Mahlon Straszheim

Professor of Economics

Office Address:

3139 Tydings Hall

Office: (301) 405-3502

Fax: (301) 405-3542

Email: straszhe@econ.umd.edu

Mailing Address:

Department of Economics

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

Research Interests:

Urban economics

Transportation economics

Local labor markets

Regional models of the State of Maryland and its sub-regions

Brief Bio:

Professor Mahlon Straszheim received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1966.  He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard 1966-71 and joined Maryland’s faculty in 1971.  He served as chair of the Department from 1988-2005.  His research interests are urban economics, transportation economics, local labor markets, and regional models of the State of Maryland and its sub-regions.  Current research focuses on the changing industry structure in the State and its principal regions, regional growth patterns, and the role of agglomeration economies in the State and major metropolitan areas nationwide.

He served as advisor to Maryland Governors Schaefer and Glendening from 1992-1998 and has provided quarterly economic forecasts of the Maryland economy to the Comptroller since 1992.  He has frequently appeared before committees of the Maryland General Assembly as well as other public and private sector groups, addressing topics on the State economy, tax revenues and tax policy, and economic development policy.  He currently is an adviser to Montgomery County's Department of Economic Development.  He teaches topics in applied microeconomics and U.S. economic policy, a seminar in the University Honors program, and in the Department’s principles sequence.