Donald M. Waldman 

Professor of Economics

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies      

Department of Economics  

University of Colorado, Boulder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:                      

 

Microeconometric models of:

 

· experimental choice data

· environmental and energy economics

· health economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 

“Ability, Location, and Household Demand for Internet Bandwidth,” (with S. Savage), International Journal of Industrial Organization,”vol. 27, No. 2, p. 121-332 (March 2009).  Full Text

 

“Learning and Fatigue During Choice Experiments: A Comparison of Online and Mail Survey Modes,” (with S. Savage), Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 23, p. 351-371, 2008. Abstract; Full text.

 

“Combining Stated-Choice and Stated-Frequency Data with Observed Behavior to Value NRDA Compensable Damages” (with W. Breffle, E. Morey, and R. Rowe), in Handbook on Contingent Valuation, Anna Alberini and James Kahn, eds., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K.  2006.

 

“Broadband Internet access, awareness, and use: Analysis of United States household data ” (with S. Savage), Telecommunications Policy, Volume 29, Issue 8, Pages 573-684.  September 2005.  Abstract

 

“Gaussian Quadrature versus Simulation for the Estimation of Random Parameters” (with W. Breffle and E. Morey), in Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics, Anna Alberini and R. Scarpa, eds., Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands,  2005, XXXVI.  Full text

 

“Will the Family Support Act Put Life Back Into Dead-Beat Dads?” (with E. Peters and L. Argys),  Journal of Human Resources, v. 36, n2, Spring 2001, pp. 224-252.  Abstract

 

“What's an Oscar Worth” (with Randy Nelson),  Economic Inquiry, v. 39, No. 1, Jan. 2001.  Abstract

 

“The Influence of Social Programs in Source Countries on Various Classes of US Immigration” (with M. Greenwood, J. McDowell, and S. Zahniser), Journal of the American Statistical Association, v. 94, Number 445, March 1999, pp. 64-74.   Abstract

 

“Tax Credits, Labor Supply, and Child Care" (with S. Averett and H. Peters), The Review of Economics and Statistics, 79(1), February ,1997, pp. 125-35.  Abstract; Full Text

 

“Voluntary and Incentive-Induced Conservation in Energy Management Programs" (with M. Ozog), Southern Economic Journal, 62(4), April 1996, pp. 1054-71.

 

“Quality Adjusted Cost Functions–An Application to the Nursing Home Industry," (with P. Gertler), Journal of Political Economy, 100(6), pp. 1232-1256, 1992. NBER working paper

 

“Multimarket Amenity Compensation and the Behavior of the Elderly," (with P. Graves), American Economic Review, 81(5), pp. 1374-1381, 1991.  Full Text

 

“Maximum Likelihood Regression of Rank–Censored Data" (with R. Keener), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 80, pp. 385–392, 1985.  Full Text

 

“Computation in Duration Models with Heterogeneity," Journal of Econometrics, 28, pp. 127–134, 1985.   Full Text

 

“Properties of Technical Efficiency Estimators in the Stochastic Frontier Model," Journal of Econometrics, 25(3), pp. 353–364, 1984. Full Text

 

“A Note on the Algebraic Equivalence of White's Test and a Variation of the Godfrey/Breusch-Pagan Test for Heteroskedasticity," Economics Letters, 13, pp. 197–200, 1983. Full Text

 

“A Stationary Point for the Stochastic Frontier Likelihood," Journal of Econometrics, 18, pp. 275-279, 1982.  Full Text

 

“One Economic Interpretation of the Parameter Constraints in a Simultaneous Equations Model with Limited Dependent Variables," International Economic Review, 22(3), pp. 731–739, 1981.  Full Text

 

“A Monte Carlo Study of Estimators of Frontier Production Functions" (with J. Olson and P. Schmidt), Journal of Econometrics (13), pp. 67–82, 1980.  Full Text

 

 

 

WORKING PAPERS

 

“Why are not-for-profit nursing homes more costly?”  (with P. Gertler).  Rand Working Paper Series 94-11. Santa Monica, CA: Labor and Population Program, RAND, 1994.

 

“The Effect of Weather on Gross State Product" (with J. Lazo and M. Harrod).  Presented at the 2007 ASSA meetings.

 

“Contemporary Issues in Modeling Discrete Choice Experimental Data in Health Economics” with Jordan Louviere and Denzil Fiebig, revision requested, Health Economics.

 

 

 

Contact information:

 

Voice:   303-492-6781

Fax:      303-492-8960

Cell:      303-819-6117

Email:   waldman@colorado.edu

CONSULTING SERVICES:

 

· Choice experiments (conjoint analysis: survey design, econometric modeling and estimation)

· Microeconomic modeling

· Reviewing econometric studies

· Natural resource damage assessment

· Consumer demand analysis

· Utility incentive programs

· Litigation support