Eric Thompson

Associate Professor of Economics Director of the Bureau of Business Research
Economics

Contact Information

CBA 347
P.O. Box 880489
Lincoln, NE 68588-0489
Phone: +1-402-472-3318
Fax: +1-402-472-9700
ethompson2@unl.edu

Joined the college in 2004.

Expertise

• Bureau of Business Research
• Regional Economics

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992 B.A., Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1986

Research Interests

Regional Economics Local & State Economic Development Economic Forecasting

Teaching Interests

Regional Economics Microeconomics

Published In

Regional Science & Urban Economics
Journal of Regional Science
Papers in Regional Science
Journal of Cultural Economics
International Regional Science Review

Documents & Links

Books

• Entrepreneurship in Nebraska: Conditions, Attitudes and Actions

Reports with Graduate Student Co-authors

• Big Box Stores: Their Impacts on the Economy and Tips for Competing
• Economic Impact Analysis: The Potential Impact of an NHRA Drag Racing Facility in Lancaster County
• Estimating Demand for Business Recycling Services in Two Nebraska Cities
• The Economic Impact of the Nebraska Early Care and Education Industry
• The Effect of a Smoke-Free Ordinance on Eating and Drinking Places in Lincoln, Nebraska

Research Reports

• Evaluating Roads as Investments: A Primer on Benefit-Cost and Economic-Impact Analysis
• If You Build It, Will They Come? An Examination of Public Highway Investments And Economic Growth
• Omaha Area Projections to 2050 The 2007 Update FINAL REPORT
• Preliminary Economic Impact Analysis for the Lincoln Arena Task Force
• Report of the Attorney General’s Task Force On Motor Fuel Pricing in Nebraska
• The Economic Impact of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Department
• The Growth Dividend: How Has It Been Allocated?
• The Impact of Growth on Quality of Life and Fiscal Conditions in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Where Have All the Packing Plants Gone? The New Meat Geography in Rural America

Research