Expertise

Behavioral Economics, Real Estate Economics, Financial Literacy, Nueoreconomics, Macro and Micro Principles

Biography

Dr. Wargo has a B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. and PhD in Economics. His specializations are in Real Estate, Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics. He has been teaching at Temple University for almost 20 years.

For thirty years prior to teaching at Temple, he held executive positions in a number of large real estate companies in the Philadelphia area, including Vice President of Finance and President. For fifteen of those years, he ran his own development company, Wargo Properties, Inc. Thus, he brings an entire career of practical experience and theoretical expertise to his work.

Dr. Wargo is currently or has been on the Advisory Boards of a number of companies and non-profit organizations.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

Book

• Economics for Life: Real World Financial Literacy, published 2021 by Temple University Press.

Articles

• “Residential Land Use Change in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed: Profitability and Sustainability?” with John A. Sorrentino, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University and Mahbubur Rabb Meenar, Department of Geography Planning, and Sustainability, School of Earth and Environment, Rowan University published 2020 in Sustainability.
• “An Analysis of Comcast’s Customer Service Centers”, Technical Report, 2018.
• “Philadelphia Internet Technology Labor and the Comcast Technology Center”, Technical Report, 2017.
• “Housing Placement in a Philadelphia Metro Watershed: Profitability, Sustainability or Both?” co-authored with John A. Sorrentino, Department of Economics, Center for Sustainable Communities, Temple University, Mahbubur R. Meenar, Center for Sustainable Communities, Department of Community & Regional Planning, Temple University and Alice J. Lambert, Bucks County (PA) Planning Commission in Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014.
• “The New Science of Learning and Why Students Forget Their Economics So Quickly”, presented at the American Economics Association Conference on Teaching Economics, Stanford University, June 2, 2011. (Accepted for Publication in 2014)
•  “Malevolent Employees and Their Effect on the Ethical Culture of Business Organizations”, co-authored with Dr. Gay Lyn Spencer, presented at Oxford University, London, England, March, 2010, and published in The Forum on Public Policy, Spring, 2010.
• “What Neuroeconomics Tell Us About Making Real-World Ethical Decisions in Organizations”, co-authored with Dr. Norman Baglini and Katherine Nelson, in Neuroeconomics and the Firm, Angela Stanton, ed., London: Edward Elgar, 2010.
•  “The New Millennium’s First Global Financial Crisis, Its Roots in the Neuroeconomics of Greed, Self-interest, Deception, False Trust, Overconfidence and Risk Perception”, co-authored with Dr. Norman Baglini and Katherine Nelson, in Neuroeconomics and the Firm, Angela Stanton, ed., London: Edward Elgar, 2010.
• “Dopamine, Expected Utility and Decision Making in the Firm”, co-authored with Dr. Norman Baglini and Katherine Nelson, in Neuroeconomics and the Firm, Angela Stanton, ed., London: Edward Elgar, 2010.
• “The Roots of the Global Financial Crisis are in Our Business Schools”, co-authored with Dr. Robert Giacalone, Journal of Business Ethics Education, 2009 Annual Edition.
•  “The Global Financial Crisis—caused by Greed, Moral Meltdown and Public Policy Disasters”, presented at Oxford University, London, England, March 2009 and published in The Forum on Public Policy, Spring, 2009.
• “Institutional Influences on Ethical Judgment: Doing Real World Ethics Under Threat, Coercion and Risk”, co-authored with Dr. Norman Baglini and Katherine Nelson, presented at Oxford University, London, England, March 2008, and published in The Forum on Public Policy, Spring, 2008.

Courses Taught

• Behavioral Economics
• Economics for Life
• Macroeconomic Principles
• Microeconomic Principles
• Business Ethics
• Statistics