Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 13/9/69
James R. Prescott (1935- )
Papers, 1965-2007, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Prescott, James R. (1935- ) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1965-2007, n.d. |
| extent: | 0.63 linear ft. (1 document box and 1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | RS 13/9/69 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | James R. Prescott Papers, RS 13/9/69, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
James R. Prescott was born February 9, 1935, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He completed his B.A. (1957) at the University of California at Berkeley and earned both his M.A. (1960) and Ph.D. (1964) from Harvard University. During his time as a student at Harvard, Prescott was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, an Amelia Earhart Fellow, and an I.B.M. Fellow. Before coming to Iowa State University, Prescott worked as a teaching fellow in the computation center at Harvard University (1961-1962). He accepted a position as an Instructor (1963-1964) in the Department of Economics at Iowa State. Prescott was promoted to Assistant Professor (1964-1967), Associate Professor (1967-1971), and Professor (1971-1995). He retired in 1995 at which time he was named Professor Emeritus. Prescott traveled around the country and the world as a visiting professor and consultant. Some of the universities he visited include Washington University (1965), UCLA (1969), Utah State University (1973, 1981), and the University of Valladolid in Spain (1992). Prescott served as a consultant (1979-1980) for the joint ISU-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project on rural services in Guatemala City. Prescott was also a consultant for an economic planning project in Cairo, Egypt (1980-1981) and for a joint ISU-Zambia project concerning regional and natural resource economics (1983). Prescott has been a member of the American Economics Association, the Econometric Society, the National Tax Association, Phi Eta Sigma, and Phi Beta Kappa, serving as the organization's president (1980-1981). Also, he was awarded the Wilton Park International Service Award (1987) by the British government. Prescott is married to Jermaine Conkin, a graduate of Drake University, and has one son named Scott. |
Collection description
This collection (1965-2007, n.d.) contains biographical information on James Prescott and reports and other published works he authored on urban-regional economics, rural economic development, and government subsidized housing and agricultural programs. Some of the papers are a result of consulting work he did, such as reports on the Minnesota experimental city project and an economic development plan for Tehran, Iran. |
Organization
This collection is arranged chronologically, with the biographical information in the front. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Biographical information |
1971-2007, n.d. |
1 |
2 |
Paper: "Concepts in Graph Theory and Their Application in Economics" |
1965 |
1 |
3 |
Paper: "Radial Development Patterns from Bi-Nucleated Urban Growth" |
1965 |
1 |
4 |
Paper: "Analysis of Alternative Measure of Tenant Benefits of Government Housing Programs with Illustrative Calculations from Public Housing" (co-author Edgar O. Olsen) |
1969 |
1 |
5 |
Paper: "Simulation for Multi-County Planning" (co-author Walter Mullendore) |
1969 |
1 |
6 |
Paper: "Minnesota Experimental City: Comprehensive Planning for a Quality Urban Environment" |
1969 |
1 |
7 |
Paper: "Rental Formation in Federally Supported Public Housing" |
1969 |
1 |
8 |
Paper: "State and Municipal Locational Incentives: A Discriminant Analysis" (co-author William C. Lewis) |
1969 |
1 |
9 |
Paper: "Veterans Property Tax Exemption: Incidence and Policy Alternatives" (co-author Gene Gruver) |
1971 |
1 |
10 |
Paper: "Labor Markets and Rural Community Development" (co-author William C. Lewis) |
