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EDWARD GEOFFREY KEATING
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
December 2001-.
Senior Economist, RAND, Santa Monica, CA.
January 2008-. Lecturer, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica,
CA. Taught finance and accounting to public policy PhD students.
Also served on several dissertation committees.
June 1999-September 2002. Director, RAND Graduate Student Summer
Associate Program. Administered all aspects of a program that brings
a cohort of promising graduate students to work at RAND for a summer.
December 1998-December 2001.
June 1992-December 1998.
Economist, RAND.
Associate Economist, RAND.
August 1993-December 2004. Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University,
Westchester, CA. Taught MBA Microeconomics and Finance,
undergraduate Corporate Finance.
EDUCATION
PhD, Economic Analysis and Policy, Stanford University Graduate
School of Business, 1991.
BA, Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics,
Northwestern University, 1987.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Defense Economics, Microeconomics, Finance, Econometrics, Public
Finance
RAND PUBLICATIONS
“An Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel
Demonstration Project.” 2012. Co-authored with Laura Werber,
Lindsay Daugherty, and Matthew Hoover. TR-1286-OSD.
“Naval Aviation Budgeting: Cost Adjustment Sheets and the Flying
Hour Program.” 2012. Co-authored with Sarah H. Bana and Michael
Boito. TR-1282-Navy.
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“Multiyear Contracting for F-22/F119 Sustainment.” 2012. Coauthored with Guy Weichenberg, John C. Graser, Michael Boito, Jeremy
Burke, Cynthia R. Cook, and John G. Drew. TR-1175-AF.
“Air Attack Against Wildfires: Understanding U.S. Forest Service
Requirements for Large Aircraft.” 2012. Co-authored with Andrew R.
Morral, Carter C. Price, Dulani Woods, Daniel M. Norton, Christina
Panis, Evan Saltzman, and Ricardo Sanchez. MG-1234-USDAFS.
 I was quoted about this research paper in The New York Times on
July 30, 2012.
“Funding Ammunition Ports.”
Sommerhauser. TR-1204-A.
2012.
Co-authored with Daniel
“Options for and Costs of Retaining C-17 Aircraft Production-Only
Tooling.” 2012. Co-authored with John C. Graser, Guy Weichenberg,
Michael Boito, Soumen Saha, Robert G. DeFeo, and Steven Strain. TR1143-AF.
“A Methodology for Comparing Costs and Benefits of Management
Alternatives for F-22 Sustainment.” 2011. Co-authored with Cynthia
R. Cook, Michael Boito, John C. Graser, Michael J. Neumann, and Ian
P. Cook. TR-763-AF.
“Assessing Management Alternatives for F-22 Sustainment.” January
2011. Co-authored with Cynthia R. Cook, Michael Boito, John C.
Graser, Michael J. Neumann, and Ian P. Cook. MG-813-AF.
“Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18E/F Service Life Extension
Programs (SLEPs).” 2010. Co-authored with Irv Blickstein, Michael
Boito, Jess Chandler, and Deborah Peetz. TR-844-Navy.
“An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force’s Medical and
Professional Officer Corps.” 2010. Co-authored with Hugh G. Massey,
Judith D. Mele, and Benjamin F. Mundell. TR-782-AF.
“United States Air Force Aircraft Fleet Retention Trends: A
Historical Analysis.” 2009. Co-authored with Timothy L. Ramey.
740-AF.
TR-
“Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current
Status and Potential Reforms.” 2009. Co-authored with Marygail K.
Brauner, Lionel A. Galway, Judith D. Mele, James J. Burks, and
Brendan Saloner. MG-866-AF.
“The Department of the Navy’s Civilian Acquisition Workforce: An
Analysis of Recent Trends.” 2009. Co-authored with Susan M. Gates,
Bryan Tysinger, Adria D. Jewell, Lindsay Daugherty, and Ralph Masi.
TR-555-Navy.
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“The Defense Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Personnel Trends
Relevant to Policy, 1993-2006.” 2008. Co-authored with Susan M.
Gates, Adria D. Jewell, Lindsay Daugherty, Bryan Tysinger, Albert A.
Robbert, and Ralph Masi. TR-572-OSD.
“Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of
F-15 PDM.” 2008. Co-authored with Adam C. Resnick, Elvira N.
Loredo, and Richard Hillestad. TR-528-AF.
“The Material Costs of the Littoral Combat Ship.” 2008. Co-authored
with Robert Murphy, John F. Schank, and John Birkler. MG-677-Navy.
“Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder
Risk.” 2008. Co-authored with Robert Murphy, John F. Schank, and
John Birkler. TR-520-Navy.
“Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed: An Analysis of F-15
PDM.” 2006. Co-authored with Elvira N. Loredo. TR-377-AF.
“Civilian Workforce Planning in the Department of Defense: Different
Levels, Different Roles.” 2006. Co-authored with Susan M. Gates and
Christine Eibner. MG-449-OSD.
“The Effects of A-76 Cost Comparisons on DoD Civilian Education and
Training.” 2006. Co-authored with Dina G. Levy, Joy S. Moini, Susan
M. Gates, Kristin Leuschner, Candice Riley, Tessa Kaganoff, and
Catherine H. Augustine. DB-442-OSD.
“Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN 21
Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling.” 2005. Co-authored with John
Schank, Giles Smith, Brien Alkire, Mark V. Arena, John Birkler, James
Chiesa, and Lara Schmidt. MG-289-Navy.
“Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level
Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable.” 2005. Co-authored with Don
Snyder, Matthew Dixon, and Elvira N. Loredo. MG-241-AF.
“Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom’s Future Aircraft
Carrier (CVF) Programme.” 2005. Co-authored with John F. Schank,
Roland Yardley, Jessie Riposo, Harry Thie, Mark V. Arena, Hans Pung,
John Birkler, and James R. Chiesa. MG-240-MOD.
“Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and Organizational Restructuring
in the DoD.” 2004. Co-authored with Dina G. Levy, Joy S. Moini,
Tessa Kaganoff, Catherine H. Augustine, Tora K. Bikson, Kristin
Leuschner, and Susan M. Gates. MG-153-OSD.
“Investigating Optimal Replacement of Aging Air Force Systems.”
2003. Co-authored with Matthew Dixon. MR-1763-AF.
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“Options for Managing the Army’s Arsenals and Ammunition Plants.”
2003. Co-authored with W. Michael Hix, David Oaks, Bruce Held,
Michael Hynes, and John R. Bondanella. DB-353-A.
“Challenges in Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing: Analysis of the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service.” 2003. Co-authored with
Susan M. Gates, Christopher Paul, Aimee Bower, Leah Brooks, and
Jennifer E. Pace. MR-1597-DFAS.
“How Should The U.S. Air Force Depot Maintenance Activity Group Be
Funded?: Insights From Expenditure and Flying Hour Data.” 2002.
Co-authored with Frank Camm. MR-1487-AF.
“RAND Research Suggests Changes in Department of Defense Internal
Pricing.” 2001. IP-216-DFAS.
“Improving the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s Interactions
with Its Customers.” 2001. Co-authored with Susan M. Gates,
Jennifer E. Pace, Christopher Paul, and Michael G. Alles. MR-1261DFAS.
“CVX Propulsion System Decision: Industrial Base Implications of
Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options.” 1999. Co-authored with John
Schank, John Birkler, Eiichi Kamiya, Michael Mattock, Malcolm
MacKinnon, and Denis Rushworth. DB-272-Navy.
“Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing Policies:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service.” 1999.
Susan Gates. MR-1066-DFAS.
Insights from the
Co-authored with
“Incentives to Undertake Sourcing Studies in the Air Force.” 1998.
Co-authored with Laura Baldwin, Frank Camm, and Ellen Pint. DB-240AF.
“Sourcing Decisions for Air Force Support Services: Current and
Historical Patterns.” 1997. Co-authored with Frank Camm and
Christopher Hanks. DB-193-AF.
“Cancellations and Delays In Completion of Department of Defense A-76
Cost Comparisons.” 1997. DB-191-OSD.
“Government Contracting Options:
MR-693-AF.
A Model and Application.”
1996.
“Understanding and Reducing The Costs of FORSCOM Installations.”
1996. Co-authored with Joseph Bolten and John Halliday. MR-730-A.
“Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs In The Future:
Maximizing Soldier Benefits In Times Of Austerity.” 1994. Coauthored with Susan Way-Smith, Peter Morrison, and Michael Childress.
MR-491-A.
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OUTSIDE PUBLICATIONS
“Investigating the Desirability of Navy Aircraft Service Life
Extension Programs.” Defence and Peace Economics. July 2013. Coauthored with Irv Blickstein, Michael Boito, Jess Chandler, and
Deborah Peetz.
“The Air Force Medical Corps’ Status
to Multiyear Special Pay.” Military
11. November 2009. pp. 1155-1162.
Brauner, Lionel A. Galway, Judith D.
Brendan Saloner.
and How Its Physicians Respond
Medicine. Volume 174, Number
Co-authored with Marygail K.
Mele, James J. Burks, and
“Reforming How Navy Shipbuilding Contracts Adjust for Material-Cost
Risk.” Defense Acquisition Review Journal. Volume 15, Number 3.
December 2008. pp. 293-305. Co-authored with Robert Murphy, John F.
Schank, and John Birkler.
“Using the Steel Vessel Material-cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder
Risk.” Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Acquisition Research
Symposium, the Naval Postgraduate School, NPS-AM-08-023, April 23,
2008, pp. 288-301. Co-authored with Robert Murphy, John F. Schank,
and John Birkler.
“Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed.” The Journal of Cost
Analysis & Management. Fall 2006. pp. 73-84. Co-authored with
Elvira N. Loredo.
“Investigating Optimal Replacement of Aging Air Force Systems.”
Defence and Peace Economics. Volume 15, Number 5. October 2004.
pp. 421-431. Co-authored with Matthew Dixon.
“Depot Maintenance Activity Group Funding.” Air Force Journal of
Logistics. Volume 27, Number 3. Fall 2003. pp. 14-21. Co-authored
with Frank Camm.
“Working Capital Fund Pricing Policies: Lessons From Defense Finance
and Accounting Service Expenditure and Workload Data.” Public
Administration Review. Volume 62, Number 1. January/February 2002.
pp. 73-81. Co-authored with Susan Gates.
“The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Chief Financial
Officers Act, and Improving Management of the Department of Defense.”
Armed Forces Comptroller. Volume 46, Number 2. Spring 2001. pp.
20-23. Co-authored with Susan M. Gates, Jennifer E. Pace,
Christopher Paul, and Michael G. Alles.
“Government Contracting Options: A Model and Application.” Defence
and Peace Economics. Volume 10, Number 2. April 1999. pp. 191-223.