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PEOPLE
HERBERT G. THOMPSON, JR.
J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Phone: (740) 597-1770 Fax: (740) 593-4889
Email: thompsh3@ohio.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. June 1989
Thesis: An Analysis of Efficiency, Cost, and Prices in the Nuclear Power Industry
M.A. Economics, University of Akron, Akron, OH, June 1974
B.S.L.E. Labor Economics, University of Akron, Akron, OH, June 1972
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Professor, J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, Ohio University, Athens, OH, July 2008– present.
- Assistant Professor, J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2003 – 2008.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2002–2003
Teaching Appointments prior to 2002 – Tenure Track:
- Assistant Professor, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, 1986-1989
- Assistant Professor, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL, 1980-1983
- Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, 1977-1980
Teaching Appointments prior to 2002– Visiting or Special Appointments:
- Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, August 2000-July 2001
- Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, 1991-1993 (Adjunct Appointment)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1989-1991 (Post-Doctoral Appointment)
University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1985-1986 (Part-time Appointment)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Telecommunications and Regulated Industry Public Policy; International Telecommunications Industry and Policy; Applied Microeconomics; Industrial Organization; Production Efficiency
NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- President, 2010 (President- Elect: 2009): Transporation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG) of the America Economic Association. Appointment ended: January 2010
- Associate Editor, Telecommunications Policy, July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008
- Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, September 2004 – November, 2007
- Consultant, International Telecommunication Union, Fall and Winter, 2005-06 (part-time appointment)
- Economist., Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Carson City, NV, September, 2001-September 2002
- Senior Economist, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, June 2001-January 2002 (part-time appointment)
- Director, Integrated Resource Planning Division, Maryland Public Service Commission, Baltimore, MD, 1998 - 2000
- Senior Economist, Christensen Associates (Economic Consultants), Madison, WI, 1993-1998
- Director, Division of Economics and Planning, Public Utilities Staff, Mississippi Public Service Commission, Jackson, MS, 1991-1993
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
- “The Aggregate Economic Impact of Broadband Usage in the United States.”
(Sumitted for publication in Information Economics & Policy.)
- “Economic Impacts of Mobile versus Fixed Broadband Use, (submitted for publication in in Telecommunications Policy )
- “Lifeline Subsidy Programs and Telephone Penetration Demand: Adjusting for Endogeneity” (summarized in Telecommunications Policy)
- “Mobile, Fixed and Internet Service Effects on Global Productive Efficiency,” (with C. Garbacz), Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 19, 2, June 2007
- “Are Smoke Detectors as Effective as the Public Health Literature Reports?” (with C. Garbacz), Economics Letters, October 2007
- “The Demand for Telecommunication Services in Developing Countries,” (with C. Garbacz), Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 31, 5, June 2007
- “Universal Telecommunications Service: A World Perspective,” (with C. Garbacz), Information Economics & Policy, Vol. 17, 4, October 2005.
- “The Impact of Litigation on Nursing Home Quality,” (with J. Troyer), Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 29, 1, February 2004
- “Estimating Telephone Demand with State Decennial Census Data From 1970-1990: Update with 2000 Data,” (with C. Garbacz), Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 24, 2003
- “Estimating Telephone Demand with State Decennial Census Data From 1970-1990,” (with C. Garbacz), Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 21, May 2002
- “Universal Service Versus Universal Competition, A Review Article of Crandall and Waverman,” (with C. Garbacz), Journal of Regulatory Economics ,Vol. 19, January 2001
- “FCC Telephone Penetration Rate Data: A Caveat.” (with C. Garbacz), Telecommunication Policy, Vol. 3, November 2000
- “Public Infrastructure and Private Production: A Stochastic Frontier Approach,” (with C. DeLorme and R. Warren), The Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 21, No. 3, Summer 1999
- “Cost Efficiency in Power Procurement and Delivery Service in the Electric Utility Industry,” Land Economics, Vol. 73, 3, August, 1997
- "Assessing the Impact of FCC and State Lifeline and Link-Up Programs on Telephone Penetration” (with C. Garbacz), Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 11, January 1997
- "Money and Production: A Stochastic Frontier Approach" (with R. Warren and C. D. DeLorme), Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 6 , (4), 1995
- "Rate Structures in Nuclear and Non-Nuclear US Electric Utility Jurisdictions" (with D. R. Kamerschen), Applied Economics, Vol. 27, 1995
- "Regional Differences in Economies of Scale of Nuclear and Fossil-Fuel Steam Generation of Electricity," Land Economics, Vol. 69, No. 3, August 1993
- "Nuclear and Fossil Fuel Generation of Electricity: Differences and Similarities" (with D. R. Kamerschen), Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, July 1993
- "Scale Economies in Electric Transmission: Additional Evidence," International Journal of Energy Systems., 1992
- "Pricing in the Nuclear Power Industry: Public or Private Interest?" (with C. D. DeLorme and D. R. Kamerschen), Public Choice, Vol. 73, 1992
- "Myths and Realities of Nuclear Power: An Economic Perspective," International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 11, #2, 1991
- "Efficiency in Nuclear Power Pricing: A Reply" (with A. L. Danielsen and D. R. Kamerschen), Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 6, #3, 1991
- "Efficiency in Nuclear Power Pricing" (with D. R. Kamerschen and A. L. Danielsen), Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 5, #2, Summer 1990
Industry Publications, Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, etc.:
- “The Direct Impact of the ICT Sector on the Economy”, 2006 (March), Chapter 3 in World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report: Measuring ICT for Social and Economic Development. International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland.
