Finnie B. Cook, Ph.D.,MSCC

Dr. Cook has spent the majority of her professional career in the field of economic litigation consulting. She has been qualified as an expert economist in Federal Court and in Circuit

Courts in Florida. Dr. Cook’s testimony and consulting experience includes the valuation of economic damages in personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, marital dissolution,
and commercial damage claims including lost profits and business valuation. In addition, Dr. Cook has specialized training in the area of health economics and is certified as a Medicare Set-Aside Consultant.  

Dr. Cook received her B.S.B.A. in International Economics from the University of Florida (Gainesville), and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the College of Business at the University of South Florida (Tampa).

Economist, Deiter, Stephens, Durham & Cook, Tampa, Florida, 2004 – present.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of South Florida, 2008.

Research Assistant, Research and Planning Consultants, Inc., Tampa, Florida, 2003.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, 2000 – 2003.

Professional & Academic Association Memberships

American Economic Association                       

National Association of Forensic Economists

Southern Economic Association                       

International Health Economics Association

Publications & Academic Presentations

“Globalization, Migration, and the U.S. Labor Market for Physicians: The Impact of Immigration on Local Wages.”  Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, San Antonio, Texas, 2009 and Published at University of South Florida Libraries

Education

Ph.D. Business Economics, 2009,
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

(Health Economics,
Development/International Economics and Econometrics)

M.A. Business Economics, 2007,
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

(Applied Microeconomics)

B.S.B.A., 2003, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida, Summa cum Laude

(International Economics and German)

Professional Certifications

MSCC Medicare Set-aside Consultant Certified. 

International Commission on Health Care Certification.  February 2010.

Academic Awards & Honors

University Graduate Student Council
Distinguished Graduate Student Achievement Award, 2008.

University Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2007-08.

Howard S. Dye Scholarship in Economics, 2005-06.