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KATHERINE B. FREEMAN
University of Denver, Associate Professor, Economics

 EDUCATION:

B.A., Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May 1970
M.S., Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, June 1973
Ph.D., Economics, Florida State University, March 1978

FIELDS OF RESEARCH:

Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, Public Finance, Economic Development

PUBLICATIONS (selected):

"Motivational Needs and Interdependent Utilities", International Journal of Social Economics, 31, no. 5/6 (2004), pp.561-571.

"The Significance of McClelland's Achievement Variable in the Aggregate Production Function," Economic Development and Cultural Change, 24 (July 1976), pp. 815-824.

"The Significance of Psychological Motivation in Welfare Analysis," Abstracted in Atlantic Economic Journal, 7, No. 1 (March 1979).

"A Review of Economic Thought and Social Change," Southern Economic Journal, 47 (April 1981).

The Significance of Motivational Variables in International Public Welfare Expenditures," Economic Development and Cultural Change, 32 (July 1984), pp.725-748.

"Reflections on Need Achievement and International Differences in Income Growth: 1950 - 1960," Economic Development and Cultural Change 33 (July 1985), pp. 865-877.

"The Significance of Motivational Variables in International Public Welfare Expenditures:  A Reply, " Economic Development and Cultural Change, (January 1988).

"The Images of Human Nature in Economics," International Review of Economics and Business/Rivista Internazionale Di Scienze Economiche E Commerciali, (August 1993), pp. 625-640. (Lead article)

"Utility Interdependence When Personality Types Interact", International Journal of Social Economics, 2, no. 2 (1995), pp. 4-18. (Lead article)

TEACHING INTERESTS:

Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, Public Finance, Economic Development

COURSES TAUGHT:

Advanced Macroeconomic Theory, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Public Microeconomic Policy, Public Macroeconomic Policy, Welfare Economics, Public Finance, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, History of Economic Thought, Economics of Social Issues, Microeconomic Principles, Macroeconomic Principles