Jeffrey
P. Cohen, Ph.D.
Revised 11/7/08
Economics, Finance, and Insurance Department
Office Phone: 860-768-4834
E-mail:
professorjeffrey@gmail.com
Education:
· Ph.D., Economics,
·
M.A., Economics,
· M.A., Economics,
· B.S., Quantitative
Economics,
Employment:
·Associate
Professor of Economics, University of Hartford, 2006-present.
·Assistant
Professor of Economics, University of Hartford, 2000-2006.
·Senior
Economist, Standard & Poor’s DRI (now known as “Global Insight”),
1999-2000.
·Adjunct
Lecturer, Department of Economics,
Professional Experience:
· Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of
· Visiting Scholar,
· Research Associate
at the
·
Editorial Board member, Journal of
Transportation Security, Springer, August 2007-present.
·
President, Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the Allied Social
Sciences Association, January 2008-present.
Peer-Reviewed Journal
Publications:
* denotes
lead article
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Cletus C. Coughlin. “Changing Noise Levels
and Housing Prices Near the Atlanta Airport”
forthcoming in Growth and Change.
*Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Cletus C. Coughlin. “Spatial Hedonic Models of Airport Noise,
Proximity, and Housing Prices”, 2008, Journal
of Regional Science 48(5): 859-878.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and
Catherine Morrison Paul. “Agglomeration and Cost Economies for
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Kristen Monaco. “Ports and Highway
Infrastructure Investments and Inter-State Spatial Spillovers,” 2008, International Regional Science Review
31(3): 257-274.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. “The
Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure on Property Values: A Higher-Order
Spatial Econometrics Approach” 2007, Journal of Regional Science 47: 457-478.
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. “The Impacts of Education Spending and Finance Reform on
Manufacturing Property Shadow Values: A Cost Function Approach,” 2006, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 26:
181-190.
*
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Cletus Coughlin. “An Introduction to the Two Rate
Taxation of Land and Buildings” 2005, Federal Reserve Bank of
*
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. “Agglomeration
Economies and Industry Location Decisions: The Impacts of Spatial and
Industrial Spillovers” 2005, Regional
Science and Urban Economics 35: 215-237.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. "Public
Infrastructure Investment, Inter-State Spatial Spillovers, and Manufacturing
Costs," 2004, Review of Economics
and Statistics, 86(2): 551-560.
James, Harvey and
Jeffrey P. Cohen. “Does Ethics Training Neutralize the
Incentives of the Prisoner's Dilemma? Evidence from a Classroom Experiment”
2004, Journal of Business Ethics,
50(1): 53-61.
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. “Airport
Infrastructure Spillovers in a Network System,” 2003, Journal of Urban Economics, 54(3): 459-473.
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Cletus Coughlin. "Congestion at
Airports: The Economics of Airport Expansions," 2003, Federal Reserve Bank
of
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. "Spatial
and Supply/Demand Agglomeration Economies: State- and Industry Linkages in the
Coughlin, Cletus,
Jeffrey P. Cohen, and Sarosh Khan.
“Aviation Security and Terrorism: A Review of the Economic Issues” 2002,
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cohen, Jeffrey P. "'Reciprocal' State and
Peer-Reviewed
Proceedings:
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. "Some Issues in Benefit Cost Analysis for Airport
Development," Transportation
Research Record 1567, Public Sector Aviation Issues, 1997, July, pp. 1-7.
Book Chapters:
Coughlin, Cletus, Jeffrey P. Cohen, and Sarosh Khan. “The Economics of Aviation
Security” in Thomas, A.R., ed., Aviation
Security Management, forthcoming, Praeger
Security International.
Cohen,
Jeffrey P. and Cletus C. Coughlin, “An Introduction to the Two-Rate Taxation of
Land and Buildings”, reprinted in J. van den Bergh, K. Button, and P. Nijkamp, eds., Classics in Planning, 2007,
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and
Catherine Morrison Paul, forthcoming. “Agglomeration, Productivity, and Regional
Growth: Production Theory Approaches”, chapter 12, in Capello,
R. and P. Nijkamp, eds., Regional Dynamics and Growth: Advances in Regional Economics,
forthcoming, Elsevier:
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and
Catherine Morrison Paul. "Production Externalities,
Integration and Growth: The Case of the European Union 'Single Market'"
2003, Growth and Development in the
Global Economy, (Harry Bloch, ed.), Edward Elgar
Press, chapter
4, pages 53-66.
