Extended Biography
Kent Jones is Professor of the Economics Division at Babson College. He graduated from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa), having also studied at the Bundesgymnasium Leibnitz, Austria, and the University of Bonn, Germany. He received the Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and his Ph.D. in international economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Jones specializes in international trade policy, trade institutions and industrial adjustment to trade competition. Recently his research has turned to international entrepreneurship. In addition to several journal publications on trade policy, his books include Politics vs. Economics in World Steel Trade, Export Restraint and the New Protectionism, Who’s Afraid of the WTO? and the just-published Doha Blues: Institutional Crisis and Reform in the WTO. His chapter, “Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy,” appeared in the recent Praeger Perspectives volume, Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth, and he was co-author of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Executive Report for 2007.
Aside from his position at Babson College, Dr. Jones has also served as a trade economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission and as senior staff economist at the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He has also served as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and the International Labour Office.
Dr. Jones’ teaching activities have focused on business economics, international trade and finance, and European economics. He has taken part in the planning and delivery of a number of innovative teaching programs at Babson College, including the launch of the integrated core MBA curriculum, cluster courses combining economics and marketing, and corporate and distance learning programs with Lucent Technologies and the Intel Corporation. He also served as an instructor in international economics at the U.S. Department of State training program, and has had visiting positions at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and Brandeis University.
Brief Resume
EMPLOYMENT
1994-Present: Professor and Chair (1998-2005), Economics Department, Babson College.
1982-1994: Assistant (1982-87) and Associate (1987-94) Professor of Economics, Babson College.
1988-1989: Visiting Senior Economist, Bureau of Business and Economic Affairs, US State Department.
1981: Economist, U.S. International Trade Commission.
MAJOR COURSES TAUGHT
Global Trade: Policy and Strategy (MBA)
Market Environment and Industrial Adjustment (Integrated MBA program, corporate and distance learning programs)
Business Environment of the New Europe (MBA/Undergraduate)US Trade Law (MBA)
Microfoundations of Business; Microfoundations/Marketing Cluster (MBA)
International Finance (undergraduate)
International Trade and Development (undergraduate)
The World Trade Organization (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (international economics), Graduate Institute of International Studies/University of Geneva, 1981.
Diplôme de hautes études internationales, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 1979.
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1979.
A.B., Oberlin College, 1976. Phi Beta Kappa. Undergraduate majors: Government, German.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The World Trade Organization, political economy of trade policy, industrial adjustment to trade, steel industry and trade, global entrepreneurship
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Who’s Afraid of the WTO? New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Export Restraint and the New Protectionism: The Political Economy of Discriminatory Trade Restrictions. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Politics vs. Economics in World Steel Trade. London: Allen & Unwin, 1986.
Impasse and Crisis in Steel Trade Policy, Thames Essay No. 35. London: Trade Policy Research Centre, 1983.
Recent Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy,” in Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth, vol. 1 (People), edited by Maria Minniti. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger, 2007.
“The Safeguards Mess Revisited: The Fundamental Issue,” World Trade Review, vol. 3 (1), March 2004.
“Russia and the WTO: The Long and Winding Road to Accession,” in Michael Bruner and Viatcheslav Morozov (eds.), Market Democracy in Post-Communist Russia. London: Wisdom House, 2004.
“Maintaining the WTO’s Core Agreement Among its Members,” World Trade Review, vol. 1, no. 3, November 2002.
“Does NAFTA Chapter 19 Make a Difference? Dispute Settlement and the Incentive Structure of US/Canada Unfair Trade Petitions.” Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 18, no. 2, 2000.