Education/Professional Certification:

Duke University (BA Economics); North Carolina State University (MS Economics); City University London (PhD Economics);The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (PhD Management Science & Health Policy)

Areas of Expertise:

Investments; Corporate Finance; Healthcare Finance; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cost-benefit and Cost-effectiveness Analysis; Price Regulation; Simulation Modeling; and Health Policy.

Biography:

Professor Vernon teaches courses in finance, risk management and insurance, decision analysis, and computer-based simulation modeling. His research, which has been published in, among other places, The Journal of Law and Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Health Economics, Health Care Management Science, The International Journal of Healthcare Finance and Economics, and Regulation, focuses on pricing and investment behavior in the pharmaceutical industry; he has testified before the U.S. Senate about his research. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).