William A. Ward

Director,
Clemson University Center for International Trade
and Professor,
Applied Economics & Statistics

 



325 Sirrene Hall
Phone: 864.656.6742
Fax:     864.656.6768
e-mail: waward@clemson.edu


 

Curriculum Vita:

Education:

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics (Natural Resource Policy),
   Michigan State University, 1972
M.S. Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University,  1967
B.A. English Literature/Sociology, Clemson University   1965

Research Interests:

Financial, Fiscal and Economic Analysis of Projects, Programs and Policies
Trade and Production Integration
Economic Development Policy and Practice

Selected Publications:

Ward, W.A. 2006. "Manufacturing Jobs 2005-2010: Medium-Term Strategies for Long-Term Realities." Economic Development Journal, 5:1 pp. 7-15 (Winter 2006)

Mittelstaedt, J.D., M.A. Raymond and W.A. Ward. "External and Internal Factors Affecting the Tendency to Import: The Effects of Location and Firm Size, Journal of Global Marketing, 19:2 pp. 27-48.

Mittelstaedt, J.D., W. A. Ward and E. Nowlin.2 006. "Location, Industrial Concentration and the Propensity of Small Firms to Export." International Marketing Review, 23:5 pp. 486-503.

Garmestani, Ahjond, Craig Allen, J.D. Mittelstaedt, Craig Stow and W.A. Ward. 2006. "Firm Size Diversity, Functional Richness and Resilience." Environment and Development Economics, 11:4, pp. 533-551.

Mittelstaedt, John, George Harben and William A. Ward. 2003. "How Small is Too Small? Firm Size as a Barrier to Exporting From the United States." Journal of Small Business Management, 41:1 pp 68-84.

Ward, W.A. 2000 "Globalization and Its Implications: The Size and Location of Manufacturing Sector Export Firms in South Carolina." CUCIT Working Paper 001115, Clemson University Center for International Trade.

Ward, W.A., and J.C. Hite. 1999. "Asset Fixity, Asset Specificity and Regional Economic Change: Hypothesis and Implications." Working Paper WP110499, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University.

Ward, W.A., Madhusudan Bhattarai and Pei Huang. 1999. "The New Economics of Distance: Long Term Trends in Indexes of Spatial Friction." Working Paper WP020299, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University.

 

 

 

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