STEPHEN H. KARLSON
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
EDUCATION:
B.B.A. (Transportation), May 1975, University of Wisconsin, Madison;
M.A. (Economics), December 1977, University of Wisconsin, Madison;.
Ph.D. (Economics), May 1980, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Industrial Economics, Regional Economics, Microeconomic Theory
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan--Assistant Professor of Economics, September 15, 1979 to May 26, 1986
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois--Associate Professor of Economics, August 16, 1986.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Economic Association
Iron and Steel Society
I. Funded Research
Scientist in Residence, Argonne National Laboratory, Spring-Summer 1994
Frank M. Gollop and Stephen H. Karlson, "Supplement on Statistical Analysis of Regulatory Effects," Appendix A to U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, "Automatic Adjustment Clauses in Public Utility Rate Schedules," February 1982; supported by Contract DE-AP39-80RC10310.
Gale A. Boyd, Mark J. Bock, Stephen H. Karlson, Mark J. Neifer, and Marc H. Ross, "Vintage-Level Energy and Environmental Performance of Manufacturing Establishments." Argonne National Laboratory. Report ANL/DIS/TM-15, May 1994.
II. Special Awards
Participant in Environmental Management System curriculum development grant, funded by National Science Foundation, 2001.
Wayne State University Research Awards, 1980, 1983.
Northern Illinois University Summer Research Award, 1987.
Northern Illinois University sabbatical leave, Fall 1994
I. Articles Published in Refereed Journals:
"The Impact of the Fuel Adjustment Mechanism on Economic Efficiency," with Frank M. Gollop. The Review of Economics and Statistics 60 (Nov. 1978): 574-84.
"The Electric Power Industry: An Econometric Model of Intertemporal Behavior," with Frank M. Gollop. Land Economics 56 (Aug. 1980): 299-3l4.
"Modeling Location and Production: An Application to U.S. Fully Integrated Steel Plants." The Review of Economics and Statistics 65 (Feb. 1983): 4l-50.
"Spatial Competition with Location-Dependent Costs." Journal of Regional Science 25 (May 1985): 20l-l4.
"Multiple-Output Production and Pricing in Electric Utilities." Southern Economic Journal 53 (July 1986): 73-86.
"Adoption of Competing Inventions by U.S. Steel Producers." The Review of Economics and Statistics 68 (August 1986): 4l5-22.
"Competition and Cement Basing Points: F.O.B. Destination, Delivered from Where?" Journal of Regional Science 30 (February 1990): 75-88.
"The Effect of Fringe Benefits on Employment Fluctuations in U.S. Automobile Manufacturing," with David J. Smyth. Review of Economics and Statistics 73, 1 (February 1991): 40-49.
"The Impact of Energy Prices on Technology Choice in the Unites States Steel Industry," with Gale A. Boyd. Energy Journal, 14, 2 (1993): 47-56.
"Potential for Steel Industry Energy Intensity Improvements: Electricity Use in Minimills," with Gale Boyd, Mark Neifer, and Marc Ross. Contemporary Policy Issues, 11, 3 (July 1993): 88-100.
II. Book Reviews:
Direct Electric Utility Competition: The Natural Monopoly Myth, by Walter J. Primeaux, Jr. Southern Economic Journal 53 (April 1987): 1970-71.
Space-Structure-Economy: A Tribute to August Losch, edited by Rolf Funck and Antoni Kuklinski. Journal of Regional Science 29 (August 1989): 473-75.
Rivalry: In Business, Science, Among Nations, by Reuven Brenner. Journal of Comparative Economics 13 (December 1989): 588-90.
The Economics of the Patent System, edited by Erich Kaufer. Journal of Comparative Economics 14 (September 1990): 511-13.
Turning It Around: Closure and Revitalization in New Zealand Industry, edited by John Savage and Alan Bollard. Journal of Comparative Economics 16 (September 1992): 555-58.
Regulating Big Business: Antitrust in Great Britain and America 1880-1990, by Tony Freyer. Journal of Comparative Economics, 18, 2 (April 1994): 228-231.
Lean and Mean: The Changing Landscape of Corporate Power in the Age of Flexibility, by Bennett Harrison. Journal of Regional Science 35, 1 (February 1995): 176-179.
Governing Capitalist Economies: Performance and Control of Economic Sectors, edited by J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Philippe C. Schmitter, and Wolfgang Streeck. Journal of Comparative Economics, 21, 2 (October 1995): 257-261.
European Industries: Structure, Conduct and Performance, edited by Peter Johnson. Journal of Comparative Economics, 21, 2 (October 1995): 262-263.
