Lloyd Dixon
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Education
Overview
Biography
Lloyd Dixon is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and co–principal investigator of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) expert evidence study. He is the lead author of the RAND publications The Federal Role in Terrorism Insurance: Evaluating Alternatives in an Uncertain World (2007); Trade-Offs Among Alternative Government Interventions in the Market for Terrorism Insurance: Interim Results (2007); National Security and Compensation Policy for Terrorism Losses (2005); Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks (2004); and Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance (2004). Dixon received his B.S. in general engineering and B.A. in political science from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Research Director, RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy; Research Director, RAND Institute for Civil JusticeRecent Projects
- The California workers' compensation insurance market
- The federal terrorism risk insurance program
- Western Riverside County's multiple species habitat conservation plan
Selected Publications
Lloyd Dixon and Rachel Kaganoff Stern, Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks, RAND Corporation (MG-264), 2006
Lloyd Dixon et al., The National Flood Insurance Program's Market Penetration Rate: Estimates and Policy Implications, RAND Corporation (TR-300), 2006
Lloyd Dixon et al., Driving Emissions to Zero: Are the Benefits of California's Zero Emission Vehicle Program Worth the Costs? RAND Corporation (MR-1578), 2002
Lloyd Dixon, Robert Reville and Auerswald et al., "National Security and Private-Sector Risk Management for Terrorism,"
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; Atlanta Business Chronicle; BestWire; Chicago Tribune; CNN/Money.com; Hearst Newspapers; Insurance Journal; New York Times; Wall Street Journal
Civil Justice
Biography
Lloyd Dixon is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and co–principal investigator of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) expert evidence study. Dixon has long been a key member of the ICJ team, serving as research director from 1997 to March 1999. His research has focused on natural resource and environmental issues.
Past ICJ projects include an extensive study of the federal Superfund program to clean up inactive hazardous waste sites. His work focused on whether Superfund's liability-based approach has generated substantial legal and other transaction costs. Dixon has testified before congressional committees on his Superfund research, and his work has been used in efforts to reform the Superfund process.
Dixon received his B.S. in general engineering and B.A. in political science from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Economics
Recent Projects
- The analysis of alternative government interventions in the market for terrorism insurance
- Assessment of the commercial wind insurance market in the Gulf States following Hurricane Katrina
- Compensation for losses following the 9/11 attacks
- Examination of the abuse of expert evidence in silica litigation
- Analysis of the multiple species habitat conservation plan in Riverside County, California
Selected Publications
Lloyd Dixon, Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Myles Collins, Mark Hanson, Aaron Kofner, Thomas Light, Michael Madsen, Lindell Marsh, Adrian Overton, Howard Shatz, Brian Weatherford, Balancing Environment and Development: Costs, Revenues, and Benefits of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, RAND Corporation (MG-816-RCA), 2008
Lloyd Dixon, James W. Macdonald, and Julie Zissimopoulos, Commercial Wind Insurance in the Gulf States: Developments Since Hurricane Katrina and Challenges Moving Forward, RAND Corporation (OP-190-ICJ), 2007
Lloyd Dixon, Robert Lempert, Tom LaTourrette, Robert Reville, The Federal Role in Terrorism Insurance: Evaluating Alternatives in an Uncertain World, RAND Corporation (MG-679-CTRMP), 2007
Lloyd Dixon and Rachel Kaganoff Stern, Compensation for Losses From the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, RAND Corporation (MG-264-ICJ), 2004
Lloyd Dixon and Brian Gill, "Changes in the Standards for Admitting Expert Evidence in Civil Cases Since the Daubert Decision," Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 8(3):251-308, 2002
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