Department Chair

Bob M. Mcnab
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- rmcnab@odu.edu
PROFESSOR & CHAIR
2042 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3153
Selected Publications
- Agarwal, V., Koch, J. V., and McNab, R. (2021). Airbnb's Success: Does It Depend on Who is Measuring?. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
- Agarwal, V., Koch, J. V., and McNab, R. (2019). Differing Views of Lodging Reality: Airdna, Smith Travel Research, and Airbnb. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 60 (3), pp. 193-199.
- McNab, R., and Armey, L. (2019). Military Expenditure and Civil War: What Goes Up Must Come Down. Defence and Peace Economics, 30 (5), pp. 570-591.
Personal Website
Chief Departmental Advisor

Mohamed Rahoui
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- mrahoui@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
2047 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3548
Selected Publications
Personal Website
Faculty

Vinod Agarwal
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- vagarwal@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
2061 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3526
Selected Publications
Personal Website

Alexander Cardazzi
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- acardazz@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2047 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3961
Selected Publications
Personal Website

Christopher Colburn
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- ccolburn@odu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
2047 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-4341
Selected Publications
Personal Website

Dr. Barbara Blake Gonzalez
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- bblakego@odu.edu
CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER,CTR ECONOM
2104 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-4834
Selected Publications
- Koch, J. V., and Blake Gonzalez, B. (2022). Why Has the Median Real Income of Lawyers Been Declining?. Journal of Economics and Finance
- Koch, J. V., and Blake Gonzalez, B. USING THE LSAT AS A LABOR MARKET THERMOMETER. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
- Blake Gonzalez, B., and Koch, J. V. DO UNIVERSITY EXPENDITURES ON STUDENT SERVICES MAKE A DIFFERENCE? NEW PUBLIC UNIVERSITY EVIDENCE. Research in Higher Education
Personal Website

James Koch
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- jkoch@odu.edu
Board of Visitors Professor of Economics Emeritus and President Emeritus
2042 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3458
Selected Publications
Personal Website

Feng Lian
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- flian@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
2024 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3412
Selected Publications
Personal Website

Bob M. Mcnab
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- rmcnab@odu.edu
PROFESSOR & CHAIR
2042 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3153
Selected Publications
- Armey, L. and McNab, R.M. (2019). What goes up must come down: Military expenditure and civil wars. In Press. Defence and Peace Economics 30 (5), 570 - 591. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2017.1405235
- Azre, J., Martinez-Vazquez, J. & McNab, R.M. (2018). Decentralized governance and preferences for public goods. Public Finance Review 46 (3), 359-388. DOI: 10.1177/1091142116639127
- Sullivan, R., Rohlf, C., McNab, R.M. (2015). Does the president really affect economic growth? Presidential effort and the political business cycle. Economic Inquiry, 53(1), 240-257. DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12111
Personal Website

David Duden Selover
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- dselover@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
2049 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3541
Selected Publications
- Shen, Jian-Cheng; Li, Chao; Yousefi, Hamed, and David D. Selover. "An Ocean Apart? The Effects of US Business Cycles on Chinese Business Cycles." International Review of Economics and Finance, accepted for publication, 2022.
- Enderson, Mary C. and David D. Selover. "The US Failure to Adopt the Metric System: The High Cost of Teaching the English System." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021.
- Shaomin Li, Seung Ho Park, and David Duden Selover. "Cultural Dividend: A Hidden Source of Economic Growth in Emerging Countries." Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 2017.
Personal Website

Christine Strong
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- cstrong@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2047 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-4341
Selected Publications
- Do Commodity Price Shocks Affect the Probability of a Central Bank Governor's removal? Forthcoming at International Journal of Finance and Economics.
- Did Mali Benefit from Joining the CFA zone? An Analysis using the Synthetic Control Method. Forthcoming at Review of Development Economics.
- Political Influence, Central Bank Independence and Inflation in Africa: A Comparative Analysis. Accepted at European Journal of Political Economy.
Personal Website

Jay Walker
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- j1walker@odu.edu
Assistant Professor
2051 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-3577
Selected Publications
- At what age does the anchoring heuristic emerge? Evidence from Jeopardy!," with Michael Jetter. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 179 (2020) p. 757-766.
- What Happens the Morning After? Post-Baccalaureate Health, Marital, and Educational Impacts of Greek Organization Membership," with Wesley Routon. Review of Higher Education, Vol. 43 No. 1 (2019) p. 427-455.
- The gender of opponents: Explaining gender dfferences in performance and risk-taking?" with Michael Jetter. European Economic Review, Vol. 109 (2018) p. 238-256.
Personal Website

Haiwen Zhou
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- hzhou@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
2031 CONSTANT HALL
757-683-5785
Selected Publications
- Population Growth and Industrialization, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 47, No. 2, April 2009, 249-365
- Culture, institutions, and long-run performance, Pacific Economic Review, 2020;1-20.https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0106.12351