About

Jeff Nugent
Professor of Economics and Business

Contact Information
Office: KAP 318C
Phone: (213) 740-2107
E-mail: nugent@usc.edu

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Profile on Departmental Website
 

Education
B.A. American Studies, Amherst College, 1/1957
M.A. Economics, New School for Social Research, 1/1961
Ph.D. Economics, New School for Social Research, 1/1965
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, 01/01/1976-  
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, 01/01/1969-01/01/1976  
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, 01/01/1964-01/01/1969  
 

Visiting and Temporary Appointments
Visiting Lecturer, GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan, 07/29/2007-08/08/2007  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Nugent researches institutions and development, small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, contractual choice, old age security and fertility and regional (supranational) coordination of industrial development in developing countries. He is also interested in economic integration, the role of exchange rate movements in the rise and fall of civilizations, empirical investigations in economic development and China's TVEs and their incentive structure. Currenlty, professor Nugent is studying econometric modelling of the development process, inflation in Latin America, and the determinants and effects of institutional change.
 

Research Specialties
Empirical research assessing the impacts of development programs and policies,political economy of policy reform
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Center for International Studies (USC)
Populational Research Laboratory (USC)
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
"A Model of Labor Markets in GCC Countries", Middle East Economic Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, , 2006-2007   
"Crises, What Crises?", Turkish Economic Association (TEA), Talk/Oral Presentation, , Ankara, ICE TEA, Invited, 2006-2007   
"The Effects of Aging on Economic Structure", Conference on Aging, Tokyo, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Invited, 2006-2007   
 

Publications

Book
Nugent, J. B., Pesaran, H. (2006). Explaining Gowth in the Middle East, Amsterdam: Elsevier, Contributions to Economic Analysis Series. Amsterdam: Elsevier, Contributions to Economic Analysis Series.
Nugent, J. B., Hakimian, H. (2003). Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa. London and New York: Routledge.
Levy, B., Berry, A., Nugent, J. B. (1999). Fulfilling the Export Potential of Small and Medium Firmswith Brian Levy and Albert BerryBoston, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1999. Boston: Kluwer.
Nugent, J. B. (1991). Theory of Development and Transitions to Market Economies (in Vietnamese)Hanoi: Central Plan Committee, 1991.
Nabli, M. K., Nugent, J. B. (1989). New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisiawith Mustapha K. Nabli and OthersAmsterdam: North-Holland, Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, 1989. (Nabli and Nugent, Ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Nugent, J. B. Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa: Economic Boundaries in Flux. London, UK / New York, NY: Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa: Economic Boundaries in Flux/Routledge.
 

Book Chapter
Dekle, R., Nugent, J. B. External Adjustment Problems of the United States in an Increasingly Integrated World.
Nugent, J. B., Armey, L. (2008). Civil Wars and Their Determinants: Are MENA Countries Different?.
Nugent, J. B., Miniesy, R. (2008). Are There Shortfalls in MENA Trade? If So, to What Can They Be Attributed?. pp. 197-238. Naples: Sprint Campania: Bridging the Gap: The Role of Trade and FDI in the Mediterranean.
Nugent, J. B. (2008). Bridging the EU-Southern Mediterranean Gap through Trade and FDI: Are They Doing It and What Have We Learned?. pp. 715-722. Naples: Sprint Campania: Bridging the Gap: The Role of Trade and FDI in the Mediterranean ..
Kuran, T., Nugent, J. B. (2007). Economic Development. London: Oxford University Press: Encyclopedia of Islam.
Nugent, J. B., Glezakos, C. (2007). Why Does It Take So Long to Collect on a Bad Check through the Courts? A Case of Institutional Path Dependence?.
Nugent, J. B., Pesaran, M. H. (2007). Introduction Explaining Growth in the Middle East. (Vol. 278). pp. p.1-30. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Miniesy, R., Nugent, J. B. (2006). With Whom To Trade? An Examination of the Effects of Intra-national and Between -Country income Inequality on Bilateral Trade. pp. p.119-152. London: Routledge.
Nugent, J. B., Swaminathan, S. (2006). Household Investments in Education and Income Inequality at the Community Level. pp. p.109-130. London: Routledge.
Nugent, J. B., Swaminathan, S. (2006). Voluntary Contributions to Informal Activities Producing Public Goods: Can These be Induced by Goverment and other Formal Sector Agents. pp. Ch. 14. London: Oxford University Press.
Nugent, J. B. (2005). Jordan's Patterns and Prospects of Trade and FDI: Some Inplications of Euro-Med GAFTA and the QIZ. pp. p.273-297. Amman: University of Jordan: Center for Strategic Studies.
Datta, S. K., Howe, L., Nugent, J. B. (2005). Joint Forest Management Experience and Modelling. pp. p.223-252. Dordrecht: Springer.
Nugent, J. B. (2005). The Role of Institutions in Development Performance. pp. p.11-36. Kuwait: Arab Planning Institute.
Nugent, J. B., Miniesy, R. (2005). Egyptian Compettiveness in International Trade: Evidence from a Gravity Model of Bilateral Trade and Various Institutional Indicators. pp. p.122-136. Cairo: Cairo University Press, Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies.
Nugent, J. B., Hakimian, H. (2004). Introduction. pp. p.1-10. London, UK / New York, NY: Introduction/Routledge.
Miniesy, R. S., Nugent, J. B., Yousef, T. M. (2004). Intra-regional Trade Integration in the Middle East: Past Performance and Future Potential. pp. p.41-65. London, UK / New York, NY: Intra-regional Trade Integration in the Middle East: Past Performance and Future Potential/Routledge.
 

