Wilson Law

  • Associate Professor

Professional Summary

Wilson Law is an assistant professor in Economics and a faculty affiliate of the Health Services Research program. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Before graduate study in economics, he worked at Epic, a healthcare software company. He managed the health plan operations software and worked with some of the country’s leading integrated healthcare providers.

Education

  • 2016 – Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • 2012 – MS, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1996 – BS, Computer Sciences and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Courses

  • ECO 4347 – Econometrics
  • ECO 4351/5351 – Data Science I
  • ECO 4352/5352 – Data Science II

Research Interests

  • Political Economy
  • Health Economics
  • Technology

Selected Publications

  • Bradley, S. W., Garven, J. R., Law, W. W., & West, J. E. (2022).  The impact of chief diversity officers on diverse faculty hiring.  Southern Economic Journal, 89(1), 3-36.
  • Alston, E., Law, W., Murtazashvili, I., & Weiss, M. (2022).  Blockchain networks as constitutional and competitive polycentric orders.  Journal of Institutional Economics, 1-17. doi:10.1017/S174413742100093X.
  • Flavin, F. & Law, W. (2022).  Ideological proximity, issue importance, and vote choice.  Electoral Studies, 75, 2022, 102422.
  • Alston, E., Crepelle, A., Law, W., & Murtazashvili, I. (2021).  The chronic uncertainty of American Indian property rights.  Journal of Institutional Economics, 17(3), 473-488.  doi:10.1017/S1744137420000636.
  • Law, W. (2021).  Decomposing political advertising effects on vote choices.  Public Choice, 188, 525-547.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-020-00849-8.
Wilson Law
Office Location

Foster Business and Innovation 320.1

Mailing Address

Foster Campus for Business
Waco, TX  76706

Wilson's Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae