Kathryn L. Combs, PhD, teaches graduate-level managerial economics and economics of strategy courses at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Prior to her academic career, she was a manager at Pacific Northwest Bell in Seattle, Washington. She earned her BA in economics at Washington State University and her MA and PhD in economics at the University of Minnesota.
Combs has expertise in the economics of innovation, applied game theory, industrial organization and public finance. She has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, and received the 2000 Lang Rosen Gold Award for her article on limited liability companies and technology transfer in the Journal of Technology Transfer.
Combs is currently researching the economics of gambling, in particular state lotteries and state-regulated casino gambling. Her research focuses on the demand for such gambling products and how these gambling activities are used as a source of revenue for state governments.
