Department of Economics

 

Photo of Dr. Jon P. Nelson

 

 

 

 

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

"The Use (and Abuse) of Meta-Analysis in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: An Assessment" (with P. Kennedy), Environmental & Resource Economics, 42(3), March 2009, pp. 345-77.

"Alcohol Advertising Bans, Consumption, and Control Policies in Seventeen OECD Countries, 1975-2000," Applied Economics (forthcoming). On-line 04/08, Routledge Informaworld

"Hedonic Property Value Studies of Transportation Noise," in Hedonic Methods in Housing Market Economics, A. Baranzini, et al. (eds.) Springer, 2008, pp. 57-82.

"Effects of Youth, Price, and Audience Size on Alcohol Advertising in Magazines" (with D. Young), Health Economics, 17(4), April 2008, pp. 551-56.

"How Similar are Youth and Adult Alcohol Behaviors? Panel Evidence," Atlantic Economic Journal, 36(1), March 2008, pp. 89-104.

"Reply to Michael Siegel, David Jernigan, et al: Alcohol Advertising in Magazines and Disproportionate Exposure," Contemporary Economic Policy, 26(3), July 2008, pp. 493-504.

"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, 26(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. Available on JSTOR.

"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.

Research in Progress:

**********

Faculty Directory -- Department Home Page

Department of Economics, Penn State University, 608 kern Graduate Building, University Park, PA 16802-3306

Phone: (814) 865-1456                               Fax: (814) 863-4775