I am an Economist at the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. Copyright Office.
Previously, I was Associate Professor of Economics at Hood College, and I have taught 17 different economics courses over the last 10 years. I am a firm believer of providing public goods & promoting open source materials, so you can find all course materials on my custom course websites.
My personal research agenda explores the political economy of innovation, technological growth, and intellectual property using the tools of new institutional economics, public choice, and market process economics. I write about these issues in a non-technical way at my Substack, Safnerism.
I am a passionate user of R for data analysis, and Quarto and GitHub for writing reproducible research, using version control, and managing my workflow. I keep a repository of information and tips about using these tools, as well as write about data science and economics at safneR scripts.
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed on this website are my own and do not represent the views or policies of the U.S. Copyright Office or any other institution.