Dr. David Hudgins
Professor of Economics, Chair
Office: OCNR 368
Phone: (361) 825-5574
Email: david.hudgins@tamucc.edu
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
MS Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990
BS Business Administration, Economics Major, Oklahoma State University, 1988
Joined the faculty in 2013
- Research Interests: Control Systems in Economics, Economic Modeling, International Economics, Energy Economics, Macroeconomics
- Teaching Interests: Managerial Economics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematical Economics
Biography
Dr. Hudgins graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1988 with a BS in Business Administration with a major in Economics and minor in Finance. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He has served as a professor at Texas Tech University and the University of Oklahoma. He joined the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a faculty member in 2013. His research focuses on economic modeling and optimal control systems applications in economics.
Selected Publications
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Hudgins, David, and Crowley, Patrick M. (2025). Forward Exchange Market Transitional Policy Modeling: The Case of the Japanese Yen. The International Trade Journal.
- Crowley, Patrick M., and Hudgins, David. (2024). The Evolution of Japanese Real GDP Components in the Time-Frequency Domain: The Disappearance of the Investment Accelerator Effect?. Asian Economic Journal.
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Crowley, Patrick M., and Hudgins, David. (2024). The Impact of U.S. Productivity Growth on Unemployment in the Time-Frequency Domain: Is AI causing a change in the relationship?, Empirical Economics.
- Hudgins, David, and Crowley, Patrick M. (2023). Resilient Control for Macroeconomic Models, Computational Economics.
- Avsar, Veysel, and Hudgins, David. (2022). Measuring the Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Trade Credit Financing, Applied Economics Letters.