Richard J. Agnello
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Associate Professor of Economics
414 Purnell Hall agnellor |
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, John Hopkins University, MD, 1970
- B.A., Economics, University of Rochester, NY, 1964
Teaching Interests:
- Econometrics
- Economic Forecasting
- Marine Resources
Activities and Honors:
- Grants: New Castle County; Postal Rate Commission; Research Foundation, University of Delaware; Sea Grant Program
- Consultant: National Marine Fishery Service; Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; The Governor of the State of Delaware's Port of Wilmington Commission; Delaware State Planning Office, Population Forecasts
- Affiliated Faculty, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
Recent Publications:
- "Race and Art: Prices for African American Painters and Their Contemporaries," Journal of Black Studies, forthcoming.
- "Investment Returns and Risk for Art: Evidence from Auctions of American Paintings." Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 28, No. 4: 443-464, Fall, 2002.
- Book Review of Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art in Economic History Services, May, 2002.
- "Returns and risk for art: findings from auctions of American paintings differentiated by artist, genre, and quality," Economics of Art Auctions (G. Mossetto and M. Vecco, eds.), Franco Angeli, Milano, pp.39-70. 2002.
- "Property Rights and Efficiency in the Oyster Industry" (with L. Donnelley), originally published, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 18, No. 2, 521-533; reprinted in Tom Tietenberg et al, eds., The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy, Vol. II, Nov., 2001.



