Fernando Mendoza López

Welcome! I am a J.D./Ph.D. Candidate in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt University. My fields are (1) labor markets and human resources, and (2) risk and environmental regulation. I am interested in all things related to public procurement, government contracting, and public economics. I have conducted research on affirmative action in government contracting, efficiency of procurement procedures, procurement centralization, and sustainable procurement more generally.

• “Socioeconomic Policies in Public Procurement: What Should We be Asking of Public Procurement Systems,” with Joni Hersch, University of Memphis Law Review 52, 2022. https://www.memphis.edu/law/documents/mendoza-lopez-hersch.pdf. 

• “Estimating Years of Education Using the Current Population Survey after 2014,” with Joni Hersch and Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Economics Letters 189, April 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109058.

• "Barriers to Entry for Women and Minority Owned Businesses in Government Contracting," January 2024. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qfAKKKb8cI2AX17SHdfPfNGqHYGLV3zn/view?usp=share_link 

• Framework Agreements in Mexico, January 2024.

• Affirmative Action in Government Contracting, with Joni Hersch, December 2023.