Headshot of Mark Witte, smiling broadly with wavy brown hair and wearing a blue suit jacket and plaid blue shirt.

Mark Witte, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

Education

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Ph.D., Economics, 2007

University of Nebraska - Omaha, Nebraska
B.S., Economics (summa cum laude), 2001

Research Interests

International Economics, open economy macroeconomics

Courses Taught

  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • International Economics

Selected Publications

"Who Gets Duped? The Impact of Education on Fraud Detection in an Investment Task" with Calvin Blackwell, Marcia Snyder, James Malm and Mark Pyles Journal of Economics and Finance, 48/3, September 2024, pp 734-753. 

“How Wide is the Euro?” with Luigi Ventura International Economic Journal, 38/1, February 2024, pp 86-102.  

“Does Hosting the Super Bowl Create Jobs?” with Hsiang Chien Wang Atlantic Economic Journal-Anthology, 51/3, September 2023, pp 215-217.  

“Network-adjusted market share and the currency denomination of trade” with Davide Arioldi and Luigi Ventura The World Economy, 45/8, August 2022, pp 2560-2592. 

“The Effects of IMF Loan Condition Compliance on GDP Growth” with Frank Hefner and Lauren Hackler, The American Economist, 65/1, January 2020, pp 88-96.

"Preferred Habitat, Window Dressing, or Both?  Evidence from Foreign Exchange Swaps in Taiwan” with Hao-Chen Liu, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 22/3, November 2019, pp 1-20.