Vitae
James
I. Sturgeon
Address: Department of Economics Phone: (913) 345‑8706 (H)
University of
Missouri-Kansas City (816)
235‑2837 (O)
Current Positions
Professor
of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, September 1997.
Department
Chair, University of Missouri-Kansas City, January 2003 – present
Director,
Social Science Consortium, a co-discipline in the Inter-Disciplinary Ph.D.
Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1995 - present.
Education
Post
Doctoral Study,
Ph.D.,
Economics,
Dissertation:
Joint Ventures in the International Petroleum Industry: Exploration and
Drilling.
Minor
area: Mathematics.
M.A.,
Economics,
B.A.,
Economics,
Experience
Graduate
Advisor, M.A., Ph.D., programs,
Associate
Professor of Economics,
Assistant
Professor of Economics,
Research
Associate, Institute for Community Studies,
Economist,
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, Division of Economic Evidence,
Assistant
Professor of Economics,
Adjunct
Professor,
Director,
Mid‑America Economics Institute, Division of Economic Research,
Publications
Journal
Articles
“The
Nature of the Firm: An Institutionalist Perspective using the Social Fabric
Matrix,” The American Journal of
Economics and Sociology, submitted, review pending
"Relatively
Adequate Global Social Theory" with Doug Bowles, et al., Journal of
Socio-Economics, Winter 1999.
"What's
in A Name: Production Technology in the Multinational Automobile
Industry," Journal of Economic
Issues June 1993.
"Nature,
Hammers and Picasso," Journal of
Economic Issues June 1992.
"John
Hodges' Review of Abba Lerner's Review of The
Theory of Economic Progress," with Hartwell Byrd, Edited with
Introduction, Journal of Economic Issues,
September 1991.
"Linkages:
A Micro Computer Based Research Program," Journal of Economic Issues, September 1989.
"The
Life and Work of W. Nelson Peach," Review of Institutional Thought, Vol. III, December 1986.
"Louis
Junker's Role in the Formation of the Association for Institutional
Thought," Review of Institutional
Thought, Volume III, December 1986.
"Oligopolistic
Cooperation: Conceptual and Empirical Evidence of Market Structure
Evolution," Journal of Economic
Issues, December, 1985.
"Micro
Macro Literature and the Implications of Centralized Private Sector
Planning," Journal of Economic
Issues, December, 1983.
"Induction
and Instrumentalism in Institutional Thought," Journal of Economic Issues, June 1984.
"A
History of The Association for Institutional Thought," Review of Institutional Thought, Volume
I, December 1981.
Articles
in Books
The Economy as a System of Power Warren Samuels and Marc Tool,
Editors, Reprint, "Oligopolistic
Cooperation: Conceptual and Empirical Evidence of Market Structure
Evolution," Journal of Economic
Issues, 1989.
"The
Petroleum Industry in Perspective," in Crisis
in Confidence: Corporate America, Clarence Danhof and James C. Worthy,
Editors, Sangamon State University Press, Springfield, Illinois, 1975.
Journal
Abstracts
"Oligopolistic
Cooperation: Conceptual and Empirical Evidence of Market Structure
Evolution," Journal of Economic
Literature, June 1986.
"Thorstein
Veblen and Max Weber: Methodological and Theoretical Convergence?,"
Abstract, Atlantic Economic Journal,
September 1983.
"Induction
and the Method of Institutional Economics" with W. D. Williams, Abstract, Review of Institutional Thought,
Volume II, December 1983.
"Micro
Macro Literature and the Implications of Centralized Private Sector
Planning," in Journal of Economic
Literature, September, 1984.
Government
Reports
PURPA Discussion Series: Metering,
PURPA Discussion Series: Master Metering,
PURPA Discussion Series:
PURPA Discussion Series: Information to
Customers, Department of Energy, Office of Utility Systems,
PURPA Discussion Series: Load Management,
Department of Energy, Office of Utility Systems,
Organizing the Consumer Interest to Deal
Energy Issues, with John R. Munkirs and Michael O. Ayers,
Books
Oral history of Institutional Economics, 1950 – present, 12 interviews conducted, manuscript and video CD,
DVD’s in progress.
The Enduring Tension: Conflict Theories in Economic Thought, First Draft of Manuscript
finished
C. E.
Ayres, The Theory of Economic Progress,
Editor and new Introduction, Camera ready and electronic versions, along with
copyright, given to the Association for Evolutionary Economics, January 1996
Alternative
Streams in Economic Analysis with W. Robert Brazelton and Ivan Weinel,
Kendall‑Hunt Publishing Co., 1986, 2nd Edition, December 1991.
