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Associate Professor of Economics, Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, GA), 2011- Present

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Present	Associate Professor of Economics, Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, GA), 2011- Present, Kennesaw State University
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Economics, Industrial Organization, and Public Economics

Public Finance, Applied Microeconomics, and Industrial Organization

2009, 2011 Research Awards, Niagara University
2008 Summer Research Grant, Niagara University
The 2003 Excellence in Teaching Economics Award, April 2003, GSU
The Theodore C. Bayden Excellence in Teaching Economics Award, April 2002, GSU
Willie May Cathcart Scholarship, 1995, GSU
Sigma Pi Sigma

Department of Business Administration
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060-2896

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Refereed Journal Articles (17)

Even on eBay it Pays to Buy in Volume: An ...

The BRC Academy Journal of Business (2013)

Mikhail I. Melnik, Paul Richardson and Peggy Choong

Does Online Cross-border Shopping Affect State Use Tax Liabilities?

State Tax Notes (2012)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

Cross Border Shopping and State Use Tax Liabilities: Evidence from ...

Public Budgeting and Finance (2012)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alms

Does it Pay to Promote on eBay?

Journal of Promotion Management (2011)

Mikhail I. Melnik, Paul Richardson and Dan Tompkins

How Seller and Product Characteristics Impact Promotion on eBay

Journal of Promotion Management (2011)

Mikhail I. Melnik, Paul Richardson and Dan Tompkins

Listing Fees and Their Role on eBay: Evidence from a ...

Journal of Internet Commerce (2011)

Mikhail I. Melnik

Success of an online auction Web site is due to its appeal to bidders. Without bidders there would be no ...

Predicting the Shock Sensitivity of Cyclotrimethylene-Trinitramine

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2010)

Mikhail I. Melnik, Victor Bellitto, Daniel Sorensen and Joseph Chang

We studied the surface and thermal properties of seven different varieties of cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine (RDX) crystalline explosives from five manufacturers using ...

Do eBay Sellers Comply with State Sales Taxes?

National Tax Journal (2010)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

The rapid growth in online commerce has eroded state sales tax bases. However, the extent of this reduction is difficult ...

Surface defects and their role in the shock sensitivity of ...

Applied Surface Science (2010)

Mikhail I. Melnik and Victor Bellitto

The surface of cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine (RDX), a commonly used crystalline explosive was studied using atomic force microscopy (AFM). A diversity of ...

An Exploratory Analysis of Determinants and Effectiveness of Advertising on ...

The BRC Journal of Advances in Business (2010)

Mikhail I. Melnik and Paul Richardson

This study was an exploratory analysis of determinants and effectiveness of advertising on eBay. This study employed principles of signaling ...

The Impact of Shipping Charges in Online Auctions: Evidence From ...

The BRC Academy Journal of Business (2010)

Mikhail I. Melnik and Paul Richardson

In October 2008, eBay launched a major campaign aimed at reducing the shipping costs charged by sellers on its Web ...

The Choice of Opening Prices on eBay

The Manchester School (2009)

Mikhail I. Melnik, James Alm and Yongsheng Xu

In this paper we examine the choice of the opening bid on eBay by sellers of US Morgan dollar coins. ...

Insertion Fees and their Role on eBay

Economics of Networks Abstracts (2007)

Mikhail I. Melnik

Reputation, Information Signals, and Willingness to Pay for Heterogeneous Goods ...

Southern Economic Journal (2005)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

In online commerce, a buyer cannot directly examine the product and has to rely heavily on the reliability of the ...

Sales Taxes and the Decision to Purchase Online

Public Finance Review (2005)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

Current tax treatment of online business-to-consumer transactions may be one of the factors behind rapidly growing e-commerce. In this article, ...

Taxing the ‘Family’ in the Individual Income Tax

Public Finance and Management (2005)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

In this paper we examine international practices in the ways in which the individual income tax is applied to families, ...

Does a Seller’s eCommerce Reputation Really Matter? Evidence from ...

Journal of Industrial Economics (2002)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm

With internet commerce, a buyer cannot directly examine the product and so must rely upon the accuracy and reliability of ...

The Basics of Economics for a Modern Manager

Mikhail I. Melnik

Economics is a unique discipline that incorporates philosophy, history, mathematics, and statistics into its own unique mix that is aimed ...

Contribution to Book

The Rise of eBay: Confronting the Challenges of Asymmetry of ...

Trends and Innovations in Marketing Information Systems (2015)

Mikhail I. Melnik

Contribution to Book

Predicting Macroscale Effects Through Nanoscale Features

Atomic Force Microscopy - Imaging, Measuring and Manipulating Surfaces at the Atomic Scale (2012)

Mikhail I. Melnik and Victor Bellitto

Does Online Cross-border Shopping Affect State Use Tax Liabilities?

National Tax Association, Proceedings of the 104th Annual Conference on Taxation, 2011 (2012)

Mikhail I. Melnik and James Alm