Dr. Thomas Garrett is a professor of economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Garrett's research interests include:
- Public Finance
- Casino Gaming and State Lotteries
- Applied Theory
Biography
Dr. Garrett is Professor of Economics at the University of Mississippi, where he has been employed since 2012. Prior to joining the University of Mississippi he was an economist in the Research Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for 10 years, and an assistant professor at Kansas State University for 3 years. He graduated from West Virginia University with a Ph.D. in Economics in 1998. His primary areas of interest are state and local public finance, state lotteries and casino gaming, and applied microeconomic theory. He has published over 30 articles in scholarly economics journals, and has written numerous policy briefs on various subjects including casino gaming, state lotteries, income inequality, personal bankruptcy, social security reform, and state budgeting.
Courses Taught
- ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 401 Government and Business
- ECON 403 Mathematical Economics
- ECON 408 Urban Economics
- ECON 490 Directed Readings in Economics
- ECON 605 Microeconomics I
- ECON 650 Research Colloquium in Economics
Education
B.A. Economics, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (1993)
M.A. Economics, West Virginia University (1997)
Ph.D. Economics, West Virginia University (1998)