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John
F. Tomer
Professor
of Economics
Manhattan College
PhD, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, N. J.
Education: John Tomer holds a B.S. in industrial engineering (1964) from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in economics (1973) from Rutgers University.
Early Career: He served from 1964 to 1966 as an Ordnance Corps officer in the U.S. Army including a year in Korea. He was employed as an economist for the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Revenue Sharing during 1972-1974. He was a professor of economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for seven years and Union College for two years before joining Manhattan College in 1983.
Research: An important theme in Tomer’s behavioral economic research is intangible capital formation (especially organizational capital, social capital, and personal capital). His three books are Organizational Capital: The Path to Higher Productivity and Well-Being (Praeger 1987); The Human Firm: A Socio-Economic Analysis of its Behavior and Potential in a New Economic Age (Routledge 1999); and Intangible Capital: Its Contribution to Economic Growth, Well-Being, and Rationality (Edward Elgar 2008).
Behavioral Economics: Tomer is a founding member of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), assisted in SABE’s rebirth in 1991-1992, and served as its President from 1992 to 2003. Tomer currently serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Socio-Economics and Executive Director of SABE.
Family: He is married to Doris Tomer and resides in Troy, NY; they have two grown sons, Russell and Jeffrey.
John
Tomer's vita
Organizational Capital (concept)
Personal
Capital (concept)
Organizational Capital (book)
The Human Firm (book)
Intangible Capital (book)
Behavioral Economics
(SABE)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Books
Organizational Capital: The Path to Higher Productivity and Well-being. Praeger Publishing Co., 1987.
The Human Firm: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Its Behavior and Potential in a New Economic Age. Routledge Publishing Co., 1999.
Intangible Capital: Its Contribution to Economic Growth, Well-Being, and Rationality. Edward Elgar Publishing Co., 2008.
Articles
“Brain Physiology, Egoistic and Empathetic Motivation, and Brain Plasticity: Toward a More Human Economics,” submitted to World Economic Journal.
“Improving the Standard of Living through Investments in Intangible Capital,” forthcoming in R. Holt and D. Greenwood. Eds. A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation. M. E. Sharpe.
“Intangible Capital and Economic Growth,” International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research, forthcoming 2012.
“Enduring Happiness: Integrating the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Approaches,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 40(5), September/October 2011.
“What Causes Obesity? And Why Has It Grown So Much?,” Challenge, 54(4), July/August 2011.
“Beyond the Rationality of Economic Man, Toward the True Rationality of Human Man,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(5), October, 2008.
“Why We Need a Commitment Approach to Environmental Policy,” Ecological Economics, 62(3-4), May, 2007.
“What is Behavioral Economics?” Journal of Socio-Economics, 36(3), June, 2007.
“Organizational Capital and Personal Capital: The Role of Intangible Capital Formation in the Economy” in Altman, Morris. (Editor) Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics; Foundations and Developments. M.E. Sharpe, 2006.
“Understanding Human Welfare,” Indicators, 2(3), Summer 2003
“Personal Capital, and Emotional Intelligence: Increasingly Important Intangible Sources of Economic Growth,” Eastern Economic Journal, 29(3), Summer 2003.
“Human Well-being: A New Approach Based on Overall and Ordinary Functionings,” Review of Social Economy, 60(1), March 2002.
“The Firm Is Human: It Is Not a Neoclassical Machine,” Indicators, 1(3), Summer 2002.
“Economic Man vs. Heterodox Men: The Concept of Human Nature in Schools of Economic Thought,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 30(4), 2001, 281-293.
“Understanding High Performance Work Systems: The Joint Contribution of Economics and Human Resource Management,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 30(1), 2001, 63-73.
“Addictions Are Not Rational: A Socio-Economic Model of Addictive Behavior,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 30 (3), 2001, 243-261.
“Organizational Capital and Joining-Up: Linking the Individual to the Organization and to Society,” Human Relations, 51(6),1998, 825-846.
“Beyond the Machine Model of the Firm, Toward a Holistic Human Model,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 27(3), 1998, 323-340.
“Beyond Transaction Markets, Toward Relationship Marketing in the Human Firm: A Socio-Economic Model,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 27(2), 1998, 207-228.
“Good Habits and Bad Habits: A New Age Socio-Economic Model of Preference Formation,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 25(6), 1996, 619-638.
Shorter Publication
“Social and Organizational Capital,” in Encyclopedia of Political Economy. Phillip O'Hara. Ed., 1999.
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