A Consumer's Guide to the Economics
of Electric Utility Rate Making, Governor's Office of Manpower
and Human Development, State of Illinois, and U.S. Department of Energy, Office
of Utility Systems, Washington, D. C., 1979.
Selected
Miscellaneous
Referee,
John Franklin Crowell and the
Book
Review, Tragic Conflict and
Incommensurable Choice: An Essay on the
Experience of Deciding. Routledge Press, November 2004
Referee, Pricing Telephone Services under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Journal
of Economic Issues, September 2002
"Association
for Institutional Thought Activities 1980‑1981," International Journal of Social Economics.
"Petroleum
and Power," two‑part essay, Chester Press, Inc.,
"The
Future of the
Research Citations
Joint Ventures in the International
Petroleum Industry: Exploration and Drilling, Ph.D., Dissertation, 1974,
cited in:
John
R. Munkirs, The Transformation of
American Capitalism: From Competitive Market Structures to Centralized Private
Sector Planning. (
Edward
S. Herman, Corporate Control, Corporate
Power (
W.
Nelson Peach, The Energy Outlook for the
1980's, Joint Economic
"Toward
a Theory of Price," presented at the Western Social Science Association
Convention,
Marc
Tool, "Constructs of Value, Freedom, and Equality in Institutional
Economics," The Social Science
Journal, January 1978.
Paul
D. Bush, "A Veblen‑Ayres Model of Institutional Economics," a
paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Convention, April
1978.
James
Swaney, "An Optimal Theory of Price and Resource Allocation," a paper
presented at the Western Social Science Association Convention, April 1981.
"Induction
and Instrumentalism in Institutional Thought," Journal Economic Issues, June 1984, cited in:
Walter
C. Neale, "The Humane and the Human: Assaulting Petr (With a Swipe at Hill
and Owen), Journal of Economic Issues,
September 1984.
Kurt Dopfer, Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 20, 1986.
Glenn,
Behavioral Analysis, Vol. 8, 1985.
Bodily, Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 21,
1987.
James
Webb, Journal of Economic Issues,
Vol. 21, 1987.
"Micro
Macro Literature and the Implications of Centralized Private Sector
Planning," Journal of Economic
Issues, December, 1983.
John
Munkirs, "The Existence and Exercise of Corporate Power: An Opaque
Fact" Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 21, December 1987.
"The
Anational Corporation," presented at the Midwest Economics Association
meetings, April 1982.
William
Dugger, "The Transaction Cost Analysis of Oliver E. Williamson: A New
Synthesis?" Journal of Economic
Issues, March 1983.
Fellowship, Grant and Contract Awards
Grant, Association for
Evolutionary Economics, January 2001-04, $3,000, for Oral History of Institutional
Economics.
Contract with
Assisted in Procurement of
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and associated faculty,
$4,000,000 over 10 years
Agency:
COMBAT/Health and Human Services
Project Title: Evaluation of Combat Effectiveness in Community Education
Results: Grant of $22,000 to Social Sciences
Consortium awarded, September 1999
Agency:
Project
Title: The Evolution of Interlocking Directorates: From Market Management to
Economic Planning
Results: $640
for research assistance. Research is under way and a paper was presented at a
regional economics association meeting that presents some of the early findings
of this project.
Agency:
Project
Title: PURPA Discussion Series.
Results:
$100,000 Contract Awarded for period October 15, 1979 ‑ December 31,
1981. Project completed and five reports published by the Department of Energy.
Agency:
State of
Project
Title: A Guide to Electric Utility Economics
Results:
Two contracts totaling $19,000 awarded.
A
book entitled A Consumers Guide To
Electric Utility Economics was written and published by the State of
Agency:
Administration on Aging
Project
Title: Certificate Program in Gerontology
Results:
UMKC Joint Centers on Aging awarded $60,000 grant in 1980 to conduct training
program leading toward a graduate certificate in gerontology. I participated
as one of the grant conceptualizers and writers and I have taught The Economics
of Aging in the program as well as lectured to other classes on the subject.
Agency:
Project
Title: Post‑Doctoral Fellowship in Aging Studies
Results:
Awarded Fellowship ($3,200) for summer 1978.
