Merton Finkler's Curriculum Vitae

Office Address
Department of Economics
Lawrence University
P.O. Box 599
Appleton, Wisconsin 54912
Phone: (920) - 832-6664 Fax: (920) - 832-6944
Email: merton.d.finkler@lawrence.edu
Website: http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/finklerm/

Innovative Health Associates
180 Main Street
Menasha, WI 54952
Phone: (920) - 727-1990 Fax: (920) - 727-1399
E-Mail: mdfinkler@netscape.net

Home Address
2520 Teakwood Street
Appleton, Wisconsin 54915
Phone: (920) - 735-0714

Education
Ph.D. (1979), Economics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus
Dissertation Title: (Completed 1979) The Influence of Municipal Fiscal Policy on Single Family Residential Property Value

MS (1971), Mathematical Economics and Econometrics London School of Economics and Political Science

BA (1970), Mathematics (Honors) University of California at San Diego

Professional Experience
June 1993 - present
Principal and Co-Founder,
Innovative Health Associates

June 1989 -1995 Consultant to the Southern California Permanente Medical Group

May 2000 - present Professor of Economics, Lawrence University

January 1985 - May 2000 - Associate Professor of Economics Lawrence University September

1986 - August 1988 - Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Fellow in Health Care Finance - In residence at the Center for Hospital Finance and Management, the Johns Hopkins University (Sept - Dec 1986) - In residence at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Central Office, Oakland California (January - December 1987)

September 1979 - January 1985 - Assistant Professor of Economics Lawrence University

September 1976 - July 1979 - Instructor, University of Minnesota

Consultant to a variety of organizations over the last 25 years.

Papers and Publications
1. A hitchhiker's Guide to Competitive Managed Care, Managed Care Quarterly, Volume X, Fall 1999.

2. "One Health Maintenance Organization's Experience: Obstetric Costs Depend More on Staffing Patterns Than on the Mode of Delivery," Journal of Perinatology, Volume 17, No. 2,1997.

3. AA Political Economy of Health Care Finance," prepared for the Lawrence University Conference on Health Policy in Wisconsin, December 1993.

4. "Why Pay Extra for Cesarean-Section Deliveries?", Inquiry, Summer 1993.

5. "Cost-Effectiveness and Data Envelopment Analysis", Health Care Management Review, Summer 1993.

6. "Cost-Effectiveness and Obstetric Services," Medical Care, October 1991, Volume 29, No. 10, with David Wirtschafter

7. "New Ideas Toward the Reform of Medical Education," The Journal of Medical Practice Management, Winter 1989, Volume 4, Number 3.

8. "Commentary: State Rate Setting Revisited," Health Affairs, Winter 1987.

9. AProperty Rights, Practice Style, and Performance" - presented at the 4th World Congress of Social Economics, August 1986

10. "Hospital Ownership and Performance" - presented at the Western Economic Association Conference - July 1, 1985

11. "Changes in Certificate-of-Need Laws: Read the Fine Print," published in Incentives vs. Controls in Health Policy, edited by Jack A. Meyer, American Enterprise Institute, 1985

12. "Thatcherism, Monetarism, and Reaganomics: Does the Dismal Science Give Us Reason for Hope?" - Public Policy Monograph #2 Lawrence University, May 1981

13. ATax Base Sharing: Not All Formulae are Equally Effective," September 1980

14. "Financing Alternatives for 911" with Edward Fagerlund for the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities - March 1976