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Michael Lovenheim

Assistant Professor
103 MVR Hall
PAM
 
Phone: 607-255-0705
Fax: 607-255-4071
Email: mfl55@cornell.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Biographical Statement:
Michael Lovenheim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management. His research is in public finance and labor economics, particularly focusing on the economics of education and issues in local taxation and regulation. His recent papers consider the role of housing wealth in the college enrollment decision, the effect of teachers' unions on K-12 educational resources, changes in the likelihood and length of time it takes students to obtain an undergraduate degree, and the effect of consumer avoidance of cross-state cigarette and alcohol taxes and regulation on health outcomes. Lovenheim received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2007 and joined PAM in 2009 after two years as a Searle Freedom Trust Post-doctoral Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

Education:
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan (2007)
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan (2005)
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Economics, Amherst College (2000)

Selected Publications:
http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/PAM/People/michael_lovenheim.cfm

The information on this bio page is taken from the CHE Annual Report.