Danko Tarabar

CV updated January 2017

Department of Economics West Virginia University 1601 University Ave., PO Box 6025 Morgantown, WV 26506-6025 Phone: +1 (304) 282-2460 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dankotarabar.com

EDUCATION West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Ph.D. in economics, May 2017 (expected) Dissertation chair: Dr. Joshua C. Hall Dissertation title: Studies in European Integration and Institutional Change M.A. in economics, 2016 Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin B.A. in mathematics and economics (magna cum laude), 2012

FIELDS OF INTEREST Primary: development economics, international economics, new institutional economics Secondary: public economics, applied econometrics

JOURNAL ARTICLES Danko Tarabar and Andrew Young. “Liberalizing Reforms and the European Union: Accession, Membership, and Convergence.” Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming. Danko Tarabar and Joshua Hall. 2016. “Explaining the Worldwide Decline in the Length of Mandatory Military Service, 1970-2010.” Public Choice 168(1): 55-74. Danko Tarabar and Joshua Hall. 2015. “The Seventeenth Amendment, Senate Ideology and the Growth of Government.” Applied Economics Letters 22(8): 637-640.

ARTICLES IN COLLECTED VOLUMES Joshua Hall, Dean Stansel, and Danko Tarabar. 2015. “Economic Freedom Studies: A Survey.” In Economic Freedom, Economic Behavior, and Entrepreneurship, by Richard Cebula, Joshua Hall, Franklin Mixon, and James Payne (eds). Edward Elgar Publishing: 38-50. Danko Tarabar and Andrew T. Young. 2014. “Does the European Union Promote Convergence in Economic Freedoms?” In The European Union – Catalyst for Economic Freedom?, by Julie Cantalou and Caroline Margaux Haury (eds). Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: 25-34.

WORKING PAPERS & WORKS IN PROGRESS “Culture, Democracy, and Market Reforms: Evidence from Transition Countries,” (Job Market Paper) Revise & Resubmit at the Journal of Comparative Economics

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“European Institutional Integration and Income Inequality” “Culture, Democracy, and Institutional Reform: A Cross-Country Analysis” “Integration and Entrepreneurship in the European Union: Evidence from the Country-Level”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor (full responsibility), West Virginia University: Principles of Microeconomics Lecture Spring 2017 Elementary Business and Economics Statistics Lecture Fall 2016 Elementary Business and Economics Statistics Online Summer 2016 Comparative Economic Systems Lecture Fall 2015 Principles of Macroeconomics Lecture Summer 2015 Comparative Economic Systems Lecture Summer 2015 Principles of Microeconomics Lecture Spring 2015 Principles of Microeconomics Lecture Summer 2014

200 students 200 students 15 students 42 students 31 students 10 students 39 students 12 students

Graduate Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University Graduate (Ph.D.) Macroeconomic Theory I Econ 702 Fall 2014 Graduate (Ph.D.) Mathematical Economics Econ 721 Fall 2013 Principles of Microeconomics Econ 201 Spring 2016, 2014, 2013; Fall 2012

CONFERENCES & INVITED LECTURES 2017 Public Choice Society (New Orleans, La.) “Exploring the Long-Run Determinants of Cultural Change,” scheduled 2016 Southern Economic Association (Washington, D.C.) “European Integration and Entrepreneurial Activity” “Culture, Democracy, and Market Reforms: Evidence from Transition Countries,” Graduate Student Award Session 2016 Beloit College, Miller Upton Programs, (Beloit, Wis.) “Explaining the Worldwide Decline in Military Conscription: 1970-2010” 2016 Public Choice Society (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) “European Institutional Integration and Income Inequality” 2015 Southern Economic Association (New Orleans, La.) “Culture, Democracy, and Market Reforms: Evidence from Transition Countries” 2015 Public Choice Society (San Antonio, Tex.) “Liberalizing Reforms and the European Union: Accession, Membership, and Convergence” 2014 The Association of Private Enterprise Education (Las Vegas, Nev.) “Explaining the Worldwide Decline in Military Conscription: 1970-2010” 2012 Southern Economic Association (New Orleans, La.) “The Seventeenth Amendment, Senate Ideology and the Growth of Government” (co-author’s presentation)

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HONORS & AWARDS Doctoral Student Teaching Award, WVU Department of Economics Jon Vilasuso Advanced Doctoral Student Award, WVU Department of Economics Adam Smith Fellowship Humane Studies Fellowship Kendrick Summer Research Grant, WVU Department of Economics Thomas N. Mathers Economics Department Award, Beloit College World Affairs Scholarship, Beloit College Moore Family Endowed Scholarship, Beloit College

2016 2016 2015 2015, 2014, 2012 2013 2012 2008-2012 2008-2012

RESEARCH WORK EXPERIENCE Research Intern, The Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Washington, D.C. 2011 Research Analyst, Belmark Associates, Beloit College, Prof. Jeffrey Adams 2010-2012

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION American Economic Association, European Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Public Choice Society

REFEREE SERVICE Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

OTHER INFORMATION Programming skills: Stata, SAS, MATLAB, Minitab, EViews, LATEX Language skills: fluency in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian Visa status: F-1

REFERENCES Dr. Joshua C. Hall (chair) Associate Professor of Economics West Virginia University Office phone: (304) 293-7870 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Andrew T. Young (co-chair) Professor of Economics Texas Tech University Office phone: (806) 834-1374 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Brad R. Humphreys Professor of Economics West Virginia University Office phone: (304) 293-7871 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Arabinda Basistha Associate Professor of Economics West Virginia University Office phone: (304) 293-7854 E-mail: [email protected]

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