Dr. Oleg V. Pavlov

                    Associate Professor of Economics and System Dynamics

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508-831-5234 508-831-5892 Department of Social Science and Policy Studies Salisbury Labs 310A 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 Publications Teaching Experience Education Positions

Expertise
    Economics, system dynamics, systems thinking

Present and Past Projects
    Microfinance, telecommunications, SPAM, P2P, evolution of risk perception, financial markets, political economy, educational finance

Publications

Customer Resources and Economic Sustainability of Online Channels
Pavlov, O.
In The Handbook of Corporate Sustainability: Frameworks, Strategies and Tools by M. A. Quaddus and M. A. B. Siddique (Eds), Publisher: Edward Elgar, 2010.

The Impact of Universal Service Obligations and International Cross-Subsidies on the Dispersion of Telephone Services in Developing Countries
Ramos, B., K. Saeed, and O. Pavlov
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. v. 44 (2), 2009: 57-72

Toward an Information-Compatible Anti-Spam Strategy
Plice, R., N. Melville and O. Pavlov
Communications of Association for Computing Machinery. v. 52(5), 2009: 128-130

A Communication Model with Limited Information-Processing Capacity of Recipients
Pavlov, O., R. Plice and N. Melville
System Dynamics Review. v. 24 (3), 2008: 377-405

Toward a Sustainable Email Marketing Infrastructure
Pavlov, O., N. Melville, and R. Plice
Journal of Business Research. v. 61 (11), 2008: 1191-1199

Spam and Beyond: An Information-Economic Analysis of Unwanted Commercial Messages
Plice, R., O. Pavlov and N. Melville
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. v. 18 (4), 2008: 1-29. Download paper.

Dynastic Cycle: A Generic Structure Describing Resource Allocation in Political Economies, Markets and Firms
Saeed, K. and O. Pavlov
Journal of the Operational Research Society. v.59, 2008: 1289-1298

Asset Price Dynamics with Small World Interactions under Heterogeneous Beliefs
Panchenko, V., S. Gerasymchuk, and O. Pavlov
Working Paper 149, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Venice. 2007. Download paper

Review of Evolution and Economic Complexity, edited by J. Stanley Metcalfe and John Foster. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2004
Pavlov, O.
Journal of Economic Issues. 2006. v. 40 (3)

Unsolicited Commercial E-mail: Empirical Analysis of a Digital Commons
Melville, N., A. Stevens, R. Plice and O.V. Pavlov
International Journal of Electronic Commerce. 2006. v.10 (4): 143-168. Download paper

The Circular and Cumulative Structure of Administered Pricing
Nichols, M.W., O.V. Pavlov and M.J. Radzicki.
Journal of Economics Issues. 2006. v. 40 (2): 517-526. Download paper

Dynamic Analysis of an Institutional Conflict: Copyright Owners Against Online File Sharing
Pavlov, O.
Journal of Economic Issues. 2005. v.39 (3): 633-663

Mitigating the Tragedy of the Digital Commons: The Problem of Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
Pavlov, O., N. Melville, R. Plice
Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 2005. v.16: 73-90

Stability in a superpower-dominated global economic system
Pavlov, O., M. Radzicki and K. Saeed
Journal of Economic Issues. 2005. v.39 (2): 491-501

A Resource-Based Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Technology
Pavlov, O. and K. Saeed
System Dynamics Review. 2004. v.20 (3): 237-262

Computing Economic Chaos
Day, R.H. and O.V. Pavlov
Computational Economics. 2004. v.23 (4): 289-301

Do Economies Diverge? Economic Development in the Very Long Run
Day, R.H. and O.V. Pavlov
In The Divergent Dynamics of Economic Growth by Richard H. Day, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 178-202

Application Customization, Profit Zones, and the Design of a Delivery Network for Mobile Commerce Services
Pavlov, O.V. and P.R. Balasubramanian
Boston University School of Management Working Paper #2002-04. 2002.

Richard Goodwin's Keynesian Cobweb: Theme and Variations
Day, R.H. and O.V. Pavlov
Journal of Macroeconomics. 2002. v.24 (1): 1-15

Qualitative Dynamics and Macroeconomic Evolution in the Very Long Run
Day, R.H. and O.V. Pavlov
In Cycles, Growth and Structural Change by Lionello F. Punzo (ed.), Publisher: Routledge, July 2001, 288 pp.

Contributor to Complex Economic Dynamics, Volume 2 by Richard H. Day, MIT Press, March 2000, 480 pp.

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Teaching Experience
    Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling
System Dynamics Foundations: Managing Complexity (graduate online course)
    Principles of Microeconomics
    Intermediate Microeconomics
    Principles of Macroeconomics
    Money and Banking
    Mathematical Economics
    Management of Information Systems
    Telecommunications

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Education
    M.B.A. Cornell University. Johnson Graduate School of Management. 2011
    Ph.D. in Economics. University of Southern California. 2000
    M.A. in Economics. University of Southern California. 1997
    B.S. in Physics and Computer Science. University of Southern California. 1994

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Positions
Worcester Polytechnic Institute         Worcester, MA      2002 - present
    Tenured Associate Professor of Economics and System Dynamics

 Boston University. School of Management         Boston, MA    2000 - 2002
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies         Los Angeles, CA     1999 - 2000
    Research Assistant

University of Southern California. Department of Economics        Los Angeles, CA 1994-1999
    Graduate Assistant

Merrill Lynch. Private Client Group      Beverly Hills, CA    1997
                Summer Associate

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Last modified: July 02, 2011