Wendy P. Warcholik, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
- Fields of Specialization: Econometrics and Public Choice.
M.A., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
CAREER DATA
RESEARCH FELLOW, The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, January 2008 to current. Perform economic policy analyses.
CHIEF ECONOMIST, Public Choice Analytics for the U.S. States, Inc., Haverhill, NH, 2002 to current. Perform economic policy analyses for public policy organizations and academic think tanks.
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Portland, ME, current.
ADJUNCT SCHOLAR, The Tax Foundation, Washington , D.C., 2002 to 2005.
Operationalized a statistically matched dataset between the IRS Public Use File and the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The dataset has also been linked with output generated by the micro-simulation model of theU.S.federal income tax code. The purpose of the dataset is to provide demographic profiles ofU.S.taxpayers. The resulting matched dataset contains over 530,000 records and over 900 variables with data access and storage via SPSS.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, Averett University, Vienna, VA, 2002 to 2004. Taught microeconomics and macroeconomics to MBA graduate students and undergraduate business students.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS. Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Alexandria, VA, 2000-2002. Taught microeconomics and macroeconomics to undergraduate students.
CHIEF ECONOMIST/FORECASTER, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Medical Assistance Services (Virginia’s Medicaid Agency–DMAS),
Commonwealth of Virginia Government,Richmond,VA, December 2000 to February 2002. DMAS has the largest agency budget in the Commonwealth (approximately $4 billion). Major responsibility was the development and maintenance of the agency’s budget forecasting program. Charged with the responsibility of rebuilding the agency’s time series models (of which there are 70 models). The time series models coupled with regression models are used to forecast the Medicaid agency’s future budget needs.
Prepared cost estimates and conducted fiscal impact analysis in response to ad hoc requests from the Governor’s Office, the Virginia General Assembly Legislature and various Commonwealth agencies.
ECONOMIST, Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Division, Washington, D.C., 1994 to 1997. Assisted senior economists in the preparation of estimates forU.S. balance of payments accounts. Assisted in revising and updating methodology for various accounts.
ASSISTANT TO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC, George Mason University Cooperative Education Placement, January 10, 1994 until graduation in May 1994. International Trade Administration, United States Foreign and Commercial Service’s Office of International Operations,Washington,D.C. Assisted the Regional Director in serving the needs of the Commercial Service Officers in theEast Asia region of the world. A primary responsibility of this position was the maintenance of a financial budget for more than twenty overseas posts.
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (DAS) FOR INVESTIGATIONS, George Mason Cooperative Education Placement, January 1993 to July 1993. International Trade Administration, Import Administration’s Office of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations,Washington,D.C. Served as the DAS’s second pair of eyes and ears at meetings, surveyed all documents coming into the office to control the DAS’s reading load, conveyed instructions to the staff in lieu of the DAS, and managed Congressional correspondence.
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan Bradley Fellowship, 1999-2000 Academic Year.
Center for the Study of Public Choice Fellowship, 1998-1999 AcademicYear.
George Mason University Economics Department Fellowship, 1997-1998 Academic Year.
Award: “Outstanding Achievement By a Graduating Economics Major,”GeorgeMasonUniversity, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
**numerous op-eds in various newspapers in addition to the following**
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma Has Too Many Government Employees and Some Appear to be Injury Prone.” Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “What’s the Largest Industry in Oklahoma ? Government” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, November 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “The Case for Right-to-Work in New Hampshire: Examining the Evidence in Oklahoma.” Volume 1, Issue 4, New Hampshire Center for Economic Policy, November 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “The Economic Benefits of Broadband Expansion in Northern New England.” The Maine Heritage Policy Center, November 2011.
