Anita Walsh

Dr. Anita Walsh is an economist with experience using theory and applied techniques in a variety of contexts, including antitrust, intellectual property, and applied microeconomics.

Dr. Walsh specializes in quantitative economic analysis and modeling focused on antitrust and consumer protection. She has assisted clients with economic aspects of class certification for both direct and indirect purchaser groups, applying advanced econometric methods to estimate antitrust damages in numerous cases. Dr. Walsh has also helped clients address competition concerns during complex mergers and acquisitions investigations. Her work covers a diverse array of industries such as agriculture, railroads, healthcare marketing, data privacy, and consumer products. In these areas, she has significant experience leading consultant teams to perform empirical economic analyses and deliver expert report findings.

Spanning from antitrust to competition policy to applied microeconomics, Dr. Walsh’s academic research focused on consumer sentiment and behavior. Her doctoral research highlighted how consumer economic expectations influence personal consumption decisions. Additionally, her research addressed intellectual property matters such as appropriability issues concerning method-of-use patents. These research areas figure prominently in Dr. Walsh’s published work, which has appeared in industry journals such as the Southern Economic Journal, the Review of Industrial Organization, and Competition Policy International’s Antitrust Chronicle.

Industries

• Agricultural Products
• Consumer Goods
• Data Privacy
• Healthcare Marketing