Elizabeth Harrison Email & Phone Number

Lake Oswego, Or

Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Coordinated the collection and quality assurance (e.g. using gap analyses, business logic rules, etc.) of economics data; trained and supervised a team of 10 data technicians to consistently and accurately complete their assigned data validation tasks• Completed statistical analysis and technical documentation of collected economics data, making extensive use of the statistical program Stata, SQL, and Microsoft Excel• Conducted research, comparable international airport case study documentation, and analysis of the cost impacts of implementation, investigation, monitoring, adjudication, and database management requirements from Living Wage Proposition 1 upon the City of SeaTac, Washington• Assisted with a State of Oregon Planning Goal 9 Employment Lands Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) in support of an industrial land needs assessment (moderately-sized industrial parcels in the Portland metro area) including a high-tech cluster industrial site supply strategy comparison of Austin, TX, Raleigh-Durham, NC, and Maricopa County, AZ• Contributed significantly to the annual analysis of the economic value of the groundwater benefits to Kern County, California of the State Water Project by assessing the effect on the Project on agricultural production and groundwater pumping levels• Completed interviews with key stakeholder organizations in Navajo Nation energy resource development to contribute to an assessment of Navajo Nation’s institutional capacity for energy resource development

• Assisted the research endeavors of Dr. Russ Roberts and Dr. Alex Tabarrok• Collected data and information on organ transplants and 2008 US Congressional votes

• Investigated the CO2 emission benefits of wind power and carbon offsets• Organized and summarized results for utilization in future research

• Contributed to, and edited, “The ABC’s of Your 401K,” a 401K financial planning book written by Dr. Bill Conerly• Gathered information on economic and financial topics such as subprime mortgages and budget planning; contributed to the blog entries for abcInvesting.com• Researched business proposals and business plan writing to support company start-up activity

• Researched the Davis-Bacon Act and the capital gains tax• Produced (and eventually published) two papers that examined the effects of the Davis-Bacon Act and the capital gains tax on the Oregon economy

Ma, Economics

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Epsilon (Vice-President, 2007)Graduated as the 2007 Class Valedictorian. Minor in Mathematics.