Alexander M. Thompson, III

I am a Professor in the Department of Economics at Vassar Collegein Poughkeepsie, New York.

I am also the Dean of Studies.

How to reach me:

Email: thompson@vassar.edu

Telephone:
Office: (845) 437-5257
Fax: (845) 437-7060

Office: Main Building, North 128 and Blodgett 134A

Biographical Information

Degrees Awarded:Ph.D. Stanford University, 1979; M.B.A. Stanford University, 1973; M.S. University of Minnesota, 1971; B.S. Yale University, 1968.
Recent Publications:"Unproductive Expenditure in Manufacturing," Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1992; "Alienation, Self-Actualization, and the Motivation for Volunteer Labor," Review of Radical Political Economics, 1992; "Work Without Wages: The Motivation for Volunteer Firefighting," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1993; "The Summary Demographics of Rural Emergency Medical Volunteers," Journal of Emergency Medical Services, 1993; "Volunteers and their Communities: A Case Study of Volunteer Firefighters," Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 1993; "The Comparative Demographics of Rural Emergency Service Volunteers," Proceedings, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1993; "Volunteer Emergency Medical Squads and Their Communities: A Demographic Comparison," Journal of Community Health, 1993; "Gender Discrimination among Officers of Public Service Voluntary Organizations," Proceedings, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1994; "Do Public Service Volunteer Organizations Alienate or Empower Women Members?" Proceedings, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1994; "Are All Women Service Volunteers Super-Exploited?" Review of Radical Political Economics, 1994; "The Sexual Division of Leadership in Volunteer Emergency Medical Squads," Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1995; "Cosmopolitans and Locals Among Rural Emergency Service Volunteers," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 1995; Book reviews appearing in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Science and Society, and the Review of Radical Political Economics; "The Determinants of Volunteer Leadership," Proceedings, the Association of Management, 1995; "Meritocratic and Incidental Qualifications of Volunteer Leaders," Proceedings, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1995.
Working Papers:"Motivational Theories of Volunteer Participation: Altruism, Exchange, and Self-Actualization"; "Volunteers and their Communities: A Case Study of Volunteer Firefighters"; "The Sexual Division of Leadership in Volunteer Emergency Medical Squads"; "A Demographic Comparison of Volunteer Emergency Medical Squads and their Communities"; "Women Volunteering: Exploitation or Self-Actualization?"; "Determinants of Participation and Commitment among Public Service Volunteers"; "Rural Emergency Service Volunteers: Who Joins What, and Why?"; "Cosmopolitans and Locals Among Rural Emergency Service Volunteers"; "What You Know or Who You Know: Meritocratic versus Incidental Determinants of Volunteer Leadership."
Current Research Interests:Strategic behavior of firms, economics of volunteer labor in public sector.