Benjamin F. Blair
Associate Professor
| office: | 312K McCool |
| office phone: | (662) 325-1980 |
| department phone: | (662) 325-2341 |
| fax number: | (662) 325-1977 |
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| mailing address: |
Economics and Finance |
| 9580 |
| Mississippi State/MS/39762 |
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| e-mail: | ben.blair@msstate.edu |
| Academic History |
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| Year | Degree | Major Area | Institution |
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| 1992 | Ph.D. | Economics | University of Florida |
| 1987 | M.S. | Agricultural Economics | University of Florida |
| 1985 | B.S. | Computer and Information Sciences | University of Florida |
| Work Experience |
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| Year | Description |
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| 2000-Present | Associate Professor, Mississippi State University |
| 2003-Present | Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University |
| 1997-2000 | Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University |
| 1994-1997 | Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas |
| 1992-1994 | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Florida |
| Journal Articles |
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| Year | Description |
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| forthcoming | Arano, K., Blair, B. "An Ex-Post Welfare Analysis of Natural Gas Regulation in the Industrial Sector." Energy Economics. |
| forthcoming | Arano, K., Blair, B. "Modeling Religious Behavior and Economic Outcome: Is the Relationship Bicausal? Evidence from a Survey of Mississippi Households." Journal of Socio-Economics. |
| forthcoming | Blair, B., Rezek, J. "The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Price Pass-Through in the Gulf coast Region." Economics Letters. |
| 2005 | Blair, B., Hite, D.,"The Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Industry Structure of Landfills." Growth & Change, 36, 4, 2005. |
| 2005 | Rezek, J., Blair, B., "Abatement Cost Heterogeneity." Contemporary Economic Policy, 23, 3, 324-340. |
| 2004 | Blair, B., Millea, M.,"Economic Impacts of federal Medicaid Expenditures on Mississippi, 2002." Mississippi Outlook, Dec 2004. |
| 2004 | Blair, B., Millea, M., "Student Academic Performance and Compensation: The Impact of Cooperative Education." College Student Journal, 38, 4, 643-652. |
| 2004 | Blair, B., Millea, M., "Quantifying the Benefits of Cooperative Education." International Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships, 38,1. |
| 2004 | Blair, B., Millea, M., Hammer, J. "The Impact of Cooperative Education on Academic Performance and Compensation of Engineering Majors." Journal of Engineering Education, 93, 4, 333-338 |
| 2002 | Blair, B., Tahai, A., "Is That Doggie in the Window Properly Priced?" Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association. |
| 1998 | Blair, B., Schwer, K., and Waddoups, J. "Gambling as an Economic Development Strategy: The Neglected Issue of Job Satisfaction and Nonpecuniary Income." The Review of Regional Studies, 28, 1, 47-62. |
| 1997 | Blair, B. "Optimal Procurement Contracts for Electricity Generation." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 32, 125-138. |
| 1995 | Blair, B., Lewis, T., and Sappington, D. "Simple Regulatory Policies in the Presence of Cost and Demand Uncertainty." Information Economics and Policy, 7, 57-73. |
| 1995 | Blair, B. "Sharp Regulatory Performance with Blunt Instruments." Economics Letters, 48, 201-206. |
| 1994 | Blair, B. "Optimal Retail Contracts With Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard." The RAND Journal of Economics, 25, 2, 284-296. |
| Presentations, Proceedings, and Other Publications |
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| Year | Description |
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| 2007 | "What Determines the Price I Pay for Gasoline." Public Information Brochure prepared for State of Mississippi Attorney General's office. |
| 2007 | "The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Price pass-Through in the Gulf Coast Region." presented at the American Economic Association Meetings, Chicago. |
| 2003 | "Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid Expenditures on Mississippi, 2002", Mississippi Health Policy Research Center |
| 2003 | "Student Academic Performance and Job Placement: The Impact of Cooperative Education," Cooperative Education and Internship Association, Annual Professional Development Conference |
| 1999 | "Is that Doggie in the Window Properly Priced? Modeling the Presence of Race-Specific Betting Bias in Parimutuel Greyhound Racing," with A. Tahai, Proceedings: American Statistical Association. |
| 1999 | “The Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Industry Structure of Landfills,” presented at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans. |
| 1999 | “Improving Access to Health Care: Patient Selection, Prospective Payments and Discriminatory Subsidies,” presented at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans. |
| 1999 | “Improving Access to Health Care: Patient Selection, Prospective Payments and Discriminatory Subsidies,” presented at the Western Economic Association Meetings, San Diego. |
| 1997 | "The Telecommunications Industry and Property Taxation: An Issues Analysis," with Keith Smith, A Report for the Mississippi Municipal Association and the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, The John C. Stennis Institute of Government. |
| 1995 | "Optimal Procurement Contracts for Electricity Generation," presented at the Southeast Economic Theory and Trade Meetings, Dallas. |
| 1994 | "Water Regulation in the United States and Canada," Chapter in Cross-Country Survey of Approaches to Regulation: United States and Canada, Prepared for the World Bank by the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida. |
| Grants, Contracts, and Funded Research |
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| Year | Amount | Description |
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| 2008 | $58,880 | "Grenada Lake Economic Development Project" for the Grenada County Chamber of Commerce. (Jon Rezek, Ben Blair, and M.L. Tagert) |
| 2006 | $500,000 | "Economic and Policy Analysis for Renewable and Sustainable Energy" for U.S. Department of Energy. (Jon Rezek, C. Herndon, K. Coble, Ben Blair and R. Grala) |
| 2004 | $23,496 | North Mississippi Health Service funded by the North Mississippi Health Service, 2004. (Meghan Millea, Humphrey Costello, Benjamin Blair, and Ronald Cossman) |
| 2003 | $72,824 | Health Care Analysis for the State of Mississippi (Rural Health, Safety, and Security Institute, Social Science Research Center) (Ben Blair) |
| 2003 | $4,500 | Student Academic Performance and job Placement: The Impact of Cooperative Education (Cooperative Education and Internship Association) (Ben Blair) |
| 2003 | $4,000 | Religious Attitudes and Economic Behavior (Criss Award) (Ben Blair) |
| 2000 | $173,875 | A Market Analysis of the Remote Sensing Technology Information Industry. (Ben Blair) |
| 1999 | $179,595 | Application of Remote Sensing Technology to Risk Management Decision Making in Agriculture (Ben Blair) |
| 1999 | $6,924 | A Description of the State of the US Glass Industry, 1992-1999 (DIAL) (Ben Blair) |
| 1997 | $3,000 | The Telecommunications Industry and Property Taxation: An Issues Analysis, funded by The John C. Stennis Institute of Government. (Ben Blair) |
| Professional Activities |
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| Year | Description |
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| 2007 | Referee for The American Economist |
| 1999 | Referee for The Energy Journal |
| 1999 | Referee for The American Economic Review |
| 1998 | Referee for The Southern Economic Journal |
| Honors |
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| Year | Description |
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| 1996 | College of Business Service Award, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 1995-1996. |
| 1991 | Lanzillotti/Walter Corporation Dissertation Fellowship, University of Florida. |
| 1987 | Best Master's Thesis of the Year 1987, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida |
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