Bichaka Fayissa

Professor, Economics, hired 1980
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1982
M.A., University of Tennessee, 1981
M.S., University of Tennessee, 1976
B.S., Haile Selassie I University, 1971

Primary Field: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth

Office BAS N320
Phone 615.898.2385
Fax 615.898.5596

email: bfayissa@mtsu.edu
website: www.mtsu.edu/~bfayissa

Selected Publications

• Tadesse, Bedassa, and Bichaka Fayissa. (2009). "Does a Unilateral Policy Change Promote Import? Assessing the Impact of African Growth and Opportunity Act on U.S. Imports from Sub-Saharan Africa." Review of Development and Cooperation, Forthcoming.
• Fayissa, Bichaka, Christian Nsiah, and Bedassa Tadesse. (2008). "The Impact of Tourism on Economic Growth and Development in Africa." Tourism Economics, 14(4): 807-818.
• Tadesse, Besdssa, and Bichaka Fayissa. (2008). "The Impact of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on U.S. Imports from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)." Journal of International Development, 20(7): 920-941.
• Berhanu, Wassie, David Colman, and Bichaka Fayissa. (2007). "Diversification and Livelihood Sustainability in Semi-Arid Environment: A Case Study of Southern Ethiopia." Journal of Development Studies, 43(5): 871-889.
• Gutema, Paulos, and Bichaka Fayissa. (2006). "Dependency Ratio and the Economic Growth Puzzle in Africa." Global Development Studies, 4: 91-112.
• Fayissa, Bichaka, and Paulos Gutema. (2005). "The Determinants of Health Status in Sub-Saharan Africa." American Economist, 49(2): 60-66.
• Fayissa, Bichaka, and Paulos Gutema. (2005). "Estimating a Health Production Function: The Case of Sub-Sahara Africa." Applied Economics, 37(2): 155-164.
• Gutema, Paulos, and Bichaka Fayissa. (2004). "Prospects of Economic Growth in Subsistence Economies: An Alternative View." Journal of Developing Areas, 38(1): 19-36.