David J. Molina

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings

• Molina, D.J. (1997). "NAFTA and Trucking," in Mexican Presence on U.S. Highways After the 17th December 1995: Workshop Proceedings. College Station, TX, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University.
• Molina, D.J., Riney, B., Rubin, R., Peck, C.J. (1989). Opportunity Costs of Employed Wives. 19. American Home Economics Association.

Book

• Molina, D.J., Erickson, C.A., Ghosh, S.N. (2004). The U.S.-Mexican border environment: Improving Transboundary Air Quality with Binational Emission Reduction Credit Trading. SCERP Monograph Series. (10) San Diego State University Press.
• Molina, D.J., Giermanski, J. (1994). The Linking or the Isolation of Two Economies: A Look at Trucking Along the Texas-Mexico Border. The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
• Molina, D.J., Hayes, K., Basmann, R.L., Johnson, J.D., Slottje, D.J. (1988). The Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Function and Some of its Uses. Springer Press.

Book Chapter

• Molina, D., Roman, B. (2018). New Migration Networks: An Application of Graph and Network Theory. Aspectos Economicos. 139-159. Tijuana, B.C., Colegio De La Frontera Norte.
• Molina, D.J., Fullerton, Jr., T.M., Barraza de Anda, M.P., Rueda, L.A., Gutiérrez Casas, L.E. (2010). "Education, direct foreign investment, and regionaleconomic performance in Mexico". Mercado laboral,población y desarrollo Estudios sobre Ciudad Juárez. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
• Molina, D.J., Erickson, C.A., Ghosh, S.N., Curry, T., Lownes-Jackson, M., Ghosh, S. (2005). "Using Emission Permit Trading to Coordinate Environmental Policy: The U.S.-Mexico Border,". Globalization and Urbanization: Opportunities and Challenges. 26-60. Tennessee State University Press.
• Molina, D.J., Bailey, J. (2001). "Economic Dynamics in the US-Mexican Border Region,". U.S.-Mexican Economic Integration: NAFTA at the Grass Roots. 71-97. US-Mexican Center for Policy Studies Center, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
• Molina, D.J., Davila, A. (1995). "Impacto del TLC en El Comercio al Menudeo en la Frontera de Texas con Mexico,". El Effecto del Acuerdo de Libre Commercio a la Region Fronteriza. 35-50. Saltillo, Coahuila, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila Press.
• Molina, D.J., Williams, G.W., Grennes, T. (1994). "Pollution Abatement Costs and U.S.-Mexico Trade in Food Related Products,". NAFTA and Agriculture: Will The Experiment Work?. 53-70. Center for North American Studies, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Texas Agricultural Market Research Center.
• Molina, D.J., Dean, C.C., Thibodeaux, M.D., Beyerlein, M., Ebrahami, B., Prasad, S.B., Peterson, R.B. (1993). "Corporate Entrepreneurship and Competitive Aggressiveness: A Comparison of U.S. Firms Operating In Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States with U.S. Firms in Other High-Risk Environments". Advances in International Comparative Management. 8 31-54.
• Molina, D.J., Valenciano, E.O., Ganster, P. (1992). "A Note on the Impact NAFTA will have on the Border Economic Walls Which Have Created a Distorted Service Industry: The Case of the Texas-Mexico Border,". The Mexican-U.S. Border Region and the Free Trade Agreement. 35-40. Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias, San Diego State University.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S., Davila, A. (1992). "Texas-Mexico Trends in Maquiladora Investment". La Apertura Comercial y las Relaciones Economicas del la Frontera Mexico-Texas. Saltillo, Coahuila, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila.
• Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J., Slottje, D. (1992). "The Effect of Maquiladoras on Income Distribution in Sixteen Texas Border Counties: an Empirical Application of the Kappa Criterion". Research in Economic Inequality II. JAI Press.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S.L., Slottje, D. (1992). "The Effect of Maquiladoras on Income Distribution on the Texas-Mexican Border". Research in Economic Inequality. 169-191. JAI Press.
• Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J., Davila, A.F. (1991). "Texas-Mexico Trends in Maquiladora Investment". La Apertura Comercial y las Relaciones Economicas de la Frontera Mexico-Texas.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S.L. (1991). "Implications of North American Free Trade for Infrastructure and Migration on the Texas-Mexico Border". North American Free Trade: Proceedings of a Conference. 75-89. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
• Molina, D.J., Nieswiadomy, M., Collins, M.A. (1988). "Estimating Residential Water Demand Under Multi-Part Tariffs Using Household Data,". Water Planning and Financing for the 21st Century. 247-260. Center for Urban Water Studies at Southern Methodist University.
• Molina, D.J., Nieswiadomy, M.L., Schoolmaster, F.A. (1988). "The Importance of the Rate Structure In a Water Conservation Plan,". Information Resource Handbook for The J.K.G. Silvey Conference on Land and Water Resource Challenges in North Central Texas, Denton, Texas, September 22-23.
• Molina, D.J., Hayes, K., Nieswiadomy, M., Slottje, D., Slottje, D.J. (1985). "Variable Preference, Demand Elasticities and the True Cost-of-Living-Index: The Case of Mexico,". Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 5.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Slottje, D.J., Basmann, R., Rhodes Jr., G.F. (1984). "Variable Consumer Preferences, Economic Inequality, and Cost-of-Living: Part one,". Advances in Econometrics Vol 3. 1-65. Greenwich, Connecticut, JAI Press.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Rodarte, M., Slottje, D.J., Nobe, K., Sampath, R. (1983). "Some New Methods of Predicting Changes in Economic Inequality Associated with Trends in Growth and Development,". Issues in Third World Development. 71-141. Westview Press/ Boulder Co..

