Raymond March

Raymond March is a Research Assistant Professor at the Free Market Institute of Texas Tech University and the Christopher Culp Professor of Economics at the Norris-Vincent College of Business at Angelo State University. He also serves as the Assistant Director for Free Market Institute programming, demonstrating his significant involvement in academic leadership and policy-oriented research initiatives across both institutions.

Dr. March earned his Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics from Texas Tech University. His academic career includes previous appointments as an assistant professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics and a faculty fellow with the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise at North Dakota State University. He has also taught at San Jose State University before joining Texas Tech and Angelo State in September 2024.

Dr. March's research program centers on health economics, new institutional economics, and political economy, with a particular focus on applying public choice theory to analyze healthcare systems, regulatory frameworks, and policy interventions. His scholarly work has appeared in leading journals including Health Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Public Choice, Journal of Institutional Economics, and Research Policy. His research methodology frequently employs empirical approaches such as synthetic control methods to evaluate policy impacts with rigorous causal inference.

His recent publications reveal a consistent analytical framework examining how institutional structures shape health policy outcomes, with particular attention to pharmaceutical regulation, mental health systems, substance policy, and pandemic response mechanisms. Dr. March's work bridges academic scholarship with policy relevance, as evidenced by his contributions to both scholarly journals and policy-oriented outlets like National Interest, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, The Hill, and RealClearHealth.

Dr. March maintains significant research affiliations beyond his university appointments, serving as a research fellow and director of FDAReview.org at the Independent Institute and as a fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Public Choice and Public Policy Project. These roles underscore his engagement with policy-focused research organizations and his commitment to translating academic research into actionable policy insights.

At Angelo State University, Dr. March teaches undergraduate courses in Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Intermediate Macroeconomics, bringing his research expertise into the classroom to provide students with real-world applications of economic principles to contemporary policy challenges.