Faculty Profile

Professor Boulier received his BA in economics from North Carolina State University, and his MA and PhD from Princeton University. Before coming to The George Washington University, he was assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Princeton and research associate at the Office of Population Research. He has also been a visiting associate professor in the School of Economics at the University of the Philippines. Boulier teaches courses in demography, microeconomic theory, and the economics of human resources. His research interests include demography, the economics of human resources, and forecasting.

His current research includes: Estimation of models of the Spanish influenza epidemic with Kyongsei Sohn and "A Shot in the Dark: Uncertainty and Vaccine Demand and Supply," 2009.

Selected articles include: "Measuring Consensus in Binary Forecasts: NFL Game Predictions," with ChiUng Song and H.O. Stekler, International Journal of Forecasting, 2009; "Vaccination Externalities," with T.S. Datta and R. Goldfarb, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions), 2007; "Comparative Accuracy of Judgmental and Model Forecasts of American Football Games," with ChiUng Song and H.O. Stekler in the International Journal of Forecasting, 2007; "Testing the Efficiency of the NFL Betting Market," with H.O. Stekler and S. Amundsen in Applied Economics (Feb 2006).

Professor
PhD, Princeton University

Interests: Economic demography and labor economics, population problems in less developed countries.

Courses:

• Econ 101: Intermediate Microeconomics
• Econ 165: Economics of Human Resources
• Econ 290: Principles of Demography
• Econ 291: Methods of Demographic Analysis

Contact Information:
Office: Monroe 365
(202) 994-8088
mortile@gwu.edu