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Nate Peach

Nate Peach 


Assistant Professor of Economics
Phone: 503-554-2815
Email: npeach@georgefox.edu
Office Location: Hoover 133


Office Hours: By appointment


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Nate Peach joined George Fox in 2011 as an assistant professor of economics. In the three years previous, he served as an instructor in the economics department at Colorado State University teaching courses that included microeconomics, issues in environmental economics, and money and banking. He was also a graduate teaching assistant at the school from 2006 to 2009. His research explores the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for states in the United States and the interaction of economic growth and sustainable development in energy-rich nations. This summer he completed a doctor of philosophy degree from Colorado State. Nate also holds a master's degree in economics from the same institution (2007) and a bachelor's degree in international business from Messiah College (2000). In Nate's free time he likes to go rock climbing, traveling and biking.  He is also on a lifelong quest to find the world's best donut.  Nate lives in Tigard with his wife, Meagan, and son Jed.

Professor Peach Teaches:

  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Economics for Managerial Decision-making

Education

  • PhD Colorado State University in Economics
  • MA Colorado State University in Economics
  • BS Messiah College in International Business

Research Interests

  • Interaction of energy consumption and economic growth for states in the United States
  • The relationship between governance, national savings and resource manaagement in energy-rich nations
  • Regional impacts of greenhouse gas regulation
  • Forecasting local housing supply
  • Quantifying how local amenities influence housing values

Selected Publications/Presentations

  • 2011 Review of the book, Generous justice: How God's grace makes us just.  Faith & Economics, 57, 73-76.2011.
  • 2011 Review of the book, The poor will be glad: Joining the revolution to lift the world out of poverty.  Faith & Economics, 55, 70-73.
  • Peach, N. (November 2010). "Energy and Economic Growth: A State-Level Analysis." North American Regional Science Council in Denver, CO.