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Gary C. Fethke

Emeritus Professor in Business Analytics

Current Positions

  • Emeritus Professor, Business Analytics

Education

  • PhD in Economics, University of Iowa
  • BA in Economics, University of Iowa

Research Interests

  • Dynamic pricing strategies for durable goods and habit goods
  • Determinants of labor market structures
  • Analysis of economics of public higher education: how changing environments and finances affect strategy
  • Managerial economics
  • Macroeconomics and monetary economics

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Iowa MBA Instructor of the Year - Core, 2010
  • Hancher-Finkbine Faculty Medallion - University of Iowa, 2008

Selected Publications

  • Fethke, G. C. (2014). Decentralized University Budgeting, United with a More Flexible Tuition Structure. Journal of Education Finance. 39 (4) pp. 323-343.
  • Fethke, G. C. & Policano, A. J. (2013). Public-no-more universities: Subsidy to self-reliance. Journal of Management Development. 32 (5) pp. 525-536.
  • Fethke, G. C. (2011). Welfare Effects of Subsidizing Higher Education When Access and Quality are Endogenous. Economics Letters. 112 (1) pp. 45-48.
  • Fethke, G. C. (2011). A Low Subsidy Problem in Public Higher Education. Economics of Education Review. 30 pp. 617-626.
  • Fethke, G. C. (2006). Subsidy and Tuition Policies in Public Higher Education. Economic Inquiry. 44 (4) pp. 644-655.
  • Fethke, G. C. (2005). Strategic Determination of Higher Education Subsidies and Tuitions. Economics of Education Review. 24 (5) pp. 601-609.
  • Fethke, G. C. & Jagannathan, R. (2002). Monopoly with Endogenous Durability. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 26 pp. 1009-1027.
  • Fethke, G. C. & Jagannathan, R. (2000). Why Would a Durable Good Monopolist Also Produce a Cost Inefficient Non-durable Good? International Journal of Industrial Organization. 18 (5) pp. 793-812.
  • Fethke, G. C. & Tishler, A. (1998). The Optimal Choice of Inputs Under Time-of-Use Pricing and Fixed Proportions Technology: An Application to Industrial Firms. Resource and Energy Economics. 11 pp. 241-259.
  • Fethke, G. C. & Policano, A. (1990). Information Incentives, Market Structures and Timing Patterns of Contracting in a Decentralized Economy. International Economic Review. 31 pp. 651-665.

Selected Presentations

  • "Trends in Resource Management Within Universities," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 2013.
  • "Money Management and Strategies in Higher Education," Guest/Invited Speaker at Academic Leadership Fellows Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 2013.
  • "Is Penn State a Public-No-More University?," Guest/Invited Speaker at Pennsylvania State University-State College, State College, Pennsylvania, December 2012.
  • "Strategies For a Changing Higher Education Environment," Keynote/Plenary Address at National Meeting of College Presidents, SACSCOC, Dallas, Texas, December 2012.
  • "Public Universities and the New Funding Paradigm," Guest/Invited Speaker at AACSB International Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2012.
  • "Public No More: A New Path to Excellence for Public Universities," Guest/Invited Speaker at Annual Meeting of AACSB, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2012.

Selected Grants & Contracts

  • Fethke, G. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Policano, A. An Investigation of the Macroeconomic Effects of Employment Tax Credits. Upjohn Research Institute. June 1977 - December 1977.

Working Papers

  • Fethke, G. C. & Policano, A. J. (2013). CAM versus RCM Budgeting Model Comparisons.
  • Fethke, G. C. (2013). Can Public Universities Survive?