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SPROUL HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Dymski, Gary A

Professor of Economics

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Economics


Biography

Professor Dymski's fields of interest are Money and Banking, Political Economy, Urban Economics, and Macroeconomics. His current research projects are: (1) Ethnic banking in Los Angeles- Ongoing multi-disciplinary research on the 50+ ethnic banks in Los Angeles, focusing on these banks’ comparative histories and their impact on communities. 1997 to present. (2) global bank mergers and financial-market evolution. Ongoing research, 1998 to present, focusing on institutional strategies, national power, and social consequences. (3) Credit-market discrimination - Ongoing research on various dimensions of racial inequality in the credit market. (4) Housing policy, housing affordability, urban sprawl, and financial evolution. Ongoing research, 1998 to present. (5) Poverty and economic development in lower-income areas, in the U.S. and in the developing world. 1998 to present.

Former Institution

 University of Southern California, 1986-91

Degrees

B.A. Urban Studies 1975

University of Pennsylvania

M.P.A. Public Administration 1977

Syracuse University

M.A. Economics 1983

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ph.D. Economics 1987

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Awards

Omicron Delta Epsilon Teaching Award, 1990
Brookings Research Fellowship, Economics, 1985-86
University Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1986
University Honors Program Professor of the Year, 1998-99
2000Lifetime Honorary Membership, Golden Key Society, UC Riverside chapter, 2001-02


Research Area

Money and Banking, Political Economy, Urban Economics, and Macroeconomics.

Publications

“Financial Crisis, Gender, and Power: An Analytical Framework,” with Maria Sagrario Floro, World Development, 28(7), July 2000, 1269-83.

The Bank Merger Wave: The Economic Causes and Social Consequences of Financial Consolidation in the United States. M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk NY. June 1999.

“Illegal-Seizure and Market-Disadvantage Approaches to Restitution: A Comparison of the Japanese American and African American Cases,” Review of Black Political Economy, 27(3), Winter 2000, 47-78.

SEEKING SHELTER ON THE PACIFIC RIM:Financial Globalization, Social Change, and the Housing Market. Ed. by Gary Dymski and Dorene Isenberg. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.

“Can Entrepreneurial Incentives Revitalize the Urban Inner Core? A Spatial Input-Output Approach,” Journal of Economic Issues, May 2001.

“Banking on Social Capital in the Era of Globalization: Chinese Ethnobanks in Los Angeles,” with Wei Li, Yu Zhou, and Maria Chee, Environment and Planning A. Vol. 33, 2001, pp. 1923-48.