Journal Article
Nugent, J. B. (2008). Institutions and Economic Performance: The Use and Abuse of Culture in New Institutional Economics: Response to Steven Heydemann. Studies in Comparative International Development. Vol. 43 ((2)), pp. 206-217.
Motiram, S., Nugent, J. B. (2008). Economic and Political Inequality and the Quality of Public Education: An Empirical Analysis*. International Journal of Development Issues. Vol. 6 (2), pp. 142-167.
Nugent, J. B., Sukiassyan, G. (2008). Associations vs. Registration with Authorities as Alternative Strategies of Small Firms for Dealing with Contract Enforcement Problems in the Presence of Judicial Inefficiency,. Small Business Economics. Vol. 31, pp. 147-165.
Hsiao, C., Nugent, J. B., Shen, Y. (2008). Foreign Direct Investment and the Importance of Institutions — A Reconciliation of Cross-Sectional and Panel Data Analysis. India Macroeconomics Annual.
Bhaumik, S., Nugent, J. B. (2008). Does Economic Uncertainty Have an Impact on Decisions to Bear Children?: Evidence from Eastern Germany". Applied Economics.
Nugent, J. B. (2007). Inequality, Quality of Primary Education and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Well Being and Social Policy. Vol. 3 ((1)), pp. 5-24.
Cheng, H., Hsiao, C., Nugent, J. B., Qiu, J. (2006). Managerial Autonomy, Contractual Incentives and Productivity in a Transition Economy: Some Evidence from China's TVEs. Pacific Economic Review/Blackwell. Vol. 11 (3), pp. 323-349.
 

Other
Nugent, J. B. Nueva Economia Institucional Special Issue V 19, No 56, September-December 1991, Cuadernos de Economia with Samar Datta and Others Barcelona: University of Barcelona. .
 

Honors and Awards
Conference and Award Comemorating 30th Anniversary of Economis of Development: Empirical Investigations co-authored with Pan A. Yotopoulos in 1976, 11/8/2007  
Teaching and Service Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1995  
USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1986  
 

Service to the University

Committees
Member, Committe on Academic Recognition, 2007-2008   
 

Other Service to the University
Represent USC and the United States on the PEO/Structure Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, 2007-2008   
Board of Directors of CIBEAR, Marshall School of Business, 2007-2008   
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Member, Board of Editors, International Journal of Development Studies, 2007-2008   
Member, Board of Editors, Pacific Economic Review, 2007-2008   
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Political Economy of the Middle East, Routledge, 2007-2008   
Member of Board of Editors, Emerging Markets, Finance and Trade, 2006-2007   
Associate Editor, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2006-2007   
 

Professional Offices
Member of the Board of Directors, Economic Research Forum, 2006-2007   
 

Professional Memberships
American Economic Association, 2006-2007   
Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), 2006-2007   
Middle East Economic Association, 2006-2007   
 
 
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