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Economics and Accounting Department Ph. D. University of Southern California (1972) B.S. (cum laude) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (1967)
Fields: Property Rights Analysis, Economic Development, Micro and Macro Theory
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Email: nsanchez@holycross.edu
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After almost 40 years of teaching Economics, I retired from Holy Cross in January 2011, moving to FL in 2014. I continue doing research and have published one book and one article after reaching FL. I continue to be involved in local politics and still play in racquetball leagues, although I can see that my vigorous exercise cannot last for more than five years!
My wife and I have one grandchild, who lives in the New York area and is a true delight to us. That also means that we travel often to New York and occasionally to MA, to visit with our friends and relatives.
I want to thank my many students for the opportunity they gave me to have a meaningful life. I know that I challenged all of you, but I hope you now appreciate that challenge. Never take for granted that which you believe “because it is obvious, and everyone knows that it is true.” You have the responsibility to keep learning, and of course try to make use of that learning to benefit others. Please, get involved in your children’s educational process!
I also wish to thank the staff at Holy Cross for an excellent job.
Selected Publications
M. Gendre and N. Sanchez, Aligning Values and Politics: Empowerment versus Entitlement, University Press of America, 2016
R. W. Batchelder and N. Sanchez, “The encomienda and the optimizing imperialist: an interpretation of Spanish imperialism in the Americas,” Public Choice (2013), 156: 45-60.
N. Sanchez (with students C. Kopp and F. Sanzari), Destined for Failure: American Prosperity in the Age of Bailouts, Praeger, 2010.
N. Sanchez (with student K. Tedesco), “Making Sense of Economic news in the Media,” Proceedings of the Northeast Business & Economic Association (November, 2009).
M. B. Cahill and N. Sanchez, “Using Principal Components to Produce an Economic and Social Development Index: An Application to Latin America and the U.S.,” Atlantic Economic Journal (2001), 29 (3): 311-329.
J. B. Nugent and N. Sanchez, “Fence Laws vs. Herd Laws: A Nineteenth Century Kansas Paradox,” Land Economics (2000), 76 (4): 518-533.
J. B. Nugent and N. Sanchez, “The local variability of rainfall and tribal institutions: the case of the Sudan,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (1999), 39: 263-291.
J. B. Nugent and N. Sanchez, “Common Property Rights as an Endogenous Response to Risk,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1998), 80: 651-657. [Reprinted elsewhere.]
N. Sanchez, “A Proposal for the Return of Expropriated Cuban Properties to their Original Owners,” Cuba in Transition (1994), IV: 350-359.
J. B. Nugent and N. Sanchez, “Tribes, Chiefs and Transhumance: A Comparative Institutional Analysis,” Economic Development and Cultural Change (1993) 42 (1): 87-113. [Reprinted elsewhere.]
J. B. Nugent and N. Sanchez, “The Efficiency of the Mesta: A Parable,” Explorations in Economic History (1989), 26 (3): 261-284.
N. Sanchez, “Bilingual Training Can Be a Barrier to Academic Achievement,” The Chronicle of Higher Education,” (June 10, 1987), XXXIII (39). [Reprinted elsewhere.]
A. DeVany and N. Sanchez, “Land Tenure Structures and Fertility in Mexico,” The Review of Economics and Statistics (1979), 61 (1): 67-72.
A. DeVany and N. Sanchez, “Property Rights, Uncertainty and Fertility: An Analysis of the Effect of Land Reform on Fertility in Mexico,” Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (1977), 113 (4): 741-764.
A. Waters and N. Sanchez, “Educational Reform for Economic Development,” Comparative Education Review (1974), 18 (1): 96-111.
R. J. Sweeney and N. Sanchez, “The Allocation of Tariff Revenues and Optimum Trade Distortion. With Empirical Applications to United States Sugar Policy,” Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (1973), 109 (3): 384-401. [First publication.]
Most Recent Award
2013 DUNCAN BLACK PRIZE, given by the Public Choice Society for best article written by senior scholars. See the second publication listed above, co-authored with R. W. Batchelder.