Bebonchu Atems

Biography

Bebonchu Atems is a Professor of Economics and Financial Studies in the School of Business at Clarkson University.

Atems joined the David D. Reh School of Business in 2011 after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Maryland at College Park, and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Kansas State University. He was recently appointed Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement and Achievement in the Reh School.

He is an economist with research macroeconomics, time-series econometrics, and energy economics. Much of his research examines how incorporating nonlinearities and allowing for asymmetries in time-series models enhances current understanding of the macroeconomic effects of shocks to renewable and nonrenewable energy prices, fiscal policy, and financial markets. Another aspect of his research investigates how explicitly accounting for spatial dependence and heterogeneity in dynamic panel data models affects regional economic growth. Recently, his research has extended empirical macroeconomic models to examine issues related to income inequality, crime, entrepreneurship, transportation, and health.

Atems is a renowned and accomplished scholar, having presented his research at numerous national and international academic conferences, and published more than 30 articles in such professional journals as The Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Health Economics, Economic Inquiry, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Regional Science, Energy Economics, and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics. He is widely regarded as a leading expert in his field, having reviewed over 40 journal articles for more than 26 academic journals.

In 2020, he was awarded the David D. Reh School of Business Faculty Research Award for excellence in research.

Atems teaches Econometrics at the undergraduate level. He has also taught Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and Probability and Statistics. At the graduate level, he has taught Applied Economics, Probability and Statistics for Analytics, and Data Mining. He has received several accolades for teaching excellence in the Reh School and universitywide, including the Outstanding New Teacher Award, the Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA) Outstanding Teacher Award, and the Dr. Ralph Janaro Memorial Faculty Award.

At Clarkson, Atems has taken on several leadership and service roles and has been recognized with numerous awards including the PHALANX Commendable Leadership Award, the PHALANX Commendable Service Award, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award.

Education Background

Economics Ph.D. - 2011 Kansas State University
Economics M.A. - 2009 Kansas State University
Economics B.A. - 2007 University of Maryland at College Park

Experience

Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement & Achievement 2021-Present
Professor of Economics and Financial Studies 2021-Present
Associate Professor of Economics and Financial Studies 2017-2021
Assistant Professor of Economics and Financial Studies 2011-2021

Courses Taught

Applied Economics
Econometrics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Data Mining
Probability and Statistics for Analytics

Teaching Interests

Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Economic inequality
Economic effects of energy shocks

Service

Academic Partnerships, Office of the Provost, Clarkson University, 2021 – present
Presidential Search Committee, Clarkson University, 2021-2022
Director of Campus Safety Search Committee, Clarkson University, 2021University Faculty Development Committee, Clarkson University, 2021 – present
Research Advisory Committee, Clarkson University, 2021 – present
Academic Anti-Racism Task Force, Office of the Provost, Clarkson University, 2020 – 2021
Environmental Economics Search Committee (Chair), David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2020 – 2021
African American/Indigenous American Studies Search Committee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Clarkson University, 2020 – 2021
Faculty Development Committee, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2020 – 2021
Strategic Planning Committee, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2020 – 2021
Undergraduate Policy Committee (Chair), David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2018
Economics Search Committee, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2018
Awards Committee, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2018
Faculty Development Committee, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 2017 – 2018
Data Science and Analytics Design Committee, Clarkson University, 2013
Sustainable Solutions in the Developing World, Clarkson University, 2012
Common Experience Committee, Clarkson University, 2013 – 2015
Faculty Senate Library Committee, Clarkson University, 2013 – 2016
Governance Committee, School of Business, Clarkson University, 2013 – 2015
University Awards Committee, Clarkson University, 2013 – 2014
Graduate Admissions Committee, Clarkson University School of Business, 2013 – 2014
Graduate Policy Committee: Ad Hoc Committee on Experiential/Global MBA, 2013
Global Business Programs (Uganda and Kenya), Clarkson University, 2012, 2013, 2014 2016, 2017, 2019

Research Interests

Macroeconomic effects of energy shocks
Regional effects of income inequality
The short and long run effects of fiscal policy
Economic Effects of Entrepreneurship, Crime, and Health Information Technology.

Awards

PHALANX Commendable Leadership Award (Highest University Award), Clarkson University, 2021
PHALANX Commendable Service Award, Clarkson University, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Clarkson University, 2021
David D. Reh School of Business Faculty Research Award (awarded annually for recent research accomplishments by a faculty member), 2020
Ralph Janaro Memorial Faculty Award, Beta Gamma Sigma, Clarkson University, 2017
Clarkson University Outstanding New Teacher Award (highest university award for outstanding teaching by a new professor), 2013
Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA) Outstanding Teacher Award (awarded by CUSA for outstanding teaching and contribution to education at Clarkson University), 2013
Ralph Janaro Memorial Faculty Award, Beta Gamma Sigma, Clarkson University, 2013
Lambda Chi Alpha Outstanding Faculty Member, Kansas State University, 2011
James Ragan Memorial Scholarship Award, Department of Economics, Kansas State University, 2010
Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Economics, Kansas State University, 2010
Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Kansas State University, 2009

Publications

Forthcoming

Atems, Bebonchu and William Blankenau. The ‘Time-Release’, Crime-Reducing Effects of Public Education Spending. Economics Letters
Atems, Bebonchu and Jules Yimga. “Quantifying the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Airline Stock Prices”. Journal of Air Transport Economics
Explaining Fluctuations in Jet Fuel Prices and Their Impacts on the U.S. Aviation Industry. Transport Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