“Let’s Diversify Our Preschool Portfolio.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma’s Improved Economic Performance Suggests Right to Work is Working.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “The Great Tax Divide: New Hampshire’s Retail Oasis vs. Maine’s Retail Desert.” Volume 1, Issue 3, New Hampshire Center for Economic Policy, April 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Solutions to New Hampshire’s Public Pension Crisis.” Volume 1, Issue 2, New Hampshire Center for Economic Policy, March 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Changes in Moody’s Credit Scores Could Cost Oklahoma Dearly.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “New Hampshire’s Growing Public Retiree Funding Crisis.” Volume 1, Issue 1, New Hampshire Center for Economic Policy, February 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “A Look at Births and Deaths of Oklahoma’s Businesses.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, February 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “A Look at Oklahoma Business Contractions and Expansions.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, January 2011.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Moving In or Moving Out ? A Look at Oklahoma Business Relocations.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma to Trim Family Budgets if Tax Hikes Enacted.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody “Oklahoma’s Pension Crisis: It’s Worse Thank You Think.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, September 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma’s Private-Sector Share of Income Reaches New Low.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, July 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma’s Private-Sector Share of Income Reaches New Low,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 30, 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody and John Tilman, “Mission Possible: The Pension Funding and Fairness Act,” Illinois Policy Institute, June 9, 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “State Government Growing Faster than Oklahomans’ Ability to Pay,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 1, 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Voting With Their Feet,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, April 1, 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Ignoring It Won’t Make it Go Away: Conneticut’s $52 Billion Unfunded Retiree Liability” The Yankee Institute, February 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Minnesota’s Out- Migration Compounds State Budget Woes.” Freedom Foundation of Minnesota, February 2010.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “How Many Oklahoman’s Does it Take to Fund One Government Job?,” February 1, 2010.
Co-author with J. Scott Moody, “The Government Gravy Train: An Analysis of New Mexico’s Private versus Public Sector Employment and Compensation (Updated),” The Rio Grande Foundation, December 2009
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “How Long Do Oklahomans Work to Pay Their Taxes?,” December 07, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma’s Government-Employment Problem Persists,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, November 2, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Government Spending in Oklahoma: A Runaway Train,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, September 1, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Is Oklahoma Addicted to Federal Spending?,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, August 3, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Government Is Crowding Out Oklahoma’s Private Sector,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 30, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “A Look Back at Oklahoma’s Tax Burden,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, May 1, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Where’s the Fief?,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, April 1, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “New Mexico’s State and Local Workforce is Too Big and Overpaid . . . But Where?” Rio Grande Foundation, March 17, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Crowding Out Oklahoma’s Private Sector.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 1, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahoma’s Dwindling Private Sector Economy.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 1, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “How Many Oklahomans Does it Take to Fund One Government Job?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, February 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “The Government Gravy Train: An Analysis of New Mexico’s Private versus Public Sector Employment and Compensation.” Rio Grande Foundation, January 26, 2009.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Overcrowding on The Government Gravy Train.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Save Connecticut’s Future: Eliminate the Income Tax.” Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Maine Heritage Policy Center, November 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Does Education Spending Boost Economic Growth?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “How Long Do Oklahomans Work to Pay Their Taxes?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, August 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Oklahomans’ Personal Income: An Analysis of the Public and Private Sector Components.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, July 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Rapid Growth In State Spending Threatens Tax Cuts.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Oklahoma’s CareerTech System.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “How Many Oklahomans Does it Take to Fund one Government Job?” OCPA Memorandum, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, January 28, 2008.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody, “Overcrowding on the Government Gravy Train.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2007
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody. “The Risks of Tax Reform in Maryland.” Maryland Public Policy Institute, September 20, 2007.
Co-Author with Dr. Arthur Hall and J. Scott Moody. “The County-to-County Migration Patterns of Kansas Taxpayers, 1985-2004.” The Center for Applied Economics, University of Kansas, October 2006.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody. “ The Rising Cost of Complying with the Federal Income Tax.” The Tax Foundation, January 10, 2006.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody. “How Tax Competition Affects Cross-Border Sales of Beer in the United States.” The Tax Foundation, Background Paper No. 44, March 2004.
Co-Author with J. Scott Moody. “The State Business Tax Climate Index (First Edition).” The Tax Foundation, Background Paper No. 41, May 2003.
Author. “Competition Between Blacks and Hispanics in America’s Cities: An Assessment of the Impact of This Competition on the Economic Growth and Social Well-Being of America’s Metropolitan Areas.” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington D.C., November 2000.
Co-Author with Dr. Susan Feignbaum and Dr. David Levy. “Scientific Misconduct Statistically Considered.” 1999 American Statistical Association Meetings, Baltimore, MD.
DISSERTATION
“Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance in America’s Metropolitan Areas.” GeorgeMasonUniversity, May 2002.
