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Michael LeGower

Deputy Assistant Director

Bureau, Office or Division
Consumer Protection
Phone
(202) 326-3656
Email Address

Selected Publications

  • "Economics at the FTC: Non-Horizontal Mergers, the CARS Rule, and the Non-Compete Rule," with Alison Hole, Michael Lipsitz, and Aviv Nevo, Review of Industrial Organization, 2024.
  • "Promise Scholarship Programs as Place-Making Policy: Evidence from School Enrollment and Housing Prices," with R. Walsh, Journal of Urban Economics, 2017.

Selected Presentations

  • Economic Analysis of the CARS Rule. FTC Conference on Marketing and Public Policy. Washington, DC (2024)
  • Promise Scholarship Programs as Place-Making Policy: Evidence from School Enrollment and Housing Prices. APPAM Fall Research Conference. Albuquerque, NM (2014)
  • Promised Land? The Impact of Promise Scholarship Programs on Housing Prices. Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH (2013)
  • Sponsoring Public Goods Lotteries: Theory and Evidence. North American Economic Science Association Conference. Tucson, AZ (2012)

Education

University of Pittsburgh
PhD
University of Richmond
BBA

Fields of Interest

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Public Economics
  • Consumer Protection
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis

Professional Experience

Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2022 - Present

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2014 - Present

Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
2016 - Present

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