Michael Louis Marlow | |
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Academic career | |
Field | Regulatory economics |
Institution | California Polytechnic State University |
Alma mater | George Washington University Virginia Tech |
Michael L. Marlow is a professor of economics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). He is also an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. [1] He holds a BA from George Washington University and a PhD from Virginia Tech, both in economics. [2] He joined the California Polytechnic State University faculty in 1988 and was named a University Distinguished Scholar by the university in 2007. [3] Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was an associate professor of economics at George Washington University from 1979 to 1983, [4] and also worked as a senior financial economist at the U.S. Treasury from 1983 to 1988. [5] He is known for opposing government regulation of e-cigarettes [6] and of unhealthy foods and beverages. [7] [8] He has also argued that alcohol taxes primarily reduce consumption by light drinkers, not by heavy drinkers, [9] and has criticized Proposition 65 for being ineffective with respect to public health benefits. [10] [11] His research into the effects of smoking laws [12] has been criticized for being funded by Philip Morris, and for methodological flaws. [13]