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Economist

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Benjamin Miller is an economist at the RAND Corporation, a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and a Research Quality Assurance Manager for RAND's Social and Economic Well-Being Division. Dr. Miller leads teams of high-caliber researchers in collaboratively conducting high-profile assessments that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public processes and systems. His work focuses on infrastructure systems, financial systems, and regulatory systems. His research has been funded by a wide array of government agencies, presented to multiple Congressional committees and senior government leadership, published in academic journals, RAND reports, and textbooks, and cited by major news outlets such as the New York Times and Politico. As Research Quality Assurance Manager, Dr. Miller oversees the full lifecycle of quality assurance for all research products produced with RAND’s Community Health & Environmental Policy program. This includes managing peer review and management review of a diverse array individual research projects, as well as broader evaluations of related policies and processes. Dr. Miller's recently led studies include a Congressionally mandated evaluation of U.S. aviation infrastructure finance policies (which received RAND's Bronze Medal award); a series of studies creating and expanding the FORESEE model which helps the U.S. personnel vetting community plan for and mitigate disruptions (which received RAND's Spotlight award); studies helping both federal and foundation sponsors measure and document the value of research and innovation; and a wide variety of cost-benefit analyses. Dr. Miller has conducted studies that examine financial and infrastructure aspects of hurricane recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, suggest revisions to the national flood insurance program, clarify the opportunities and challenges associated with U.S. regulatory reforms, and provide a vision for U.S. infrastructure finance policy. He has also served on several dissertation committees and taught advanced econometrics at the Pardee RAND graduate school. Dr. Miller holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego and a B.S. in Economics from Purdue University.