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Mark J. Perry

Affiliation: University of Michigan

Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan.

He holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Since 1997, Professor Perry has been a member of the Board of Scholars for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan research and public policy institute in Michigan.

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Mark J. Perry's Latest Articles | 244

Green Energy Policies Harm the Poor

Jan 31, 2012| 

From an editorial in the Washington Examiner “When ‘Being Green’ Means Subsidies for Rich, Harm for the Poor” by Iain Murray and David Bier... Read »

Creative Destruction: Kodak Teeters on the Brink

Jan 5, 2012| 

Rochester-based Eastman Kodak (EK) has been around since 1894, and was a blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average stock from 1930-2004. The company has been on the... Read »

Chevy Volt May Be Most Government-Supported Car Since the Trabant, and Average Owner Makes $170k/year

Dec 21, 2011| 

Michigan Capitol Confidential — “Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it –... Read »

Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 3.5 Year Low

Dec 15, 2011| 

The Department of Labor reported today that seasonally-adjusted jobless claims fell to 366,000 for the week ending December 10, which is the lowest level since May... Read »

Housing Affordability is Now at a Record High

Dec 13, 2011| 

The chart above shows the National Association of Realtors’ monthly housing affordability index back to January of 1981 (data here). The historical trend over... Read »

Why Does a NYC Taxi Medallion Cost $1 Million?

Nov 30, 2011| 

In case it’s not obvious, this podcast from Planet Money answers the question.  Read More →

Average New Home Price Lowest in 8 Years

Nov 28, 2011| 

Here’s something interesting from today’s Census release on new home sales: The average new home price fell to $242,300 in October, which was the lowest... Read »

China Anxious to Tap Into Canada’s Tar Sands Oil

Nov 28, 2011| 

It shouldn’t be any surprise that following Obama’s decision to delay the decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, and in... Read »

One-Year ARMs Fall to Lowest Level in U.S. History

Nov 28, 2011| 

At 2.79%, one-year adjustable rate mortgages fell last week to the lowest level in U.S. history, going all the way back to 1986 (see chart above) following the “legalization”... Read »

Credit Card Delinquency Rate Falls to 16-Year Low

Nov 28, 2011| 

The Federal Reserve recently released data on delinquency and charge-off rates at U.S. commercial banks for the third quarter of 2011. For consumer credit cards,... Read »

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