Charles Link

Education

• Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin, 1971
• M.A. in economics, University of Wisconsin, 1968
• B.A. in economics, University of Missouri, 1966

Select Publications

• With David Hunt, “Better Outcomes at Lower Costs? The Effect of Public Health Expenditures on Hospital Efficiency,’ With David Hunt, Applied Economics, vol. 52, issue 4, 2020, pp. 400-415.
• “Factors Affecting the Labor Supply Decisions of Registered Nurses,” With Simon Condliffe and Sezin Zengin, Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 38 no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 400-415.
• “Classmates’ Effects on Black Student Achievement in Public School Classrooms,” with J. Mulligan. Economics of Education Review, 1991, pp. 297-311.
• “A Panel Analysis of Student Mathematics Achievement in the U.S. in the 1990s: Does Increasing the Amount of Time in Learning Activities Affect Math Achievement?” with Tevik Aksoy. Economics of Education Review, July, 2000.
• “The Shortage of Registered Nurses and Some New Estimates of the Effects of Wages on RN Labor Supply: A Look at the Past and a Preview of the 21st Century,” with Yvana Chiha. Health Policy, vol. 64, 2003, pp. 349-375.
• “The Relationship between Economic Status and Child Health: Evidence from the U.S.,” with Simon Condliffe. American Economic Review, vol. 98, 2008 pp. 1605-1618.
  “Population and Bandwagon Effects on Local Team Revenues in Major League Baseball,” with Daniel Brown. Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 9, 2008, number 5, pp. 470-487.
• “Contract Length and Salaries: Compensating Wage Differentials,” with Martin Yosifov. Journal of Sports Economics, February 2012, Vol. 13, number 1, pp. 3-19.
  “The Success and Failure of Counseling Agency Debt Repayment Plans,” with Dan Brown and Mike Staten. Eastern Economic Journal, January 2012, pp. 99-117.
• “Cumulative Effects on Weight Due to an Initial Occupational Choice as a Blue Collar Worker,” with Bogdan Nedanov. Eastern Economic Journal, vol. 4, pp. 430-442.
• “Moneyball After 10 Years: How Have Major League Baseball Salaries Adjusted?” with Dan Brown and Seth Rubin. Journal of Sports Economics, October 2015.
• “Does Option Theory Hold for Major League Baseball Contracts?” with Alex Gross. Economic Inquiry, January 2017.

Awards & Honors

• Outstanding Teacher Award, Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, 2014
• Named The Bank of America Professor of Business, 2002
• University of Delaware Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Economics, 1995
• Grants received from: Unidel Foundation, University of Delaware; University of Delaware Research Foundation, State of Delaware; U.S. Department of Labor; U.S.
  PI or investigator – externally funded research grants.

Curriculum Vitae

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