Bill and Connie Bowen Odyssey Professor of Economics and Business,
Hendrix College
Tom Stanley is the Bill and Connie Bowen Odyssey Professor of Economics. He teaches Econometrics, Economics Research, History of Economic Thought, Statistics, Survey of Economic Issues, and Management Science. He joined the Hendrix Faculty in 1986 and earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University. Over the last several years, he has specialized in meta-analysis and developed statistical methods for meta-regression analysis and for detecting and correcting publication selection bias. Selected publications include:
- "Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review, " Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15 (2001), 131-50—online at JSOR.
- “Meta-Regression Methods for Detecting and Estimating Empirical Effect in the Presence of Publication Selection,” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics,70(2008):103-27.
“Beyond Publication Bias,” Journal of Economic Surveys, 19 (3) (2005), 309-347.- "Gender Wage Discrimination Bias? A Meta-Regression Analysis," Journal of Human Resources, 33 (1998), 947-973 (with Stephen B. Jarrell).
- "Does Unemployment Hysteresis Falsify the Natural Rate Hypothesis? A Meta-Regression Analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, 18 (2004), 1-28.
- “A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Common Currencies on International Trade,” Journal of Economic Surveys, 19 (2005), 347-365 (with Andrew K. Rose).
- “Integrating the Empirical Tests of the Natural Rate Hypothesis: A Meta-Regression Analysis,” Kyklos, 58 (2005), 587-610.
- “Meta-Regression Analysis as the Socio-Economics of Economics Research” Journal of Socio-Economics,37(2008): 276–292(with Chris Doucouliagos and Stephen Jarrell).
- "New Wine In Old Bottles: A Meta-Analysis of Ricardian Equivalence," Southern Economic Journal, 64 (1998), 713-727.
- "Meta-Regression Analysis: A Quantitative Method of Literature Surveys," Journal of Economic Surveys, 3 (1989), 161-170 (with Stephen B. Jarrell).
Dr. Stanley's working papers include:
