Economic Impacts

Peter Morici - economist and professor of international business, University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
Expertise: international economics and domestic macroeconomic policy; tariffs

Credentials: former director of economics, U.S. International Trade Commission; adjunct senior fellow, Economic Strategy Institute, Washington, D.C.; has been a consultant to many large companies
Contact: 301-405-2136 (office); 703-549-4338 (home); pmorici@rhsmith.umd.edu
Web site: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/lbpp/pmorici.html

Bruce L. Gardner - professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of Maryland
Expertise: economic impact of food terror attacks; global and domestic agricultural economics

Credentials: former assistant secretary for economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1989-1992; author, The Economics of Agricultural Policies
Contact: 301-405-1271 (office); 301-927-9108 (home); bruceg@arec.umd.edu
Web site: www.arec.umd.edu/bgardner/

Arvind Panagariya - professor of economics, University of Maryland
Expertise: international trade

Credentials: co- director of the University of Maryland Center for International Economics; extensive experience working for international financial institutions
Contact: 301-405-3546 (office); 301-767-1950 (home); panagari@econ.umd.edu
Web site: www.bsos.umd.edu/econ/ciepanag.htm