Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8391

E-mail: HaugeS@ripon.edu

Personal web page

Education

• B.A. in Economics, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
• M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards and Honors

• Ripon College Curriculum Development Grant, 2006
• Ripon College Scholarly/Artistic Grant, 2005
• CLACS Regional Faculty Associate Travel Grants, 2003 and 2004
• May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award, 2002
• ACM Faculty Travel Grant, 2000
• Ripon College Curriculum Development Grant, 2000
• Ripon College faculty development grant (to attend GLCA Course Design & Teaching workshop), 2000
• James S. Kemper Foundation grant to Economics Department, 2000

Areas of Interest

• Microfinance, Microenterprise Development and Ecological Conservation, Latin American Area Studies

Recent Presentations and Publications

• "Planning the Pacific Slope Trail of Costa Rica: Local and International Collaboration for International Ecotourism."  North Central Council of Latin Americanists, October 2005.
  
• "Fostering Ecological Conservation and Community Development through International Ecotourism: Demand for Ecotourism Services along the Pacific Slope Trail of Costa Rica."  With Julian Becker.  North Central Council of Latin Americanists, October 2005.
  
• "Household, Group and Program Factors in Group-Based Agricultural Credit Delinquency."  Under review at Economic Development and Cultural Change.
  
• "Effects of Market-oriented Land Reforms on Access to Agricultural Credit in Honduras."  With Brad Barham, Steve Boucher and Reka Sundaram-Stukel.  Midwest Economics Association, March 2004.
  
• "Building a Petit Bourgeoisie? Outreach and Impact of Nicaraguan Microfinance Institutions." With Ryan Peissig. Midwest Economics Association, March 2003.
  
• "Outreach and Impact of Nicaraguan Microfinance Institutions." With Ryan Peissig. North Central Council of Latin Americanists, October 2002.
  
• "Non-parametric Estimation of Tax Price Elasticities of Charitable Contributions." Midwest Economics Association, March 2002.

Current Courses Taught

• ECON 211/212 Principles of Economics: Macro/Micro
• ECON 332 Resource and Environmental Economics
• ECON 351 Price Theory
• ECON 361/461 Development Economics I/II
• ECON 451 International Economics