- “Economic Freedom, Telecommunications and Productivity: East and West,” in Asia And The West, The Body The Gods (International Conference at University of Rome), Lina Unali (ed.), Roma, Sun Moon Lake publishers, 2004, (with C. Garbacz)
- “Buying Wires: The Market Value of Transmission Assets” (with N. Gupta), The Electricity Journal, April 2000
- “The Market Value of Nuclear Power,” (with N. Gupta), The Electricity Journal, October 1999
- “Do Lifeline and Linkup Programs Effectively and Efficiently Promote Universal Telephone Service for the Poor?” (with C. Garbacz), Public Utilities Fortnightly, March 15, 1997
- "Restructuring for Cost Efficiency in the Electric Utility Industry: A Survey of Empirical Evidence" Proceedings, NARUC 10th BRIC Conference, September 1996
- "Merge, Consolidate, Grow, or Spin Off? The Costs and Synergies of Vertical Integration" (with K. Rose), Public Utilities Fortnightly, September 15, 1996
- “Economies of Scale and Vertical Integration in the Investor-Owned Electric Utility Industry,” National Regulatory Research Institute Report, NRRI 96-05, January 1996.
- "Performance-Based Regulation for Electric Utilities," Proceedings, Institute of Public Utilities, 26th Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA; December 1994
- "Total Factor Productivity in the Investor-Owned Electric Utility Industry: 1975-1992" (with M. Lowry and D. Hovde), Proceedings, NARUC 9th BRIC Conference, September 1994
- "The Economics of Registered Holding Companies," Proceedings, NARUC 8th BRIC Conference, Vol. III, September 1992
Book Reviews and Review Articles
- Review: “Nuclear Failure: The Privatisation and Financial Collapse of British Nuclear Power,” Rutledge Books, Milton Park, UK, August 2006
- “Power Structure: Ownership, Integration, and Competition in the U.S. Electricity Industry,” by John Kwoka, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, for the Energy Journal, September, 1997
PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Invited Presentations - Intermational:
- Papers, presentations or lectures were made at the following International Forums on Energy Industry Restructuring, Privatization or Reform by invitation:
Workshop on Tariff Guidelines; travel sponsored by the USAID/USEA, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, July 1999
Executive Exchange Program, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ghana, a USAID/USEA ponsored program, Accra, Ghana, June 1999
Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, August 1997
Public Policy Analysis training program for Indian Administrative Service, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, July 1997
Other Forum Invitations:
- “Aggregate Economic Impacts of Broadband Usage,” Mobile Impact Conference,
University of California - Berkeley, April 2010
- “Electric Deregulation: Transition Period and Long Term Issues,” Presentation to the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle, NC, March 2001
- “Competitive Transition Regulation For Nuclear Generation Assets: A Suggested Solution To A Stranded Cost Problem, presented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, February 1999
- “Economics of the Registered, Multi-State Electric Utility Companies,” Entergy's Second Regional Conference on IRP, Jackson, MS, 1993
Conference Presentations (beginning with 2002):
- “Economic Impact of Mobile and Fixed Broadband Useage for Developed and Developing Economies,” International Telecommunications Society World Conference, Tokyo, Japan, June 2010
- “The Economic Impact of Broadband Usage: An Aggregate Analysis,” AEA/TPUG conference paper, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
- “US Stae and International impact of Broadband,” AEA/TPUG conference paper, Chicago, IL, 2009
- “New Telecom Services Impact at the US State Level,” abstract submitted to International Telecommunications Society World Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2008
- “Broadband Access and Productive Efficiency in the US.” To be presented at the Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2008
- “World Telecom Demand, Productive Efficiency and Economic Growth” Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association, Chicago, IL, January 2007
- “Mobile, Fixed and Internet Service Effects on Productive Efficiency in China and the Developing World,” International Telecommunications Society World Conference, Beijing, China, June 2006.
