H.E. Frech, III is Professor of Economics and Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, the University of Chicago and at Curtin University in Australia. He has been an adjunct professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and Sciences Politiques de Paris.
Professor Frech’s research has been published in articles and books on antitrust economics, health economics, insurance and other topics. He is Editor for the Americas of the International Journal of the Economics of Business and on the editorial board of Health Economics Review and the International Journal of Health Economics and Management.
Professor Frech has served as a consultant for governmental agencies and private parties involving a wide variety of industries, including health care, health insurance and pharmaceuticals. He has testified before federal and state courts, regulatory bodies, the US Senate and state legislatures. He has given lectures in North America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. He holds a BS in industrial engineering from the University of Missouri, and an MA and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.