James Shortle

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Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Email: j9s@psuvm.psu.edu

Vitae
Education

University of New Mexico B.A. 1975 Economics
University of New Mexico M.A. 1978 Economics
Iowa State University Ph.D. 1981 Economics

Professional Experience

1976-78 Research Assistant, University of New Mexico, Department of Economics.
1978-79 Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
1979-81 Research Associate, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
1981-87 Assistant Professor, Penn State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.
1987-93 Professor, Penn State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.
1990-91 Visiting Professor, UCD Environmental Institute, University College Dublin.
1995 Visiting Research Professor, Department of General Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University.
1993--> Professor, Penn State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.

Honors and Awards

"Best Article" 1994 Volume of Journal of Agricultural Economics; Director, Northeastern Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Association (1994-1997)
Fulbright Scholarship (1990); PACE Award, Iowa State University (1978)

Research Focus

Environmental policy design; benefits and costs of pollution control; economic linkages between agriculture and the environment; trade and environment; economic analysis of pollution control technologies

Selected Publications
D. G. Alber and J. S. Shortle. The Economic Performance of Alternative Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution Controls. Oklahoma Law Review. Forthcoming.
J. S. Shortle and D. G. Abler. Nonpoint Pollution. In H. Folmer and T. Tietenberg (Eds.). International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Forthcoming.
D. Laughland, W. N. Musser, J. S. Shortle, and L. M. Musser. Construct Validity of Averting Cost Measures of Environmental Benefits. Land Economics 72 (1996):100-112.
W. N. Musser, J. S. Shortle, K. Kreahling, B. Roach, W. Huang, D. Beegle and R. H. Fox. An Economic and Environmental Analysis of the Pre-Sidedress Nitrogen Test for Pennsylvania Corn Production. Agricultural Economics Review. 17(1`995):25-35.
D. G. Abler and J. S. Shortle. Technology As An Agricultural Pollution Control Strategy. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 77(1995):20-32.
J. S. Shortle and A. S. Laughland. Impacts of Taxes to Reduce Agricultural Chemical Use When Farm Policy is Endogenous. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 45(1994):3-14.
D. G. Abler and J. S. Shortle. The Political Economy of Water Quality Protection from Agricultural Chemicals. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 20 (1991):53-60.
J. S. Shortle. The Allocative Efficiency Implications of Abatement Cost Comparisons. Water Resources Research. 26(1990):793-797.
W. T. McSweeny and J. Shortle. Uncertainty and the Control of Nutrient Application Rates for Water Quality Protection in Intensive Livestock Areas. Northeast Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 18(1989):1-11.
J. S. Shortle and K. D. Willett. A Computable Market Equilibrium Model with Markets for Transferable Discharge Permits. Managerial and Decision Economics. 8(1987):263-270.
M. O. Ribaudo, C. E. Young, and J. S. Shortle. Impacts of Water Quality Improvements on Site Visitation: A Probabilistic Modeling Approach. Water Resources Bulletin. 22(1986):559-563.
J.S. Shortle and J. W. Dunn. The Relative Efficiency of Agricultural Source Water Pollution Controls. American Journal of Agricultural Economic. 68(1986):668-677.
J. S. Shortle and K. D. Willett. The Incidence of Water Pollution Control Costs: Partial vs. General Equilibrium Computations. Growth and Change. 17(1986):32-43.
J. S. Shortle. The Use of Estimated Pollution Flows in Agricultural Pollution Control Policy: Implications for Abatement and Policy Instruments. Northeast Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 13(1984):277-284.

 

 

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