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Robert J. Lemke
Associate Professor
Economics and Business

Phone 847-735-5143
E-mail lemke@lakeforest.edu
Web http://campus.lakeforest.edu/~lemke/

Specializations
Public Policy
Labor
Industrial Organization
Economic Theory

Interests
Education Policy
Taxation
Welfare Reform
Bargaining
Voting

Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A., St. Olaf College (Honors in Economics and Mathematics)

Courses Frequently Taught
ECON 210: Microeconomic Theory
ECON 310: Industrial Organization
ECON 330: Econometrics
ECON 420: Labor Economics
ECON 391: Mathematical Economics (Tutorial)

Publications
Accounting for the Difference in PhD Creation Rates Across Liberal Arts Colleges, in Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future (edited by Ronald Ehrenberg), Cornell University Press, forthcoming.

Extending Monopoly Power under Joint Production: A Case Study of the Red Cross and the Blood Centers of America, Journal of Industrial Organization Education, with Kristina Lybecker, Vol. 2(1), 2007, pp. 1-23.

Freedom and Transparency: Democracies, Non-Democracies, and Conventional Arms Transfers, Democracy and Security, with James Marquardt, Vol. 3(3), 2007, pp.343-368.

The Transition from Welfare to Work, Eastern Economic Journal, with Rob Witt and Ann Witte, Vol. 33(2), Summer 2007, pp. 359-373.

Student Assessments, Non-Test-Takers, and School Accountability, Education Economics, with Claus Hoerandner ('06) and Robert McMahon ('06), Vol. 14(2), June 2006, pp. 235-250.

Can No Child Left Behind Close the Gaps in Pass Rates on Standardized Tests?, Contemporary Economic Policy, with Claus Hoerandner ('06), Vol. 24(1), January 2006, pp. 1-17.

Do Estate and Gift Taxes Affect the Timing of Private Transfers?, Journal of Public Economics, with B. Douglas Bernheim and John Karl Scholz, Vol. 88(12), December 2004, pp. 2617-1634.

Estimating the Union Wage Effect for Public School Teachers when all Teachers are Unionized, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 30(2), Spring 2004, pp. 273-291.

Inter-firm Complementarity in R&D: A Re-examination of the Relative Performance of Joint Ventures, International Journal of Industrial Organization, with Nejat Anbarci and Santanu Roy, Vol. 20(2), February 2002, pp. 191-213.

College and Community Talks
How Timing Affects Games, Clockwise Senior Seminar, Lake Forest High School, March 2007.

Re-Thinking the Incentives and Financial Consequences of No Child Left Behind, Faculty Luncheon Discussion Group, October 2005.

Beyond the B.A., Career Advancement Center, Lake Forest College, September 2005.

Election 2004, Student Forum, Lake Forest College, October 2004.

Great Books that have Influenced My Life, Faculty Symposium, Lake Forest College, October 2004.

Invited Talks
Accounting for the Differences in Ph.D. Creation Rates Across Liberal Arts Colleges, Cornell University, October 2006.

Can No Child Left Behind Close the Gaps in Pass Rates on Standardized Tests? (Western Michigan University, September 2004.)

Student Assessments, Non-Test-Takers, and School Accountability. (Surrey University, Guildford, England, August 2004; Loyola University Chicago, February 2004.)

Do Estate and Gift Taxes Affect the Timing of Private Transfers? (Kenyon College, February 2002; Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury, February 2002; Ohio University, January 2002.)

Inter-firm Complementarity in R&D: A Re-examination of the Relative Performance of Joint Ventures. (Duke University, November 1999.)

Conference Presentations
Estate Tax Changes and Inter Vivos Transfers. (Midwest Economics Association, Cleveland, March 2001.)

Child Care and the Welfare to Work Transition: A Longitudinal View July 1996 - August 1997. (NBER Public Economics Summer 2000 Program, presented by Ann D. Witte.)

Optimal Price Paths Under Dynamic Bargaining. (Econometric Society 1999 North American Summer Meetings, Madison, June 1999.)

R&D Synergies with Research Joint Ventures. (Midwest Economics Association, Nashville, March 1999.)

The Size and Distribution of Union Rents for Public School Teachers. (Econometric Society Winter Meetings, New York, January 1999; Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, March 1998.)

Awards and Honors (Selected)
William L. Dunn Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarly Promise, Lake Forest College, May 2005.

Visiting Scholar, Surrey University, Guildford, England, August 2004.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Florida International University, Spring 2001.

Provost Summer Research Award, Florida International University, Summer 2000.

Christensen Dissertation Award, with John Kennan, University of Wisconsin, 1996-1997.

WARF Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1996-1997.

Bullis Scholarship, University of Wisconsin, 1992-1993.

Phi Beta Kappa, St. Olaf College, 1992.