National
Science Foundation Summer Research Fellow,
Direction
of Graduate Work
Myles
Gartland, Operational Lock-in of Physician Reimbursement Methods: The Economic
vs. the Institutional Manager, May 03
Director,
Ph.D. Dissertation, Zohreh Niknia, Fall 2001, The
Intersection of Immigration and
Gender:
The Socioeconomic Integration of Iranian Immigrant Women in the
Director,
Ph.D., Dissertation, Jules Townsend, The Effects of Race on Prison Sentence, A
Social and Economic Analysis, May 1997.
Doctoral
Faculty, 1992-present.
Graduate
Faculty, 1979-present.
Doctoral
Committee Director, , John Jumara, Linwood Tauheed
Doctoral Committee, Member, Dean Dohrman,
William Venable, Chris Martin,
Director,
Masters Thesis, Michael Peterson, The Development and Redefinition of the
Service Economy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1989.
Director,
Master Thesis, Michael Kelsey, The Issue of Privatization in Electric
Utilities, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1986-present
Director,
Master Thesis, Mohammad Bozorgnia, The Role of Internal Contradictions and
Trade in the Decline of Feudalism and the Rise of Industrialization, University
of Missouri‑Kansas City, 1982.
Principal
Reader for Master Comprehensives, Institutional Economic Theory,
Principal
reader, Political Economy Ph.D., Comprehensives, 1995- present
Professional Paper Presentations
"QWERTY, Culture and Mudholes "Allied Social
Science Association,
"John Dewey on
Economics and Economic Policy", Western Social Science Association,
"Consumption
Concepts: Maximization, Habitual Inertia, Agency?" With William D.
Williams and Jairo Parada, Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, April 2002
"John Dewey and
Richard Posner on Pragmatism", Allied Social Science Association,
Enron: Reasonable Value and Exploitation Value
with Clayton A.Newton Allied Social Science Association,
Institutional
Theory of Business Cycle,
Drug
Use, Employment in a Social Fabric Analysis, COMBAT Institute, April 2001.
Drug
use patterns in the KC Metro Area COMBAT Research Committee, November 2001
Mudholes,
Qwertys and Economic Analysis, Western Social Science Association,
April 2000.
Global
labor policy and Skills Assessment, Western Social Science
Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April 1999
Reciprocity, a key
concept in Economic Theory, Society
for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Vienna, Austria, July 1998.
Institutional Economics, Principles,
Nature and Scope, Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics,
“Class Structure and
Relatively Homogeneous Labor Markets" with Doug Bowles, Allied Social
Science Association, New Orleans, La, January 1997
"Income Distribution
theory: Institutional and Standard Approaches" Missouri Valley Economics
Association,
"The Enduring Tension
and the Theory of the Firm" Western Social Science Association,
"Relatively Homogeneous
Labor Markets and the Skills Matrix" with Doug Bowles, Society for the
Advancement of Socio-economics,
The
Enduring Tension and the Nature of the Firm, Society for the Advancement of
Socio- Economics, Geneva, Switzerland, July
1996.
The
Nature of the Firm and the Social Fabric Matrix, Association for Evolutionary Economics,
“The
Nature of the Firm: An Institutionalist
Perspective,
"What's
in A Name: Production Technology in the Multinational Automobile
Industry,"
Nature,
Hammers and Picasso, Presidential Address, Association For Evolutionary
Economics, January 1992.
Instrumental
Value Theory and Cultural Relativism, Southwestern Social Science Association,
"Image
and Imagination: An Analysis of Kenneth Boulding's The Image,
"Interlocking
Directorates and Administrative Evolution," Allied Social Sciences
Association,
"Veblen
on Economic Development," Atlantic Economic Society,
"Ceremonial
Values and Valuation in Institutional Theory," Southwestern Social Science
Association,
"Research
Report on Interlocking Directorates," Southwestern Social Science
Association,
"Thorstein
Veblen: Economist, Philosopher, Prophet," presented at the Atlantic Economic
Society Convention,
"The
Collected Papers of John R. Hodges," presented at the Southwestern Social
Science Association Convention,
"Oligopolistic
Cooperation in the Petroleum (Energy) Industry," presented at the Western
Social Science Association Convention,
"The
Evolution of Interlocking Directorates: From Market Management to Economic
Planning," at Western Social Science Association,
"Theory
in Institutional Economics: Some Minor Reservations Concerning the State of the
Art," at the
"Oligopolistic
Cooperation: Conceptual and Empirical Evidence of Market Structure
Evolution," with John R. Munkirs, at the Western Social Science
Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April 26, 1985.
