Author of PROBLEMS OF ECONOMICS (test bank for high-school students), 1992

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