HARVEY E. LAPAN

University Professor, Economics: Ph.D., MIT, 1971

Curriculum Vita

Areas of Interest

Current Working Papers Available On-Line

Selected Published Papers

Non-Academic Positions Held

Contact Information

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Family Photos – photos of our new kittens (April 2002) included!

Areas of Interest

International Trade and Commercial Policy Microeconomics
Behavior Under Risk

Current Working Papers and Recent Publications:

Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information, (with Tigran Melkonyan) (forthcoming, Review of International Economics)
Algebraic Theory of Pareto Efficient Exchange, (with David Hennessy)
An Ordinal Approach to Characterizing Efficient Allocations, (with David Hennessy)

Selected Published Papers:

An Algebraic Theory of multi-product decisions, (with David Hennessy), Economic Theory, Vol. 85, 2005, 819-29.
Innovation and Trade with Endogenous Market Failures: The Case of Genetically Modified Products, (with GianCarlo Moschini), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2004, Vol. 86, No. 3, 630-44.
An Algebraic Theory of Portfolio Allocation (with David Hennessy), Economic Theory, August 2003, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 193-210.
A Definition of ‘More Systemic Production Risk’ with Some Welfare Implications (with David Hennessy), Economica, August 2003, Vol. 70, No. 279, 493-508.
“Technology Asymmetries, Group Algebra and Multi-plant Cost Minimization,” (with Dave Hennessy), Economic Inquiry, January 2003, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 183-92.
Price commitment vs. flexibility: The role of exchange rate uncertainty and its implications for exchange rate pass-through (with Byoung-Ky Chang) Review of International Economics, September 2003, Vol. 11, No. 4, 697-711.
“Symmetry and Order in the Portfolio Allocation Problem,” Economic Theory, June 2002, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp.747-72 (with Dave Hennessy)
The Non-Equivalence of Export and Import Quotas (with Jean-Philippe Gervais) Review of International Economics, February 2004, Vol. 12, No. 1, 130-7.
“Time Consistent Export Quotas in an Oligopolistic World Market,” Journal of International Economics, Mar. 2002, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 445-463 (with Jean-Philippe Gervais)
"Incomplete Adoption of a Superior Innovation," Economica, November 2000, Vol. 67, No. 268, pp. 525-42 (with GianCarlo Moschini)
“Strategic Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Uncertainty,” International Economic Review, May 2000, Vol. 41, No. 2, 411-223 (with Hongmo Sung); appendix
"Intellectual Property Rights and the Welfare Effects of Agricultural R & D," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, November 1997, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 1229-42 (with GianCarlo Moschini)
"Optimal Price Policy and the Futures Market", 53, Economic Letters, 1996, 175-82 (with GianCarlo Moschini)
"The Hedging Role of Options and Futures under Joint Price, Basis and Production Risk," International Economic Review, November 1995, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 1025-50 (with GianCarlo Moschini)
"Stochastic Trade Policy with Asset Markets: The Role of Tariff Structure," Journal of International Economics , November 1993, Vol. 34, pp. 317-33 (with Mahua Barari)
"Controlling Stock Externalities: Flexible Versus Inflexible Pigovian Corrections," European Economic Review , 1992, Vol. 36, pp. 1263-76 (with Il Dong Ko and Todd Sandler)
"Hedging Price Risk with Options and Futures for the Competitive Firm with Production Flexibility," International Economic Review, August 1992, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 607-18 (with GianCarlo Moschini)
"Optimal Trade Policies Under Uncertainty: The Role of Risk Aversion and Public Goods," Journal of Development Economics , Vol. 35, No. 2 (April 1991), 243-60 (with E. Kwan Choi)
"Endogenous Fertility, Ricardian Equivalence and Debt Management Policy," Journal of Public Economics , March 1990, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 227-48 (with Walt Enders)
"The Optimal Tariff, Production Lags and Time Consistency," American Economic Review, June 1988, Vol. 78, #3, 395-401.

Non-academic Positions held:

Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1988-1989
Visiting Research Scholar, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 1983
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, 1976-77

Contact Information:

· 283 Heady Hall

· Phone: (515) 294-5917

· FAX: (515) 294-0221

Email: hlapan@iastate.edu

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