RAND Economist Biography

Laura H. Baldwin

Senior Economist
Director, Resource Management Program,
Project AIR FORCE
Pittsburgh Office

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics
Duke University
1994

FIELDS

Microeconomics, industrial organization, econometrics

POLICY AREAS

Contracting for support services; military logistics; pricing policy

RECENT PROJECTS

Contracting in a contingency environment; outsourcing aerial refueling services; measuring the performance of support services and providing incentives for improvement; estimating the costs of maintaining aging aircraft weapon systems; balancing socioeconomic considerations and best business practices when contracting for services; incentives to conduct public/private competitions for provision of support services; best commercial practices for outsourcing services; designing optimal internal transfer prices for aircraft component repair.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Transfer Prices for Air Force Component Repair Decisions," with Glenn A. Gotz, Defence and Peace Economics, Vol 15(1), pp. 59-69. February 2004
"Foreword" for special issue entitled "Economic Analysis for Defence Decision-Makers: Personnel, Capital and Alliances," with Ellen M. Pint, Defence and Peace Economics, Vol 14(5), pp. 1-2, October 2003
"Bidder Collusion at Forest Service Timber Sales," with Robert C. Marshall and Jean-Francois Richard, Journal of Political Economy, Vol 105(4), August 1997
Implementing Best Purchasing and Supply Management Practices: Lessons from Innovative Commercial Firms, with Nancy Y. Moore, Frank Camm, and Cynthia Cook, DB-334-AF, 2002
Incentives to Undertake Sourcing Studies in the Air Force, with Frank Camm, Edward G. Keating, and Ellen M. Pint, DB-240-AF, 1998

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