Academic Director of the Center for Nonprofit Governance, Professor
Economics
Biography
Teresa Harrison is Professor of Economics and the Academic Director of the Center for Nonprofit Governance—Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. Her research has focused on better understanding the dynamic interactions of nonprofits in markets where nonprofits provide valuable services to the community. This has included examining characteristics and consequences of competition for donations, location decisions, entry, exit, mergers and growth. Her work has been published in top economics and nonprofit journals and she has served as a keynote speaker and panelist discussing key policy issues related to the nonprofit sector.
Areas of Expertise
- Health Economics
- Industrial Organization
- Applied Econometrics
- Economics of Non-profits
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Economics/Managerial Economics
Recent Media Mentions
Selected Works
Articles
Harrison, Teresa, Laincz, Christopher, Henderson, Daniel J., and Ozabaci, Deniz, Does one size fit all in the nonprofit donation production function?. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 85 (Winter 2023).
Harrison, Teresa, Further Evidence on Competition in Nonprofit Donor Markets. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (Aug 2022).
Bun, Maurice J.G., and Harrison, Teresa, OLS and IV estimation of regression models including endogenous interaction terms. Econometric Reviews 38 (Aug 2019):814-827.
Harrison, Teresa, and Seim, Katja, Nonprofit tax exemptions, for-profit competition, and spillovers to community services. Economic Journal 129 (May 2019).
Harrison, Teresa, Hospital competition, spillovers and provision of uncompensated care. Applied Economics 51 (Winter 2019).
Gayle, Philip, Harrison, Teresa, and Thornton, Jeremy, Entry, Donor Market Size, and Competitive Conduct among Nonprofit Firms. International Journal of Industrial Organization 50 (Jan 2017):294-318.
Harrison, Teresa, and Thornton, Jeremy, Too Many Nonprofits? An Empirical Approach to Estimating Trends in Nonprofit Demand. Nonprofit Policy Forum 5 (Sep 2014):213-229.
Harrison, Teresa, Too Many Nonprofits? An Empirical Approach to Estimating Trends in Nonprofit Demand. Nonprofit Policy Forum 5 (Aug 2014).
Garner, Jacqueline L., and Harrison, Teresa, Board influence, excess compensation, and shared power: Evidence from nonprofit firms. Financial Review 48 (Nov 2013).
Harrison, Teresa, Do Mergers Really Reduce Costs? Evidence from Hospitals. Economic Inquiry (Oct 2011).
McCullough, B D., McGeary, Kerry A., and Harrison, Teresa, Do Economics Journal Archives Promote Replicable Research?. Canadian Journal of Economics 41 (Nov 2008).
Harrison, Teresa, Taxes and Agglomeration Economies: How Are They Related to Nonprofit Location?. Southern Economic Journal 75 (Oct 2008).
Harrison, Teresa, Review of np Software for R. Journal of Applied Econometrics 23 (Sep 2008).
Harrison, Teresa, and Laincz, Christopher, Entry and Exit in the Nonprofit Sector. Berkeley Economic & Policy Analysis Electronic Journal 8 (Jul 2008).
Harrison, Teresa, Consolidations and Closures: An Empirical Analysis of Exits from the Hospital Industry. Health Economics 16 (May 2007).
Harrison, Teresa, McCullough, B D., and McGeary, Kerry A., Lessons from the JMCB Data/Code Archive. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 38 (Jun 2006).
Harrison, Teresa, Hospital Mergers: Who Merges with Whom?. Applied Economics 38 (Apr 2006).
Harrison, Teresa, and Lybecker, Kristina, The Effect of the Nonprofit Motive on Hospital Competitive Behavior. Contributions of Economic Analysis and Policy (Bep Journals) 4 (May 2005).
Books
Anandarajan, Murugan, and Harrison, Teresa, Aligning Business Strategies and Analytics - Bridging Between Theory and Practice. New York City: Springer, (Forthcoming).
Anandarajan, Murugan, and Harrison, Teresa, Aligning Business Strategies and Analytics: Bridging Between Theory and Practice. New York: Springer, (2018).
Cases
Nag, Rajiv, Vakharia, Neville, and Harrison, Teresa, “Ensemble Orchestra: Overcoming an Existential Crisis in Four Movements.” Case Studies in Nonprofit Resilience Management, Ed. Young, Dennis and Searing, Elisabeth. Northhampton, MA: Elgar, (Forthcoming).
Nag, Rajiv, Vakharia, Neville, and Harrison, Teresa, “Ensemble Orchestra: Overcoming an Existential Crisis in Four Movements.” Case Studies in Nonprofit Resilience Management, Ed. Young, Dennis and Searing, Elisabeth. Northhampton, MA: Elgar, (Forthcoming).
Nag, Rajiv, Vakharia, Neville, and Harrison, Teresa, “Ensemble Orchestra: Overcoming an Existential Crisis in Four Movements.” Case Studies in Nonprofit Resilience Management, Ed. Young, Dennis and Searing, Elisabeth. Northhampton, MA: Elgar, (Forthcoming).
Chapters
Harrison, Teresa, “Competition and Collaboration: When Are They Good for the Nonprofit Sector?.” Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management, Ed. Dennis Young and Bruce Seaman. Northhampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar, (Forthcoming) .
Presented Research
Harrison, Teresa, Estimating Cross Price Elasticity of Fundraisin…, ARNOVA: Austin, TX,
Harrison, Teresa, Estimating Cross Price Elasticity of Fundraisin…, APPAM: Washington, DC,
Harrison, Teresa, Does one size fit all? Explaining the heteroge…, Science of Philanthropy: Indianapolis, IN,
Harrison, Teresa, Nonprofit Entry, Competition, and Fundraising, IIOC: Indianapolis, IN, (Apr 2018):
Harrison, Teresa, Nonprofit Entry, Competition, and Fundraising, ARNOVA: Grand Rapids, MI, (Nov 2017):
Harrison, Teresa, Productivity of Nonprofit Fundraising, Southern Economic Association: Washington, DC, (Nov 2016):
Harrison, Teresa, Productivity of Nonprofit Fundraising, ARNOVA: Washington, DC, (Nov 2016):
Harrison, Teresa, Nonprofit tax exemptions, for-profit competition, and spillovers to community services, University of New Hampshire: Durham, NH, (Apr 2016):
Harrison, Teresa, Do Patients Value Uncompensated Care Provision?, IIOC: Philadelphia, PA, (Apr 2016):
Harrison, Teresa, Nonparametric Methods, Southern Economics Association: New Orleans, LA, (Nov 2015):
Harrison, Teresa, Entry Thresholds and Competitive Behavior among Nonprofit Firms, ARNOVA: Chicago, IL, (Nov 2015):
Harrison, Teresa, Entry, Donor Market Size, and Competitive Condu…, (Apr 2015):
Professional Experience
Academic-Urban Institute-National Center for Charitable Statistics Visiting Scholar Washington DC Jun 2005-Sep 2005
Awards
2009-2011 Distinguished Fellow of Center for Teaching Excellence (LeBow College of Business)
2005 Excellence in Teaching Award (LeBow College of Business)
2004 Excellence in Teaching Award (LeBow College of Business)
2001-2002 David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship (University of Texas-Austin)
2001 Dissertation Fellowship, Program on Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Social Science Research Council)
Service
Association for the Society of Generosity of Economics – Advisory Board Member (2021–2022)
Nonprofit Voluntary and Sector Quarterly – Member (2017–2022)