Mahlon Straszheim

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Biography

Professor Mahlon Straszheim received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1966. He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard 1966-71 and joined Maryland's faculty in 1971. He served as chair of the Department from 1988-2005. His research interests are urban economics, transportation economics, local labor markets, and regional models of the State of Maryland and its sub-regions. He served as advisor to Maryland Governors Schaefer and Glendening from 1992-1998, and has provided quarterly economic forecasts of the Maryland economy to the Comptroller since 1992. He has frequently appeared before committees of the Maryland General Assembly as well as other public and private sector groups, addressing topics on the State economy, tax revenues and tax policy, and economic development policy. He teaches topics in applied microeconomics and U.S. economic policy, and a seminar in the University Honors program and in the Department's principles sequence.

Areas of Interest:
urban economics, transportation economics, local labor markets, and regional models of the State of Maryland and its sub-regions

Research

Please visit http://www.econ.umd.edu/~straszheim for more information.

Teaching - Fall 2008