Clarendon College

Department of Business Administration

 

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Business Administration Degree Plan

 

Courses Taught:

ACCT 2301 – Financial Accounting

ACCT 2302 – Managerial Accounting 

ACNT 1403 – Introduction to Accounting I

ACNT 1404 – Introduction to Accounting II

BUSI 1301 – Business Principles

BUSI 1307 – Personal Finance

BUSI 2301 – Business Law

ECON 2301 – Macroeconomics

ECON 2302 – Microeconomics

AGRI 2317 – Agri. Economics

MATH 1342 – Elementary Statistics

Robert Taylor, ABD, MA
Assistant Professor of Accounting & Economics

Business Administration Department Coordinator

 

Clarendon Office: 

ADM 201, 806-874-3571, ext. 129

                             

Pampa Center Office:

MKBC 201D, 806-665-8801, ext. 2007

Email: robert.taylor@clarendoncollege.edu

 

EDUCATION:

 

Current     Enrolled in Doctoral program, Major: Systems, Minors: Accounting, Economics, Statistics, & Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness.  ABD September 2006, Estimated Graduation August 2009.

 

MA           2004        Economics

                                West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas

 

BBA         1990        Economics & Finance

                                West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas

 

PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, ABSTRACTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND POSTERS:

 

Almas, Lal K., Robert H. Taylor, Bridget Guerrero, and Stephen H. Amosson (2009). “Securing Food supply for future Generations Through Groundwater Management: A Policy Analysis Approach”. Selected paper presented at the 2009 Forum on Public Policy July 2009at Oxford University in Oxford, England, and published in the Spring 2009 Edition of the Forum on Public Policy Journal, Oxford University Press.

 

Taylor, Robert, Lal K. Almas, David Lust, Bridget Guerrero, & Stephen Amosson (2009). “Ogallala Aquifer Conservation: Water Policy Alternatives for the Texas Panhandle”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 7-9, 2009.

 

Amosson, S., L. Almas, B. Golden, B. Guerrero, J. Johnson, R. Taylor, and E. Wheeler-Cook. “Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala Aquifer.” Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service.  Staff Paper No. 09-04 June, 2009.

 

Taylor, Robert, Lal K. Almas, and David Lust, (2009). “Water Conservation Policy Alternatives for the Ogallala Aquifer in the Texas Panhandle”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2007). “Impact of Groundwater Availability on Land Values”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Universities Council on Water Resources 2007 Conference, Boise, Idaho, July 24, 2007.

 

Almas, Lal K., Robert Taylor, and W. Arden Colette (2007). “Implications of Groundwater Conservation Policies: An Economic Analysis”. Article and presentation prepared for the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, May 15-19, 2007.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2007). “Effect of Groundwater Availability on Land Values in the Texas Panhandle”. Accepted abstract for the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, May 15-19, 2007.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2007). “Final Report: A Pricing Model to Assess the Effect of Groundwater Availability on Land Valuation”. Technical Paper prepared for the Texas Water Resource Institute/USGS, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2007). “Impact of Groundwater Availability on Land Values”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the West Texas A&M University Graduate Studies Research Conference, Canyon, Texas, April 13, 2007.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2007). “Economic Analysis of Water Conservation Policies in the Texas Panhandle”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the 2007 SAEA Conference, Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2007.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2006). “Assessment and Impact of Water Conservation Policies in the Texas High Plains”. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Universities Council on Water Resources 2006 conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal. K. Almas, (2006). “Comparison of Oil Use, Importation, and Production between the United States, China, and India and the Associated Marketing Concerns”. Article submitted for the 2006 Academy of Marketing Science Conference.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2006). “Comparison of the effects of Two Water Conservation Policies in the Texas High Plains on Crop Mix, Input Use, and Aquifer Depletion”. Article Submitted for consideration for the 2006 Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas (2006). “The Economic Benefits of Irrigation in the Texas Panhandle”. Poster accepted and presented at the 2006 Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Research Conference, Lubbock, Texas.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal. K. Almas (2006). “The Economic Benefit of Irrigation in the Texas Panhandle”. Article presented at the 2006 West Texas A&M University Student Research Conference, Canyon, Texas.

 

Busser, Zena, Robert Herrington, David Lust, Robert DeOtte, Marty Rhoades, Robert Taylor, and Don Topliff, (2005). “Assessment of Foreign Animal Disease Response Plans: Implications for the Concentrated Animal Feeding Industry of the Texas High Plains”. White paper prepared for the Panhandle Beef Producers Association.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2005). “Mad Cow Disease, U.S. Beef Consumption and Exports.” Article submitted for consideration for the 2006 Academy of Marketing Science Conference.

 

Taylor, Robert and Lal K. Almas, (2005). “Biofuel Production, Energy Legislation, and the Agricultural Industry.” Abstract and paper submitted for consideration to the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, September 2005.

 

Taylor, Robert (2004). “Historiography of the Texas Navy: A Look at the Writings and Research on the Events, Men, and Ships Since 1835.” Article submitted to the Southern Historical Association.

 

GRANTS RECEIVED:

 

2006-07 Texas Water Resources Initiative competitive Graduate Student Research Grant, $5000.00, for “A Pricing Model to Assess the Effect of Groundwater Availability on Land Valuation.”

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

Social-economic Considerations Surrounding Agricultural Water Use

 

Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy

 

Monetary Theory and Banking Structure

 

Systems and Associated Data Analysis of Rural and Urban Microeconomies

 

Labor and Resource Economic Policy and Theory

 

Market Structure and Pricing Theory Including Game Theory