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Robert Girtz

Robert Girtz

Robert Girtz

Assistant Professor/ Undergraduate Business Program Coordinator

Department

College of Business and Information Systems

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Middle Tennessee State University, 2012
M.A., Economics, Middle Tennessee State University, 2009
B.S., Applied Statistics, St. Cloud State University, 2006

Biography

Rob Girtz is an assistant professor of business and economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Middle Tennessee State University with specializations in labor economics and applied econometrics and has published research articles in outlets such as the Journal of Labor Research, Labour, the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, and the Economics Bulletin. Rob primarily teaches principles of microeconomics, business statistics I, and business statistics II. He is a member of the honors faculty and regularly offers an honors section of principles of microeconomics.

Contact

Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5165
Email
Website

Girtz teaching interests include:

  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Applied Econometrics

“The Mediation Effect of Self-esteem on Weight and Earnings” (with Ron DeBeaumont), Atlantic Economic Journal, 47(4), 415-427, 2019.


“Risk Preferences, Responsibility, and Self-Monitoring in a Stag Hunt” (with Joshua Hill and Mark Owens), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 68, 53-61, 2017.


“The Effects of Personality Traits on Wages: A Quantile Regression Approach”, Economics Bulletin, 35(4), 2174-2183, 2015.


“The Mediation Effect of Education on Self-esteem and Wages,” Journal of Labor Research, 35(4), 358-372, 2014.


“The Effects of Personality Traits on Wages: A Matching Approach,” Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 26(4), 455-471, 2012.

  • Midwest Economics Association Conference, Evanston, IL. March 23 – 25, 2018. “The Mediation Effect of Self-esteem on Weight and Wages”
  • Midwest Economics Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN. March 27 – 29, 2015. “Non-Cognitive Factors and Economics Behavior”
  • Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD. April 3rd, 2014. “Wages, Education, and Personality”
  • Midwest Economics Association Conference, Evanston, IL. March 21-23, 2014. “The Mediation Effect of Education on Self-esteem and Wages”
  • Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD. February 19th, 2013. “The Effects of Personality Traits on Wages: A Matching Approach”, and “Self-Monitoring and Risk Preferences: Responsibility in the Stag Hunt”.
  • Academy of economics and Finance, Jacksonville, FL. February 9 – 12, 2011. “The Effects of Personality Traits on Wages: A Matching Approach”.
  • Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. October 29th, 2010. “The Effects of Personality Traits on Wages: A Matching Approach”.