Robert S. Main is a Professor of Economics at Butler University's College of Business.
Articles
Simple Pigovian Taxes vs. Emission Fees to Control Negative Externalities: A Pedagogical Note, The American Economist (2010)
Many economics texts introduce their analysis of negative externalities by examining a tax on the...
An Investigation of Adjustable-rate Mortgage Pricing Features (with William K. Templeton and J. B. Orris), Financial Services Review (2002)
Investigates costs and risks associated with the choice of terms for adjustable rate mortgages. Impact...
A simulation approach to the choice between fixed and adjustable rate mortgages (with William K. Templeton and J. B. Orris), Financial Services Review (1996)
Presents a study which offers simulation approach model by which borrowers may more effectively evaluate...
Unpublished Papers
How Do Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Texts Deal with the Simple Model of the Intertemporal Allocation of a Nonrenewable Resource, Social Science Research Network Working Paper Series (2008)
Textbooks in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics invariably deal with the problem of allocating a...