1972 |
1 |
11 |
Paper: "Urban-Regional Development and Growth Centers: An Economic Study" (co-author William C. Lewis) |
1972 |
1 |
12 |
Paper: "Some Evaluative Aspects of Alternative Housing Subsidies," Journal of Economics and Business (co-author Bakir Abu-Kishk) |
1974-1975 |
1 |
13 |
Paper: "Report on the Strategic Development of the Greater Tehran Region 2536-2546" |
1977 |
1 |
14 |
Paper: "Statistical Delineation and Inference in Regional Analysis" (co-author Bettie S. LaDuke) |
1977 |
1 |
15 |
Paper: "Economic Development Planning for L. D. C. Urbanized Regions: A Case of Tehran" |
1978 |
1 |
16 |
Paper: "Simulation Scenarios for Development Planning in L. D. C. Regions" |
1979 |
1 |
17 |
Paper: "Two Methods of Estimating Central Place Parameters" |
1979 |
1 |
18 |
Paper: "Optimal Roadway Tolls and Operating Costs in Urbanized Regions" (co-author Thomas P. Drinka) |
1981 |
1 |
19 |
Paper: "Regional Employment Growth in the Midwest, 1971-1982" |
1986 |
1 |
20 |
Paper: "Planning for Experimental City" |
1986 |
1 |
21 |
Paper: "Community Dynamics: Microanalytical Simulation Models with Behavior Settings as Basic Units" |
1987 |
1 |
22 |
Paper: "Regional Economic Development in the Middle East: A Survey" (co-author Bakir Abu-Kishk) |
1988 |
1 |
23 |
Paper: "Urban-Regional Analysis: The Contributions of Karl A. Fox" |
1989 |
1 |
24 |
Paper: "Social Accounts, Taxonomies, and Models" |
1991 |
1 |
25 |
Paper: "Some Comments on Central Place Structure and Rural Planning" (co-author David A. Vandenbroucke) |
1992 |
1 |
26 |
Paper: "Central Place Models, Regional Typologies, and Planning," Regional Science Perspectives (co-author Yasser Abu-Hijleh) |
1993 |
1 |
27 |
Paper: "Food Consumers and the Patterns of Agricultural Protection" (co-author Virender Gautum) |
1993 |
1 |
28 |
Paper: "Social Accounts and Taxonomic Criteria" (Qiming Zhu) |
1993 |
1 |
29 |
Paper: "Spatial COL Indices in Rural Regions and Central Place Systems" |
1995 |
1 |
30 |
Paper: "Measurement of Government Interventions: A Comparison of Alternative Concepts" (co-author Virender Gautam, Sudhir Chaudhary, and Darnell B. Smith) |
1997 |
2 |
1 |
Paper: "Note on Rationing with White Markets for Coupons" |
n.d. |
2 |
2 |
Paper: "Regional Model of Optimal Rural Investment in Colombia" (co-author Claudia Stevenson) |
n.d. |
2 |
3 |
Paper: "Central Place Models and the Economic Base: Some Empirical Results" (co-author Richard J. Horn) |
n.d. |
2 |
4 |
Paper: "Central Places and Public Services in Western Guatemala" (co-author David A. Vandenbroucke) |
n.d. |
2 |
5 |
Paper: "Consumer Food Security and Farm Policies: An International Perspecitve" (co-author Virender Gautum and Suhir Chaudhary) |
n.d. |
2 |
6 |
Paper: "Manufacturing Employment, City Size, and Inter-Urban Wage Differentials" (co-author William C. Lewis) |
n.d. |
2 |
7 |
Paper: "On the Determinants of Agricultural Producer Protection: Patterns for Industrialized and Developing Countries" (co-author Virender Gautum) |
n.d. |
2 |
8 |
Paper: "Public Housing, Vouchers, and Rent Certificates: A Comparative Analysis of Net Tenant Benefits" (co-author Cho-Min Lin) |
n.d. |
2 |
9 |
Paper: "Rural Communities and Regions" (co-author William C. Lewis) |
n.d. |
2 |
10 |
Paper: "Severance Taxes in the Tenth Federal Reserve District: A Review of Issues and Recent Developments" |
n.d. |
2 |
11 |
Paper: "State Aid to School Districts: An Analysis of the Redistributive Effects of Intrastate Fund Transfers" (co-author Norman H. Starler) |
n.d. |
2 |
12 |
Paper: "Tenant Benefits in Public Housing and Cash Assistance Programs within a Single Housing Market" (co-author Cho-Min Lin) |
n.d. |
2 |
13 |
Paper: "Veterans Property Tax Exemption: Incidence and Policy Alternatives" (co-author Gene Gruver) |
n.d. |
2 |
14 |
Paper: "Transit Policy and Trip Behavior in Rural Communities: A Sample Survey Approach" (co-author Bettie S. LaDuke) |
n.d. |