Diane Patricia Flaherty
Professor Emerita
Education
School |
Date |
Degree |
New York University |
1970-1978 |
M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) |
Barnard College |
1964-1968 |
B.A. (Economics) |
Teaching and Research Positions
January 1978 to date, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
January and May 2014, Visiting Researcher, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), Villahermosa, Mexico
October 2013 and June 2015, Visiting Researcher, Ekonomski Institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Jan.-July 1995, Visiting Research Fellow, Development Bank of Southern
and Jan.–July 1997 Africa, Halfway House, South Africa
Jan.-July 1993, Visiting Researcher, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa
Spring 1990, Visiting Associate Professor, Notre Dame University
1986-1987, Visiting Associate Professor, University of Vermont
Nov. 1984-Jan. 1985, Fulbright Research Scholar, Ekonomski Institut, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Jan. 1981-Jan. 1982, Fellow, Kings' College and Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge, England
Administrative Positions
September 2015 to date, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Academic Oversight, Commonwealth Honors College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
September 2012 – May 2013, Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Joint Task Force on Strategic
Oversight, Committee for Undergraduate Education September 2000 – July 2009, Chair, Economics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Primary Teaching Fields
History of Economic Thought, Microeconomics, Comparative Economic Systems
Monographs
Flaherty, Diane (1998) Federalism, Liberalisation and Regional Inequality Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Flaherty, Diane (1997) Regional Manufacturing Structure and Regional Growth in South Africa Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Flaherty, Diane (1996) Regional Inequality in South Africa: Issues, Measurement and Policy Implications Halfway House: Development Bank for Southern Africa
Articles and Book Chapters
Gibson, Bill and Diane Flaherty (2017) “Employment Impact Assessments: Integrating the Informal Sector into Social Accounting Matrices and Computable General Equilibrium Models” Forthcoming, Employment Intensive Investment Program, International Labor Organization, Geneva
Gibson, Bill and Diane Flaherty (2016) “Juridical and Functional Informality: From Theory to Practical Policy” Margin – The Journal of Applied Economic Research 10:4, pp. 1 - 37
Flaherty, Diane (2009) “Agency, History and the Impossibility Theorem: Lessons from Yugoslav Self-Management” Science & Society, 73:1, pp. 118-130
Flaherty, Diane (2008) “Radical Economics” in Steven Durlauf and Larry Blume, editors New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics London: Macmillan
Flaherty, Diane (1993) "Socialism and Nationalism: Ethnicity, Class and Civil War in Yugoslavia" Rethinking Marxism 6:2, pp. 127-139
Flaherty, Diane "Can Capitalism Work in Eastern Europe?" (1992) in Epstein, Gerald and Julie Graham, editors Creating a New World Order Philadelphia: Temple University Press, pp. 140-162
Flaherty, Diane (1991) "Self-Management and the Future of Socialism: Lessons from Yugoslavia" Science & Society 56:1, pp. 92-108
Flaherty, Diane (1991) "A Model of Capitalist Control" Contributions to Political Economy 10, pp. 47-62
Flaherty, Diane (1988) "Domestic and International Factors in Yugoslav Response to External Shock" (“Aspectos Internos e Internacionales de la Respuesta Yugoslavia al Choque Externo”) in Felix, David and Clemente Ruiz Duran, editors The Foreign Debt Crisis Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, pp. 395 - 421
Flaherty, Diane (1988) "Plan, Market and Unequal Regional Development in Yugoslavia" Soviet Studies XL:1, pp. 41-54
Flaherty, Diane (1987) "Radical Political Economics" in Eatwell, John, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman, editors The New Palgrave London: Macmillan, pp. 36-40
Flaherty, Diane "U.S. Agriculture in Crisis" (1987) in Cherry, Robert et al., editors Imperiled Economy Vol. II New York: URPE, pp. 79-87
Flaherty, Diane (1986) "The Crisis in Farming" in Zarsky, Lyuba and Sam Bowles, editors Economic Report of the People (Boston: South End Press), pp. 68-81
Flaherty, Diane (1985) "Labor Control in the U.K. Boot and Shoe Industry" Industrial Relations 24:3, pp. 339 -359
Flaherty, Diane and Shirley Gedeon (1985) "The Real Bills Doctrine Revisited in Yugoslavia" Yearbook of East European Economics 11:2, pp. 82-100
Flaherty, Diane (1984) "Regional Policy and Central Planning in Eastern Europe: An Assessment of the GDR, Hungarian and Yugoslav Approaches" Contributions to Political Economy 3, pp. 39 - 64
Diane Flaherty (1982) "Economic Reform and Foreign Trade in Yugoslavia" Cambridge Journal of Economics 6:2, pp. 105 - 14
Technical Reports
Armenta Ramírez, Aida, Diane Flaherty, Bill Gibson and Jorge Salazar-Carrillo (2016) La reforma energética mexicana y sus efectos regionales: un modelo computable y compacto para Tabasco Villahermosa: Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco
Gibson, Bill and Diane Flaherty (2015) Employment Impact Assessments: A Review of Methodologies Geneva: International Labor Organization
Flaherty, Diane and Bill Gibson (2014) Manufacturing Informality Geneva: International Labor Organization
