Harvey Joshua Levin, a professor of economics at Hofstra University and a consultant on antitrust and telecommunications matters, died at his home in Garden City, L.I., on Friday. He was 67 years old.

He died of heart failure, his son said.

Dr. Levin was an internationally known telecommunications expert who wrote extensively on the political dimensions of radio and television regulation and the implications of communications satellites.

Dr. Levin, a native of New York City, earned a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College and master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia, Pennsylvania State University, Bard College and Rutgers University before joining the faculty at Hofstra in 1955. He was formerly the holder of the Augustus B. Weller Chair in Economics at Hofstra and was at the time of his death director of the school’s Public Policy Workshop.

Dr. Levin wrote five books on regulation and the broadcast industry and was at work on another.

He was also active in the National Emergency Civil Liberties Union and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.

Harvey Joshua Levin, a professor of economics at Hofstra University and director of the school’s Public Policy Workshop, died at home in Garden City Thursday after suffering heart failure. He was 67.

As an internationally known telecommunications expert, Mr. Levin was particularly interested in the politics of the airwaves, said a colleague, John E. Ullmann, professor of management at Hofstra. "He was interested in the allocation of a limited resource and who gets it," Ullmann said.

Lynn Turgeon, a professor emeritus of Hofstra, said that one of Mr. Levin’s recent projects involved getting countries that have satellites in orbit above less industrialized nations to pay a kind of rent. "He was very special," Turgeon said. "He really was the authority on anything to do with telecommunications."

Born in New York City, Mr. Levin received a bachelor’s degree at Hamilton College, and a master’s degree and a doctorate in economics from Columbia University.

He joined Hofstra in 1955 after teaching at Columbia, Penn State University, Bard College and Rutgers University. He also was a consultant on antitrust and broadcast regulation issues.

Mr. Levin wrote five books in his field, and last month signed a contract with Oxford University Press to publish another, "Harvesting the Invisible Resouurce."

His wife, the former Rhoda Pinsley, died in 1971. Survivors include his dear friend, Nellie Akven of New York City; a son, Adam Robert of New York City; and a sister, Felice Kronfeld of Edina, Minn.

After serving for two years as a civilian research analyst for the Office of Strategic Services, Mr. Levin enrolled in the graduate program in economics at Columbia University and acquired his M.A. degree in 1948 and his Ph.D. in 1953. He began his academic career as an instructor at Rutgers University and Bard College, followed by an assistant professorship at Pennsylvania State University from 1950 to 1954. In 1955, after briefly teaching at Columbia College, he joined the faculty at Hofstra, where he chaired the economics department from 1961 until 1964. He became Hofstra’s first Augustus B. Weller Professor of Economics in 1964 and occupied that chair for many years.

Professor Levin, a recipient of numerous fellowships and research grants, was the author of five books and countless articles on public policy and government regulation of the broadcast industry. Especially concerned about "the politics of the airwaves," the political dimensions of radio and television regulation and the implications of communications satellites, he took a particular interest in "the allocation of a limited resource and who gets it." As a recognized expert on virtually all aspects of telecommunications, Professor Levin was busily engaged throughout his career as a consultant to corporations, foundations, and government agencies, including the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the General Accounting Office. In addition, he was a longtime senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research.

Appointed director of the Public Policy Workshop at Hofstra in 1975, Professor Levin was still active in that post at the time of his death. He had also just signed a contract with Oxford University Press for another book and was continuing his personal commitments to the National Emergency Civil Liberties Union and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.