Gordon Ford College of Business Staff
- Truist Endowed Fellow - Economics | Department Chair and University Distinguished Professor - Economics
- david.zimmer@wku.edu
- Grise Hall 427
- 270-745-2880
- http://people.wku.edu/david.zimmer/
- Curriculum Vitae
Statistical Analysis
Data Methods in Economics
Economics of Health Care
Applied Microeconomic Theory
PhD, Economics, Indiana University, 2004
MA, Economics, Indiana University, 2001
BS, Mathematics, University of Evansville, 1999
Dr. Zimmer’s research focuses on using statistical copula functions to model microeconomic phenomena. His book on copulas, entitled “Copula Modeling: An Introduction for Practitioners,” is a standard graduate-level reference. He has authored more than 60 articles in academic journals, including Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Economic Inquiry, Econometrics Journal, and Health Economics. His research is cited in the most widely used PhD-level econometrics textbooks. His work on education reform has been profiled in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He has served as a consultant for the British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). He also directs the Masters Program in Applied Economics. Prior to joining the WKU faculty, he worked as a staff economist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in one of its antitrust enforcement units.
The Gordon Ford College of Business is a top business school with dual AACSB accreditation in both business and accounting programs.
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