Talent, Craetivity And Regional Economic Performance Arc Haifeng Qian
Snow_N_CV_May_2015
1. Nathanael Snow
History of Economic Thought, Antitrust and Intellectual Property, Constitutional Political Economy
U.S. Citizen, Resident of Virginia, Registered with Selective Service
6265 Woodruff Springs Way, Haymarket, VA 20169, (919) 698-2137, ndsnow@gmail.com
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Education
Ph.D. in Economics (ABD), George Mason University (Fairfax VA) expected: 2016
Fields: Public Choice, Law and Economics
Dissertation Topic: Religion Without Romance: The Political Economy of Religious Institutions
Advisor: David Levy (703) 993-2319
M.A. in Economics, George Mason University (Fairfax VA) August 2010
B.A. in Economics, North Carolina State University (Raleigh NC) May 2008, cum laude
Experience: Research
Independent Economic Consultant, September 2012-Present (30-50 hours / week)
Economic and statistical analysis, drafting large portions of expert witness reports on antitrust and
intellectual property legal matters.
• Project Lead on standard essential patent royalty rate determination in international arbitration
• Research and Regression Analysis on Internet-protocol-TV antitrust litigation
• Economic Analysis on
o Various patent damages litigations, including application of hypothetical monopolist SSNIP
tests and Georgia Pacific Factors in industries: food, medical, mobile device platforms, patent
assertion entities, standard essential patents
o Antitrust and corporate suits: underwater fiber optic cables, payment systems, pay-TV
networks
• Cooperate in producing academic articles for publication in Legal and Economic Journals
• Peer review of academic articles
• Staff Development and Training of new analysts in data management, economic analysis, writing
for legal audiences, and economic modeling
International Economist, Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission,
(500 E Street SW, Washington DC 20436) May 2012-December 2012 (GS-09) (20 - 30 hours / week)
Supervisor: Sandra Rivera, Ph.D. (202)205-3007
• Gazelles and Gazillas in China and India. With Michael Ferrantino, Megha Mukim, and Alison
Pearson. Data collection, retrieval, preparation, analysis, figures, tables and graphs.
• Trade, Offshoring, and U.S. Multinational Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, USITC
Office of Industries Working Papers No. ID-034, December 2012. With Samira Salem, Laura
Bloodgood, Isaac Wohl, and Cathy Jabara. Collected, cleaned, and organized data, researched,
and performed analysis employing Instrumental Variables, and GMM to improve robustness.
• Research assistance and literature review for ongoing work on total factor productivity and trade.
With Michael Anderson and Stephen Smith.
Economic Analyst Intern, Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission,
(500 E Street SW, Washington DC 20436) October 2010-May 2012 (GS-07) (20 – 30 hours / week)
Supervisor: Sandra Rivera, Ph.D. (202)205-3007
2. • The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restrains: Seventh Edition. Drafted “Positions of
Interested Parties”
• China: Effects of Intellectual Property Infringement and Indigenous Innovation Policies on the
U.S. Economy. Collected and concorded data from Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and the
World Bank WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution) database.
• Effects of NAFTA on U.S. Latinos (AEA Presentation, working paper) Conducted statistical
analysis, reviewed literature, and prepared figures and tables.
• Composed literature review for Technical Assistance including:
o East African Community economic partnership agreements with the European Union
o Korean free trade agreements with other countries and their effects on the United States
• Literature review and data comparison for ongoing research on exporting firms, looking for
applications of and methods to apply to new dataset merging Prowess dataset of Indian firms with
TIPS dataset, under Michael Anderson, visiting scholar, USITC, Washington and Lee University.
Experience: Instruction
Adjunct Faculty, Economics Department, Marymount University (Arlington, VA)
Fall 2014, MBA Managerial Economics (10 students)
Fall 2012, Managerial Economics (15 students)
Supervisor: Louise Marshall, Ph.D. (703) 284-5932 lmarshal@marymount.edu
Coworker: Brian Hollar, Ph.D. (407) 797-0284 bhollar@marymount.edu
Graduate Lecturer, Economics Department, George Mason University (Fairfax VA)
Fall 2010, Economics and Public Policy (40 students)
Summer 2010, Economics and Public Policy (15 students)
Fall 2009, Intermediate Microeconomics (40 students)
Supervisor: Phil Wiest, Ph.D. (703) 993-1131 pwiest@gmu.edu
Coworker: Thomas C. Rustici, Ph.D. (703) 993-1137 trustici@gmu.edu
Teacher, Co-Principal, Agape Corner Boarding School (Durham NC)
1997-2005 Created and taught 20 high school courses in history, economics, math, biology, and Bible
Co-Principal of school of 50 students K-12, staff and volunteer management, student counseling
Supervisor: Louise Roudebush (919) 682-7467
Skills
Computational / Statistical: STATA, Microsoft Excel
Economic Analysis: Event studies, modeling, variable selection, inference
Writing: Draft large portions of economic papers and expert witness reports for various industries
Publications and Presentations
“A FRAND-ly Commons: An Institutional Investigation of Standard Setting Organizations” Public
Choice Society Meetings (Charleston, SC) March 2014 [cited by Yong J. Yoon & William F.
Shughart II “Stackelberg on the Danube: Games in the Anticommons” Journal of Public Finance
and Public Choice v.31, 2013]
“Presidential Politics and the Chinese Exclusion Act” Public Choice Society Meetings (Charleston, SC)
March 2014
“Gazelles and gazillas in China and India” with Michael Ferrantino, Megha Mukim, and Alison
Pearson, October 2012. Under submission. Presented at the USITC EC learning spillover
3. “Trade, Offshoring, and U.S. Multinational Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 1999-2008”
With Samira Salem, Laura Bloodgood, Isaac Wohl, and Cathy Jabara. USITC Office of Industries
Working Paper No. ID-034, December 2012
Microeconomics: A Free Market Approach, (ed.) with Thomas Rustici, Ph.D., and Carrie Milton,
Cognella, (San Diego CA) 2010
“Gumballs Now or Ice Cream Later: The Formation of Interest Rates by Subjective Time Preference”
in Microeconomics: A Free Market Approach Thomas Rustici, Ph.D., Nathanael Snow and Carrie
Milton (ed.), Cognella (San Diego CA) 2010
“Three Tests of the Weingast-Moran Congressional Control Model” Public Choice Society Meetings
(Monterrey CA) March 2010.
“Abolishing Transitional Gains Traps: Abolitionism in Great Britain and the Development of the
Evangelical Coalition” Invisible Hand Workshop, Daniel Klein: Organizer (Fairfax, VA) March
2012; Association for the Study of Religion, Society, and Culture (April, 2013 Washington, D.C.)
Awards, Affiliations and Service
E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, 2008 Fellow: http://www.eamorrisfellows.org/
Final Project: Economic Literacy for Economics Majors