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Bradley Brad Wimmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Bradley S. Wimmer is an Associate Professor of Economics. Dr. Wimmer arrived at the UNLV in 1998. Prior to joining the faculty at UNLV, Dr. Wimmer worked at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington D.C. While at the FCC, Brad served as the Chief Economist of the Bureau responsible for the regulation of interstate telecommunications, working primarily on issues related with the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Brad has published numerous articles in professional journals, such as, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, the Southern Economic Journal, Information, Economics and Policy and the Journal of Labor Research. Brads current research addresses issues related to telecommunications demand and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In addition, Brad continues his work on the effects imperfect information and certification have on market outcomes. For his efforts, Brad was named the College of Businesss researcher of the year in 2001. Brad received his Ph. D. from the University of Kentucky in 1992.

Selected Research
Bradley S. Wimmer, Gregory L. Rosston, Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford U. and Scott J. Savage, Economics, U. of Colorado "The Effect of Private Interests on Regulated Retail and Wholesale Prices" Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) "Educational Attainment and the Lesbian Wage Premium" Journal of Labor Research, forthcoming "Adverse Selection and Sample-Selection Bias" Southern Economic Journal. 2006 73(1) pp. 201-18. "Local Telephone Rate Structures Before and After the Act" Information Economics and Policy. 17 (1) 2005. pp. 13-34. "An Empirical Examination of Quality Certification in a Lemons Market" Economic inquiry. 41(2), 2003 pp. 279-91. "Adverse Selection and Betting Strategies" Southern Economic Journal, 66(3), January 2000 pp. 700-714. "Information Technologies and the Middleman" Journal of Labor Research, Volume XXI, Summer 2000, pp. 407-17. "Roses or Lemons Adverse Selection in the Market for Thoroughbred Yearlings" The Review of Economics and Statistics, 79(3), August 1997, pages 521-26. "Moral Hazard, Asset Specificity, Implicit Bonding, and Compensation The Case of Franchising" Economic Inquiry, 35(3), July 1997, pages 544-554.
Contact Information
College of Business Department of Economics 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456005 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6005 Phone: (702) 895-3018 Fax: (702) 895-1354 Email: bradley.wimmer@unlv.edu Website:

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ECON 302-1, TR 2:30PM-3:45PM BHS 133 ECO 793--1, F 2:00PM-2:50PM BEH 212
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