Jason Brown
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Briefly:Jason Brown is an economist with the Farm and Rural Household
Well-Being Branch in the Resource and Rural Economics Division.
Jason's research interests include location of industrial activity
in the U.S.; sector-to-sector transition of local economies;
regional economic development; and spatial econometric
methods.
Education:Jason holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue
University. He received his M.S. in Agricultural Economics and B.S.
in Agricultural Systems Management from Purdue University.
Professional Affiliations:Jason is a member of the Agricultural and Applied Economics
Association, Regional Science Association International, North
American Regional Science Council, and Southern Regional Science
Association. He is currently serving as past-chair of the Community
Economics Network section of AAEA.
Selected Publications:Brown, J.P., Pender, J. Wiser, R., Lantz, E., and
Hoen, B. 2012. "Ex Post Analysis of Economic Impacts from Wind
Power Development in U.S. Counties." Energy Economics,
34(6): 1743-1754.
Delbecq, B.A., Brown, J.P., Florax, R.J.G.M., Kladivko, E.J.,
Nistor, A.P. and Lowenberg-DeBoer, J.M. 2012. "The Impact of
Drainage Water Management Technology on Corn Yields." Agronomy
Journal, 104(4): 1100-1109.
Lambert, D.L., Brown, J.P., and Florax, R.J.G.M. 2010. "A two-step estimator for a spatial lag model of
counts: Theory, small sample performance and an application."
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40(4): 241-252.
Brown, J.P., Florax, R.J.G.M., and McNamara, K.T. 2009.
"Determinants of Investment Flows in U.S. Manufacturing." The
Review of Regional Studies, 39(3): 267-284.
Lusk, J.L., Brown, J.P., Mark, T., Proseku, I., Thompson, R.,
and Welsh, J. 2006. "Consumer Behavior, Public Policy, and
Country-of-Origin Labeling." Review of Agricultural
Economics, 28(2): 284-292.