Thomas Knapp

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Pennsylvania State University
Liberal Arts
Economics
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1993
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Mailing Address

Pennsylvania State University
Wilkes-Barre Campus
P.O. Box PSU
Lehman, Pennsylvania 18627
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (570) 675-9283
Fax: (570) 674-9258
kzu@psu.edu
http://www.wb.psu.edu/Information/detail.aspx?cn5=&v=BUS&u=1001807

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Economics, 1985.
M.A., University of Colorado, Economics, 1982.
B.A., University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Economics, 1979.

Expertise and Research Interests

Urban and Regional Economics
Natural Resource and Evnironmental Economics
Public Finance
Migration
Hedonic Price Theory

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Econometrics, Economics, Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Public Finance, Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Urban Planning Or Policy.

Additional Terms:

Econometrics, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Public Finance, Regional Economics, Urban Economics.

Memberships

American Economic Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Eastern Economic Association
Regional Science Association International
Southern Regional Science Association
Western Regional Science Association

Previous Positions

1987, Visiting Assistant Professor, Bucknell University
1987-1993, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Liberal Arts, Economics
1985-1986, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Environmental and Societal Impacts Group

Publications

  • David E. Clark, William E. Herrin, and Nancy E. White. (2006) Incomplete Amenity Compensation and Migration Behavior: Has Anything Changed Between 1990 and 2000?, The Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 36 (2), 140-152
  • David E. Clark, William E. Herrin, Thomas A. Knapp, Nancy E. White, Migration and Implicit Amenity Markets: Does Incomplete Compensation Matter?, Journal of Economic Geography, 3.(3.), 289-307., 2003
  • Knapp, Thomas A., Nancy E. White, David E. Clark, A Nested Logit Approach to Household Mobility, Journal of Regional Science, 41(1), 1 - 22, February 2001
  • Knapp, Thomas A, Rajen Mookerjee, Population Growth and Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Secular Perspective, Energy Policy, 24(1), 31-37, 1996
  • Knapp, Thomas A., Nancy White, David Clark, The Importance of Amenities and Local Fiscal Conditions to Elderly Migrants, Growth and Change, 27(3), 327-351, 1996
  • Knapp, Thomas A, David Clark, Multimarket Amenity Valuations: Evidence from Faculty Salaries at U.S. Colleges and Universities, Review of Regional Studies, 25(2), 117-142, 1995
  • White, Nancy E, Thomas A. Knapp, A Dynamic Model of Migration with Public Sector Attributes, Papers in Regional Science, 93(3), 331-340, 1994
  • Knapp, Thomas A, White, Nancy, E., Migrational Decisions and Site-specific Attributes of Public Policy: Microeconomic Evidence from the NLSY, Review of Regional Studies, 22(2), 169-184, Autumn 1992
  • Knapp, Thomas A, White, Nancy E., A Comment on Migration Decisions, Public Policy, and Regional Development, Pennsylvania Economic Review, 2, 31-36, 1992
  • Knapp, Thomas A, White, Nancy E., Migration and Regional Development: Supply Side Considerations for Public Policy, Regional Science Review, 18, 42-49, 1991
  • Knapp, Thomas A, Philip E. Graves, On the Role of Amenities in Models of Migration and Regional Development, Journal of Regional Science, 29(1), 71-87, February 1989
  • Graves, Philip E, Thomas A. Knapp, Mobility Behavior of the Elderly, Journal of Urban Economics, 23, 1-8, 1988
  • Graves Philip E, Thomas A. Knapp, Hedonic Analyses on a Spatial Context: Theoretical problems in Valuing Location-specific Amenities, Economic Record, 737-743, December 1985
  • Graves, Philip E., Robert L. Sexton, Thomas Knapp, A Multi-Disciplinary Interpretation of Migration: Amenity Capitalization in Both Land and Labor Markets, The Annals of Regional Science, 18(2), 35-42, July 1984
  • Graves, Philip E, Thomas A. Knapp, A Theory of International migration Flows: United States Immigration from Mexico, The Review of Regional Studies, 14(1), 1-7, Winter 1984

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