Mark Montgomery is Donald L. Wilson Professor of Enterprise and Leadership, and Professor of Economics, at Grinnell College, in Iowa. He teaches Mathematical Economics, the Economics of Education, and Environmental Economics. His research has appeared in such journals as The Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, The Industrial and Labor Relations Review, The Review of Economic Dynamics and Control, Land Economics, The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and a number of others. He is coauthor (with Tinker Powell) of a mystery novel, Theoretically Dead (New Victoria Publishers, 2001). His essays have been published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Des Moines Register, The Dallas Morning News, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, The Mystery Readers Journal, The American (online), and The Imperfect Parent (online). His commentary has been heard on Public Radio International.