Steven Benjamin Levkoff

Offices:

Department of Economics, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences:

                      Sproul Hall 4109

                                 Fax: +1 (951) 827-5685

Department of Information Systems, School of Business Administration:

                      Olmstead Hall 2333

                                 Phone: +1 (951) 827-5281

 

Email: steven.levkoff@email.ucr.edu

Curriculum Vitae & Coursework

Courses Taught

 

 

 

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Minimal Effort - Maximal Efficiency

 

Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Riverside, 2011

 

M.A. in Economics, University of California, Riverside, 2006

 

B.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 2002-2005, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship & Management

Research Interests:

productivity analysis, environmental economics & natural resource management, experimental & behavioral economics, game theory, industrial organization, mechanism design, financial markets, nonparametric estimation

 

Publications & Working Papers:

“Boundary Problems with the ‘Russell’ Graph Measure of Technical Efficiency: A Refinement.” with R. Robert Russell and William Schworm.  Forthcoming in the Journal of Productivity Analysis

“On Modeling Pollution-generating Technologies.” with Sushama Murty and R. Robert Russell.  Manuscript under review at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

“Decomposing NOx and SO2 Electric Power Plant Emissions in a ‘By-production’ Framework: A Nonparametric DEA Study”

“Evidence of Anticipatory Energy Firm Productivity Responses to the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment: A Production Frontier Approach”

“A Profit Frontier Approach to Measuring Coordination Failure as Focal Point Threshold Inefficiencies in Infinite Horizon Prisoners’ Dilemma Games” (funded by NSF Grant SES-0962668 )

“Payoff Asymmetries and Inefficiencies in Cooperative and Non cooperative Infinite Horizon Games: Experimental Evidence”  (funded by NSF Grant SES-0962668)