Meg Blume-Kohout
Assistant Professor
Economics
Contact
Address
Room 108
300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400
Education
PhD Pardee RAND Graduate School, 2009
MS University of California, Berkeley, 2002
BA Williams College, 1996
Academic Focus
Applied Econometrics, Public Policy Analysis, Health Economics, Science Policy, STEM Higher Education and Workforce, Entrepreneurship
Government legislation, policies, and regulations—however well-intentioned—often result in unintended consequences. Professor Blume-Kohout is a data scientist qua economist who employs theory and quantitative modeling approaches drawn from multiple disciplines—economics, psychology, sociology, statistics, and computer science—to answer public policy questions. Her research examines how government interventions impact STEM workforce participation, higher education, scientific R&D efforts and innovation, and entrepreneurial outcomes.
Courses Taught
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Article Training the Scientific Workforce: Does Funding Mechanism Matter? (with Dadhi Adhikari) Research Policy, 45(6): 1291-1303
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Article Why Are Some Foreign-Born Workers More Entrepreneurial Than Others? Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(6): 1327-1353
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Article Effects of Federal Research Funding on Formation of University-Firm Biopharmaceutical Alliances. (with Krishna Kumar, Christopher Lau, & Neeraj Sood) Journal of Technology Transfer, 40(5): 859-876
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Article University R&D Funding Strategies in a Changing Federal Funding Environment. (with Krishna Kumar and Neeraj Sood) Science & Public Policy, 42(3): 355-368.
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Article Are Graduate Students Rational? Evidence from the Market for Biomedical Scientists. (with John Clack) PLoS ONE 8(12): e82759.
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Article Market Size and Innovation: Effects of Medicare Part D on Pharmaceutical Research and Development. (with Neeraj Sood) Journal of Public Economics, 97:327-336.
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Article Does Targeted, Disease-Specific Public Research Funding Influence Pharmaceutical Innovation? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 31(3): 641-660.
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Chapter “Gender and Postgraduate Training Environments in STEM Fields Entrepreneurship” In Gender and Entrepreneurial Activity, ed. Albert N. Link. Edward Elgar.