President

Jed Brewer, PhD

Jedidiah (Jed) W. Brewer, Ph.D. is President of Study Groups. Dr. Brewer holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Arizona and has spent over 15-years studying aspects of the retail gasoline industry. He has extensively analyzed the impact hypermarts have had on traditional gasoline retailers; examined spatial brand competition in the industry, and estimated the effect of wholesale gasoline cost fluctuations on retail margins and profitability. In addition to his work in retail gasoline, Dr. Brewer has published a series of articles in academic journals describing water management and allocation issues in the semi-arid western United States. He has also taught select economics courses at Western Washington University and the University of Arizona.

Jed and his three children live in Bellingham, WA.