Economics and the Common Law: Cases and Analysis
Allan DeSerpa (Ph. D., UC Santa Barbara, 1970) joined the ASU economics faculty in 1974 after holding prior positions at Louisiana State University and the Naval Postgraduate School. His early work in the theory of time allocation and value has been widely-cited internationally, particularly his "Theory of the Economics of Time (Economic Journal, 1971) and "On the Comparative Statics of the Theory of Time Allocation," (Canadian Journal of Economics, 1975). Professor DeSerpa has also made important contributions to the economic theory of clubs ("A Theory of Discriminatory Clubs," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1977) and public goods ("Congestion, Pollution, and Impure Public Goods," Public Finance, 1978); imperfect competition ("Hotelling Models: A General Equilibrium Approach," Southern Economic Journal, 1986); the history of economic thought ("Pigou and Coase in Retrospect," Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1993); and applied microeconomics ("Bru-u-u-ce: The Simple Economics of Mob Goods," Public Choice, 1996).     At ASU, DeSerpa has a strong reputation for teaching excellence, with a very broad base of teaching interests, including graduate level courses in micro theory and a variety of applied courses at the undergraduate level. The long menu of DeSerpa's undergraduate courses includes industrial organization, public finance, economic analysis of law, mathematical economics, and the history of economic thought. He is also a very active supporter of student activities, having served as faculty advisor to the undergraduate students' Economics Association and the ASU chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon.     Outside of his professional activities, DeSerpa is an avid tournament bridge player, with numerous regional and sectional titles to his credit. He has also authored two successful books on the subject.