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Beth A. Freeborn

Economist

Bureau, Office or Division
Consumer Protection
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Selected Publications

  • "Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?," with Lisa R. Anderson, Patrick McAlvanah, and Andrew Turscak, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2023.
  • "An experimental Study of Strategic Voting and Accuracy of Verdicts with Sequential and Simultaneous Voting, with Lisa R. Anderson, Charles A. Holt, and Katri K. Sieberg, Games, 2022.
  • "A Rent Seeking Experiment with Leakage from the Contest Success Function," with Lisa R. Anderson, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2020.
  • "Penalty Structures and Deterrence in a Two‐Stage Model: Experimental Evidence," with Lisa R. Anderson, Greg DeAngelo, Winand Emons, and Hannes Lang, Economic Inquiry, 2017.
  • "Determinants of Tacit Collusion in a Cournot Duopoly Experiment," with Lisa R. Anderson and Jason Hulbert, Southern Economic Journal, 2015.
  • "Competition and Crowding-Out in the Market for Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment," with Andrew Cohen and Brian McManus, International Economic Review, 2013.
  • "Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Behavior: Did the Feeney Amendment Reign in District Judges?," with Monica Hartmann, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2010.
  • "Substance Abuse Treatment and Motor Vehicle Fatalities," with Brian McManus, Southern Economic Journal, 2010.
  • "Tacit Collusion in Price-Setting Duopoly Markets: Experimental Evidence with Complements and Substitutes," with Lisa Anderson and Charles Holt, Southern Economic Journal, 2010.
  • "Arrest Avoidance: Law Enforcement and the Price of Cocaine," Journal of Law and Economics, 2009.

Education

University of Virginia
PhD Economics
University of Virginia
BA Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Industrial Organization
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Economics of Crime
  • Experimental IO

Professional Experience

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2011-Present

Assistant Professor
College of William and Mary
2004-2011

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