about me
Barry J. Seldon is an industrial organization economist. In this capacity, he has researched a variety of issues including the economics of advertising and the effectiveness of advertising policies; the welfare effects of research and development; competition in R&D; antitrust economics; and the economics of health care markets. He also has interests in fields aside from industrial organization economics, including public finance, public opinion, public political support, and political decision making. Dr. Seldon earned his Ph.D. in Economics at Duke University in 1985. He also holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and an M.S. in Political Science from Florida State University. Dr. Seldon has appeared on numerous talk shows to discuss tax policy across the country, from Maine to Texas and from Florida to California.
Prior to his appointment at U. T. Dallas, Dr. Seldon was on the faculty of Ohio University. Before matriculating in the Ph.D. program in economics at Duke University, he was employed by the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Department of Commerce. He has been listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Who's Who in American Education and has been the recipient of an Ohio University Research Grant Cooperative State Research Service Grant. Dr. Seldon is a member of the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society, the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, the Game Theory Society, the Industrial Organization Society. the National Association of Forensic Economics, the Southern Economic Association, and the American Bar Association (Associate Member)
In the graduate curriculum, Dr. Seldon teaches Microeconomic Theory I, Industrial Organization, Economic Regulation of Business, and Transfer Pricing, while in the undergraduate curriculum he teaches Industrial Organization, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Public Policies toward Business.
Dr. Seldon is the author or couathor of over forty publications, the most recent of which include:
R.K. Godwin, E.J. López, and B.J. Seldon “Allocating Lobbying Resources between Collective and Private Rents.” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 61 No.2 (June 2008), pp. 345-359.
S. Bihari and B.J. Seldon “The Effect of Government Advertising Policies on the Market Power of Cigarette Firms.” Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 28 No. 3 (May 2006), pp. 201-229.
R.K. Godwin, E.J. López, and B.J. Seldon. “Incorporating Policymaker Costs and Political Competition into Rent Seeking Games.” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 73 No. 1 (July 2006), pp. 233-250.
R. Färe, S. Grosskopf, B.J. Seldon, and V.J. Tremblay. “Advertising Efficiency and the Choice of Media Mix: A Case of Beer.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 22 No. 4 (April 2004), pp. 503-522.
S.-J. Kim and B.J. Seldon. “The Demand for Cigarettes in the Republic of Korea and Implication for Effective Government Policy to Lower Cigarette Consumption.” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 22 No. 2 (April 2004), pp. 299-308.
R.K. Godwin and B.J. Seldon. "What Corporations Really Want from Government: The Public Provision of Private Goods." In Allen J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis (eds.), Interest Group Politics. Washington DC: CQ Press, 2002, pp. 205-224.
B.J. Seldon, R.T. Jewell, and D.M. O’Brien. "Media Substitution and Economies of Scale in Advertising" International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 18 No. 8 (Dec. 2000), pp. 1153-1180.
He has presented over twenty-five lectures at various national and international conferences, including
S. Bhihari and B.J. Seldon. “The Effect of Government Advertising Policies on the Market Power of Cigarette Firms.” At the Western Economic Association Conference, San Francisco CA, July 4-8, 2005.
R.K. Godwin, E.J. López, and B.J. Seldon. "Firm Lobbying for Private vs. Collective Rents." At the Econometric Society Latin American Conference, Panamá, República de Panamá, Aug. 28-31, 2003.
R.K. Godwin, E.J. López, and B.J. Seldon. "Incorporating Political Institutions and Competition into Rent Seeking Games." At the Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans LA, Nov. 24-26, 2002.
R. Färe, S. Grosskopf, B.J. Seldon, and V.J. Tremblay. “Advertising Efficiency and the Choice of Media Mix: A Case of Beer.” At the Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association (Industrial Organization Society session), San Francisco CA, July 4-8, 2001.
Updated: May 15, 2007
Economics.contact info
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