My research interests are in the economics of prevailing wage laws in the U.S. construction industry. I am also interested in classical political economy.
Selected publications:
- Azari-Rad H., Philips P., and Prus M. J. eds. (2005). The Economics of Prevailing Wage Laws. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
- Azari-Rad H. (2004), “Inventory Dynamics Time-Lags and Efficiency Measures,” International Journal of Production Economics, 87:1.
- Azari-Rad H., Philips P., and Prus M. J. (2003), “State Prevailing Wage Laws and School Construction Costs,” Industrial Relations, 42:3.
- Azari-Rad H. and Philips P. (2003), “Race and Prevailing Wage Laws in the Construction Industry Comment on Thieblot,” Journal of Labor Research, 24:1.
- Azari-Rad H. and Philips P. (2003), “Origin of the Factoid-Prevailing Wage Laws are Remnant Jim Crow Laws,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 34:3.
- Azari-Rad H., Philips P., and Prus M. J. (2002), “Making Hay When it Rains: The Effect Prevailing Wage Regulations, Scale Economies, Seasonal, Cyclical, and Local Business Patterns Have on School Construction Costs,” Journal of Education Finance, 27:4.
- Azari-Rad H., Yeagle A., and Philips P. (1994), “The Effect of the Repeal of Utah’s Prevailing Wage Law on the Labor Market in Construction,” in Sheldon Friedman, Richard W. Hurd, Ronald L. Seeber, and Rudolph A. Oswald, eds. Restoring the Promise of American Labor Law. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University ILR Press.
