Soren Hauge

  Soren Hauge

 

Education

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

 

Current Courses Taught

  • ECON 175 FYS Environmental Economics
  • ECON 211/212 Principles of Economics: Macro/Micro
  • ECON 300 Exploring Sustainability and Development in Costa Rica
  • ECON 332 Resource and Environmental Economics
  • ECON 341 Introduction to Econometrics
  • ECON 350 Price Theory
  • ECON 361/461 Development Economics I/II
  • ECON 364 Business Strategy and Economic Policy in Latin America
  • ECON 452 International Economics

 

 

 

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

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • “Household, Group and Program Factors in Group-Based Agricultural Credit Delinquency.” Perspectives on Global Technology and Development, 9 (2010), 473-499.
  • “Metodología del Estudio,” chapter 1 in El Impacto Social delas Microfinanzas en Nicaragua (The Social Impact of Microfinance in Nicaragua) Managua, Nicaragua: WDDN, FIDEG & ASOMIF, September 2007.
  • “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.
  • “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.

 

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Research: Microfinance, Microenterprise Development and Ecological Conservation, Rural Credit Markets
  • Teaching: development, environmental and international economics; econometrics; and Latin American Area Studies