Flaherty, Diane (1999) Competitiveness in the Paraguayan Manufacturing Sector Asuncion: UNDP
Salinger, B. Lynn, Haroon Bhorat, Diane Flaherty and Malcolm Keswell (1998) Promoting the Competitiveness of Textiles and Clothing Manufacture in South Africa Cambridge: AIRD
Flaherty, Diane (1998) Regional Manufacturing and Competitive Strategy in South Africa Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Flaherty, Diane (1997) Rural Proletarianisation and Intra-Household Transfers Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Working Papers
Armenta, Aida, Diane Flaherty, Bill Gibson and Jorge Salazar (2014) “A Computable General Equilibrium Model for the State of Tabasco” Villahermosa: Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco
Flaherty, Diane (1997) “Macroeconomic Factors in Rural Non-Farm Employment” Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Flaherty, Diane (1995) “Regional Manufacturing and Competitive Strategy in South Africa” Halfway House: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Selected Encyclopedia Entries
Flaherty, Diane (2007) “Sweatshops” in William Darity, editor International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition) Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA
Flaherty, Diane (1987) "Alexander Erlich” in Eatwell, John, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman, editors The New Palgrave London: Macmillan, p. 188
Selected Book Reviews
Flaherty, Diane and William Gibson (2011) “Genius Constrained: Sylvia Nasar’s Grand Pursuit,” World Economics 12:4
Flaherty, Diane (2006) “Review of W. Lin and T. Chen Management of Developing Economics in Transition ” Journal of Developing Areas 40:1, pp. 171 - 173
Flaherty, Diane (2002-2003) “Review of Michael Howard Self-Management and the Crisis of Socialism” Science & Society 66:4, pp. 545 - 549
Selected Seminars and Presentations
“Employment Impact Assessments: A Review of Methodologies”, paper presented at the Employment Impact Assessment conference, International Labor Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland, December 2015
“Agent-Based Models for Development”, presentation at the International Labor Organization, Washington, DC, May 2015
“Computable General Equilibrium Model for Tabasco”, paper presented at the Conference on Computable General Equilibrium Models for Latin America, Central Bank of Colombia,
Bogota, Colombia, October 2014
“Computable General Equilibrium: Compact Models in Excel”, presentation at Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Villahermosa, Mexico, May 2014
“Upgrading in the Clothing Industry: Comparison of Macedonia and Croatia”, paper presented at the Global Business Conference, Opatija, Croatia, September 2013 “Labor Intensive Sector Competitiveness: Macedonia and Croatia”, presentation at the Ekonomski Institut, Zagreb, Croatia, September 2013
“Life After Walmart: Competitive Strategies in the Macedonian Clothing Industry”, paper presented at the Global Business Conference, Sibenik, Croatia, September 2011
“Gender Dimensions of Recession and Recovery”, paper presented at the Brimmer Forum of the ASSA, Denver, CO, January 2011
“Regional Inequality and Ethnicity in Yugoslav Civil War”, paper presented at the Southern Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, October 2010
“The Evolution of Radical Economics”, paper presented to the Economic Theory Workshop, Economics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November 2006 “Contradictions of Worker Self-Management”, paper presented to Conference on Marxism in the 21st Century, Havana, Cuba, May 2003
“Monitoring and Labor Standards”, paper presented to the Political Economy Research Institute conference on Globalization, Amherst, MA, May 2002
“Locational Inertia in South African Clothing Firms”, paper presented to the University of Cape Town, Development Policy Unit Conference on the South African Labour Market,
Johannesburg, November 2001
“The Effects of Monitoring on Wages, Working Conditions and Profitability: Evidence from Guatemalan and Mauritian Clothing Firms”, paper presented to Hawaii Conference on Business, Honolulu, June 2001
"Globalization and Mauritian Clothing Production", presentation to the Union of Clothing and Textile Workers, Rose Hill, Mauritius, May 2000
"Firm Response to Competitive Threat: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys", presentation to the PERI/Ford Foundation Conference on Globalization, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 2000
"Manufacturing Performance in Paraguay", paper presented to the Economic Development seminar, University of Massachusetts, April 2000
Selected Departmental and University Service
2014 - 2015 |
Member, Council on Program and Budget of the Faculty Senate |
2014 - 2015 |
Member, Commonwealth Honors Council of the Faculty Senate |
2014 - 2015 |
Member, Economics Department Hiring Committee |
2014 – 2015 |
Member, ISSR Committee on the Methods Certificate |
2010 - 2013 |
Chair, Commonwealth Honors Council of the Faculty Senate |
2005 - 2009 |
Member, Curriculum Committee, Commonwealth Honors College |
2005 - 2007 |
Chair, University Team on Community Diversity and Social Justice |
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1992 - 1998 |
Vice-President, Massachusetts Society of Professors |
1988 - 1995 |
Grievance Officer, Massachusetts Society of Professors |
1982 - 1983 |
Director of Graduate Studies, Economics Department |