Calvin Franz

A senior economist at ERG since 1995 (and an ERG vice president), Dr. Calvin Franz performs research and regulatory impact analyses for a wide range of federal and private clients. His work continually exposes him to economic issues associated with a wide range of industries, subindustries, products, and technologies. He particularly enjoys developing analytic models to answer clients’ questions in areas that require unique solutions. Examples include using a random effects model of matched case-control data to estimate the cost of iatrogenic injuries in hospital critical care units, and developing Monte Carlo simulations to estimate confidence intervals for the national cost of adverse events and redundant tests to the U.S. healthcare system.

Cal received his B.A. from Gordon College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University.