David D. VanHoose earned his B.A. in economics at Indiana University (USA) and his Ph.D. in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA). He is currently the Herman W. Lay Professor of Private Enterprise at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University (USA). VanHoose has published numerous articles in professional economics and finance journals and has authored or co-authored several textbooks. He serves as an editor of the Journal of Macroeconomics.