Robert Gmeiner

Robert Gmeiner joined the Sunwater Institute in June 2018. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University and a B.A. in economics and Russian from Wake Forest University. Robert’s areas of expertise include public choice, regulatory economics, industrial organization, and time series statistics. His work has been published in the Review of Austrian Economics, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, and Constitutional Political Economy.

First and foremost, I am a follower of Jesus Christ, specifically a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From there, I am a devoted family man. After that, I am an economics professor at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As a professor, I am first a teacher, and then a researcher. The success of my students is the measure of my own success as an academic.

I love research, and you can read it here. My research philosophy breaks down into a few parts:

1) Put first things first. The discovery of truth - including scientific truth - is pleasing to God, but He expects discipleship before scholarship. 2) Link it to the big picture, and don't focus on small questions. 3) Find solutions for problems, not problems for solutions, and don't stop because someone doesn't like it, but never be confrontational.

I earned my Ph.D. at Florida State University, studying under Dr. Randall Holcombe. Prior to graduate school, I earned an undergraduate degree in economics and Russian at Wake Forest University, served as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Russian Far East.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, 2018
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Dissertation Chairman: Dr. Randall Holcombe
• Dissertation Title: Domestic Effects of Federal Regulation of Oil and Gas Industries
• Master of Science, Economics, 2016
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Russian, 2012
• Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina