BRUCE A. SEAMAN, PH.D.

July 2005

Contact Information:

Office Address

Economics/Policy Research Center
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Office #532,
Department of Economics,
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies,
Georgia State University,
14 Marietta Street,
Atlanta, GA 30303

(Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302-3992)

Phone: 404-651-2775
E-Mail: bseaman@gsu.edu
Web: http://www.gsu.edu/~ecobas/ecobas.html

Home Address

748 Myrtle Street, N.E.
(Mailing Address, P.O. Box 55230)
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-892-4095
secobas@aol.com

Educational Background

A.B. Economics and Political Science (Magna Cum Laude with Honors), Albright College, 1972

M.A. Economics, University of Chicago, 1974

Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago, 1978

Other Universities Attended

American University, Washington, D.C.

University of Graz, Austria

Professional Experience

Research Associate, Non-Profit Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, June 2003 - present.

Affiliated Faculty, Fiscal Research Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, June 15, 1993-present

Chairman, Dept. of Economics, GSU, April 10, 1989 - June 15, 1993.

Associate Professor of Economics, GSU, 1985 - present.

Joint Appointment, Dept. of Management, College of Business Administration, 1997 - 2001

Joint Appointment, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Spring 2000 - present.

Member of the Faculty of the School of Public Administration and Urban Studies, GSU, 1989 - 2001.

Forensic Economics Consultant/Expert Witness, 1983 - present. (Antitrust, Business Litigation, Civil Tort)

Director of Graduate Studies and Doctoral Coordinator, Dept. of Economics, GSU, 1985 - 1989.

Assistant Professor of Economics, GSU, 1978 - 1985.

Staff Economist and Consultant, Federal Trade Commission, 1978- 1983 (Antitrust and Consumer Protection).

Instructor, Dept. of Economics, Indiana University, Northwest, 1974 - 1977.

Lecturer, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 1977.

Lecturer, Division of Social Sciences, DePaul University, 1977.

Selected Awards and Citations/Professional Affiliations

Expert member of The Cultural Commons (internet site for experts in cultural economics), Center for Arts and Culture, Washington D.C., 2003 - present

Member of Planning Committee for 2003 and 2004 Wichita Workshop on Appraisal for Ad Valorem Taxation of Communications, Energy and Transportation Properties, National Tax Association

President, Association for Cultural Economics, International, 2000-2002. Immediate Past President, 2002-2004. President-Elect, 1998-2000.

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Albright College, May, 1997.

Chair, Nominating Committee, Association for Cultural Economics International, 1992 and 1996

Deardon Fellow, Albright College, Spring 1996.

Appointed by Georgia Secretary of State, Max Cleland, to the Ethics/Campaign Reform Blue Ribbon Committee, 1991.

Distinguished Professor Award, Mortar Board Society, Winter 1989, Georgia State University.

Cited in two cases by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: McDermott v. M.E.C.C.A., No. 86-8125, June 30, 1986; and Delong Equipment Co. v. Washington

Mills Electro Min., No. 92-8049, May 17, 1993.

Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1972-1976.

Academic Award of Merit and Golden "A" Award, Albright College, 1971 and 1972.

Current Member of the American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, National Association of Forensic Economists, Association for Cultural Economics International, Omicron Delta Epsilon and Alpha Phi Omega. 

Fields of Specialization

Applied Microeconomics

Cultural/Entertainment Economics; Sports Economics

Industrial Organization, Antitrust, and Government Regulation

Law and Economics/Forensic Economics

Public Sector Economics/Taxation

Economic Impact Analysis

Publications/Under Review

“Competition and the Non-Profit Arts: The Lost Industrial Organization Agenda,” (Presidential Address to the Association for Cultural Economics,
International), Journal of Cultural Economics, August 2004, 28(3): 167- 193.

“The Economics of Cigarette Taxation: Lessons for Georgia.” State Tax Notes, May 31,2004: 1-28.

International Trade and Economic Development Strategy: Can Foreign Direct Investment be Predicted? (with Robert E. Moore). Fiscal Research Center (Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University), Report No. 90, December 2003.

“Sexual Orientation and the Demand for the Arts” (with Gregory Lewis), Social Science Quarterly, 85 (No. 2, September 2004): 523-538.

“Deregulation of Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities for State and Local Tax Policy,”(with W. Bartley Hildreth), Chapter 8 in State and Local Finances Under Pressure, edited by David Sjoquist Edward Elgar Publishers, 2003

“The Economic Impact of the Arts,” Chapter 27 in The Handbook of Cultural Economics, Ruth Towse, editor, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003
“Cultural and Sports Economics: Conceptual Twins?” Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 27, No. 2, May 2003: 81-126.

“Beyond Economic Impact,” Chapter 9 in Arts in a New Millenium: Research and the Arts Sector, edited by Valerie B. Morris and David B. Pankratz, Greenwood Publishing Group (Praeger Publishers), 2003.

National Investment in the Arts, (Issue Paper Monograph), Center for Arts and Culture, Washington, D.C., March 2002, 67 pages

Book Review, The Public Life of the Arts in America, Rutgers University Press, 2000, edited by J.Cherbo and M. Wyszominski, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 26, No. 2, May 2002: 157-160.

“An Economic Analysis of Arts Labor Markets: Lessons from Sports, Papers and Proceedings of the Conference on Artists’ Career Development and Artists’ Labor Markets, Support and Policies for Artists, Japan Association for Cultural Economics, May 1999: 134-144.

"An Analysis of Franchise Fees in Georgia," Fiscal Research Program, Georgia State University, August 1999

"Criminal Behavior in General Equilibrium: Who Benefits from Crime?" (with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez), Journal of Socio- economics ,Volume 26, Number 3, 1997, pp. 303-324.

A Local Option Sales Tax for DeKalb County? An Analysis, Research Atlanta, Inc., (Policy Research Center, GSU), 1995. Atlanta-in-DeKalb; Double Taxation, Tax Assessment, and Library Services (with Theodore H. Poister), Research Atlanta, Inc., (Policy Research Center, GSU), 1994.

Book Review of The Economics of Art and Culture: An American Perspective, by Heilbrun and Gray, Cambridge University Press, 1993, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1994.

"The Economic and Social Impact of the Home Service Insurance Industry," Industry Series No. 2, Dept. of Economics, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University Business Press, 1993.

"Considerations in Adapting Industrial Organization Theory to the International Trade in Cultural Goods," in Cultural Economics, edited by Ruth Towse and Abdul Khakee, Springer- Verlag, Berlin, 1992, pp. 153-162.

"Functional Discounts, Trade Discounts, Price Discrimination and the Robinson-Patman Act (with Arnold Celnicker), Utah Law Review, November 1989, pp. 813-858.

"Arts Impact Studies: A Fashionable Excess," in Economic Impact of the Arts: A Sourcebook, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 43-76.

"Private Schooling and the Tiebout Hypothesis," (with Jorge Martinez-Vasquez), Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 13, No.3, July 1985, pp. 293-318.

"Price Discrimination in the Arts," in Managerial Economics for

the Arts, edited by Virginia Lee Owen, et. al., University of Akron, 1985, pp. 47-60.

"Comment: The Arts as an Industry," in Economics of Cultural Industries, edited by William S. Hendon, et. al., University of Akron, 1985, pp. 104-108.

"An Assessment of Recent Applications of Economic Theory to the Arts," Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol.5, June 1981,pp.36- 51

"Economic Theory and the Positive Economics of Cultural Financing," American Economic Review, Vol. 71, May 1981, pp. 335-340.

"Private Demand for Public Subsidies: A Comment," Journal of

Cultural Economics, Vol. 4, June 1980, pp. 47-54.

"Economic Models and Support for the Arts," in Economic Policy for the Arts, edited by William S. Hendon, et. al., ABT Associates, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 80-95.

"The Vague World of the Arts and Urban Development," in The Arts and Urban Development: Critical Comments and Discussion, edited by William S. Hendon, Center for Urban Studies, The University of Akron, 1980, pp. 17-21.

"Local Subsidization of Culture: A Public Choice Model Based on Household Utility Maximization," Journal of Behavioral Economics (now, Journal of Socio-economics), Vol. VIII, No. 1, Summer 1979, pp. 93-131.

"Further Comments on Local Subsidization of Culture," Journal of Behavioral Economics, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Summer 1979, pp. 139-147.

Reprinted Publications, Working Papers, Current Research and Selected Collaborations

"Price Discrimination in the Arts," reprinted in Cultural Economics: The Arts, the Heritage and the Media, edited by Ruth Towse, as part of The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,Series Editor, Mark Blaug, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1997.

"Arts Impact Studies: A Fashionable Excess," also reprinted in Towse volume above, 1997; Reprinted also by New Press, Center for Cultural Policy, The Politics of Culture, pp. 266- 285, Washington, D.C., 2000

"Value and Illegal Behaviors," Working Paper #37, Policy Research Center, Georgia State University, 1993.

Planned for review at Journal of Cultural Economics "Price Discrimination by Non-Profit Organizations: The Case of the Arts," Policy Research Center, Georgia State University, 1994.

"Economic Analysis of Arts Labor Markets: Lessons from Sports,"

presented at conference in Tokyo, May 1999; Printed in 2 volume set of "Papers and Proceedings of the Conference on Artists' Labour Markets."

"Exclusionary Conduct and Anticompetitive Effects: Newspaper Advertising and Job Fairs," Project funded by School of Policy Studies, Summer 1999.

"Taxation of Electronic Commerce"

"Optimal Antitrust Enforcement in the Media Arts"

"An Empirical and Theoretical Comparison of Alternative Predation Rules," Richard Zerbe and Donald Cooper, Texas Law Review, December 1982, (cited as providing useful contributions to the section "A Simple Economic Analysis of the Welfare Effects of Predatory Pricing," Section F. "An Economic and Antitrust Analysis of the Distribution of Medical Products," by Arnold C. Celnicker in American Journal of Law & Medicine, vol. xvi, no. 4, 1990, pp. 499- 523, (cited for providing helpful comments on the economic analysis).

"A Response to Carson W. Bay's Call for Per Se Legality of Tying Arrangements," by Arnold Celnicker in American

Business Law Journal, Vol. 28/1, Spring 1990, pp. 145-159, (cited for providing helpful comments on the analysis).

"A Competitive Analysis of the Most Favored Nations Clauses in Contracts Between Health Care Providers and Insurers," by Arnold Celnicker in The North Carolina Law Review, Vo. 69, No. 4, April 1991, pp. 863-892 (cited for valuable contributions to the economic analysis).

Externally Funded Projects/ Public Policy Reports

"The Economic Impact of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority," with Donald Ratajczak 2000

"An Overview of Franchise Fees in Georgia: Description and Analysis," Georgia Fiscal Research, August 20, 1998

"An Analysis of the Exportability of an Excise Tax on Auto Rentals," and "The Economic Impact of a New Sports Arena in Downtown Atlanta," funded by Turner Broadcasting, January 1996.

"A State Partnership with the Fernbank Museum of Natural History: Analysis and Proposal (with Henry Huckaby and David L. Sjoquist), Policy Research Center, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, November 1995.

"The Economic Impact of the Fifth Runway on the City of College Park, Georgia," funded by the City of College Park, February 1996.

"The Economics of Severance Taxes: The Case of Georgia," funded by the State of Georgia as part of the Tax Reform Commission staff work, Policy Research Center, GSU.

"Atlanta-in-DeKalb: Double Taxation, Tax Assessment and Library Services," (with Ted Poister), Research Atlanta, funded by the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta DeKalb Commission, completed October 1993.

"The Economic Contributions of the Arts Industry," National Endowment for the Arts, Contract #C92-227, November 1992.

"The Economic Impact of the Atlanta Peach Caribbean Carnival," Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Committee, March 1993.

"The Economic Impact of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport: Metro Atlanta and Selected Counties," Georgia State University Research Foundation, Project #836, April 1991, funded by Georgians for Better Transportation, Project Director and Primary Author.

Conference Participation

Presented "Overview" paper for session on "Taxation on Transactions in the Electric Industry After Deregulation," National Tax Association and Professionals In Taxation Conference, Sarasota, Florida, January 23-25, 2000.

Presented paper,"Economic Analysis of Arts Labor Markets: Lessons From Sports? Joint conference of the Japan Cultural Economic Association and the Association for Cultural Economics, International, Tokyo, May 27-29, 1999.

Presented Paper on "Methodological Issues in the Effects on Municipalities of Public Utility Deregulation - Lessons from a Case Study," Conference in Washington, D.C., October 1999

Chair of Plenary Session on "International Trade in Cultural Goods," and chair of three other sessions, Association of Cultural Economics International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 1998.

National Tax Association and Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Joint Tax Seminar, "Transaction Taxation: Telecommunications & Electronic Commerce," February 2-3, 1998, San Diego, CA.

Presented Paper at Special Invited Session, Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 1995, New Orleans, "Sports and the Arts: Methodological Twins?"

Invited Discussant, Session on "Industrial Organization: Health Care Antitrust," Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 1995, New Orleans.

Invited Discussant, Session on "Crime: Empirical Studies of Crime," Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 1995.

Presenter, National Endowment for the Arts, "Arts Research Workshop," as part of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies annual meeting, October 27, 1994, Omaha, Nebraska, "The Methodology of Economic Impact Studies." Presented Paper, "Price Discrimination by Non-Profit

Organizations: The Case of the Arts, (with David Green), Southern Economic Association Meetings, Orlando, Nov.,1994. Panel Organizer, "GATT and the Trade in Cultural Goods," 8th International Conference on Cultural Economics, Witten, Germany, August 1994.

Invited Presenter, "An Economic Evaluation of Cultural Protectionism," presented at above conference.

Invited Presenter, Midwest Economics Association Meetings, "The Relationship between Sports Economics and Cultural Economics," Chicago, March 24-26, 1994.

Invited Panelist, 19th Annual Conference on Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts," Northeastern University, Boston, September 30 - October 2, 1993.

Presented Paper, "Criminal Behavior in General Equilibrium: Who Benefits From Crime?" (with Jorge Martinez-Vasquez), 46th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, "Public Finance and Irregular Activities," Berlin, August 23-26, 1993.

Invited Panelist, "Symposium on Research About Artists," National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., August 16, 1993.

Presented Paper, "Value and Illegal Behaviors," Autumn Seminar, The Value of Cultural Goods," Centro Internazionale Di Studi Sull'Economia Dell'Arte, Venice, December 2-5, 1992.

Presented Paper, "Recent Research on Industry Impact Studies, Seventh International Conference on Cultural Economics, Fort Worth, October 12-15, 1992.

Presented Paper, "Considerations in Adapting Industrial Organization Theory to the International Trade in Cultural Goods," Sixth International Conference on Cultural Economics, Umea, Sweden, June 11-13, 1990.

Presented Paper, "Contributions of Industrial Organization to Research in Arts Economics," Fifth International Conference on Cultural Economics, Ottawa, October 8-11, 1988.

Presented Paper, "A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Price Discrimination in the Arts," Midwest Economics Association Meetings, Chicago, April 17-19, 1988.

Invited Discussant, Regional Science Association Meetings, Atlanta, November 1986.

Presented Paper, "Price Discrimination in the Arts," Third International Conference on Cultural Economics, Akron, April 24-27, 1984.

Presented Paper, "The Public-Private School Mix in the South," (with Jorge Martinez-Vasquez), Southern Economics Association Meetings, New Orleans, November 4-6, 1981.

Organizer and Chair of session on Cultural Economics, Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Philadelphia, April 10, 1980.

Presented Paper, "An Assessment of Recent Applications of Economic Theory to the Arts," Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Louisville, April 4, 1981.

Presented Paper, "Economic Theory and the Positive Economics of Cultural Financing," American Economic Association Meetings (as part of ASSA meetings), Denver, September 1980.

Invited Participant, Law and Economics Summer Fellowship Symposium, Center for Continuing Education, University of Chicago, August 26-31, 1979.

Presented Paper, "Economic Models and Support for the Arts, " First International Conference on Cultural Economics, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 8-10, 1979.

Presented Paper, "Local Subsidization of Culture: A Public Choice Model Based on Household Utility Maximization," Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., April 1978.

Selected Other Professional Activities

Interviewee as WSB's "Economics Expert", WSB Radio, Atlanta, ongoing; Periodic interviewee: WGST Radio, Atlanta; WABE, Atlanta; WCNN, Atlanta; and the Sun Network Referee for academic journals: Southern Economic Journal, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Forensic Economics

Textbook reviewer for various publishers: Dryden, West, John Wiley and Sons, Times Mirror, McGraw-Hill

Consultant to State of Alabama, Alabama Development Office, Spring, 1993.

Periodic television interviews including: ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings, "Japanese Investment in Georgia," November 14, 1990; CNN "Day Watch, "Current Economic Conditions," December 15, 1990; Channel 11, Atlanta, "The Federal Budget Deficit," September 10, 1991; Channel 46, Atlanta, "Predictions for the New Year," December 31, 1989; Channel 5, Atlanta, "How to Interpret Unemployment Statistics," October 12, 1991; Channel 8, GPTV, Atlanta, "Lawmakers Program," "The Georgia Tax Debate," February 17, 1989; KBYU-TV, Salt Lake City, Public Television, "Review of 'The Africans,'" 1986; Channel 8, GPTV, Georgia Digest Program, Atlanta, "An Economic Perspective on Auto Safety Issues," Channel 8, GPTV, Atlanta, Money Line Show on, "Deregulation," March 23, 1984.

Periodic interviewee with newspapers such as: Montgomery Advertiser, Macon Telegraph, and International CIM Advantage (IBM publication):

"Trade Barriers Fall: Challenge of Opportunity," Vol. 3, Issue 1, 1991; and newspapers in Columbia, S.C., Gainesville, GA, and Raleigh, N.C.

Invited public speaker: Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, January 1992; Phi Chi Theta Founders Day, March 1992; Secretarial Conference of the Division of Rehabilitation Services, State of Georgia, April 1992; Membership Meeting of the Atlanta Jaycees, January 1991; Atlanta Airport Rotary Club, December 1991; Kiwanis Club of Rockdale County, January 1991; Economists Allied for Arms Reduction Conference, Atlanta University, November 1992; Georgia Power Engineering Association, March 1991.

Executive Education Programs, including: EMBI Erasmus University/GSU Program, June 1993 (Antitrust Economics and Regulation); NationsBank Trust Development Program (Macroeconomics), November 1992; GSU-Bell South Master Teacher Program (Innovative Applications of MicroTheory), September 1989; GSU Consumer Economic Education Program, (Teaching Economics in High School), July 1992.

Georgia Council for International Visitors, Briefing for Mr. Tito Mboweni, Coordinator, Trade and Industrial Policy, Department of Economic Planning for the African National Congress, South Africa, "Optimal Antitrust Policy," June 1992.

Radio Interviews, WGST and WSB, "The Economics of NAFTA," November, 1993.

CNN News interview, December 4, 1993, "The Economics of Restructuring."

WSB Radio Call-In Show regarding "An Evaluation of Delta Airlines Employment Changes." April 28, 1994.

Wall Street Journal, cited and quoted in article on the Home Service Insurance Industry, August 29, 1994, page B-7

"Economic Issues Facing the New Congress," Speech to the Atlanta Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers," November 14, 1994.

"The American Competitiveness Debate," Panel Participant, GCTV Cable Channel 12, aired December 1994.

Interview with the Augusta Chronicle, November 30, 1994, regarding antitrust issues raised by the Macy's-Federated merger.

Interview on "The Tax Cut Debate," WGST Radio, December 13, 1994.

Interview, Marietta Journal, on competitive issues involved in the merger between Lockheed and Martin Marietta. Interview, February 24, 1995, WSB Radio, Atlanta, "Stock Market Developments and Alan Greenspan."

TV interviews regarding the Southern Economic Summit, Channel 2 and Channel 11, March 28, 1995; Channel 5, March 29, 1995.

TV Guest Panelist, "The Atlanta Forum," Channel 46 News, April 2, 1995.

TV Guest Panelist, "The Atlanta Forum," Channel 46 News, May 13, 1995.

Invited Panelist, "Atlanta: 1996 and Beyond," Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, October 24, 1995.

Radio Interview, WGST, July 24, 1995, "Financial Planning and the Retirement Crisis."

Radio Interview, WGST, August 7, 1995, "The Welfare Reform Debate."

Quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 3, 1995 regarding antitrust issues and mega-mergers.

Quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cobb Extra, September 7, 1995, regarding economic impact studies and the Theatre in the Square in Marietta. Follow-up opinion piece published September 14, 1995, Atlanta Journal- Constitution.

Speech given to the Georgia Electrical Membership Corporation (GEMC), Office Managers, Accountants and Bookkeepers Association, 10/16/95, "Deregulation of the Electric Utility Industry."

Speech given to the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, "Fundamental Issues: Atlanta 1996 and Beyond," Keynote Speech to the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, as part of "Atlanta: 1996 and Beyond" forum, October 24, 1995.

Interview with WGST Radio, January 1, 1996, "Pending Economic Issues for 1996."

Quoted in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 3, 1996, in article dealing with Georgia export industries.

Quoted by Atlanta Journal-Constitution re: Effect of Olympics on Economic Development Beyond Atlanta, March 2, 1996.

Interviewed on WGST Radio, September 30, 1996, "Elimination of the Sales Tax on Food in Georgia: Pros and Cons." Quoted in Wall Street Journal, March 12, 1997 in article dealing with Homestead Local Option Sales Tax.

Quoted in Montreal Gazette, March 14, 1997 in article dealing with the effects of sports stadiums on local economic development.

Speech given to the Atlanta Bar Association, Labor Discrimination Section, April 16, 1997

Interview on National Public Radio, KCVA and KPCW, Utah, July 22,1997,"The Economics Lessons of the Atlanta Olympics"

Quoted in Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 3, 1998, in article on page 1 of Business Section dealing with high tech industry location and effects on suburbs vs. city.

Quoted in South, April 20, 1998, in article on Delta's impact on Latin American business

Interviewed by ABC Radio News regarding economic effects and possible antitrust issues involved in AT&T cable merger; June 1998.

Interviewed by Clayton County newspaper re: Predatory pricing, the airlines, and the Dept. of Transportation; Sept. 21,1998.

Interviewed re: Deregulation in the Electric Power Industry, April 29, 1999, News Organization based in Augusta, Georgia.

Interviewed on WXIA, Channel 11, In Depth, Sunday, August 15, 1999, re: economic development and the Mall of Georgia

Interviewed by Atlanta Business Chronicle for TV show on "The Economic Effects of the Super Bowl," January 2000

Interviewed by WGNX TV, Atlanta on the "Coca-Cola Discrimination Suit Settlement," June 17, 2000.