Randy Campbell
Assistant Professor of Economics

office:  310E McCool Hall
office phone:  662-325-1516
department phone:  662-325-2341
fax number:  662-325-1977

mailing address:   Dept. of Finance and Economics
P.O. Box 9580
Mississippi State, MS 39762

e-mail:  rcampbell@cobilan.msstate.edu
complete vita:  Click here.



Academic History
YearDegreeMajor AreaInstitution
1999Ph.D.EconomicsLouisiana State University
1994M.S.EconomicsLouisiana State University
1989B.S.Industrial ManagementPurdue University



Courses Taught
Course
Code
Course DescriptionCourse web siteSyllabusOnline Grades
EC 2113Principles of MacroeconomicsClick here.Spring 2006 - 03Click here.
EC 2123Principles of Microeconomics  Click here.
EC 3123Intermediate MicroeconomicsClick here. Click here.
EC 4643Economic Forecasting and AnalysisClick here.Spring 2009Click here.
EC 8133Econometrics IClick here. Click here.
EC 8143Econometrics IIClick here.Fall 2009Click here.
EC 8990Special Topics in EconomicsClick here.Spring 2008Click here.



Work Experience
YearDescription
2008-presentAssociate Professor of Economics, Mississippi State University
2002-2008Assistant Professor of Economics, Mississippi State University
2001-2002Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Louisiana State University
1997-2001Demand Analyst, Southwestern Bell
1990-1992Statistician, Indiana Department of Public Welfare



Journal Articles
YearDescription
2009Capella, Michael L., Taylor, Charles R., Campbell, Randall C., and Longwell, Lance S. "Do pharmaceutical marketing activities raise prices? Evidence from five major therapeutic classes." Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Vol. 28, No. 2,
2009Grimes, Paul W., Millea, Meghan J., and Campbell, Randall C. "The transition to market-based economic education: Evaluating program effectiveness in Kazakhstan." Perspectives on Economic Education Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 33-59.
2008Campbell, Randall, Rogers, Kevin, and Rezek, Jon. "Efficient frontier estimation: A maximum entropy approach." Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 30, No. 3, 213-221.
2008Campbell, Randall, Roberts, Brandon, and Rogers, Kevin. "An evaluation of lender redlining in allocation of unsecured consumer credit." Urban Studies, Vol. 45, No. 5, 1243-1254.
2008Campbell, Randall. "Estimating demand for new products using a discrete price variable." Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, Vol. 16, No. 2, 115-121.
2007Rezek, Jon P., and Campbell, Randall. "Cost estimates for multiple pollutants: A maximum entropy approach." Energy Economics, Vol. 29, No. 3, 503-519.
2007Roberts, Brandon, and Campbell, Randall. "Being new-customer friendly: Determinants of service perception in retail banking." International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 25, No. 1, 56-67.
2006Thomas, M. Kathleen, and Campbell, Randall. "Teacher training and market attitudes in transitioning economies." The American Economist, Vol. 50, No. 2, 32-41.
2006Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "Imposing parameter inequality restrictions using the principle of maximum entropy." Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 76, No. 11, 985-1000.
2005Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "A Monte Carlo study of the effect of design characteristics on the inequality restricted maximum entropy estimator." Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1, 53-84.
1999Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "Predicting multinomial choices using maximum entropy." Economics Letters, 64, 263-269.



Presentations, Proceedings, and Other Publications
YearDescription
 
Proceedings, chapters, and other publications
2009Roberts, B., Elliott, E., and Campbell, R.C. "Medical malpractice litigation as a tax on the supply-side of the medical services market." in Handbook of Regional Economics, Tomas P. Nolin ed.
2008Capella, M.L., Taylor, C.R., and Campbell, R.C. "Does DTC advertsing raise the price of sleeping pills? The impact of pharmaceutical advertising on price sensitivity." Proceedings of the 2008 Conference of the American Academy of Advertising, 219-225.
2005Campbell, R.C., Rogers, K., and Rezek, J.P. "Efficient frontier estimation: a maximum entropy approach", 2005 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 4068-4076.
 
Presentations
2009Anderson, Nancy L. and Campbell, Randall C. "Segmentation and economies of scale among state sponsored defined contribution retirement plans." Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2009.
2009Ricketts, C.F., Campbell, R.C., and Rezek, J.P. "Life expectancy: Are men catching up or women falling behind?" Missouri Valley Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 2009.
2009Rezek, J.P., Campbell, R.C., and Rogers K. "Sub-Saharan African agriculture." Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Vancouver, BC, July 2009.
2008Campbell, R.C., Luccasen, R.A., and Thomas, M.K. "College major choice of student athletes." Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC, November 2008.
2008Capella, M.L., Taylor, C.R., and Campbell, R.C. "Does DTC advertsing raise the price of sleeping pills? The impact of pharmaceutical advertising on price sensitivity." American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, San Mateo, CA, March 2008.
2007Grimes, P.W., Rezek J.P., and Campbell, R.C. "Academic success and the transfer of community college credits in the principles of economics." Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2007.
2006Thomas, M. Kathleen, and Campbell, Randall. "Teacher training and market attitudes in transitioning economies." Annual Conference of the National Council of Economic Education, New York, NY, October 2006.
2006Martin, Robert E., Campbell, Randall, and Rizzo, M. "Efficient Financial Aid Allocation." University of Mississippi, April 2006.
2005Campbell, R.C., Rogers, K., and Rezek, J.P. "Efficient frontier estimation: a maximum entropy approach." The 2nd Conference on Information and Entropy Econometrics, Washington, DC, September 2005.
2004Grimes, P.W., Millea, M.J., and Campbell, R.C. "The transition to market-based economic education: evaluating program effectiveness in Kazakhstan." Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2004.
2004Rezek, Jon, and Campbell, Randall. "Cost estimates for multiple pollutants: a maximum entropy approach." Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Vancouver, BC, July 2004.
2003Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "Imposing parameter inequality restrictions using the principle of maximum entropy." Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group, Columbia, MO, October 2003.
2003Campbell, Randall. "Estimating demand for new products using a discrete price variable." Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Denver, CO, July 2003.
2002Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "A Monte Carlo study of the effect of design characteristics on the inequality restricted maximum entropy estimator." Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
2000Campbell, Randall, and Hill, R. Carter. "Postsample forecasting using maximum entropy with inequality parameter restrictions." Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC, November 2000.
2000Campbell, Randall. "Estimating telecommunications choice models when the dependent variable is a count." International Communications Forecasting Conference, Seattle, WA, September 2000.
1999Campbell, Randall. "A comparison of generalized maximum entropy and traditional estimators in a wireless choice model." International Communications Forecasting Conference, Denver, CO, June 1999.



Work in Progress
Grimes, P.W., Rezek, J.P., and Campbell, R.C. " Academic success and the transfer of community college credits in the principles of economics."
Capella, M.L., Taylor, C.R., Campbell, R.C., and Longwell, L.S. "Does advertising raise price? The impact of pharmaceutical advertising on consumers' price sensitivity."
Turnbull, G.K., Campbell, R.J., and Campbell, R.C. "Mayors versus city managers: self-selection, endogenous intergovernmental aid and spending."
Martin, R.E., Campbell, R.C., and Rizzo M. "The cost of crafting a class: (In)efficient financial aid allocation at two private colleges."



Professional Activities
YearDescription
2005-presentEditorial Board, International Economics and Finance Journal
2008Reviewer, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry
2006Reviewer, Review of Applied Economics
2003Reviewer, Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
2002Reviewer, International Economic Review



Honors
YearDescription
1992-1996LSU Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship



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