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Thomas J. Nechyba CV

Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Department of Economics, Durham, NC 27708
318 Social Science Building, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
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Overview


Professor Nechyba conducts his research within the fields of public finance, fiscal federalism, and the economics of education. His studies tend toward the investigation of function within local governments, public policy issues concerning disadvantaged families, and the economics behind primary and secondary education. He received funding for one of his latest projects, “An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects in Schools and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes,” from a National Science Foundation grant. He also received support from the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy for his work, “Urban Sprawl;” from the Spencer Foundation for his study on, “The Role of Peers, Parental Choices, and Neighborhoods;” from the New Zealand Ministry of Education for a study on, “The Impact of Family and Community Resources on Education Outcomes;” and the Hoover Institution for the study, “The Implications of New Federalism.” He also received monetary support from the National Academy of Sciences for his investigation of the fiscal impact of immigrants, and from the Center for Economic Policy Research for various projects concerning education and welfare policy. In addition to his individual research pursuits, Professor Nechyba is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Economics · 2003 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Chair of Economics · 2020 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Ecoteach in Economics · 2022 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Interim Chair of the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2024 - Present Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2011 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy

In the News


Published April 16, 2018
Nechyba Stepping Down as SSRI Director in 2019
Published February 22, 2018
Turning Economic Concepts into Poetry
Published April 20, 2017
Trinity College Honors Faculty, Staff for Teaching, Advising and Leadership

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Recent Publications


ImPACT: A networked service architecture for safe sharing of restricted data

Journal Article Future Generation Computer Systems · April 1, 2022 In this paper we describe an architecture developed and prototyped in the course of the NSF-funded project called ImPACT—Infrastructure for Privacy-Assured CompuTations. This architecture addresses the common problems that arise from the need to securely s ... Full text Cite

Tiebout sorting and competition

Chapter · January 20, 2020 Over 60 years ago, Charles Tiebout hypothesized that decentralized provision of public services (such as public schools) through local governments can result in efficient levels of such services (Tiebout, 1956). His key insight was that residential mobilit ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


CC*Data: ImPACT - Infrastructure for Privacy-Assured compuTations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2017 - 2022

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Thomas Nechyba CV