TEL: (702) 895-3284
Department of Economics
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
FAX: (702) 895-1354
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 456005
Cel: (702) 756-1867
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154-6005
[email protected]
July
2014
EDUCATION
Université d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Economics
Economics
Economics
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Dissertation: "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of System of Share Equations with Binding Non-negativity
Constraints: An Application to Recreational Demand Analysis" (under Donald Waldman).
RESEARCH INTEREST
Applied Econometrics with Micro Data
Economic Growth, trade and Institutions
Appointments
2000-present
1994-1999
1988-1993
1986-1988
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Nevada
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder
OTHER PERTINENT APPOINTMENTS
Summer (1992-1994)
Summer (2001-2003)
Summer (2006)
Summer (2011-2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor the Economics Institute, Boulder
Visiting Associate Professor, the American Economic Association Summer Program
University of Colorado, Denver
Visiting Associate Professor, the American Economic Association Summer Program
Duke University
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Publications
Thomas Carroll, Djeto Assané, and Jared Bosker (2014). Why it Pay to Major in Economics? Journal of Economic
Education 45:251-261.
Djeto Assane and Eric Chiang (2014). Trade, Structural Reforms, and Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Contemporary Economic Policy 32: 20-29.
Bernard Malamud and Djeto Assané (2013). Slow Growth and Slow Convergence. Applied Economics Letters
20:377-381.
Djeto Assané and Bernard Malamud (2010). Financial Development and Growth in Anglophone and Francophone
Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Colonial Legacy Matter? Applied Economics 42: 2683-2697.
Eric Chiang. And Djeto Assané (2009). Estimating the willingness to pay for digital music. Contemporary
Economic Policy 27:512-522.
Eric Chiang and Djeto Assané (2008). Gender Differences in Music Piracy Among Students on the University
Campus: Do Males and Females React Differently? Journal of Socio-Economics 37:1371-1380.
Eric Chiang and Djeto Assané (2007). Determinants of Music Copyright Violations on the University Campus.
Journal of Cultural Economics 31:187-204.
Helen Neill, David Hassenzahl and Djeto Assané (2007). Estimating the Effect of Air Quality: Spatial versus
Traditional Hedonic Price Models. Southern Economic Journal 73: 1088-1111.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Grammy (2003). An Assessment of the Growth and Inequality Causality Relationship.
Applied Economics Letters 10: 871-873.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Grammy (2003). Institutional Framework and Economic Development: International
Evidence. Applied Economics 35: 1811-1817.
Bernard Malamud and Djeto Assané (2002). Smoothing Pressure on Bank Reserves: The Operating Strategy of the
Federal Reserve. Journal of Policy Modeling 24: 527-532.
Eric Chiang and Djeto Assané (2002). Copyright Piracy on the College Campus: Trends and Lessons from the
Software and Music Industry. The International Journal on Media Management 4: 145-149.
Djeto Assané and Bernard Malamud (2000). The Federal Reserve’s Response to Exchange Rate Shocks. Applied
Financial Economics 10: 461-470.
Ina Levetzky, Djeto Assané and William Robinson (2000). Determinants of Gaming Revenue: Extent of Changing
Attitudes in the Gaming Industry. Applied Economics Letters 7:155-158.
Eric Chiang and Djeto Assané (2000). Software Copyright Infringement among College Students. Applied
Economics. 34: 157-2000.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Grammy (1997). New Evidence of the Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth.
Applied Economics Letters 4: 122-124.
Jeffrey Waddoups and Djeto Assané (1997). Duration and Mobility of Young Workers in a Segmented Labour
Market. Applied Economics Letters 4:173:176.
Edward Morey, Donald Waldman, Djeto Assané and Douglass Shaw (1995). Searching for a Model of Recreation
Demand that Admits Corner, Boundary and Interior Solutions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77:
129-140.
Jeffrey Waddoups, Nasser Daneshvary and Djeto Assané (1995). An Analysis of Occupational Upgrading
Differentials Between Black and White Males. Applied Economics 27: 841-847.
MaryAnn Brady, Djeto Assané and Lewis Karstensson (1994) Scale Economies in College and University Health
Centers. Applied Economics Letters 1:123-126.
Djeto Assané and Abel Konan (1994). Exchange Rate Variability on WAMU's Imports: Is this Relationship
Relevant? World Development 22: 795-801.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Pourgerami (1994). Monetary Cooperation and Economic Growth in Africa:
Comparative Evidence from the CFA-Zone Countries. Journal of Development Studies 30: 423-442.
Jeffrey Waddoups and Djeto Assané (1993). Mobility and Gender in a Segmented Labor Market. American Journal
of Economics and Sociology 54: 399-412.
Jeffrey Waddoups and Djeto Assané (1992). Intersegment and Racial Differences in Nonemployment Mobility. The
American Economist 36: 35-43.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Pourgerami (1990).Dependence and Stability of the Demand for Money in a Small Open
Economy: The Case of Côte d'Ivoire. African Development Review 2: 52-66.
Djeto Assané and Abbas Pourgerami (1989). The Inflation-Growth Trade-Off in an Export-Oriented Rural
Economy: The Case of Ghana. Eastern Africa Economic Review 5: 32-41.
Work Under Review
Maria-Denisse Colin-Magaña, Bernard Malamud and Djeto Assané. Distress: Discounts and Spillovers: Las Vegas
Housing Market, 2005 – 2009. Social Science Quarterly.
Iman Nasseri, Djeto Assané and Denise Konan. While Visitors Conserve, Residents Splurge: Patterns and Changes
in Energy Consumption, 1997-2007. Energy Economics.
WORKING PAPER
Djeto Assané and Eric Chiang. Institutional Credibility and Trade in West Africa: Is a Currency Union Enough?
Djeto Assané and Luis Lopez. Residential Short Sale Duration Spells: Evidence in the Las Vegas Housing Market
Refereed for
National Science Foundation
Contemporary Economic Policy
Eastern Economic Journal
Journal of Cultural Economics
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
African Development Review/Revue Africaine de Developpement
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
AppliedEconomics