Department of Economics

 

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N. Edward Coulson
Professor of Economics

Joined the faculty in 1984 

Ph.D., 1983, 

     University of California, San Diego

508 Kern Graduate Building

Phone: (814) 863 - 0625

Fax: (814) 863 - 4775

E-mail: fyj@psu.edu

Personal Homepage: http://econ.la.psu.edu/~ecoulson/index.htm

Office Hours for Summer 2008:  by appointment

Curriculum Vitae (located on personal homepage)

Areas of Interest:

  • Econometrics
  • Public Finance
  • Urban & Regional Economics

Recent Publications:

"Sectoral Sources of the Massachusetts Miracle and Other Turning Points," Journal of Regional Science, November 2001.

"Spatial Mismatch in Search Equilibrium" (with D. Laing and P. Wang), Journal of Labor Economics, October 2001.

"The Internal and External Impact of Historical Designation on Property Values" (with R. Leichenko), Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, July 2001.

"Transmission of Employment Impacts Between Central City and Suburb" (with S. Chang), Journal of Urban Economics, March 2001.

"Residential Investment, Nonresidential Investment, and GDP" (with M.S. Kim), Real Estate Economics, Summer 2000.

"Sectoral Sources of Aggregate Metropolitan Fluctuations," Regional Science and Urban Economics, November 1999.

"Foreign Industrial Exports and State Manufacturing Performance" (with R. Leichenko), Growth and Change, Fall 1999.

"Why are Hispanic- and Asian-American Ownership Rates So Low?" Journal of Urban Economics, March 1999.

"Housing Inventory and Completion," Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Spring 1999.

Research in Progress:

  • Sectoral and Aggregate Fluctuations in Cities and Regions
  • The External Benefit of Homeownership
  • Hedonic Prices
  • Urban Labor Markets

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