Contact Economics

“Adrift and Focused in Academia: The Chair’s Role,” in The Department Chair 23:1 pp 8-10, Summer 2012

“Segregation by Class Within Racial/Ethnic Groups in Chicago,” Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society. Spring 2011 52:1 p 1-21

“Distribution of Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coccinellidae) across Illinois,” Moneen M. Jones and Erick Howenstine Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society Fall 2008 50:2 1-19

“Grassland Birds: The Cook County Nesting Season Bird Census,” Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society Sanders, Elizabeth and Erick Howenstine Fall 2003

Expectations and Reality: A Case Study of Mexican Migration to Eastern Washington. Migration World* No.1 / 2: 1996 pp 16-19.

"Measuring Demographic Change: The Split Tract Problem," The Professional Geographer November, 1993.

"Market Segmentation for Recycling", Environment and Behavior, January, 1993. 25:1, 86-102.

"20 Years of Media and Development in Latin America: Trajectories by Canonical Correlation". Gazette: International Journal of Mass Communication Studies: Amsterdam Feb. 1991.

"Applications of a Poster Assignment as a Teaching Device in Geography," Journal of Geography in Higher Education, October 1988: E. Howenstine, I. Hay, E. Delaney, J. Bell, F. Norris, A. Whelan, M. Pirani, T. Chow and A. Ross. pp 139-147

"Environmental Reporting: Shift from 1972 to 1980" Journalism Quarterly, January 1988. pp 842-845

"Suburbanization and Segregation in Chicago" Chapter, In EthniCity. (1996). C. Roseman, G. Thieme, and H. D. Laux, eds. Rowman and Littlefield p. 31-50

Using GIS to Reduce Automobile Traffic: A Case Study of University Commuters, Proceedings. Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research. June 17, 1994

"Towards a Schematic Model of Communications Media and Development in Latin America" In Collapsing Space and Time: Geographic aspects of communication and information. S. Brunn and T. Leinbach, eds. London: Harper Collins 1991 pp 278-301 (chapter 13)

Misperception of Destination Encouraging Migration of Mexican Labor to Yakima Valley, Washington. Dissertation, University of Washington 11/3/89.

“The Growth of In-Kind Education Transfers: Explaining How Households without Children Have Supported Schools” (w/ H. Kurban and J. Persky) [forthcoming, Public Finance Review]

“The Fiscal Externality of Multifamily Housing and its Impact on the Property Tax: Evidence from Cities and Schools: 1980 - 2010”, Regional Science and Urban Economics.  60, 2016: 249 – 259.

“Demographic Changes and Education Expenditures: A Reinterpretation” (w/ H. Kurban & J. Persky), Economics of Education Review.  45(1), 2015: 103 – 108. 

“An Examination of Cannibalization Effects within the Riverboat Gaming Industry: The Case of Illinois-Area Casinos”, Growth and Change. 45(1), 2014: 41 – 59.

“Shipping Costs, Information Costs, and the Sources of Industrial Co-Agglomeration”, Journal of Regional Science.  53(2), 2013: 304 – 331.

“Small Homes, Public Schools, and Property Tax Capitalization” (w/ H. Kurban & J. Persky), Regional Science and Urban Economics.  63(2), 2013: 622 – 428.

“Estimating Local Redistribution Through Property-Tax-Funded School Systems” (w/ H. Kurban & J. Persky),
National Tax Journal.  65(3), 2012: 629 – 652.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Small-Area Cross-Tabulations” (w/ H. Kurban, G. A. Kurban, & J. Persky), CityScape. 13(3), 2011: 225 – 235. 

Estimating the New Keynesian Phillips Curve for the U.K.: Evidence from the Inflation-Indexed Bonds Market. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Forthcoming.

A Fresh Look at Integration of Risks in the International Stock Markets: A Wavelet Approach. Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming.

The Dynamic Relationship between Housing Prices and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from OECD Countries. (with N. Kundan Kishor). The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2017, Vol 54(2): 237-268.

The Role of Push and Pull Factors in Driving Global Capital Flows. Applied Economics Quarterly, 2016, 62(2): 117-146.

Monetary policy's time-varying impact on the US bond markets: Role of financial stress and risks. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2015, 34: 103-123.

Wenz, Michael G. "Valuing Casinos as a Local Amenity." Growth and Change 14, no. 1 (2014): 136-158.

Wenz, Michael. "A Proposal for Incentive-Compatible Revenue Sharing in Major League Baseball." Journal of Sport Management 26, no. 6 (2012): 479-489.

Wenz, Michael G., and Wei-Choun Yu. "Term Time Employment and the Academic Performance of Undergraduates." Journal of Education Finance 35, no. 4 (Spring 2010): 358-373.

Wenz, Michael G. "Matching Estimation, Casino Gambling and the Quality of Life." Annals of Regional Science 42, no. 1 (2008): 235-249.

Wenz, Michael G. "The Spatial Evolution of Casino Gambling." Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 10, no. 3 (2008): 203-228.