Peter Frank

Peter Frank

Peter Frank, Associate Professor of Economics

Education

George Mason University, Ph.D. (2005)

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, M.S. (1998)

Grove City College, B.A. (1995)

Contact Information

704-233-8144

pfrank@wingate.edu

Selected Publications

“Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Preliminary Evidence.” (2011) Regional Science Policy and Practice, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 181-198. (with Gordon E. Shockley).

“Schumpeter, Kirzner, and the Field of Social Entrepreneurship.” (2011) Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 6-26. (with Gordon E. Shockley).

“The Entrepreneurial Environment: Business Incubation in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region.” (2011) In Sameeksha Desai, Roger R. Stough, and Peter Nijkamp (Eds.), Regional Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship Research, Practice and Policy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

“The Institutionalization and Endogenization of Venture Capital: A Regional Analysis of Northern Virginia in the 1990s.” (2004) In Henri L.F. de Groot, Peter Nijkamp and Roger Stough (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (with Roger R. Stough and Gordon E. Shockley)

“Non-market Entrepreneurship: Interdisciplinary Approaches.” (2008) Gordon E. Shockley, Peter M. Frank, and Roger R. Stough (Eds.), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Courses

Principles of Microeconomics

Principles of Macroeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Development Economics

The Foundations of Capitalism in U.S. Economic History

Global Perspectives in Economics and Political Science

The Rhine Region: Commerce and Culture (included a 10-day study abroad component)

Managerial Economics (MBA)

Business Statistics

Research Interests