Professor Jerome Laurent Economics Department Professor Emeritus
	Professor Jerome Laurent - Economic History, Comparative, Economic Systems

• Ph.D., Economics, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1973

• M.A., Economics, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1963

• B.A., cum laude, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1961

Courses Taught

• 230-201 Principles of Microeconomics
• 230-202 Principles of Macroeconomics
• 230-341 Government and Business
• 230-354 Money and Banking
• 230-359 Comparative Economic Systems
• 230-404 History of Economic Thought
• 230-441 Industrial Organization

Research:

Professor Laurent's research interests have been in Great Lakes transportation history, the modern economies of Eastern Europe and Russia, and in college teaching issues. He has articles in Explorations in Economic History , Journal of Transport History, International Journal of Maritime History, and International Journal of Technology Management. He has chapters in International Trade and Finance: A North American Perspective (1988) and in Management Education and Training: Understanding Eastern European Perspectives (1994). He was the editor of The Larger Responsibilities of Distinguished Teaching (1983). His book reviews are in the Journal of Economic History, Comparative Economic Studies and online with EH.NET, a service of the Economic History Association, among others.

Dr. Laurent's research is about the economic organization of Great Lakes transportation in the pre-World War I years.