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Ruseski, Jane

Assistant Professor of Economics

PhD in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
MA in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1992

E-mail:  ruseski@ualberta.ca
Office:  9-11 Tory
Tel:  (780) 492-2447
Fax:  (780) 492-3300  

Jane Ruseski's CV

Research Interests

  • Health economics
  • Applied industrial organization
  • Applied econometrics

Teaching Fall 2009

  • Econ 281: Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Econ 592: Graduate Research Workshop II

Teaching Winter 2010

  • Econ 281: Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Econ 357: Health Economics  

Publications 

  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (forthcoming). "Sport Participation and Adolescent Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs"
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (2008).  "The Size and Scope of the Sports Industry in the United States", in The Business of Sport, Brad R. Humphreys and Dennis Howard, eds. Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT. 
  • Chih-Chien Chen, Jane E. Ruseski and Zvi Schwartz (forthcoming).  "Room Rates as Signals of Quality, Sellout Risk and the Prospects of Getting a Better Deal: Analytical Model and Empirical Evidence", Tourism Economics.
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (forthcoming). "Enforcement of the NCAA Football Cartel: Theory and Evidence", Southern Economic Journal.
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (2007). "Participation in Physical Activity and Government Spending on Parks and Recreation", Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 538-552.                 
  • Jane E. Ruseski (2006). "Analysis of Health Care Financing, Supply and Utilization Trends in the New EU Countries", Applied Health Economics and Health Policy,  vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1-22.
  • Sarah Q. Duffy, Jane E. Ruseski, Sean Cavanaugh (2000).  "Graduate Medical Education Costs in Non-Academic Health Center Teaching Hospitals", Medical Care Research and Review, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 3-23.

Research Papers

  • Kathleen Carroll and Jane E. Ruseski, "Modeling Hospital Decision Behavior: An Explanation for Conflicting Empirical Results on Convergence". Under review.
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski, "Estimates of the Size of the Sports Market in the United States". Under review
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski, "Economic Explanations for Adolescent Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs: Evidence from YRBSS". Under review.
  • Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski, "The Economics of Participation and Time Spent in Physical Activity". Under review.