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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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