Howard J. Shatz
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Education
Overview
Biography
Howard J. Shatz is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He specializes in international economics, including foreign direct investment, international trade, international economic development, and economics and national security. From 2007 to 2008, he was on leave from RAND, working as a senior economist at the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers. His research at RAND has included Iraqi economic issues; threat finance; Latin America and energy; Africa and energy; global aging; the economic effects of a multiple-species habitat conservation area in California; and country studies of Russia, China, and Mexico. Before joining RAND, Shatz was a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, where he focused on California's interactions with the global economy. He has held research fellowships at the Brookings Institution and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and on advisory projects for countries in Latin America, Africa, and South Asia. Shatz received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Economic development policies and data collection systems in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- The economic effects of highways in the United States
- The economics and finances of al-Qa'ida in Iraq
- Iraqi and Afghan economic issues
- The energy economies of Latin America and Africa
Selected Publications
Benjamin Bahney, Howard J. Shatz, Carroll Ganier, Renny McPherson, Barbara Sude, with Sara Beth Elson, Ghassan Schbley, An Economic Analysis of the Financial Records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, RAND Corporation (MG-1026), 2010
Walter L. Perry, Stuart E. Johnson, Keith Crane, David C. Gompert, John Gordon IV, Robert E. Hunter, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Terrence K. Kelly, Eric Peltz, Howard J. Shatz, Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies, RAND Corporation (MG-882), 2009
Lloyd Dixon, Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Myles Collins, Mark Hanson, Aaron Kofner, Thomas Light, Michael Madsen, Lindell Marsh, Adrian Overton, Howard J. Shatz, Brian A. 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
Gustavo Bobonis, Howard J. Shatz, "Agglomeration, Adjustment, and State Policies in the Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(1):30-43, 2007
Orley Ashenfelter, Stephen Ciccarella, Howard J. Shatz, "French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003: Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?" Journal of Wine Economics, 2(1):56-75, 2007
Howard J. Shatz, Globalization and Beyond: Keynote Address: 81st Annual Los Angeles World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast, May 1, 2007, RAND Corporation (CP-524), 2007
Jon D. Haveman, Ethan M. Jennings, Howard J. Shatz, Greg C. Wright, "The Container Security Initiative and Ocean Container Threats," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 4(1), 2007
Economics
Biography
Howard J. Shatz is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation. He specializes in international economics, including foreign direct investment, international trade, international economic development, and economics and national security. From 2007 to 2008, he was on leave from RAND, working as a senior economist at the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers. His research at RAND has included Iraqi economic issues; threat finance; Latin America and energy; Africa and energy; global aging; the economic effects of a multiple-species habitat conservation area in California; and country studies of Russia, China, and Mexico. Before joining RAND, Shatz was a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, where he focused on California's interactions with the global economy. He has held research fellowships at the Brookings Institution and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and on advisory projects for countries in Latin America, Africa, and South Asia. Shatz received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University.
Recent Projects
- U.S. advisory and assistance programs for Iraq
- Economic and financial behavior of a threat group
- Global aging
- Africa and its growing role in global energy markets
- Latin America and energy
Selected Publications
Benjamin Bahney, Howard J. Shatz, Carroll Ganier, Renny McPherson, Barbara Sude, with Sara Beth Elson, Ghassan Schbley, An Economic Analysis of the Financial Records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, RAND Corporation (MG-1026), 2010
Walter L. Perry, Stuart E. Johnson, Keith Crane, David C. Gompert, John Gordon IV, Robert E. Hunter, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Terrence K. Kelly, Eric Peltz, Howard J. Shatz, Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies, RAND Corporation (MG-882), 2009
Lloyd Dixon, Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Mules Collins, Mark Hanson, Aaron Kofner, Thomas Light, Michael Madsen, Lindell Marsh, Adrian Overton, Howard J. Shatz, Brian W. Weatherford, Balancing Environment and Development: Costs, Revenues, and Benefits of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, RAND Corporation (MG-816), 2008
Peter A. Wilson, Lowell Schwartz, and Howard J. Shatz, "Eurasian Invasion," The National Interest, (95):43-50, 2008
Gustavo J. Bobonis and Howard J. Shatz, "Agglomeration, Adjustment, and State Policies in the Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(1):30-43, 2007
Orley Ashenfelter, Stephen Ciccarella, and Howard J. Shatz, "French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003: Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?" Journal of Wine Economics, 2(1):56-75, 2007
Howard J. Shatz, Globalization and Beyond: Keynote Address: 81st Annual Los Angeles World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast, May 1, 2007, RAND Corporation (CP-524), 2007
Jon D. Haveman, Ethan M. Jennings, Howard J. Shatz, and Greg C. Wright, "The Container Security Initiative and Ocean Container Threats," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 4(1), 2007
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