Glen Waddell | Lundquist College of Business

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Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship Open House at Lillis Business Complex

Interested in starting a business or meeting other like-minded, innovative people? Want to get engaged in the local entrepreneurial startup community? Join us for the...
24Sep

Business Undergraduate Drop-in Advising at Peterson Hall

If you have questions about your schedule or are concerned about your class load, please stop by and see an undergraduate advisor for drop-in advising or make an appointment...
25Sep

Business Undergraduate Drop-in Advising at Peterson Hall

If you have questions about your schedule or are concerned about your class load, please stop by and see an undergraduate advisor for drop-in advising or make an appointment...
25Sep

Master of Science in Finance Online Webinar at Online

Learn more about the Lundquist College of Business's MS in Finance program. The program offers world class faculty, dedicated training to becoming a financial analyst, 3 years...
25Sep

Career Labs: Prepare Your Application to the Major at Lillis Business Complex

Prepare your application and resume for the Lundquist College of Business majors applications and learn about some application pitfalls to avoid. Bring any materials you've...
26Sep

Business Undergraduate Drop-in Advising at Peterson Hall

If you have questions about your schedule or are concerned about your class load, please stop by and see an undergraduate advisor for drop-in advising or make an appointment...
26Sep

Career Labs: Prepare Your Application to the Major at Lillis Business Complex

Prepare your application and resume for the Lundquist College of Business majors applications and learn about some application pitfalls to avoid. Bring what you have so far...
26Sep

Webinar: Creating a Competitive MBA Application at Online

Join us for this 30 minute webinar on creating a competitive application for the Oregon MBA. During this presentation, members of the admission and recruitment team will...
26Sep

Career Labs: Prepare Your Application to the Major at Lillis Business Complex

Prepare your application and resume for the Lundquist College of Business majors applications and learn about some application pitfalls to avoid. Bring what you have so far...
26Sep

UO Portland Welcome Week: White Stag Sites and Snacks at White Stag Block

Students from all Portland programs are invited to meet each other during Welcome Week. Enjoy snacks and a White Stag building and roof tour! Hosted by College of Design and...

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The Sound of Sustainability

The modern symphonic orchestra is perhaps the greatest musical instrument ever invented. The cacophony of strings, winds, brass, and percussion is realized through proper preparation that includes all contracted musicians having practiced their fair share, full orchestral rehearsals, production coordination on stage, marketing, strategic planning, fundraising, and an audience to witness the final product. The […]
Natural Products Expo West: Lessons from Outside the Classroom

In the United States the natural foods and products industry is never more celebrated that it is at Expo West. Natural Products Exposition West is an extravagant display of the veterans, the staples and the startups in the natural products world. Every March, the Anaheim Convention Center floods with over 85,000 attendees and all the […]
Logistics at the End of the World: Lessons from Afghanistan

Much of what I know about business and sustainability is from the perspective of the military. For the last nine years, I have served on active duty as a Logistics Officer in the United States Army. Over those years, I have worn many hats and held many important duties. No matter the situation, three things […]
Takeaways from LEED GA Training

Last week a group of MBA students were given the opportunity to participate in a LEED Green Associate training by Leading Green. Many jumped at the chance to gain new skills and enhance their resume. I wanted to take a minute to share our experiences and explain why LEED is important. What is LEED and […]
Salesforce Starts with the ‘Why’

Simon Sinek, author of , ‘Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action’, says that for a company to be successful and truly innovative, they have to know their ‘why’. A company I believe really ‘starts with the why’ is Salesforce. Looking at Salesforce from the outside, it is simply an IT […]

Glen

Waddell

Professor of Economics

Oregon Executive MBA

541-346-1259

waddell@uoregon.edu

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Degree History

PhD, Economics, Purdue University, 2000
MS, Economics, Purdue University, 1998
MA, Economics, Miami University, 1996
BS, Economics, Trent University, 1995

Professional Leadership Positions

Associate Editor, Economics of Education Review
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany

Research/Teaching Awards

Mortar Board Professor of the Term, University of Oregon, Winter 2008
Feldman Faculty Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2007
Junior Professorship Development Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Summer Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 2004
William J. Walsh Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2002
New Faculty Award, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Oregon, 2002
Reinhold Foundation Award, University of Oregon, 2001

Bio

Waddell is a professor of economics at the University of Oregon, and he teaches managerial economics at the Oregon Executive MBA in Portland, Oregon.

His research interests are in the economics of education, health economics, risky behaviors, personnel economics, and the importance of physical and qualitative spaces in determining economic outcomes. He teaches micro principles, labor, and industrial organization at the undergraduate level, and contract theory, labor, and advanced econometrics at the graduate level.