- “Mobile, Fixed and Internet Service Effects on Global Productive Efficiency,” Rutgers Center for Research in Regulated Industries (CRRI) 25th Eastern Conference, Skytop, PA, May, 2006.
- “Telecoms on the Asian Frontier.” University of Rome, Conference under the direction of Professor Lina Unali, December, 2005.
- “The Effects of Privatization and Competition on the Demand for Telecommunication Services in Developing Countries”, Rutgers University CRRI 24th Annual Eastern Conference, Skytop, PA, May 2005.
- “Universal Telecommunications Service: A World Perspective,” Rutgers University CRRI 23rd Annual Eastern Conference, Skytop, PA, May 2004.
- “Demand for Local Telecommunications Access: 1970-2000,” Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association, Washington DC, January 2003.
- “Telephone Demand With 2000 Census Data,” Rutgers University CRRI 15th Annual Western Conference, Lake Tahoe, June 2002.
- “Universal Telecommunications Service: A World Perspective,” Faculty Seminar, University of Mississippi, March, 2004.
- “Economic Freedom, Telecommunications And Productivity: East and West,” Asia and the West Conference, University of Rome, December 2002.
Conference Presentations prior to 2002, in alphabetical order (number of appearances prior to 2002 in parentheses):
- American Economic Association (4); The Annual Bonbright Center Energy Conference (2); Annual Conferences of the Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition-Rutgers University (9); Atlantic Economics Society; The Electric Utility Pricing at Electric Rate Design Workshop-Georgia Public Service Commission; Georgia Productivity Workshop-The University of Georgia (2), NARUC Advanced Regulatory Workshop; NARUC-Biennial Regulatory Information Conference (BRIC) (4); NRRI Market Power Conference, and Southern Economic Association.
TESTIMONY IN REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS
- Nevada Power Company, Deferred Energy, Docket No. 01-11029, Winter 2002, Jurisdiction: State of Nevada
- Nevada Power Company, Depreciation, Docket No. 01-10002, Winter 2002, Jurisdiction: State of Nevada
- Sprint (Nevada Telephone Company), Depreciation, Docket No. 01-9029, Fall 2001, Jurisdiction: State of Nevada
- Lead Witness, Affiliate Transactions/ Standards of Conduct Testimony, Generic Legislative-Style Hearings, Case No. 8820, Fall 1999, Jurisdiction: State of Maryland
- Lead Stranded Cost Witness, Stranded Cost and Competitive Market Impacts, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Case No. 8794, Fall 1998, Jurisdiction: State of Maryland
- Lead Stranded Cost Witness, Stranded Cost and Competitive Market Impact, Delmarva (Conectiv), Case No. 8795, Winter 1999, Jurisdiction: State of Maryland
- Lead Stranded Cost Witness, Stranded Cost and Competitive Market Impact, Potomac Edison Company, Case No. 8797, Winter 1999, Jurisdiction: State of Maryland
- Utility: System Energy Resources, Inc.; Docket No. EL92-36-000, December 1992, Jurisdiction: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Utility: Mississippi Valley Gas; Docket No. 92-UN-0230, August 1992, Jurisdiction: State of Mississippi
- Utility: Delta Telephone; Docket No. 90-UN-0454, January, 1992, Jurisdiction: State of Mississippi
JOURNAL REFEREE
The Services Industry Journal; Public Finance Review; Information Economics & Policy; Journal of Regulatory Economics; Southern Economic Journa; Applied Economics; Public Choice; Telecommunications Policy; Review of Industrial Organization
PROFESSIONAL AFFLILIATIONS
International Telecommunications Society, Transportation and Public Utilities Group, American Economic Association
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