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Robert J. Brent |
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| Personal details: |
Married, two children, US Citizen. |
| Permanent Position: |
1995 - Present: Professor, Department of Economics, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York 10458. e-mail: brent@fordham.edu; phone (718) 817 4058. |
| Previous Position: |
1998 - 1999: (On leave) Senior Research Fellow and Co-ordinator for Strategic Planning and Governance Program, Asian Development Bank Institute, Kasumigaseki Building 8F, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6008, Japan |
| Other Positions: |
1980 - 1995: Associate Professor, Fordham University, USA.
1977 - 1980: Assistant Professor, University of Essex, England.
1974 - 1977: Assistant Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
1971 - 1974: Assistant Professor, Nottingham-Trent University, England. |
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| Other Appointments: |
Spring 2007: Visiting Professor, Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Spring 2003: Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Spring 2002: Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, School of Nursing and International Health, Washington D.C.
Jan 1995 – July 1997: Research Scientist / Economist (Part Time) Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962.
Spring 1993: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York.
Fall 1992: Adjunct, Program in Economic Policy Management, Columbia University, New York. [New Masters Program Sponsored by the World Bank.]
Summer 1992: Fellow and Visiting Professor of Economics, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India. [Health Care Finance Project.]
Spring 1987: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Syracuse University, New York.
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| Fields of Interest: |
Health (I1). Development (O1). Public Economics (HO). |
| Education: |
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Year |
| Ph.D. |
Economics |
University of Manchester (UK) |
1976 |
| M.A. Econ. |
Economics |
University of Manchester (UK) |
1969 |
| B.A. Econ. |
Economics |
University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) |
1968 |
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| Curriculum Vitae: Full Version [PDF] |
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| HIV/AIDS Cost Benefit Analysis Papers |
| Does female education prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF] |
| A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Female Primary Education as a Means of Reducing HIV/AIDS in Tanzania [PDF] |
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Condom Social Marketing Program in Tanzania [PDF]
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| Mental Health Cost Benefit Analysis Papers |
| The Role of User Fees in the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Privatization with an Application to Inpatient Psychiatric Services in the US [PDF] |
| Tax Implications of Cost Shifting in Cost-Benefit Analysis in Mental Health [PDF] |
| A Simple Method for Converting a CEA into a CBA with an Application to Mental Health Expenditures [PDF] |
| Estimating the Effectiveness and Benefits of Alcohol Treatment Programs for Use in Economic Evaluations [PDF] |
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The Role of Public and Private Transfers in the Cost-Benefit analysis of Privatization with an Application to Hospital Psychiatric Services in the US [PDF ]
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| Other Published Papers |
| Country Estimates of Social Discount Rates Based on Changes in Life Expectancy [PDF] |
| CFmHA Social Discount Rate [PDF] |
| Imputing Weights Behind Past Railway Closure Decisions with a Cost-Benefit Framework [PDF] |
| On the Estimation Technique to Reveal Government Distributional Weights [PDF] |
| Shadow Prices for a Physicians Services [PDF] |
| A Three Objective Social Welfare Function for Cost-Benefit Analysis [PDF] |
| Distinguishing Between Money Income and Utility Income in Cost-Benefit Analysis [PDF] |
| The Consumption Rate of Interest and the Numbers Effect [PDF] |
| The Numbers Effect and the Shadow Wage Rate in Project Appraisal [PDF] |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis, User Prices and State Expenditures in India [PDF] |
| Lagged Reactions in Short-run Estimates of Tax Shifting of Company Income and Sales Taxes in Kenya [PDF] |
| The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Government Loans [PDF] |
| Use of Distributional Weights in Cost-Benefit Analysis - A Survey of Schools [PDF] |
| A Cross-Section Framework for Estimating Jointly the Extent of Shifting of Sales and Company Income Taxes, with an Application to Kenya [PDF] |
| A New Approach to Valuing a Life [PDF] |
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An Axiomatic Basis for the Three Objective Social Welfare Function within a Poverty Context [PDF]
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