He successfully combines his professional expertise with enthusiasm, teaching skill and commitment to create a foundation upon which he builds students' interests in, and understanding of, a rapidly changing global economy.
Undergraduates are more than just an enjoyable audience.
They are also members of society's jury that judges all scholarly research. If you're searching for a research frontier where you can have a real impact, ask yourself what unresolved issues are worth teaching to undergraduates. The best research starts from a good issue, not from a good technique or good data or a past literature. Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award in 1995. He generously commits his time and support to students, inside and outside the classroom, as well as to the Senior Honor Thesis program in Economics, which he has organized since 1991.