Economics Department
Faculty Profile
Douglas P. Woodward
Professor Economics Department Director of Division of Research Contact Information Phone: (803) 777-2510 Fax: (803) 777-9344 woodward@moore.sc.edu
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Biography
Dr. Douglas P. Woodward is the Director of Division of Research and Professor of Economics at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Texas in 1986. Dr. Woodward's primary research interests are industry location, economic development, and foreign direct investment. He has published articles on these and other topics in economics and regional science journals.
Dr. Woodward is co-author of a book on foreign direct investment in the United States,
The New Competitors, ranked as one of the “top ten business and economics books”
by
Business Week and listed by
Fortune as one of the books “CEOs are reading.” Recent articles include academic
papers on industry location in the
Journal of Urban Economics, The Journal of Regional Science and the
Review of Economics and Statistics.
Over his career, Dr. Woodward has received numerous grants and awards. He has testified before local, state, and national government committees and has presented his research at many conferences around the world, including the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Dr. Woodward has been quoted frequently in the national press and has often appeared on television and radio programs discussing economic development and related topics. Education
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