Articles

Waddell, Glen R., Jason M. Lindo, and Isaac D. Swensen. "Alcohol and Student Performance: Estimating the Effect of Legal Access." Journal of Health Economics, 32, no. 1: 22-32. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.09.009
January 2013
Waddell, Glen R., Jason M. Lindo, and Isaac D. Swensen. "Are Big-Time Sports a Threat to Student Achievement?" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 4, no. 4: 254-274. https://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.4.4.254
October 2012
Waddell, Glen, Harold Cuffe, William Harbaugh, Jason Lindo, and Giancarlo Musto. "Evidence of the Efficacy of School-Based Incentives for Healthy Living." Economics of Education Review, 31, no. 6: 1028-1036. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.001
September 2012
Waddell, Glen. "Adolescent Drug Use and the Deterrent Effect of School-Imposed Penalties." Economics of Education Review, 31, no. 6: 961-969. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.002
August 2012
Waddell, Glen R. "Gender and the Influence of Peer Alcohol Consumption on Adolescent Sexual Activity." Economic Inquiry, 50, no. 1: 248-263. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00374.x
July 2012
Waddell, Glen, Alan Barreca, Melanie Guldi, and Jason Lindo. "Saving Babies? Revisiting the Effect of Very Low Birth Weight Classification." The Quarterly Journal of Economic, 126, no. 4: 2117-2123. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjr042
May 2011
Waddell, Glen, John Barron, and Smitriy Chulkov. "Top Management Team Turnover, CEO Succession Type, and Strategic Change." Journal of Business Research, 64, no. 8: 904-910. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.09.004
April 2011
Waddell, Glen R., and Larry D. Singell Jr. "Do No-Loan Policies Change the Matriculation Patterns of Low-Income Students?" Economics of Education Review, 30, no. 2: 203-214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.10.004
March 2011
Waddell, Glen R., Larry D. Singell Jr. "Modeling Retention at a Large Public University: Can At-Risk Students be Identified Early Enough to Treat?" Research in Higher Education, 51, no. 6: 546-572. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9170-7
September 2010
Waddell, Glen, Oguzhan Dincer, and Chris Ellis. "Corruption, Decentralization and Yardstick Competition." Economics of Governance, 11, no. 3: 269-294. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10101-009-0067-x
August 2010
Waddell, Glen, Bruce Blonigen, Ronald Davies, and Helen Naughton. "Spacey Parents: Spatial Autoregressive Patterns in Inbound FDI." In Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, edited by Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
January 2008
Waddell, Glen, and John Barron. "Work Hard, Not Smart: Stock Options in Executive Compensation." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 66, no. 3: 767-790. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.07.002
January 2008
Waddell, Glen, John Barron, and John Umbeck. "Consumer and Competitor Reactions: Evidence from a Retail-Gasoline Field Experiment." International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26, no. 2: 517-531. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2007.03.002
January 2008
Waddell, Glen, Danill Mcmillen, and Larry Signell. "Spatial Competition and the Price of College." Economic Inquiry, 45, no. 4: 817-833. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00049.x
January 2007
Waddell, Glen, Bradley Curs, and Larry Singell. "Money for Nothing? The Impact of Changes in the Pell Grant Program on Institutional Revenues and the Placement of Needy Students." Education Finance and Policy, 2, no. 3: 228-261. https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/edfp.2007.2.3.228
January 2007
Waddell, Glen, Bruce Blonigen, Ronald Davies, and Helen Naughton. "FDI in Space: Spatial Autoregressive Relationships in Foreign Direct Investment." European Economic Review, 51, no. 5" 1303-1325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.08.006
January 2007
Waddell, Glen, Bradley Curs, and Larry Signell. "The Pell Program at Thirty Years." In Higher Education Handbook of Theory and Research Vol. XXII, edited by John C. Smart. New York: Springer.
January 2007
Waddell, Glen, Bradley Curs, and Larry Singell. "Hope for the Pell? Institutional Effects in the Intersection of Merit-Based and Need-Based Aid." Southern Economic Journal, 73, no. 1: 79-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20111875
January 2006
Waddell, Glen. "Labor-Market Consequences of Poor Attitude and Low Self-Esteem in Youth." Economic Inquiry, 44, no. 1: 69-97. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ei/cbj005
January 2006
Waddell, Glen, and John Barron. "Executive Rank, Pay and Project Selection." Journal of Financial Economics, 67, no. 2: 305-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00254-4
January 2003
Waddell, Glen, John Barron, and Bradley Ewing. "The Effects of High School Athletic Participation on Education and Labor Market Outcomes." The Review of Economics and Statistics, 82, no. 3: 409-421. https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/003465300558902
January 2000