David Stifel 
Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics 
Head, Department of Economics 
Simon Center 202 
Lafayette College 
Easton, PA 18042-1776 
Tel: (610) 330-5673 
E-mail: stifeld@lafayette.edu
  
  
 
Here is a link to the Lafayette Initiative for Malagasy Education website: LIME. 
Donations to this program are most welcome and can be made online on the LIME website. 
 
Click on the following to view my…  
1. Vita – includes links to my papers (also in PDF format) 
2. Teaching philosophy 
Research Interests  
Development economics/applied micro-econometrics 
Water, agriculture & poverty 
Rural infrastructure & markets 
Agriculture & rural livelihoods  
Teaching 
Students currently enrolled in my courses at Lafayette can find the course websites on Moodle. Courses that I have taught at Lafayette include: 
Econ 251: Intermediate Microeconomics 
Econ 212: Intermediate Macroeconomics 
Econ 253: Fundamentals of Econometrics 
Econ 327: Applied Microeconometrics 
Econ 346: Economic Development (syllabus) 
Econ 347: Advanced Topics in Development Economics 
Econ 351: International Finance 
Econ 365: Econometric Analysis 
Econ 404: Big Ideas in Economics  
Links for students interested in finding jobs overseas:  
American Foreign Services Association: http://www.afsa.org/ 
International Studies Association: http://www.isanet.org/ 
Peace Corps: http://www.peacecorps.gov/ 
U.S. State Department: http://www.state.gov/ 
Miscellaneous stuff:  
Here is my presentation “Economic Development: Broader Implications of the Darfur Genocide” that I have for the “Darfur: Tragic Lessons and How to Convey Them,” sponsored by Lafayette College. 
Those interested in a Stata program to test stochastic dominance (CDFs, not Lorenz curves), click here.  
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