Dr. Harold Hotelling
Associate Professor of Economics
University Pre-Law Advisor
Office: S233
Phone: (248)-204-3530
E-mail: Hotelling@ltu.edu
Office Hours: Please contact me for current hours!
Dr. Harold Hotelling has been Associate Professor of Economics at Lawrence Technological University since 1989. Before that, he served as a Naval officer, practiced law, and taught at the University of Kentucky and at Oakland University. At LTU, he teaches the full range of economic courses along with courses in business law, business ethics, Constitutional law, urban social issues and law and economics. He was the first faculty member to teach in a Lawrence Tech program in Wenzhou, China. For his blog from China in 2004, click here.
He is University Prelaw Advisor, and he was Chairperson of the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication from 1994 to 1999. He also serves as secretary of the faculty senate.
Dr. Hotelling's research, writing and teaching have focused on the business-government relationship and the costs and benefits of regulation. He has worked in the fields of occupational licensure, antitrust, employment discrimination and comparable worth, transportation deregulation, tort liability for small business, urban issues such as urban sprawl and sports stadiums, and school choice and education vouchers. He has testified before the Michigan legislature, and reviewed books for the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, in addition to writing a number of papers for professional journals and meetings. He has given numerous talks to various groups and been a commentator on radio and television. He is now writing a textbook, Urban Social Policy: Theory, Process, Issues.
Dr. Hotelling is married to Barbara Hotelling, a childbirth expert; their joint article on support for a woman in labor has been distributed to millions of expectant couples in Lamaze Parents Magazine. Barbara Hotelling is a former president of Lamaze International. They have five children.
Dr. Hotelling holds an A.B. from Columbia University, a Certificate in Foreign and Comparative Law from the City of London Polytechnic, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina, and an A.M. and Ph.D. from Duke University. He is a member (inactive status) of the North Carolina State Bar. He is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in American Law.