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Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., is a 25-year old firm
that provides economic consulting and public speaking services
for a wide range of clients.
Consulting
activities include impact studies, forecasting services,
analysis of policy proposals, and general economic
analyses. Our objective is to put together the very best team of
associates to attack our client’s problems. Dr. Scott makes
50-70 presentations a year on the state of---and the outlook
for---the economy.
He is one of the 32-member National Business Economic Issues Council, which meets quarterly to discuss issues of state, national, and international interest. This group has experts who cover international trade, Washington economic policy, retail trade, trucking, steel, chemicals, etc. Dr. Scott is an energy specialist on the NBEIC. He has been interviewed recently on MSNBC, CNBC, and Bloomberg TV and his work has been cited in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angles Times and the Moscow Times, to name a few.
Dr. Loren C.
Scott is President and founder of the firm. He was
on the Economics Department faculty at Louisiana State
University from 1969 to 1998, where he rose through the ranks
from Assistant Professor to the holder of the Freeport-McMoran
endowed Chair of Economics. He is presently Professor Emeritus
of Economics at LSU.
Over the thirteen-year period from 1983-96, Dr. Scott was the
chairman of the Economics Department at LSU. During that time,
the Department’s ranking among the 3,000 economics departments
in the U.S. rose from 101st to 38th.
He received 7 awards at LSU for outstanding classroom
teaching.
Dr. Scott is
co-developer of the Louisiana econometric model, a model used
for providing annual forecasts of the Louisiana economy, which
are released each fall. He was a co-investigator on over $1
million in grant research at LSU and is the author of over 75
articles and technical reports in addition to reports written
for consulting clients.
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Peggy B. Scott is
Secretary-Treasurer of the firm.
Peggy earned a BS degree in Accounting from Louisiana State
University and an MBA from Tulane University. She is a member of
the American Institute of CPAs, the American Council of Life
Insurers, the Society of Louisiana CPAs, the Healthcare
Financial Management Association, and the National Association
of Certified Valuation Analysts.
She is also an editorial advisor for the Journal of Accountancy
and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane
University Health Sciences Center (Medical School) and on the
Board of Directors of the New Orleans Blood Center.
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