Presidential
Address, Association For Institutional Thought, "
"The Life and Work of
W. Nelson Peach," at Western Social Science Association,
"An Institutional Perspective on
the Contemporary U.S. Economy: Micro/Macro Implications," presented at the
Western Social Science Association Convention,
"Thorstein
Veblen and Max Weber: Theoretical and Methodological Convergence?,"
presented at the Atlantic Economic Society Convention,
"Louis
Junker's Contribution to the Formation of the Association for Institutional
Thought," read at the Western Social Science Association Convention,
"The
Anational Petroleum Industry," presented at the Midwest Economics
Association Convention,
Professional Papers Discussed
Institutionalist
Perspectives of Market Failure, papers by, Edythe Miller, Harry Trebing and
Laurence Schute, Western Social Science Association, Portland, Oregon, April
1990.
Ann
Mayhew, The History of the
Ann Mari
May,
Edward
Sattler, "The Impact of Public Utility Holding Companies ‑ Positive
or Negative," at the
Anne
Mayhew, "Alternative Technologies Versus Institutionalist Ideas About
Technology: A False Issue?" at the Western Social Science
Association Convention,
William
T. Waller, "Ceremonial Encapsulation and Corporate Cultural
Hegemony," at the Western Social Science Association Convention,
John
R. Sellers, "Resources, Technology and the Limits to Growth," at
the Western Social Science Association Convention,
John
W. Mogab, "The Veblenian/Ayresian Dichotomy and the Transfer of Soft
Technologies to LDC's," at the Western Social Science Association
Convention,
Frederick
R. Strobel, "
Roy H.
Vogt, "Corporate Power and the Development of New Competition Policies in
John R.
Munkirs, "An Institutional Analysis of the Post‑ Keynesian Theory of
Oligopoly Pricing," at the Midwest Economics Association Convention,
St.Louis,
Other Professional Activities
Moderator, Economic Policy and Institutions, Western
Social Science Association,
Chairman,
"Public Utility Regulation,"
Chairman,
"Industrial Conduct and Performance," Western Social Science
Association Convention,
Attended,
American Economics Association Convention,
Chairman,
Re‑Examining Earlier Thinkers, Western Social Science Association
Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1983.
Chairman,
Institutional Methodology, Western Social Science Association Convention,
Chairman,
Capitalism and Institutional Economics, Western Economics Association
Convention,
Attended,
Attended, Midwest Council for Social
Research on Aging Seminar,
Attended,
Midwest Council for Social Research on Aging Seminar,
Invited
Lecture, "The FTC Case Against the Major U.S. Oil Companies," at
Panelist,
"The Petroleum Industry," Colloquium on Crisis in Confidence:
Corporate
Invited
Lecture, "Petroleum and the Energy Crisis," Joint Physics and
Chemistry Seminar,
Invited
Lecture, "The Role of Institutions in Industrial Organization,"
Invited
Lecture, "The International Oil Industry: Its Impact on the Middle
East," Arab‑American Friendship Club,
University Service
Faculty Grievance Committee,
1997-present
Salary Committee, 1997-present
Steering Committee, Umkc, Fall 1995.
Space Committee, Umkc, 1996
Affirmative
Action Task Force, UMKC, September 1985 ‑ 1987.
Ph.D. in
Economic and Public Policy Task Force, March 1986.
Board of
Directors, Communiversity, October 1983‑present.
Secretary
of Faculty, College Arts and Sciences,
Steering
Committee,
Secretary,
Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences,
Pre‑professional
Committee,
Bachelor
of General Studies and Program for Adult Continuing Education, College of Arts
and Sciences, University of Missouri‑Kansas City, 1981.
Joe E.
Brown Institutional Economics Award Committee, Economics Department,
Editorial Boards
Member, The Review of Institutional Thought,
1981 ‑ 1984.
Referee,
The Journal of Economic Issues, 1982 –
2004
Referee,
The Journal of Economics, 1984 ‑
87
Referee,
The Social Science Quarterly, 1985 ‑
present.
Referee,
The Social Science Journal, 1990 -
present.
