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Pascal T. Ngoboka
Professor
Discipline: Economics
Office: 122C South Hall
Phone: 715-425-3335
Email: pascal.t.ngoboka@uwrf.edu
Research Interests:
My current research is in the areas of Taxation and Tax Policy Changes and their Implications, and Pedagogical issues in the teaching of Principles of Economics courses. In these studies , I have applied various statistical tools such as regression analysis and ANOVA.
Publications:
- “Does Class Size Affect Student Academic Performance in a Micro- or Macroeconomics Principles?”, with Brian Schultz. Southwestern Journal of Economics, Vol. X (No.1), June 2007.
Papers Presented:
- "Does Class Size Affect Student Academic Performance in Micro- or Macroeconomics Principles? The Case of UW-River Falls", with Brian Schultz. A revised version of the paper presented at the Southwestern Economics Association Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX, April 13-15,2006.
- “Strategies for Raising Sufficient Tax Revenues for Sustained Development in Uganda” presented at an International conference on “Globalization: Africa’s Quest for Sustained Development”, Kampala, Uganda, June 20-25, 2005.
- "Taxation and Tax Structure Changes and Related Institutional Reforms and their Implications for Economic Development in Africa", Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan. 3-5, 2004.
Conferences Attended:
- The University of Wisconsin System/Spelman College NSF Grant Planning Conference: “Science and Social Transformation”, Accra, Ghana July 27-31, 2006.
- Southwestern Social Science Association/Southwestern Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 12-15, 2006. Chair of sessions on “Education Production Function and Content” and “Macroeconomic Issues”.
- The University of Wisconsin System/Spelman College NSF Grant Planning Conference: “Science and Social Transformation”, Atlanta, GA, March 24-26, 2006.
- UW System Institute for Global Studies, “Meeting Global Education Challenges 2005: Best Practices in International Education”, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, October 30-Nov.1, 2005.
- Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA)/American Economics Association (AEA) Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan 3-5, 2004. Discussant of a paper titled "The Contribution of Income, Social Capital and Institutions to Human Well-being in Africa".
Research Grants:
- Selected by the UW-System’s Senior V.P. for Academic Affairs to serve on a University of Wisconsin System/Spelman College Steering Committee for an NSF Research Project on “Science and Social Transformation: A Collaboration between the University of Wisconsin/Spelman and Institutions In Sub-Saharan Africa”, May 2005-Present.
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