William Schaffer
Retired School Chair-Academic
- School of Economics
Overview
Dr. Schaffer, professor emeritus, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University. He specializes in constructing regional inter-industry models and in economic impact analysis in areas including Hawaii, Georgia, and Nova Scotia.
His books include Cost-Benefit Analysis and On Input-Output Models and Regional Planning (now on Springer Book Archive site), His latest publication, recently translated into Farsi, is electronic: “Economic Impact Models in The Web Book of Regional Science at West Virginia University.”
Schaffer has been a member of the International Council of the Regional Science Association and was president of the North American Regional Science Council in 1996-7. He received the Faculty of the Year award of the Student Government Association at Georgia Tech in 1990. He is currently involved with the Americans for the Arts on a study of the Economic Impact of Arts on cities across America.
Courses Taught:
- ECON 4421: Urban and Regional Economics
- ECON 4620: History of Economic Thought
Interests
Focuses:
- Europe
- United States
- United States - Georgia
- Regional Development
- Urban Economic Development
Courses
- ECON-4421: Urban & Regional Econ
- ECON-4620: History-Economic Thought