Kevin Duncan

Background

About Kevin Duncan

Kevin Duncan is Professor of Economics, Hasan School of Business, Colorado State University-Pueblo and will be a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1987 and his B.A. from the University of California, Riverside in 1981. Duncan is the author of over 70 academic papers and applied regional projects. His research on prevailing wage laws has appeared in leading national and international journals such as Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Construction Management and Economics, and Industrial Relations. He has provided expert testimony and research to the Colorado, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Vermont state legislatures on policy related to construction labor markets. His research was referenced by the California Senate President pro Tem (Darrel Steinberg) in support of SB7 (2013) that extends the payment of prevailing wages on public works to charter cities. He has also conducted a variety of economic impact studies including the impacts of the California pharmaceutical industry, America’s Cup Races in San Diego, Colorado State Fair, CSU-Pueblo, project labor and local hire agreements, prevailing wage laws, the installation and operation of wind energy towers, the nonprofit sector, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, as well as the impact of the proposed Colorado Amendment 61. He has served on the Advisory Board for Economic Impact Analysis of the Colorado Nonprofit Association. He teaches regional economics where his students learn economic impact analysis.Duncan is the winner of several honors and awards including the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, the Outstanding Faculty Member Award for the Hasan School of Business, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Student Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Dean’s Advisory Council Award for Outstanding Faculty Member, as well as the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.