Academic Research in
Progress:
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Cletus C. Coughlin. “Environmental
Justice and Airport Noise in
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Catherine Morrison Paul. “Scale
and Scope Economies for Drug Abuse Treatment Costs at Hospitals in
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and
Kristen Monaco. “
Cohen, Jeffrey P. "The Broader Effects of
Transportation Infrastructure In the Context of
Spatial Econometrics." Under review.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. and
Richard Field. “Life Cycle Cost Analysis for
Stefos, Theodore, Laura Lehner, James Burgess, Jeffrey P. Cohen, Eileen Moran, and
David Hults. “Dynamics of the Mental Health Workforce: The Substitution of
Physicians and Other Providers.”
Other Publications:
Cohen, Jeffrey P.
“Split Tax Would Encourage Buildings - Not Vacant Lots” Hartford Courant, Place section (opinion), December 17, 2006.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. “International Trade,” The
Cohen, Jeffrey P. “What Does the New Year Hold
in Store for Rail?” Road and Rail,
DRI, 1999:4.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. “Fourth Quarter Preview: Will
Rail Score a Touchdown?” Road and Rail,
DRI, 1999:3.
Cohen, Jeffrey P. “Will Fall Grain Shipments Be
Hurt by the Summer Drought?” Road and
Rail, DRI, 1999:3.
Teaching Experience:
Economics
of the City;
Managerial
Economics; Quantitative Methods;
Principles
of Microeconomics;
Independent
Study in Environmental Economics (5 students);
Internship
in Economics, Finance, and Insurance
Grants, Consulting,
Honors and Awards:
· Consultant, Water Environment Research
Foundation, "Cost Estimating Spreadsheet Tool Enhancement for Low-Impact
Development Best Management Practices" (Grant through the
· Investigator,
"Evaluation of Economic Benefits of Distributed Photovoltaic Systems"
(Grant from
· Consultant, Connecticut Public Health Policy
Institute at the
·
· Summer Research Grants, sponsored by the
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Barney School of Business, University
of Hartford, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008.
· Consultant, Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2007. “The Wider
Benefits of Public Infrastructure.”
· Co-Investigator, Capital
Regions Council of Governments’ and University of
·
· Consultant, Boston Univ. Dept. of Geography
(Grant funded by U.S. Dept. of Energy), 2006-07.
· Investigator, research grant, Connecticut
Center for Advanced Technology in conjunction with the National Center for
Aerospace Leadership, and University of Hartford, 2006.
· Fellowship to attend the RAND Corporation’s
·
· Consultant, Ellison Institute for Global
Health at
· Service Award, Barney
· Consultant, Beacon Hill Institute at
· Professional Development Award for Research,
Barney
· Consultant, Standard and Poor’s DRI,
· Graduate Research Award Winner, Federal
Aviation Administration and Transportation Research Board of the National
Research Council, 1995-97.
· Fellow In-Absentia, American Institute for
Economic Research, 1992-95; Summer Fellow, 1992.
Invited Presentations
and Seminars
·
·
· Rutgers
University-Newark, Department of Economics, February 2008.
· National
Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, meeting on cost
function analysis,
· Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Roundtable on the wider
benefits of public infrastructure,
·
·
·
·
· University
of Massachusetts-Lowell, Department of Economics, March 2005.
·
· Rutgers
University-Newark, Department of Economics, April 2004.
·
·
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· University
of Massachusetts-Lowell, Department of Economics, April 1999.
· Federal
Reserve Bank of
·
· Federal
Reserve Bank of
Conference
Presentations:
“
“Ports and Highway
Infrastructure Investments and Inter-State Spatial Spillovers,” (with Kristen
Monaco), Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings, February, 2007,
“Spatial
Hedonic Models of Airport Noise, Proximity, and Housing Prices” (with Cletus C.
Coughlin), ASSA Annual Meetings, January 6, 2007,
“Airport-Related Noise and Housing Prices:
Insights Using Spatial Econometrics” (with Cletus C. Coughlin), Eastern
Economic Association Annual Meetings, February 2006,
“Ports and Highway
Infrastructure Investments and Inter-State Spatial Spillovers,” (with Kristen
Monaco), ASSA Annual Meetings, January 7, 2006,
“Housing Price Impacts of Airport Noise in Neighborhoods
Surrounding
“The Capital Asset
Value Impacts of Proximity to Airports and Highways When Accounting for Higher
Order Spatial Autocorrelation,” (with Catherine J. Morrison Paul) 2004 Eastern
Economic Association Annual Meetings, February 21, 2004,
“The Economic Impacts
of Proximity to Airports and Highways,” ASSA Annual Mtgs., January 2004,
“Court-Ordered
Education Finance Reform and Commercial Property Values,” Eastern Economic
Association Annual Meetings, February 2003,
“Commercial Property
Values and School Finance Reform,” ASSA Annual Mtgs,
Jan 2003,
"Hub and
"Hub and
"'Reciprocal' State and Local Airport
Spending Spillovers and Symmetric Responses to Cuts and Increases in Federal
Airport Grants," Eastern Economic Assoc. Annual Mtgs,
New York, NY, Feb. 2001.