2021

Atems, Bebonchu and Naafey Sardar. “Exploring Asymmetries in the Impact of El Nino Southern Oscillation on U.S. Food and Agricultural Stock Prices”, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, August 2021, vol. 81, pp. 1-14
Atems, Bebonchu and William Blankenau. “’Time-Release’ Output Responses to Public Education Expenditures”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, January 2021, vol.
Atems Bebonchu, Emily McGraw, Michael Maresca, and Baomei Ma. “The Impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on U.S. Food and Agricultural Stock Prices”, Water Resources and Economics, October 2020, vol. 32, 100157.
Atems, Bebonchu and Claire Liu. “Government Education Expenditures, Taxation, and Growth: A State-Level Analysis.” Applied Economics Letters, January 2020, vol. 27, pp. 1730-1734

2020

Atems, Bebonchu and Grayden Shand. “Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality: A Spatial Econometric Approach”, Journal of Income Distribution, March-June 2020, vol. 29, 115-137
Atems, Bebonchu. “An Empirical Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Police Spending on Violent and Property Crime Rates”, Economic Inquiry, April 2020, vol. 58, pp. 717-744
Atems, Bebonchu. “Identifying the Effect of Income Inequality on Crime”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, August 2020, vol. 82, pp. 751-782

2019

Atems, Bebonchu. “Public Health Expenditures, Taxation, and Growth”, Health Economics, September 2019, vol. 28, pp. 1146-1150
Atems, Bebonchu and Mark Melichar. “Do Global Crude Oil Market Shocks Have Differential Effects on Us Regions?”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, July 2019, vol. 23, pp. 1978-2008
Atems, Bebonchu. “The Effects of Government Spending Shocks: Evidence from U.S. States”,Regional Science and Urban Economics, January 2019, vol. 74, 65-80
Atems, Bebonchu, and Mark Melichar. “Global Crude Oil Market Shocks and Global Commodity Prices”, OPEC Energy Review, March 2019, vol. 43, pp. 92-105
Atems, Bebonchu, Lance Bachmeier, and Corey Williams. “Do Jet Fuel Price Movements Help Forecast Airline Fares and the Demand for Air Travel?”, Applied Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 26, pp. 877-882

2018

Atems, Bebonchu. “Regional Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth: Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressions”, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, June 2018, vol. 17, pp. 41-47
Bebonchu Atems and Grayden Shand. “An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality”, Small Business Economics, January 2018, pp. 1-18
Atems, Bebonchu and Chelsea Hotaling. “Renewable and Nonrenewable Electricity Generation and Economic Growth” Energy Policy, January 2018, vol. 112, pp. 111-118
Atems, Bebonchu, and Andrew Ojede. “The Direct and Indirect Effects of Fiscal Policy on Economic Growth at the U.S. State Level”, Growth and Change, March 2018, vol. 49, pp. 122-141
Cho, Na-Eun, Weiling Ke, Bebonchu Atems, and Jongwha Chang. “How Does Electronic Health Information Exchange Affect Hospital Performance Efficiency? The Effects of Breadth and Depth of Information Sharing” Journal of Healthcare Management, May-June 2018, vol. 63, pp. 212-228

2016

Atems, Bebonchu and John K. Mullen. “Outward FDI from the U.S. and Host Country Financial Transparency”, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, June 2016, vol. 25, pp. 1122-1143.
Atems, Bebonchu, and Jason Bergtold. “Revisiting the Statistical Specification of Near-Multicollinearity in the Logistic Regression Model”, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, April 2016, vol. 20, pp. 199-210.

2015

Babcock, Michael, and Bebonchu Atems. “Intrarailroad and Intermodal Competition Impacts on Railroad Wheat Rates”, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Fall 2015, vol. 54, pp. 61-84.
Atems, Bebonchu, Devin Kapper, and Eddery Lam. “Do Exchange Rates Respond Asymmetrically to Shocks to the Crude Oil Market”, Energy Economics, May 2015, vol. 49, pp. 227-238.
Atems, Bebonchu. “A Note on the Determinants of Long-Run Aggregate State Productivity Growth” Applied Economics Letters, March 2015, vol. 22, pp. 1287-1292.
Atems, Bebonchu, and Jason Jones. “Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Panel Vector Autoregression Approach”, Empirical Economics, June 2015, vol. 48, pp. 1541-1561.
Atems, Bebonchu. “Another Look at Tax Policy and State Economic Growth: The Long-run and Short-run of it”, Economics Letters, February 2015, vol. 127, pp. 64-67.

2014

Atems, Bebonchu, Na-Eun Cho, and Jongwha Chang. “The Effects of Health Information Technology (IT) adoption and Hospital-Physician Integration on Hospital Efficiency” American Journal of Managed Care, November 2014, vol. 20, pp. 9-15.

2013

Atems, Bebonchu, and Eddery Lam. “The Response of U.S. States to Exogenous Oil Supply and Monetary Policy Shocks”, Research in Applied Economics, August 2013, vol. 5, pp. 106-128.
Atems, Bebonchu. “A Note on the Differential Regional Effects of Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence Using U.S. County-Level Data”, Journal of Regional Science, October 2013, vol. 53, pp. 656-671.
Atems, Bebonchu. “The Spatial Dynamics of Growth and Inequality: Evidence Using U.S. County Level Data”, Economics Letters, January 2013, vol. 118, pp. 19-22.