ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITA (April 2008)

Harvey E. Lapan

HOME ADDRESS: 2727 Duff Avenue, Ames, IA 50010

OFFICE ADDRESS: Dept. of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 515-294-5917; hlapan@iastate.edu

PESONAL INFORMATION:

  • Date of Birth: November 18, 1946
  • Family: Married, two children

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971. Dissertation Title: "Models of Non-Steady-State Economic Growth and a Dynamic Model of the Firm"
  • M.S., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969
  • B.S., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

  • International Economics
  • Microeconomics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • University Professor, Iowa State University, July 1993-
  • Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, August 1988-August 1989
  • Consultant, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, May-August 1983
  • Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982-83
  • Professor of Economics, Iowa State University, September 1979-
  • Associate Professor of Economics, Iowa State University, September 1975-August 1979
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies (Stockholm), August 1976-July 1977
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University, September 1972-August 1975
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Northeastern University, September 1971-June 1972
  • Instructor of Economics, Northeastern University, September 1969-September 1971

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

“Harmonic Symmetries of Imperfect Competition on Circular City”, forthcoming, Journal of Mathematical Economics (with Dave Hennessy).

“Heterogeneity of Southern Countries and Southern Intellectual Property Rights Policy,” Canadian Journal of Economics, August 2008, Vol. 41, No. 3, 894-925 (with Jeong-Eon Kim)

“Statistical Moments Analysis of Production Patterns in Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, March 2008, Vol. 26, No. 2, 598-606 (with Dave Hennessy)

 Grading, Minimum Quality Standards, and the Labeling of Genetically Modified Products,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2007, Vol. 89, No. 3, 769-83 (with GianCarlo Moschini)

“When Different Market Concentration Indices Agree,” Economic Letters, May 2007, Vol. 95, No. 2, 234-40 (with Dave Hennessy)

“On the nature of certainty equivalent functionals,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, December 2006, Vol. 43, No. 1, 1-10 (with Dave Hennessy)

“A Note on Cost Arrangement and Welfare in a Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, May 2006, Vol. 24, No. 3, 583-91 (with Dave Hennessy)

“Genetically Modified Crops and (Induced) Product Differentation: Trade and Welfare Effects in the Soybean Complex”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2005, Vol. 87, No. 3, 621-44 (with Andrew Sobolevsky and GianCarlo Moschini)

“An Algebraic Theory of multi-product decisions,” Economic Theory, June 2005, Vol. 25, No. 4, 819-29 (with Dave Hennessy)

 

“Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information”, Review of International Economics, May 2005, Vol 13, No. 2, 311-29 (with Tigran Melkonyan)

 

“Low-Price Low-Capacity Traps and Government Interventions”, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, November 2004, Vol. 52, No. 3, 237-56.

 

“Innovation and Trade with Endogenous Market Failures: The Case of Genetically Modified Products,”American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2004, Vol. 86, No. 3, 630-44 (with GianCarlo Moschini)

 

“The Non-Equivalence of Import and Export Quotas”, Review of International Economics, February 2004, Vol. 12, No. 1, 130-7 (with Jean-Philippe Gervais)

 

“Price Commitment vs. flexibility: The role of exchange rate uncertainty and its implications for exchange rate pass-through,” Review of International Economics, Sept. 2003, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 697-711 (with Byoung-Ky Chang)

 

“A Definition of ‘More Systematic Risk’ with Some Welfare Implications,” Economica, August 2003, Vol. 70, No. 279, 493-508 (with Dave Hennessy) 

 

“An Algebraic Theory of Portfolio Allocation,” Economic Theory, August 2003, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 193-210 (with Dave Hennessy)

“Technology Asymmetries, Group Alegbra and Multi-Plant Cost Minimization”, Economic Inquiry, January 2003, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 183-92  (with Dave Hennessy).

“Smuggling and Bhagwati’s Non-Equivalence Between Tariffs and Quotas,” Review of International Economics, November 2002, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 729-48 (with Bruno Larue)

“Symmetry and Order in the Portfolio Allocation Problem,” Economic Theory, June 2002, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 747-72. (with Dave Hennessy)

“Endogenous Choice of Trade Instrument under Uncertainty,” International Economic Journal, Winter 2002, Vol. 16, No. 4 (with Jean-Philippe Gervais)

“The use of Archimedean copulas to model portfolio allocations,” Mathematical Finance, April 2002, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp 45-56. (with Dave Hennessy)

“Time Consistent Export Quotas in an Oligopolistic World Market,” Journal of International Economics, Mar. 2002, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp 445-63. (with Jean-Philippe Gervais)

Optimal Production Tax and Quota under Time Consistent Trade Policies,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, November 2001, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 921-33 (with Jean-Philippe Gervais)

“Pre-commitment Mechanism and Policy Credibility in African Trade Reform”, Review of Development Economics, February 2001, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 25-39 (with Sylvain Boko).

"Incomplete Adoption of a Superior Innovation," Economica, November 2000, Vol. 67, No. 268, pp. 525-42 (with GianCarlo Moschini).

"Roundup Ready ® Soybeans and Welfare Effects in the Soybean Complex," Agribusiness, Winter 2000, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 33-55 (with GianCarlo Moschini, and Andrei Sobolevsky)

"Strategic Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Uncertainty," International Economic Review, May 2000, Vol. 41, No. 2, 411-23. (with Hongmo Sung).

"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", Economic Letters 53, 1996, pp. 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).

"Futures Hedging Under Price, Basis and Production Risk," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1994, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 465-77 (with GianCarlo Moschini).

"Stochastic Trade Policy with Asset Markets: The Role of Tariff Structure," Journal of International Economics , November 1993: 317-33 (with Mahua Barari).

"A Model of First and Second-Best Social Security Programs," Journal of Economics (Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie), Supplement 7, 1993, 65-90 (with Walt Enders).

"Production Hedging and Speculative Decisions with Options and Future Markets: Reply," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 75, August 1993: 748-50 (with GianCarlo Moschini and Steve Hanson).

"Market Structure and the World Wheat Market," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, July 1992, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 311-328 (with Bruno Larue).

"Terrorism and Signalling," European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 9, #3, 1993, pp. 383-98 (with Todd Sandler).

"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).

"Production Hedging and Speculative Decisions with Options and Future Markets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Feb. 1991, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 66-74 (with GianCarlo Moschini and Steve Hanson).

"The Optimal Tariff, Time Consistency and Immiserising Growth in a Large Country," Journal of International Economic Integration, Vol. 6(1), Spring 1991, 27-39.

"Optimal Trade Policies for a Developing Country Under Uncertainty,” Journal of Development Economics , Vol. 35, No. 2 (April 1991), 243-60 (with Kwan Choi).

"The Threat of International Terrorism and What Can Be Done," Challenge, Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1991, pp. 10-26 (with Todd Sandler and Walt Enders).

"Quality Changes and the Volume of Trade: A Geometric Approach," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics , Nov. 1990, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 405-20 (with Bruno Larue).

"Endogenous Fertility, Ricardian Equivalence and Debt Management Policy," Journal of Public Economics , March 1990, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 227-48 (with Walt Enders).

"Tariffs versus Quotas Under Uncertainty: Restricting Imports and the Role of Preferences," International Economic Journal, Winter 1988, Vol. 2, #4, 35-55 (with Kwan Choi).

"Utility Maximization, Individual Production and Market Equilibrium," Southern Economic Journal, October 1988, Vol. 55, #2, 374-90 (with Douglas M. Brown).

"The Optimal Tariff, Production Lags and Time Consistency," American Economic Review, June 1988, Vol. 78, #3, 395-401.

"To Bargain or Not to Bargain: That is the Question," American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 1988, Vol. 78, #2, 16-21 (with Todd Sandler).

"The Calculus of Dissent: An Analysis of Terrorists' Choice of Targets," Synthese, June 1988, Vol. 76, pp. 245-61 (with Todd Sandler).

"Inflation and Asset Life: The Darby vs. the Fisher Effect," Quarterly Journal of Financial Analysis, June 1987, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 249-258 (with Keith Howe).

"On the Relationship between the Exchange Regime and the Portfolio Rules of Optimizing Agents," Journal of International Economics, November 1983, Vol. 15, #3/4, pp. 199-224 (with Walt Enders).

"Rational Expectations, Endogenous Currency Substitution, and Exchange Rate Determination," Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1983, Vol. 98, #3, pp. 427-40 (with Walt Enders).

"Social Security Taxation and Inter-generational Risk Sharing," International Economic Review, October 1982, Vol. 23, #3, pp. 647-58 (with Walt Enders).

"The Exchange Regime, Resource Allocation and Uncertainty," Southern Economic Journal, April 1981, pp. 924-40 (with Walt Enders).

"Random Disturbances and the Choice of Exchange Regimes in an Intergenerational Model," Journal of International Economics, May 1980, pp. 263-83 (with Walt Enders).

"A Comment on Factor-Market Distortions and Dynamic Optimal Intervention: Reply," American Economic Review, September 1979, pp. 718-20.

"Stability, Random Disturbances and the Exchange Rate Regime," Southern Economic Journal, July 1979, pp. 49-70 (with Walt Enders).

"The Supply of Physicians' Services," Economic Inquiry, April 1979, pp. 269-79 (with Douglas M. Brown).

"Natural Resources, Goods, Bads, and Alternative Institutional Frameworks," Resources and Energy, 2(1979), pp. 293-324 (with Gordon C. Rausser).

"International Trade, Factor Market Distortions and the Theory of the Optimal Dynamic Subsidy: Reply," American Economic Review, December 1978, pp. 956-59.

"Stochastic Disturbances and Exchange Rates," Journal of Economics Vol. IV, 1978, pp. 73-75 (with Walt Enders).

"Devaluation, Wealth Effects, and Relative Prices," American Economic Review, September 1978, pp. 601-13 (with Walt Enders).

"Lags and the Assignment Problem," American Economist, Vol. XXII, Fall, 1978, pp. 67-70 (with Walt Enders).

"International Trade, Factor Market Distortions, and the Theory of the Optimal Dynamic Subsidy," American Economic Review, June 1976, pp. 335-46.

"The Possibility of Reversing the Trade Pattern with Internationally Diffused Localized Technical Progress," Journal of International Economics, August 1975, pp. 289-98.

"Non-Steady-State Economic Growth in a Two Sector World," Econometrica, May 1975, pp. 469-92.

"The Rising Price of Physicians' Services: A Clarification," Review of Economics and Statistics, August 1974, pp. 396-98 (with Douglas M. Brown and Martin Feldstein).

"Localized Technical Progress and Transfer of Technology and Economic Development," Journal of Economic Theory, December 1973, pp. 585-98 (with Pranab K. Bardhan).

"Further Evidence on the Rising Price of Physicians' Services: A Comment," Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1972, pp. 101-05 (with Douglas M. Brown).

 

Chapters in Books:

GianCarlo Moschini and Harvey Lapan, “Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First and Second Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects”, in Richard E. Just, Julian M. Alston and David Zilberman, eds., Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy, Springer, 2006.

 

GianCarlo Moschini, Harvey Lapan and Andrei Sobolevsky, “Trading Technology as Well as Final Products: Roundup Ready Soybean and Welfare Effects in the Soybean Complex,” in W. H. Lessard, ed., Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy, Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center, 2000.

 

Harvey Lapan and Walter Enders.  "Stochastic Disturbances, Traded and Nontraded Goods and the Choice of the Exchange Regime," in M. Connolly, ed., The International Monetary System:  Choices for the Future, Praeger Scientific, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1982.

 

Harvey Lapan.  "World Trade and Economic Growth," Chapter 4, Economic Report of the President, January 1989.

 

GianCarlo Moschini and Harvey Lapan, “Intellectual Property Rights and the Welfare Effects of Agricultural R&D,” in G. Galizzi and L. Venturini, eds., Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999.

 

Current Working Papers:

Free trade, transboundary pollution and a race to the bottom,” May 2007 (with Shiva Sikdar)

“Minimum quality standards in competitive markets: When consumers and producers (dis)agree, with GianCarlo Moschini, April 2007

Unit vs. Ad Valorem Taxes in Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly,” with Dave Hennessy, March 2007

“Symmetries of Imperfect Competition on a Circle,” with Dave Hennessy, 2005  (ISU Econ Working paper #06010)

 

“Competition of Multinationals from Different Cultural Backgrounds:  Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?” with Chul-Woo Kwon, 2005 (ISU Department of Economics Working Paper #05019)

 

“Market Cycles for a Non-Storable Product under Adjustment Costs,” with Dave Hennessy, 2004