GFCB Economics Staff
J. Sebastian Leguizamon, PhD
- Director - Center for Applied Economics | Associate Professor - Economics
- Director - Center for Applied Economics | Associate Professor - Economics
- j.sebastian.leguizamon@wku.edu
- Grise Hall 462
- 270-745-2249
- Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Area(s)
Public Sector Economics
Mathematical Economics
Microeconomic Theory
Statistical Analysis
Education
PhD, Economics, West Virginia University, 2011
MA, Economics, West Virginia University, 2008
BS, Economics and Management Information Systems, Davis and Elkins College, 2005
Biography
Associate Professor of Economics at WKU and Director of the Center for Applied Economics (WKU). He received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2011 and then spent two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Economics department at Tulane University in New Orleans. Right after, and prior to coming to WKU in 2015, he taught economics and statistics at Vanderbilt University. His research spans many different topics but he specializes in the economics of governments and public policy, including state and local taxation.
Recent Publications
“Long live the doge? Death as a term limit on Venetian chief executives” (with D.J. Smith and G.R. Crowley), Public Choice, 2021, 188, 333-359.
“Revisiting the Link Between Economic Distress, Race, and Domestic Violence” (with S. Leguizamon and W. Howden), Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2020, 35(19-20), 4141-4161.
“State Taxes and Legislative Turnover in the United States” (with P. Yakovlev), Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58(1), 518-535.
“Party Cues, Political Trends, and Fiscal Interactions in the United States” (with M. Montero-Kusevic), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37(4), 600-620.
“The Housing Crisis, Foreclosures, and Local Tax Regional Science and Local Tax Revenues" (with J. Alm), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 70, 300-311.
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