UA Professor Ranked 22nd Among Top 100 Authors in Economic Journals

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Paul Pecorino, the James Patrick and Elizabeth B. Hayes Professor of Economics at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, is ranked No. 22 among the top 100 authors in public economic journals.

The rankings were compiled by Francesc Pujol of the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain in a paper published in a recent issue of the Journal of Public Economic Theory.

Pujol identified 6,071 authors who have published in international journals dealing with public finance and public economics issues. He examined 6,102 articles published between1995-2001. The rankings were based on the number of articles published by each author in public economics journals.

Dr. Billy Helms, head of the department of economics, finance and legal studies, said, “Pecorino’s curiosity ranges far and wide into questions rarely considered by economists. He is a prolific scholar who brings uncommon insight into everyday issues. He builds models that examine a diversity of subjects—from the salaries of college football coaches to textbook pricing to the importation of low-cost prescription drugs from Canada. I am pleased to see that he has received this recognition.”

Pecorino earned his bachelor’s degree at State University of New York at Stony Brook and his doctorate at Duke University.