Book Review

• Molina, D.J. (2007). Review of Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Joan Anderson and James Gerber. 22 (2) 121-122. Journal of Borderland Studies.
• Molina, D.J. (1995). Urban Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century by Diane E. Davis. 541 187-188. Annals of Political Science.
• Weeks, J.W., Ham-Chande, R., Molina, D.J. (1993). Demographic Dynamic of the U.S.-Mexico Border. 5 (2) 205-206. Locus.
• Flores, A.D., Molina, D.J. (1993). La Apertura Comercial y La Frontera Mexico-Texas. 8 (1) 116-118. Journal of Borderland Studies.
• Molina, D.J. (1992). "Exports and Local Development: Mexico's New Maquiladoras" by Patricia Wilson. 7 (2) 116-118. Journal of Borderland Studies.

Journal Article

• Molina, D.J. (2018). “El Impacto Economico y las Condiciones Economicas de la Diaspora Mexican en los Estados Unidos (The Economic Impact and Economic Condition of the Mexican Diaspora in the United States). XVIII (71) 121-132. Mexico City,
• Cobb, S.L., McPherson, M.A., Molina, D.J., Quintanilla, J.A., Rasmussen, E., Rous, J.J. (2018). Teaching Economics to the Masses: The Effects of Student Help Centers on Academic Outcomes. International Review of Economics Education. 27 (January 2018) 16-23.
• Martinez, J., McPherson, M.A., Molina, D.J., Rous, J.J. (2013). The Economic Geography of Microenterprises: Clustering, Networking, and Knowledge Spillovers. Enterprise Development & Microfinance. 24 (4) 346-361. Practical Action Publishing. http://practicalaction.org/enterprise-development-microfinance
• Molina, D.J., McPherson, M., Jewell, T. (2010). The Determinants of the Growth of Microenterprises in Central Mexico: Evidence from a Survey in Toluca. Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
• Molina, D.J., Lopez, E. (2010). Third-Degree Price Discrimination: Apology Not Necessary. Atlantic Economic Journal. 38 383-397.
• Molina, D.J., Jewell, T. (2009). "Mexican migration to the US: a comparison of income and network effects. Eastern Economic Journal. 35 (2) 144-159.
• Molina, D.J., Jewell, T. (2009). An Analysis of Mexican Remigration to the US.. Journal of Business Strategies. 26 (1) 55-71.
• Molina, D.J. (2009). Has Economic Integration increase or decreased the Homogeneity of Rural and Urban Mexican Consumers. Paradigma Económico. 1 (1) 190-206.
• with Jim Peach. (2005). Mexico's Changing Distribution of Income?. Journal of Economic Issues. 39 (2) 419-27.
• Molina, D.J., Jewell, T. (2005). An Evaluation of the Relationship between Hispanics and Major League Soccer. Journal of Sports Economics. 6 (2) 160-177.
• Molina, D.J., Jewell, T. (2004). Productive Efficiency and Salary Distribution: The Case of US Major League Baseball. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 51 (1) 127-142.
• Molina, D.J., McPherson, M., Jewell, T. (2004). Testing the Determinants of Income Distribution in Major League Baseball. Economic Inquiry. 42 (3) 469-482.
• Molina, D.J., Peach, J. (2002). Income Distribution in Mexico's Northern Border States. Journal of Borderland Studies. 17 (2) 1-19.
• Molina, D.J., Ghosh, S. (2002). Public Decisions for Private Management of Air Pollution: The Case of the US-Mexico Border Region. Journal of Developing Areas. 36 (1) 93-107.
• Molina, D.J., Ghosh, S., Bohren, L. (1999). An Expanded Emission Profile of Vehicles on the Road and Willingness to Pay. Other.
• Molina, D.J. (1997). Socioeconomic Workgroup Report. Other. 4
• with Arnold Maltz and James R. Giermanski. (1996). The US-Mexico Cross-Border Freight Market: Prospects for Mexican Truckers.
• Molina, D.J., Chavez, O., Ghosh, S. (1996). La Calidad del Aire en Ciudad Juarez. La Jornada Ecologica.
• Molina, D.J. (1993). A Comment on Whether the Maquiladoras are in Mexico for Low Wages or to Avoid Pollution Abatement Costs. The Journal of Environment and Development. 2 (1) 220-241.
• Molina, D.J., Hoffnar, E., Parish, N. (1993). Mexico's Maquiladora Trade and the Industrial Flight Hypothesis. Journal of Borderland Studies. 8 (2) 91-104.
• with Michael L. Nieswiadomy. (1991). A Note on Price Perception in Water Demand Models.
• Molina, D.J., Rubin, R., Riney, B. (1990). Expenditure Pattern Differentials Between One-Earner and Dual-Earner Households: 1972-73 and 1984. Journal of Consumer Research. 17 (1) 43-52.
• Molina, D.J., Nieswiadomy, M.L. (1989). Comparing Residential Water Estimates Under Decreasing and Increasing Block Rates Using Household Data. Land Economics. 65 (3) 280-289.
• Molina, D.J., Hayes, K., Slottje, D.J. (1989). Measuring Preference Variation Across North America. Economica. 55 525-539.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S.L. (1989). The Impact of Maquiladora Investment on the Size Distribution of Income Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Case of Texas. Journal of Borderland Studies. 4 (2) 100-118.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S.L., Sokulsky, K. (1989). The Impact of Maquiladoras on Commuter Flows in the Texas-Mexican Border. Journal of Borderland Studies. 4 (1) 71-88.
• David Molina and Michael Nieswiadomy. (1988). "Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates". Growth and Change. 19 (1-2) 1-12.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Slottje, D.J. (1988). A Note on Measuring Veblen's Theory of Conspicuous Consumption. Review of Economics and Statistics. 70 (3) 531-535.
• Molina, D.J., Hirschberg, J., Slottje, D.J. (1988). A Selection Criterion for Choosing Between Functional Forms of Income Distributions. Econometric Reviews. 7 (3) 183-197.
• Molina, D.J., Slottje, D.J. (1988). The Gamma Distribution and the Size Distribution of Income Reconsidered. Other. 15 (2) 86.
• Molina, D.J., Nieswiadomy, M. (1988). Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates. Growth and Change. 19 (1) 1-12.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R., Hayes, K.T., Slottje, D.J. (1987). A New Method for Measuring Technological Change. Economic Letters. 25 329-333.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Slottje, D.J. (1987). Price Dependent Preferences and the Generalized Fechner- Thurstone Direct Utility Function: An Exposition. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. 143 (4) 568-594.
• Molina, D.J., Bittle, C., Barter, F.C. (1985). The Cosinor Method of Data Reduction for the Determination of Salt-Sensitivity in Essential Hypertension. Hypertension. 7 (6) 989-994.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Slottje, D.J. (1984). A Note on Aggregation of Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Functions. Economic Letters. 14 117-122.
• Molina, D.J. (1984). Conspicuous Consumption: Water in Louisiana. Louisiana Business Review. 48 (2) 17-24.
• Molina, D.J., Richardson, J., Scott, L., Jamal, A. (1984). Louisiana's 1984 Econometric Forecast. Louisiana Business Review. 47 (3) 6-15.
• Molina, D.J., Jamal, A. (1984). The Economies of Louisiana and its neighbors. Louisiana Business Review. 48 (1) 25-34.
• Molina, D.J., Basmann, R.L., Slottje, D.J. (1983). Budget constraint prices and preference-changing parameters of generalized Fechner-Thurstone direct utility functions. American Economic Review. 73 411-413.
• Molina, D.J., Adams, P., Davis, P., Duffy Jr., J. (1983). Economic Assistance in Louisiana. Louisiana Business Review. 48 (1) 14-20.

Popular Press Article

• with Steve L. Cobb in Lich and McKinney, eds.. (1992). "The Impact of a U.S. - Mexico FTA on Migration". 91-98. Free Trade and the United States-Mexico Borderlands. A Regional Report to the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress.
• Molina, D.J. (1991). U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement: Issues and Implications for Infrastructure.
• Molina, D.J., Cobb, S.L. (1989). Maquiladoras and Income Distribution of Hispanics on the Texas-Mexican Border. 3 (1) 126. Social Science Perspective Journal.

Video and Audiovisual Material

• Levin, C.M., McPherson, M.A., Jewell, R.T., Martinez, J., Molina, D.J. (2011). Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers from Both Sides of the Border.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), Levin, C.M. (Co-Principal), Martinez, J. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), "Weathering the Storm: The Cultural and Social Impact of Shifting Economic Trends on Mexican Immigrants in the United States: A Documentary Film," sponsored by Hispanic and Global Studies Initiative Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $20197.00 Funded. (2009 - 2010).
• Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), Lyons, D. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), Rice, M.D. (Co-Principal), Rous, J.J. (Co-Principal), "An Exploratory Survey of the Micro Enterprises in Central Mexico with a Focus on Agglomeration Externalities and Benefits of Return Migration," sponsored by Charn Uswachoke Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2008 - 2009).
• Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), "A Pilot Study of Mexican Micro Enterprises: Extension to Central Mexico," sponsored by Hispanic and Global Studies Initiative Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $22628 Funded. (2007 - 2008).
• Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), "A Study of Mexican Microenterprises: Pilot Survey and Evaluation," sponsored by Hispanic and Global Studies Initiative Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $12000 Funded. (2006 - 2007).
• Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), "An Exploratory Survey of Micro Enterprises in Northern Mexico," sponsored by Charn Uswachoke Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $6400 Funded. (2006 - 2007).