W. Charles Sawyer is a Professor of Economics and International Business at the University of Southern Mississippi. He earned both a B.A. and M.A. from St. Mary's University and a Ph.
D. from the University of Arkansas. He has also taught at the University of Arkansas, Louisiana State University, and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business. In addition to his academic teaching he has taught in a number of executive development programs for both the public and private sectors. He has served as a consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Professor Sawyer's primary research interests have been in the areas of international economics and economic development. He has authored or co-authored a number of research articles that have appeared in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Regional Science, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. His current research focuses on the effects of international trade on U.
S. states and regions. He is a member of the American Economic Association and the International Economics and Finance Society. Richard L. Sprinkle is a Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at El Paso. Professor Sprinkle holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Arkansas with specializations in international economics, international finance, and applied econometrics.
He currently teaches macroeconomics, econometrics, and international economics. Over the past 25 years he has been affiliated with the College of the Ozarks, Louisiana State University, the Helsinki School of Economics and Business, and the University of Texas at El Paso. Professor Sprinkle's research has focused on U.S. international trade relations, and the effects of trade agreements on trade and employment. He has published numerous journal articles, books, chapters in books and technical documents, and he has received professional awards for both his research and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Professor Sprinkle is the former Director of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at UTEP and currently holds the Western Hemispheric Trade Research Professorship.