Publications of Thomas Cook

Books

 · Economics – What You Need to Know, Micro and Macro Editions, 2002, 2008, 2012.

·  Public Square Econ, 2003, 2012.

· Organizational Behavior - a Biblical View,  2012.

· The Economics Cookbook, 1997, 2000.

Economic Analysis for Undergraduates

· "Hockey and the Demand for Violent Sport," The Best of the Margin, Worth Publishing, 2000.  (Originally article,  Spring, 1994).

· "Help Wanted: Businesses Seek Applicants with Economics Degrees," The Margin, Spring, 1994.

· "The Changing Economics Curriculum in Russia," The Margin, Spring, 1994.

· "Worker Co-ops Make Plywood and Save Jobs,", The Margin, Fall, 1993.

· "The Economics of Family Leave (And Helping Murphy Brown)," The Margin, Spring, 1993.

· "LA Story: The Market Effects of a Riot," The Margin, Fall, 1992.

Issues for Educators

· "Simulating a Dynamic Lecture Online - Circular Flow as an Example," Journal of Economic Education, Winter, 2006.

· "How I got my Job," Academe, May/June 1996.

· "Practicing with the News," Innovation Abstracts, Winter (xvi no. 3), 1994.

· "Taking the Dull Out of Data," College Teaching, Winter, 1994.

Social Issues

 · "Emerging Church Economics" Quodlibet Journal, February, 2009.

· "Too Many Children? The Ethics of Population Control," Quodlibet Journal, Fall, 2001.

· "Language Can Be Oppressive," Gamut, Fall 1994.

· "Family Values and Children's Poverty: A Christian Economics Perspective," Christian Perspectives, Spring, 1993.

Market Analysis

· "Pricing for Maximum Profit," Telephone Engineer and Management, May, 1992.

· "The Importance of Economic Analysis and Regional Strategies in an Age of Industrial Restructuring," Business Economics, with D. Hodes & W. Rochfort, April, 1988.

· "The Dial-1 Derby," Golden State Report, ghost written with F. Levenbach, July, 1987.

· "Strategic Issues and Planning in the Long-Distance Arena," Telephony, (front cover article), with D. Hodes & P. Falchi, June, 1986.

Business Forecasting

· "Understand Your Customer Before Preparing Forecasts," Journal of Business Forecasting, Winter 1994/95.

· "New Age Network Forecasting," Telephony, May, 1991.

· "Forecasts Get Better with a Flexible Model," The Journal of Business Forecasting, with M. Smeltzer, Spring, 1985.

· "Forecast Tracking Systems," Telephone Engineer and Management, with M. Porter and G. Schumann, November, 1983.

· "A Book Review on the Crisis in Forecasting and the Emergence of the Prospective Approach," The Annals of Regional Science, July, 1981.

Econometric Modeling

· "An Urban Allocation Model Combing Time Series and Analytic Hierarchical Methods," Management Science, with R. Mariano and P. Falchi, February, 1984.

· "Output, Prices and Money," Business Journal, Winter, 1983.

· "Time Series Modeling in a Regional Economy: An Exposition of the Box-Jenkins Techniques," Environment and Planning, with P. Falchi, Vol. 13, 1981.

· "Forecasting State Retail Sales: Econometric vs. Time Series Models: A Comment," The Annals of Regional Science, March, 1980.

· "An Application of the Transfer Function to an Economic-base Model," The Annals of Regional Science, July, 1979.

· "Regression Analysis and Geographic Models: A Comment," with P. Falchi, Canadian Geographer, Vol 1, 1979.