Clayne L. Pope
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Clayne L. Pope is the Zina Card Williams Young professor of economics at Brigham Young University
(BYU) and specializes in 19th century economic history
.
Born in Emmett, Idaho
, Pope has a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago
. Pope is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served for a time as the president of the BYU 3rd Stake.
Pope has been on the faculty of BYU since 1970. Prior to that he was a lecturer at the University of Michigan
for a year. In the summer of 1977 Pope was a visiting lecturer at the College of William and Mary
and he was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University
in 1979. He also served for a time as the dean of the College of Home Family and Social Sciences at BYU.
Pope has advocated the use of higher prices to reduce energy consumption.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU) and specializes in 19th century economic history
Economic history
Economic history is the study of economies or economic phenomena in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and by applying economic theory to historical situations and institutions...
.
Born in Emmett, Idaho
Emmett, Idaho
Emmett is a city in Gem County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,490 at the 2000 census; it was estimated to have risen to 6,341 by 2007...
, Pope has a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. Pope is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served for a time as the president of the BYU 3rd Stake.
Pope has been on the faculty of BYU since 1970. Prior to that he was a lecturer at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
for a year. In the summer of 1977 Pope was a visiting lecturer at the College of William and Mary
College of William and Mary
The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...
and he was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1979. He also served for a time as the dean of the College of Home Family and Social Sciences at BYU.
Pope has advocated the use of higher prices to reduce energy consumption.
Publications
- The Impact of the Ante-Bellum Tariff of Income Distribution. Arno Press, 1975.
- "The Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City: A Source of Data for Economic and Social Historians" with Larry T. WimmerLarry T. WimmerLarry Turley Wimmer is the Warren and Wilson Dusenberry University Professor at Brigham Young University . He is a professor of economics who specializes in American economic history and the economics of aging.-Biography:...
in Historical Methods 8 (March 1975) no. 2. p. 51-58. - "The Church and The Secular World: Freedom and Equality" (with James R. KearlJames R. KearlJames R. Kearl is the Abraham O. Smoot Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University . From 1986-1989 Kearl served as the dean of general education and honors at BYU. In 2007-2008 Kearl was the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center.Kearl was born in Logan, Utah.Kearl earned a Ph.D...
) in F. Lamond TullisF. LaMond TullisFloyd LaMond Tullis has been a professor of political science and Associate Academic Vice President at Brigham Young University...
and Douglas Tobler, ed. Mormonism: A Faith for All Cultures 1978. - Choices, Rents and Luck: Economic Mobility in 19th Century Utah Households with James R. KearlJames R. KearlJames R. Kearl is the Abraham O. Smoot Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University . From 1986-1989 Kearl served as the dean of general education and honors at BYU. In 2007-2008 Kearl was the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center.Kearl was born in Logan, Utah.Kearl earned a Ph.D...
. 1986. - Economy, Society and Public Policy with Larry T. WimmerLarry T. WimmerLarry Turley Wimmer is the Warren and Wilson Dusenberry University Professor at Brigham Young University . He is a professor of economics who specializes in American economic history and the economics of aging.-Biography:...
. Morton Publishing Company, 1976. - American Heritage with Frank W. Fox.
- "Precedence and Wealth: Evidence from 19th Century Utah" with David GalensonDavid GalensonDavid W. Galenson is a professor in the Department of Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research...
. 1992 - "The Height of Union Army Recruits" with Sven Wilson in Health and Labor Force Participation Over The Life Cycle: Evidence from the Past Dora L. CostaDora L. CostaDora L. Costa is an American economist. After teaching at MIT from 1993 to 2007, Costa is now a Professor of Economics at UCLA. Costa is noted for her studies of social class and health inequality and for her work on social capital....
, ed., January 2003
Sources
- LDS Church News, April 16, 1994.
- Open Library entry for Pope
- National Bureau of Economics Research list of publications by Pope
- Pope's vita