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Nicholas Lash

Nicholas Lash , Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Office #: Maguire Hall 562
Phone: 312-915-7074
E-mail: nlash@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Economics, Wayne State University, 1971
  • M.A., Economics, Wayne State University, 1967
  • B.A., Economics, Wayne State University, 1962

Research Interests

  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Minority Banking
  • Financial intermediation and economic development.

    Professional Associations

    • American Finance Association
    • Midwest Finance Association

    Professional Activities

  • Have Refereed for:
    • Journal of Economic Asymmetries
    • Journal of Developing Areas
    • Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
    • Journal of Economics and Business
    • Quarterly Journal of Business Economics
    • Accounting and Business Research
    • Journal of Economics

    Awards

    • John F. Kennedy - William Fulbright Scholar in Economics and Finance, National Institute of Development
      Administration , Bangkok, Thailand (June to October 1988)
    • Undergraduate Business Faculty of the Year Awards: (teaching excellence)
      Loyola University (April 1981. April 1992 and April 1998)
    • MBA outstanding Faculty (teaching excellence), Loyola University (May 2001 and May 1982)
    • Fulbright-Hays Research Aboard Award (Summer 1980)

    Courses Taught

    • FINC 347 Financial Institutions
    • FINC 332 Business Finance
    • GSB 450 Financial Management
    • GSB 456 Management of Financial Institutions
    • GSB 552 Financial Institutions (Bangkok)

    Research Listings

    REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
    "Asymmetric Finance: Issues in Micro Finance," Journal of Asymmetric Economics, Vol 5, No 1 2008
    "Government Economic Policies and Corruption," Journal of International Finance and Economics, Vol III, no. 3, 2006, 18-25 2006 , Co-Authors: Bala Batavia
    "Black-Owned Banks: A Survey of Issues," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol 10, No. 2 2005
    "Corruption and Economic Development," Journal of Economic Asymmetries, May, V olume 1, No.1, pp.85-105 2004
    "Black Banks and Community Development," International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, Volume 11, number 4, October -December 2003
    "The Effect of Group Homes on Neighborhood Property Values," Land Economics, November 2000 , Co-Authors: P. F. Colwell, C. A. Dehring
    PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
    "Presentation: Thai Corruption: An International Comparison," Conference on Thai Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, October 29, 2008., 2009
    "Challenges in Asymmetric Finance," Athenian Policy Forum, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 2008
    "Economic Intervention, Per-Capita Income and Corruption," Athenian Policy Forum, Athens, Greece, July 12, 2008, Co-presenting: Bala Batavia
    "Presentation: Asymmetric Finance: Issues in Finance," Athenian Policy Forum, Loyola University Chicago, January 4, 2007
    "Government Economic Policies and Corruption," Academy of International Business and Economics, October 16, 2006, Co-presenting: Bala Batavia
    ""Asymmetries in US Banking: The Role of Black-Owned Banks.," Athenian Policy Forum, Frankfurt, Germany, July 30 2004
    "Corruption and Economic Development," Athenian Polilcy Forum, Chicago, IL, August 17, 2002
    "The Thai Banking Crisis," Athenian Policy Forum, Izmir, Turkey, August 2000
    "The Effect of Group Homes on Neighborhood Property Values," European Network for Housing Research Meetings, Gavle, Sweden, June 2000 , Co-presenting: P.F. Colwell, C.A. Dehring
    "The Rise and Fall of the Thai Economy," Athenian Policy Forum, Loyola University Chicago, May 1999
    "The Effect of Group Homes on Neighborhood Property Values," American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, New York, January 1999 , Co-presenting: P.F. Colwell and C. A. Dehring
    BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
    Asymmetries in Financial Globalization (edited) (Athenian Policy Forum Press) , 2002 , Bala Batavia and A.G. Malliaris
    CONTRIBUTIONS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
    "Assymetries in US Banking: The Role of Black-owned Banks," Volbert Alexander and Hans-Helmut Kotz eds., Global Divergence in Trade, Money and Policy, (Edward Elgar Publishing), 2006
    "Thailand's Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective," B. Batavia,, N. Lash, A.G. Malliaris, eds., Asymmetries in Financial Globalization, 2002
    "The Impact of Agricultural Policies of the EU and NAFTA on World Trade," C. Paraskevopoulos, A. Kintis and A. Kondanassis eds., (Globalization and the Political Economy of Trade Policy (Athenian Policy Forum Press), 2001 , Co-Authors: B. Batavia, A. G. Malliaris
    "Anthony Overton," (The Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Greenwood Press), 1999
    "Banking, Chicago Community Development Banks, and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)," (The Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Greenwood Press), 1999
    "Jesse Binga," (The Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Greenwood Press), 1999
    "NAFTA, EU and World Trade in Agriculture," Christos C. Paraskevopoulos eds., (Global Trading Arrangements in Transition (Studies in Economic Transformation and Public Policy Series), 1998 , Co-Authors: B. Batavia, A. G. Malliaris
    OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY
    "(Invited Paper) Global Corruption: Causes and Consequences," Harvard College Economic Review, 2008

    Research in Progress

    Title: Microfinance Institutions and Public Policy
    Area of Research: Microfinance