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Nellie Lew

Assistant Director

Bureau, Office or Division
Consumer Protection
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Selected Publications

  • "Economics at the FTC: Spatial Demand, Veterinary Hospital Mergers, Rulemaking, and Noncompete Agreements," with Abigail Ferguson, Michael Lipsitz, and Devesh Raval, Review of Industrial Organization, Forthcoming.
  • "Prospective Evaluation of Health Communication Effects on Market Outcomes," with Rosemarie L. Summers, Dallas W. Wood, Shawn A. Karns, Mary K. Muth, and Clark Nardinelli, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022.
  • "Willingness to Pay to Standardize Patient Medication Information," with Bern Caudill Dealy, Aaron Kearsley, Carolyn Wolff, Elizabeth Botkins, and Clark Nardinelli, Applied Economics, 2021.
  • "A Retrospective and Commentary on FDA’s Bar Code Rule," with Aaron Kearsley and Clark Nardinelli, Econ Journal Watch, 2018.
  • "Are Graphic Warning Labels Stopping Millions of Smokers? A Comment on Huang, Chaloupka, and Fong," with Trinidad Beleche, Rosemarie L. Summers, and J. Laron Kirby, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2018.

Education

University of California - Santa Barbara
PhD Economics
University of California - Santa Barbara
MA Economics
Johns Hopkins University
BA International Studies

Professional Experience

Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2023-Present

Supervisory Economist
Federal Aviation Administration
2019-2023

Supervisory Economist
Food and Drug Administration
2014-2019

Staff Economist
Food and Drug Administration
2009-2014

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