Sonoma State University economics professors are available for background and timely perspective on issues surrounding the financial markets.
DOUGLAS JORDAN
Professor Douglas Jordan can talk about current conditions in the stock market and provide an historical perspective on recent movements within it. He is an Assistant Professor of Business whose area of expertise is corporate finance and investments.
Phone: (707) 664-2012
E-mail: douglas.jordan@sonoma.edu.
MICHAEL VISSER
Economics professor Michael Visser can discuss how markets - including financial markets - function and fail and what exactly it means for markets to be free. Many people think that a system of free markets means that markets are unregulated and free from government involvement, and that this will lead to desirable outcomes. This is not the case. Professor Visser can explain the conditions necessary for markets to provide desirable outcomes. He can also discuss behavioral and informational causes of speculative bubbles, economics of altruism and charitable contributions, bargaining and negotiation, and economic incentives.
Phone: (707) 664-3297
E-mail: visser@sonoma.edu.
