| Bio:Fred
Crowley has been an Associate Research Professor at the University
of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Senior Economist for the Southern
Colorado Economic Forum since October 2001. He received his Ph.D.
in 1984 from New York University with fields of study including
quantitative methods in urban and regional planning, urban economics
and corporate financial theory. Mr. Crowley teaches corporate
finance and investments. He has served on numerous state and local
economic analysis advisory committees ranging from the Comprehensive
Plan for Colorado Springs to Tourism and Economic Development
in Colorado
As
President of Crowley’s Consulting, Fred has consulted for
a number of firms from the Fortune 100 to family owned start-up
businesses. In the fall of 2003, he completed the Small Area
Forecast to 2030 for the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments.
The forecasts are used to plan for housing development, employment
growth, road improvements, economic development and utility
infrastructure needs throughout El Paso County. In the spring,
Mr. Crowley conducted an assessment of City Utilities’
development fee methodology for the Housing and Builders Association.
Currently, he is developing population, housing and employment
projections for the City of Fountain.
UCCS
Bio:
Associate
Research Professor
Research
Interests:
Economic base analysis, Municipal Finance, Bond Ratings, Exchange
Rates and
Market Values Under Political Shocks
Teaching:
Corporate Finance, Portfolio Analysis, Commercial Bank Management
Selected
Publications, Papers & Presentations:
“Assessing the Impact of Political Unrest on Currency Returns:
A Look at Latin America,” forthcoming Quarterly Review
of Economics and Finance. (with A. L. Loviscek).
“The Dollarization of Hypothesis During Mexico’s Financial
Crisis of 1980’s.” The Journal of Business Economics
Research, Vol. 3:1-2 (2001), 121-137. (with A.L. Loviscek).
“Municipal Bond Ratings and Municipal Debt Management,”
(with A.L. Loviscek), pp. 475-514, in Handbook of Debt Management,
Gerald Miller, ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, 1996.
“New Directions in Predicting Bank Failures: The Case of
Small Banks,” The North American Review of Economics and
Finance, Vol. 1:1 (Spring 1990), pp. 145-162. (with A.L. Loviscek).
“What’s in a Municipal Bond Rating?,” The Financial
Review, Vol. 25:1 (February 1990), pp. 25-53. (with A. L. Loviscek).
“Analyzing Changes in Municipal Bond Ratings: A Different
Perspective,” Urban Studies, Vol. 25:2 (1988), pp. 124-132.
(with A.L. Loviscek).
“Further Evidence of Market Inefficiencies Among Firms
Which Are Targets of Merger and Acquisition Offers,” Proceedings
of the Eighteenth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and
Simulation, April 23-24, 1987, pp. 323-328. (with A. L. Loviscek).
“Another Look at Measures of Economic Base Diversification,”
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on
Modeling and Simulation, April 23-24, 1987, pp. 361-65. (with
A.L. Loviscek).
“The Impact of Economic Base Activity and Energy Endowment
on Municipal Bond Ratings: A Comparison of Logit and Discriminant
Analyses,” Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Pittsburgh
Conference on Modeling and Simulation, April 24-25, 1986, pp.
29-33. (with A. L. Loviscek.)
“Energy Prices and Municipal Bond Ratings: Are Interregional
Terms of Trade Shifting?,” The Journal of Energy and Development,
Vol. 10:2 (Spring 1985), pp. 201-212. (with A.L. Loviscek).
Corporate
Experience:
Economics/Demographics Program Manager – Pikes Peak Area
Council of Government
Board of Directors: Estate Security Planning: contract work
in finance in various fields including valuation, business plans,
and professional development.
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