Peter Stiffler

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Peter Stiffler received a B.A. summa cum laude in Economics from Whitman College (1999) and a Master's (M.U.R.P.) in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University (2003). He has worked as an Energy Economist for Economic Insight in Portland Oregon, as a Planning Assistant for the Portland Bureau of Planning, and as a Financial Risk Analyst for PacifiCorp.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Stiffler is specializing in health and labor economics. Current research is geared toward assessing to what extent non-profit hospitals succeed in providing care to indigent people as a basis for tax-exempt status, and the efects of Medicaid expansions on utilization of health care services and health outcomes.

Other interests lie in various forms of "distancing" between people which induces a perceived sense of isolation, and hence under-realization of shared interests among constituents. Distancing may be physical, social, or environmental.

He has completed seminar papers on the impact of wasteful commuting on labor market incentives, spatial income inequality, multinational labor market effects, alcohol consumption and health, water resource economics, carbon taxes, trade and the environment, travel cost methods, and the economic incentives and educational outcomes of the Pell Grant program.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

While at University of Oregon, Stiffler has taught Introduction to Econometrics I in Fall 2007, and Intermediate Microeconomics in Spring 2008.

In addition, he has served as a discussion leader in Introduction to Economics, Principles of Microeconomics, and Principles of Macroeconomics, and a lab section leader for Introduction to Econometrics II.

FIELDS

Core and Field courses completed (Instructors):

• Microeconomics (Ron Davies,Anne van den Nouweland,Van Kolpin)
• Macroeconomics (Mark Thoma,Shankha Chakraborty,Nicolas Magud)
• Quantitative Methods (Peter Lambert,Larry Singell,Trudy Cameron)
• Seminar in Labor Economics I (Glen Waddell)
• Seminar in Labor Economics II (Larry Singell)
• Seminar in Public Economics (Peter Lambert)
• Time series Econometrics (Jeremy Piger)
• Cross section Econometrics (Trudy Cameron)
• Seminar in International Trade Policy (Bruce Blonigen)
• Seminar in Environmental Economics (Trudy Cameron)
• Seminar in Health Economics (Robin McKnight)
• Seminar in Macroeconomic Growth (Shankha Chakraborty)

PERSONAL

Stiffler has a personal interest in triathlons, hiking/camping/backpacking, cinema, and travel.

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