Roger E. Bolton

William Brough Professor of Economics, Emeritus

(Retired from Department in 2003, but remains active professionally)
Currently Research Associate in Center for Environmental Studies at Williams

E-mail: Roger.E.Bolton@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-2393
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

Harvard University, PhD, 1964
Franklin and Marshall College, A.B., Economics, 1959
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Fields of Specialization

Regional and Urban Economics
Geography
History of Economic Thought
Philosophy of Jurgen Habermas

Research

Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action and the Theory of Social Capital

"Classroom Computer Simulation of the Alonso Household Location Model in the Microeconomics Course," Journal of Economic Education, Winter 2005

"Theory and Policy in Regional Science," Annals of Regional Science, September 2004

"Local Social Capital and Entrepreneurship," with Hans Westlund, Small Business Economics, September 2003

" "Place" as "Network": Applications of Network Theory to Local Communities," in Ake Andersson et al., eds., The Economics of Disappearing Distance (essays in honor of T. R. Lakshmanan), Ashgate, 2003

Community and Quality of Life: Data Needs for Informed Decision Making, National Academy Press for the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2002 (member of committee that wrote the book)

"Hexagonal Economic Regions Solve the Location Problem," with Frank Morgan, The American Mathematical Monthly, February 2002

"Place Surplus, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty," in Borje Johansson et al., eds., Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage, Edward Elgar, 2002

"New Regional Science and New Economics," Australasian Journal of Regional Studies (inaugural issue), 1995

"Regional Science and Regional Practice," with Rodney C. Jensen, International Regional Science Review, 1995

"'Place Prosperity' vs. 'People Prosperity' Revisited," Urban Studies, 1992

"Regional Energy and Environmental Analysis," with T. R. Lakshmanan, in Peter Nijkamp, editor, Handbook of R egional and Urban Economics, Vol. 1, Regional Economics, North Holland, 1986

Regional Econometric Models," Journal of Regional Science, 1985, reprinted in Ronald Bodkin, et al., eds., A History of Macroeconometric Model-Building, Edward Elgar, 1991

"Equity in Financing Local Services: The Case of Residential Refuse," Resources and Conservation, 1984

Regional Diversity: Growth in the United States, 1960-90, with Gregory Jackson, George Masnick, Susan Bartlett, and John Pitkin, Auburn House for MIT Harvard Joint Center for Urban Studies, 1981

"The Impact of National Defense Spending in Urban Areas," in Norman Glickman, ed., The Impact of Federal Policies on Urban Areas, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980

"Defense Spending and Policies for Labor Surplus Areas," in John Kain and John Meyer, eds., Essays in Regional Economics, Harvard University Press, 1971

"Higher Education for Everybody: Who Pays?" in W. Todd Furniss, ed., Higher Education for Everybody, American Council on Education, 1971

"Predictive Models for State and Local Government Purchases," in James S. Duesenberry et al., The Brookings Econometric Model: Some Further Results, Rand McNally, 1969

"Burdens and Bargains in Higher Education," The Public Interest, Spring 1968

Defense and Disarmament, editor and major contributor, Prentice-Hall, 1966 (Spanish edition published as Defensa y Desarme, Editorial Grijalbo,1968)

Defense Purchases and Regional Growth, Brookings Institution, 1966

Other

Selected Work Experience

At Williams since 1966

Book Review Editor, Journal of Regional Science, since 1987

Visiting Professor:
Clark University (Geography) Fall 1993
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Fall 1989 (Distinguished Visiting Professor, La Follette Institute of Public Affairs; also taught in Department of Urban and Regional Planning)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 1988 (George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Geo graphy and Urban Planning)
University of Pennsylvania, 1981-82 (City and Regional Planning)
Wellesley College, Fall 1977 (Economics)

Research Associate, MIT-Harvard Joint Center for Urban Studies, 1978-81

Lecturer in residence, Foreign Service Institute, 1968, 1969

Associated Staff Member, Brookings Institution, 1965-68