Christopher Mothorpe, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Economics
Education
Georgia State University - Atlanta, Georgia
Ph.D., Economics
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia
M.S., Economics
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Economics Minor
Research Interests
Urban, Regional, and Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Courses Taught
- Urban Economics (2015-18)
- Economics of Geography and Transportation (2015-17)
- Principles of Microeconomics (2014-18)
- Intermediate Microeconomics (2014)
- Microeconomic Analysis (2014)
- Intermediate Macroeconomics (2014)
- The Global Economy (2014)
Selected Publications
D. Wyman, C. Mothorpe, and B. McLeod. Airbnb and VRBO: The impact of short term tourist rentals on residential property pricing. Current Issues in Tourism, 2020. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1711027.
J.W. Burnett and C. Mothorpe. An economic assessment of the Southern Atlantic Coastal Region’s Stormwater Management Practices. Water Economics and Policy, 4(4): 38, 2018.
C. Mothorpe. The impact of uncertainty on school quality capitalization using the border method. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70: 127-141, 2018.
D. Wyman and C. Mothorpe. The pricing of power lines: A geospatial approach to measuring residential property values. Journal of Real Estate Research, 40(1): 121-154, 2018.
Honors & Awards
- Richard U. Ratcliff Award, The Appraisal Journal, 2017
- Spatial Analytics/GIS Application Award, American Real Estate Society, 2015
- Lincoln Institute Scholars Program, 2015
- Andrew Young School Dissertation Fellowship, 2013
- Dan E. Sweat Dissertation Fellowship, 2012
- Harold Ball Economics Award, 2010
- Eagle Scout, 1999