Faculty Profile: Mark E. Stater

Mark E. Stater
Ward S. Curran Distinguished Professor of Economics
Phone: (860) 297-2462	Office Location: Downes Memorial 303
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Trinity College faculty member since 2008	View office hours for Fall 2025

Kolpin, Van and Stater, Mark (2024). “The Perverse Equilibrium Effects of State and Federal Student Aid in Higher Education,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 217, pp. 679-691.
Hoag, Christopher and Stater, Mark (2024). “Including the Instruments in the Regression is the Hausman Test,” Annals of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 152, pp. 43-64
Ahmed, Rasha and Stater, Mark (2023). “Automobile Techology and Tradeoffs: How Does Automobile Footprint affect its Fuel Economy?” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Vol. 21, 100897
Jones Stater, Keely and Stater, Mark (2019). “Is it ‘Just Work’? The Impact of Work Rewards on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intent in the Nonprofit, For-profit, and Public Sectors,” American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 495-511.
Singell, Larry D., Jr, Stater, Mark, and Hui-Hsuan Tang (2018). “Let the Sunshine in: An Analysis of the Placement and Pay of University Presidents and the Effects of Open Records Statutes,” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 39, pp. 405-432.
Ahmed, Rasha and Stater, Mark (2017). “Is Energy Efficiency Underprovided? An Analysis of the Provision of Energy Efficiency in Multi-Attribute Products,” Resource and Energy Economics, Vol. 49, pp. 132-149.
Ahmed, Rasha, Stater, Mark, and Michael S. Visser (2017). “Market and Welfare Effects of Big Box Retail Entry in a Linear City Model with Oligopolistic Competition.” Annals of Economics and Statistics, No. 127, pp. 123-161.
Becker-Blease, John, Elkinawy, Susan, Hoag, Christopher, and Mark Stater (2016). “The Effects of Executive, Firm, and Board Characteristics on Executive Exit.” Financial Review, Vol. 51, No. 4, 527-557.
Stater, Mark and Wenger, Jeffrey B. (2015). “The Immediate Hardship of Unemployment: Evidence from the U.S. Unemployment Insurance System.” Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 17-36.
Ahmed, Rasha, Jones Stater, Keely, and Mark Stater (2013) “The Effect of Poverty Status and Public Housing Residency on Residential Energy Consumption in the U.S.” Energy Studies Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1-33.
Kolpin, Van W. and Stater, Mark (2013) “The Real Deal? Information Asymmetries and Tuition Discounting in Higher Education,” Review of Economic Analysis, Vol. 5, No. 2, 190-212.
McDowell, John M., Singell, Larry D., Jr., and Mark Stater (2011). “On (and Off) the Hot Seat: An Analysis of Entry into and out of University Administration,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 64(5): 889-909.
Stater, Mark (2011). “Financial Aid, Student Background, and the Choice of First Year College Major,” Eastern Economic Journal, 37(3): 321-343.
Elkinawy, Susan and Stater, Mark (2011). “Gender Differences in Executive Compensation: Variation with Gender Board Composition and Time,” Journal of Economics and Business, 63(1): 23-45.
Becker-Blease, John, Elkinawy, Susan, and Mark Stater (2010). “The Impact of Gender on Voluntary and Involuntary Executive Departure,” Economic Inquiry, 48(4): 1102-1118.
D’Arcy, Laura P., Stater, Mark, and Jeffrey B. Wenger (2009). “Search Costs and Re-employment Wage Gains for Displaced Workers,” Industrial Relations, 48(4): 589-609.
Stater, Mark (2009). “The Impact of Financial Aid on College GPA at Three Flagship Public Institutions,” American Educational Research Journal, 46(3): 782-815.
McDowell, John M., Singell, Larry D., Jr. and Mark Stater (2009). “Congratulations or Condolences? The Role of Human Capital in the Cultivation of a University Administrator,” Economics of Education Review, 28(2): 258-267.
Stater, Mark and Visser, Michael S., (2008). “Implications of Big Box Retail Location on Regional Profits, Consumer Utility, and Land Rents,” Review of Regional Studies, 38(1): 9-28.
Elkinawy, Susan and Stater, Mark (2008). “The Effect of the Mexican Crisis on Corporate Cash Holdings,” Global Business and Finance Review, 13(2): 31-43.
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