Professional Associations
Member:
Association
for Institutional Thought
Association
for Evolutionary Economics
Atlantic
Economic Society
American
Economic Association
Society
for the Advancement of Socio-economics
Southwestern
Social Science Association
Western
Social Science Association
Community Service
Speech,
"
Advisor, United Methodist Ministers,
Public Hearings on
Advisor,
Underground
Hydroponics Research Committee, Joint Committee of UMKC,
Advisor,
Citizens/Labor Energy Coalition,
Advisor,
Mid‑America Regional Council, "The Impact of
Speech,
"The Impact of
Speech,
"
Speech,
"
Speech,
"Reaganomics: Economic and Ethical Bankruptcy,"
Speech,
"What Will be the New Technology and Job Requirements for the U.S.
Economy," Chamber of Commerce,
Panel
Member, "Energy Lifestyles 80's Seminars," sponsored by Macy's and
Consumer Action Now,
Session
Organizer and Convener, "The New Economics," World Future Society,
International Convention,
Presenter,
"Economic Power, Nutrition and the Food Supply," Conference on
Creating a Sustainable Stable Food Supply,
Member,
Natural Gas Issues Study Committee, American Friends Society,
Coordinator
of Student Research Assistants for City Development Department,
Television
Programs
"
"Wolf
Creek Perspectives," 10 minute KYFC, Channel 50,
"Wolf
Creek Perspectives," 1 hour program KCPT, Channel 19,
"
Interview,
"Reaganomics: is it Working," Channel 4,
Radio
Programs
Faculty
Club, Station KCUR, September 1985.
Interview, "Proposition B in
Interview,
"Reaganomics," Station KCMO,
Interview,
"The Impact of
Interview,
"The Dissolution of AT&T," Station KCUR,
Interview,
"The Economics of Aging," Station KCUR,
Interview,
"Inflation and Wage Price Controls", Station KCUR,
Interview,
"Unemployment, Inflation and Corporations," Station KRHA,
Newspaper
Interviews and Stories
Interview,
"
Interview,
"The Cancellation of Callaway II Nuclear Plant,"
Interview,
"Regulatory Practices of the
Interview
and Story, "The Energy Crisis," State Journal Register,
Interview,
The Revised KCPLAN,
Interview,
"Poverty Standards in the
Interview,
"Rate increases for KCP&L and KG&E," Kansas City Times, May
1985.
Honors and Awards
Award
from City of
Western
Social Science Association, Certificate
of Appreciation and Commendation, for excellence in service as program
chairman, 1984.
Expert Testimony
Before
the Federal Trade Commission ‑
FTC v.
Reichhold Chemicals Corp., 1977, Docket # D9076, testimony concerning relevant
market and effects on competition of the acquisition of Corrulux Corp.
Before
the
Consumers
Gas Company of
Central
Illinois Light Company Diversification proceeding, Direct Testimony, Docket #84‑0413,
November 20, 1984.
Union
Electric Company's rate increase proceeding, Direct Testimony, Callaway II
Nuclear Plant Cancellation, Docket # 82‑0525, February 2, 1983.
Union
Electric Company's rate increase proceeding, Rebuttal Testimony, Callaway II
Nuclear Plant Cancellation, Docket # 82‑0525, March 9, 1983.
Commonwealth
Edison's Company's rate increase proceeding, Direct Testimony, Rate of Growth
of Demand, Air Conditioner Saturation, Docket # 82‑0026, February 3,
1983.
Commonwealth
Edison's interim rate increase proceeding, Direct Testimony, Evaluation of Bond
Rating Methodology by Commission Staff, Docket # 80‑0546, October 1980.
Before
the Kansas Corporation Commission ‑
Kansas
Gas & Electric, Kansas City Power & Light, General Hearing, Docket
#142,098‑U, May 1985.
June 1985
Kepco's
participation in Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Direct Testimony,
Docket # 120 783‑U, July 1, 1980.
Before
Bain and
Brashears v. Champlin Oil Company, Docket # 77‑0674 CVW‑4, Western
District of Missouri, October 19, 1981.
William
M. Page v. Mobil Oil Corporation, Docket # 75CV 399‑W‑5, Western
District of Missouri, January 18, 1982.
Rodney
M. Mitchell v. Emporia State University and John Visser et al., Docket # 78‑4189,
District of Kansas, August 10, 1981.
Before
Leonard
Homalka Case, Expected In‑home Medical Care Costs, March 1981.
Before
the
Nuclear
Power Costs due to Plant Shutdowns, House Committee on Consumer Protection,
January 1983.