Intenational Comparisons of Electricity Regulation, edited by Richard Gilbert and Edward Kahn. Journal of Comparative Economics 24, 3 (June 1997): 367-379.
Industrial Organization in the European Union: Structure, Strategy, and the Competitive Mechanism, by Stephen Davies and Bruce Lyons, Journal of Comparative Economics, 26, 2 (June 1998): 407-409.
III. Other Publications:
"Best Practice Electricity Use in Steel Minimills," with Mark Bock, Gale Boyd, and Marc Ross. Iron and Steelmaker, 21,5 (May 1994): 63-66.
Exchange, Specialization, and Cooperation: The Principles of Microeconomics. Course materials for Principles of Microeconomics, printed by Northern Illinois University Printing Services.
Commercial Policies: Economic Principles in Action. Course materials for Government and Business, printed by Northern Illinois University Printing Services.
IV. Papers Presented:
"The Impact of the Fuel Adjustment Mechanism on Economic Efficiency," with Frank M. Gollop. North American Meetings of the Econometric Society, Atlantic City, September 1976.
"Modeling Location and Production: An Application to Fully-Integrated Steel Plants." North American Meetings of the Econometric Society, Denver, September 1980.
"Regional Markets, Suboptimal Capacity, and Entry and Exit in U.S. Steel Production." North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association, Chicago, November 1983.
"Adoption of Competing Innovations by U. S. Steel Producers." Managerial and Decision Economics Association, San Francisco, December 1983.
"Notes on Competitive Use of Basing-Point Pricing." Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Duluth, Minn., June 1985.
"Basing-Point Pricing as a Noncooperative Equilibrium." North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association, Philadelphia, November 1985.
"Testing Competitive and Collusive Theories of Basing Point Pricing in the Cement Case." Eastern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., March 1987.
"Spatial Pre-emption by Steel Mini-mills." Eastern Economic Association, Boston, March, 1988; University of Wisconsin, Applied Microeconomics Workshop, March, 1988; Stanford University, Industrial Organization Workshop, May, 1988.
"The Effect of Fringe Benefits on Employment Fluctuations in U.S. Automobile Manufacturing," with David J. Smyth. North American Meetings of the Econometric Society, New York, December 1988.
"Seller Concentration, Collusion and Entry in Portland Cement Manufacturing, 1920-1933." University of Wisconsin, Applied Microeconomics Workshop, April 1989, Illinois Economic Association, Chicago, October 1989, North American Meetings of the Econometric Society, Washington, D.C., December 1990.
"Delivered Pricing Maintained a Vertical Restraint on Cement Dealers." Illinois Economic Association, Chicago, October 1990.
"The Impact of Energy Prices on Technology Choice in the United States Steel Industry," with Gale Boyd. International Association for Energy Economics, Chicago, November 1991.
"Vintage Effects in the Steel Industry: The Potential for Energy Intensity Improvements," with Gale Boyd, Mark Neifer, and Marc Ross. Western Economic Association, San Francisco, July 1992.
"The Disneyland Dilemma in Practice: Why the Lines are Longest at the Rollercoaster," University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Departmental Workshop, November 1992, North American Meetings of the Econometric Society, Anaheim, January 1993; Taipei International Conference on Industrial Economics, June 2000.
"A Reformulation of Production Theory," Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, March 1996.
"Irreversible Investments in Electric Generating Capacity," with Ron Sutherland. Illinois Economic Association, Chicago, October 1997; Shih-Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2000; Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2000.
“Economic Hysteresis in Steel Furnace Technology Adoption,” Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, March 1998.
V. Abstracts Published in Academic Journals:
"The Impact of the Fuel Adjustment Mechanism on Economic Efficiency," Journal of Economic Literature 17 (June 1979), p. 885.
"The Electric Power Industry: An Econometric Model of Intertemporal Behavior," Journal of Economic Literature 19 (March 198l), p. 450.
"Modeling Location and Production: An Application to U.S. Fully Integrated Steel Plants," Journal of Economic Literature 2l (September 1983), p. 1379.
"Spatial Competition with Location-Dependent Costs," Journal of Economic Literature 23 (December 1985), p. 2l90.
"Multiple Output Production and Pricing in Electric Utilities," Journal of Economic Literature 25 (March 1987), p. 59l.
"Adoption of Competing Inventions by United States Steel Producers," Journal of Economic Literature 25 (March 1987), p. 595.
"Competition and Cement Basing Points: F.O.B. Destination, Delivered from Where?," Survey of Regional Literature 13 (March 1990), Journal of Economic Literature 28 (September 1990).
"The Effect of Fringe Benefits on Employment Fluctuations in U.S. Automobile Manufacturing," Journal of Economic Literature 39 (December 1991) p. 2025.