"The Economic Effects of Coordination
Failures in Aviation Networks," Transportation Research Board Annual
Meetings,
Conference Discussant
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· American Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· International Industrial Organization
Conference,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
· Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
Referee
Regional
Science and Urban Economics; Papers in Regional Science; Economics Letters;
Public Finance Review; Applied Economics; Journal of Productivity Analysis;
Journal of Regional Science; Southern Economics Journal; Journal of Urban
Economics; Journal of Economic Education; Journal of Agricultural and Applied
Economics; Journal of Economics;
Professional
Affiliations:
· Member, American Economic Association
· Member, Eastern Economic Association
· Life Member, Transportation and Public
Utilities Group of the American Economic Association
· Friend, Transportation Research Board,
Aviation Economics and Forecasting Committee
· Past Member, American Real Estate and Urban
Economics Association
Department
service
·
Core Course Awards Committee, March 2002-present.
·
Curriculum and Course Revision Committee – fall 2001-present
·
Undergraduate course coordinator, EC 211 and EC 312 – fall 2001-present
·
Computer and Data Resources – fall 2000-present
·
Advisor, Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society in Economics),
spring 2003-present.
·
Faculty Advisor to the Economics/Finance Club, April 2001-May 2006.
·
Faculty Advisor to the BA Economics students, May 2001-May 2007.
·
Faculty Advisor to Economics/Finance Undergraduate Majors, Fall
2001-present.
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Organized the reactivation of the department’s chapter of Omicron Delta
Epsilon, the International Honor Society in Economics, spring 2003.
College
committees and service
·
Chair, Grants and Development
Committee, 2008-09.
·
Chair, Undergraduate Programs
Committee, 2006-07.
·
Chair, Economics Faculty Search
Committee, 2006-07.
·
Co-Chair, Grants and Development
Committee, 2005-06.
·
Member, Grants and Development Committee, 2004-05.
·
Member, Barney Faculty Excellence Awards Committee, 2005-06.
·
Chair, Academic Standards Committee,
2004-05.
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Member, taskforce on external relations, September-October 2004.
·
Chair, Undergraduate Programs
Committee, 2003-04.
·
Member, Barney Excellence Awards Committee, 2003-04.
·
Search committee for a Strategy faculty position in Management/Marketing
Department, spring 2004.
·
Vice-chair, undergraduate programs committee, 2001-02 and 2002-03.
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Member, External and Public Relations Committee, 2000-01.
·
Member, search committee for two positions in Barney academic services, fall
2003-spring 2004.
·
Presented on-line math skills review at Active Learning Workshop 2, Nov. 13,
2003.
·
Served as a
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Spoke on the CT economy at the Barney Economic Summit, March 5, 2002.
University Service
Activities
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Member, External Funding Advisory Committee, 2005-2006.
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Member, Sabbatical Committee, 2005-2006.
·
Member, Sabbatical Committee, 2004-2005.
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Member, Senate committee on grants, September 2004-2005.
Other service to the
·
Transportation Research Board of the
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Worked with University officials and the City of
·
Advisory panel member for Connecticut Freight Planning Workshop, Capital Region
Council of Governments, October 2005.
·
Reviewer of two Reports on Aviation Environmental Design Tool, Transportation
Research Board of the National Research Council, February 2005; April 2005.
·
Presented an overview of the Barney School of Business and the University at a
meeting of the Greater Hartford Insurance and Financial Services Cluster, June
17, 2004.
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Member, Center for Integrated Design,
· Organized June 9, 2005 symposium, “Smart
Growth: Land Use, Regionalism and Transportation”, featuring Tom Condon of the
Hartford Courant as moderator, and sponsored by Barney, the Lincoln Institute
of Land Policy, and Capitol Region Council of Governments; spring 2005.
·
Organized June 2003 symposium, “Two Rate Taxation of Land and Buildings”,
sponsored by Barney and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; spring 2003.
·
Advisor to Canton Advocates for Responsible Expansion (CARE), a community group
in
Citizenship: