Economic Effects

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

Warren Phillips - professor of government and politics, University of Maryland
Expertise: oil pipeline and international development; Egyptian politics; international conflict management and political economy

Credentials: consultant to various governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations, including work in the Balkans and Central Asia to develop an oil pipeline; consulted for U.S. Departments of State and Defense, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Ford Foundation, and IBM; CEO of Maryland Moscow, which helps governments in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union make the transition to market-based economies; books include The Impact of Oil Prices on the Political and Economic Future of Egypt (forthcoming)
Contact: 301-405-0054 (office); 301-854-6841 (home); warrenphillips@att.net
Web site: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/harrison/faculty.htm#phillips

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: 301-405-2072 (office); 301-927-9108 (home); bgardner@arec.umd.edu
Web site: www.arec.umd.edu/bgardner//