Department of Economics

 

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Jon P. Nelson

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Joined the faculty in 1969

Ph.D., 1970, 

 University of Wisconsin - Madison

642 Glenn Road

State College, PA 16803

E-mail: jpn@psu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:

  • Applied Micro Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Industrial Organization, Antitrust Law, and Regulation

Recent Publications:  Books

Industrial Organization - (Penn State University, World Campus, February 2003), 254pp. 

Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Volume 10: Advertising and Differentiated Products, edited by M.R. Baye and J.P. Nelson (JAI Press, 2001), 295pp. http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/2/2/4/0/9

Economic Analysis of Transportation Noise Abatement (Ballinger, 1978), 265pp.

Recent Publications:  Articles

"Alcohol Advertising Bans, Consumption, and Control Policies in Seventeen OECD Countries, 1975-2000," Applied Economics (forthcoming). On-line 02/08, Metapress Routledge.

"Hedonic Property Value Studies of Transportation Noise," in Hedonic Methods in Housing Market Economics (forthcoming in Springer conference volume, 2008), 28pp.

"Effects of Youth, Price, and Audience Size on Alcohol Advertising in Magazines" (with D. Young), Health Economics (forthcoming). On-line 8/20/07, Wiley Interscience.

"How Similar are Youth and Adult Alcohol Behaviors? Panel Evidence," Atlantic Economic Journal (forthcoming). On-line 01/21/08, Springer Link.

"Reply to Michael Siegel, David Jernigan, et al: Alcohol Advertising in Magazines and Disporportionate Exposure," Contemporary Economic Policy (forthcoming). On-line 01/16/08, Blackwell Synergy.

"Alcohol Advertising in Magazines: Do Beer, Wine, and Spirits Ads Target Youth?" Contemporary Economic Policy, 24(3), July 2006, pp. 357-69.

"Distilled Spirits: Spirited Competition or Regulated Monopoly?" Chapter 5 in Industry and Firm Studies, V. Tremblay & C. Tremblay (eds.), M.E. Sharpe, 2007, pp. 119-157.

"Cigarette Advertising Regulation: A Meta-Analysis," International Review of Law and Economics, 28(2), June 2006, pp. 195-226.

"Advertising, Alcohol, and Youth," Regulation, 28(2), Summer 2005, pp. 40-47.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/index.html

"Beer Advertising and Marketing Update: Structure, Conduct, and Social Costs," Review of Industrial Organization, 26(3), May 2005, pp. 269-306.  http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0889-938X/contents

 

"Advertising Bans in the United States," EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by R. Whaples, May 2004, pp.1-29.    http://eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=Nelson.AdBans

 

"Meta-Analysis of Airport Noise and Hedonic Property Values: Problems and Prospects," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 38(1), January 2004, pp. 1-27. 

"Youth Smoking Prevalence in Developing Countries: Effect of Advertising Bans," Applied Economics Letters, 10(13), October 2003, pp. 805-811.  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/13504851.htm

"Cigarette Demand, Structural Change, and Advertising Bans: International Evidence, 1970-1995," Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2(1), August 2003, pp. 1-27.  http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol2/iss1

"Advertising Bans, Monopoly, and Alcohol Demand, " Review of Industrial Organization, 22(1), February 2003, pp. 1-25.  http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0889-938X

"Green Voting and Ideology: LCV Scores and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. Senate, 1988-98," Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(3), August 2002, pp. 518-529.

"Do Advertising Bans Work?  An International Comparison" (with D. Young), International Journal of Advertising, 20(3), 2001, pp. 273-296.

"Alcohol Advertising and Advertising Bans: A Survey of Research Methods, Results, and Policy Implications," Advances in Applied Microeconomics, JAI, 2001, pp. 239-295.

"The Long-Run Demand for Alcoholic Beverages and the Advertising Debate: A Cointegration Analysis" (with N.E. Coulson and J.R. Moran), Advances in Applied Microeconomics, JAI, 2001, pp. 31-54.

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