Dr. Tom Lehman is a professor of economics at Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, where he teaches Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Urban Economics and Policy, Public Finance, International Economics, Statistics and Research Methods, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and American Economic History.
INTERESTS
Dr. Lehman's research interests include urban economics and local economic development, urban housing markets, urban economic growth, income inequality and technological change, and payday lending, and other short-term loan markets. Past published research includes co-authored studies on the determinants of rental prices in urban housing markets in the United States, comparing the 1990's and the early 2000's. Additionally, Dr. Lehman has conducted published studies on the habits and practices of consumers and producers in the short-term consumer finance industry, including payday lending and short-term check-cashing business models.
More recently, his research has been focused on using Census data to investigate the predictors of local economic development and growth in Midwestern non-metropolitan (rural) areas. His findings on this and other research have been utilized by local economic development organizations in Indiana and the Midwest. Dr. Lehman’s article exploring the links between technological change, income inequality, and job shifting was published by the prestigious Independent Review and can be accessed here.
PHD
University of Louisville , 2004
Urban Economics and Public Affairs
MA
Ball State University , 1994
Public Policy
BS
Indiana Wesleyan University , 1992
Economics
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Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Lehman, T. (2015). Countering the modern Luddite impulse. The Independent Review, 20, 265–283.
- Lehman, T. (2013). Review of Defending the Free Market by Robert Sirico. Christian Scholar’s Review, 42, 204–207.
- Lehman, T. (2012). Reflection on Gillis Harp’s “Reconsidering the Liberal Captivity of American Evangelicalism.” Christian Scholar’s Review, 41, 293–296.
- Lehman, T. (2006). Book review of Common Sense Economics. The Freeman, June 2006, 43–44.
Book chapters:
- Lehman, T., & Conn, B. (2021). Technological change. In Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences. ABC-CLIO.
- Lehman, T. (2011). I Can Breathe in a Small Town. In City Ranks. Indo American Books.
- Lehman, T. (2010). Explaining household income patterns in rural Midwestern counties. In After the Factory. Lexington Books.
- Lehman, T. (2005). The benefits of free trade and outsourcing. In Understanding Global Business. Precedent Press.
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