Firm Overview

Mather Economics is a business consultancy specializing in applied economics. Our work utilizes econometric analysis to develop implementable business solutions such as optimal pricing recommendations, suggested inventory levels, sales forecasts, asset valuation, subscription pricing and customer retention. We employ leading-edge econometric approaches to solve complex business problems, and we assist our clients as they implement these solutions to maximize operating margins, grow revenue, or lower costs. We help companies use their own data to develop and maintain competitive advantages by working smarter as well as harder.

Mather Economics has worked in many industries including, but not limited to: Lottery, Newspapers & Media, Energy & Utilities, Technology, Telecommunications, Litigation support and Environmental Services.

Mather Economics was founded in 2002, and we have a growing staff of professional economists with years of experience working in industry, in academics, and as economic business consultants. We are determined to provide exceptional value to our clients through our high-quality and reasonably priced consulting services.

Work Philosophy

Mather Economics believes that solutions are not valuable unless they can be implemented effectively, the conclusions are accurate, and the results measurable. We believe economic analysis needs to combine the market expertise and institutional knowledge of our clients with sophisticated econometric modeling to provide truly valuable solutions. To ensure this occurs, we work collaboratively with our clients during an engagement either at their location or remotely.

Since 2002 we have worked with over 100 clients to develop insightful and compelling solutions to their business problems. Most of our clients retain Mather Economics for multiple engagements.

Team Members

Professional Staff

P. Mather ("Matt") Lindsay, Ph.D. – Managing Partner

Matt founded with Mather Economics LLC, an economics consulting firm based in Atlanta.  His areas of concentration include economic and financial analysis, pricing strategy development, and econometric modeling.  He has extensive experience in developing economic models to support strategic decisions with rigorous quantitative analysis and in the development and implementation of pricing strategies for clients.  He regularly speaks to industry groups on strategic pricing issues, and has been extensively published.  Prior to founding Mather Economics, Matt was a consulting economist for a leading management consulting firm and an economist in the corporate office of a Fortune 500 company.  Matt’s background combines academic training with years of industry and consulting experience, which enables the development of practical and implementable solutions for clients.  Feel free to contact us for a full copy of Matt's CV.

Daniel Fischer – Partner

Executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of international experience in business strategy and strategic marketing in best-in-class companies and a variety of industries.  Daniel has been a management consultant with several top-tier consulting companies including: A.T. Kearney, Arthur D. Little and Zyman Group. He has led and performed in-depth business strategy, branding and marketing spend effectiveness work for clients including: Chick-fil-A, Clorox, Dell, Vodafone, EDS, Bellsouth, InterContinental Hotels, Merck, Alcoa, Safeco and Colgate Palmolive.

In addition to being a consultant Daniel was a senior executive at TLC Vision – a company that owns and operates over 80 Lasik eye surgery centers in the US  -- where he built and managed the Strategic Marketing & Analytics department.

Daniel also spent five years as an entrepreneur when he founded, managed and ran marketing and business development functions at Comerxia, a company that provides US online retailers with a platform (i.e., technology, logistics and marketing) for international cross-border ecommerce. The company’s largest single shareholder is UPS and was featured in TIME magazine as the leading solution for international ecommerce.

Daniel graduated from the The Wharton School’s Executive Education Program, holds an MBA from IESA and a BSEE from Simon Bolivar University and the University of Tel Aviv.

Gabi Huiber, Ph.D. – Senior Economist

Gabi received his BSc in Economics from University of Cluj in Romania and his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Clemson University.  His concentration include industrial organization and labor economics. Gabi worked for five years at the UPS headquarters in the Economic Analysis group.  He managed the group the last 2 years there. He has also worked for RTI Health Solutions, in Durham, NC, as a Research Economist. Gabi specializes in applied microeconometrics using Stata.

Adrian Stavaru, ABD – Senior Economist

Adrian has an ABD in Applied Economics from Clemson University.  His concentrations include: Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization.  In addition, Adrian has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Cluj in Romania. 

Adrian has been with Mather Economics since 2005. He has worked with many lotteries as well as newspapers maximizing their profits and creating economic models to customize pricing based on marketplace, demographics, competition, etc.

Adrian taught Introductory Micro and Macroeconomics classes at Clemson University for four years.

Randy Compton, ABD – Senior Economist

Randy has a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan.  He also attended the University of Cincinnati and has an A.B.D. in Economics with concentrations in Industrial Organization and International Trade. 

Randy’s work as a consultant has included analytical projects involving high level forecasting and panel data regression techniques. In his forecasting work, he has done competitive analyses of pricing changes, loss reserving levels, profit optimizing delivery amounts, and impacts from policy and market changes on sales and revenue. Randy has used regression techniques to quantify the impact of sales promotions and advertising on sales, identify higher performing sales agents, measure the economic impact of training courses, and develop algorithms for hiring practices. His work has involved many different industries, including telecommunications, banking, transportation, retail sales, food and beverage, hospitality, state and local government, newspaper, call centers, and pre- and post-paid mobile phone and data services.

Randy has worked with several clients on marketing effectiveness and prospect identification. He has developed credit scoring models and loss reserve models for banks and financial institutions using advanced statistical and econometric techniques. In related work, he has developed response models for direct mail and internet marketing promotions, which resulted in an average lift increase of 8 basis points. This forecasting work has led to studies in customer churn and survival analysis in several industries.

Randy joined Mather Economics in 2007. Before that he spent over seven years as a Director of Analytics, and Operating Efficiency at InterContinental Hotels Group. His work primarily involved econometric modeling to identify business trends and measure performance, but he also worked on a wide variety of other economic issues. Randy also spent three years as an economist with UPS where he estimated marginal cost of operation and developed models for pricing decisions.

Joanna Fister – Analyst

Joanna joined Mather Economics in 2008.  She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia.  While at Mather Economics, Joanna has created survival analysis that demonstrates a customer’s profitability and helped to develop strategy to retain more customers for her clients.

She has worked with over 50 newspaper clients in optimizing their renewal pricing strategy for new and existing customers. Along with newspaper clients, Joanna has worked with environmental non-profit groups.  She has helped to develop econometric models that value the financial benefits to businesses and their surrounding communities when ecosystems are preserved or restored.

Prior to working at Mather Economics, Joanna worked at Culpepper and Associates as a Research Analyst for two years.  Additionally, Joanna has interned for Athens-Clarke county Human and Economic Development Department, where she assisted in creating a housing trust fund plan.

Arvid Tchivzhel – Analyst

As an Analyst with Mather Economics LLC, Arvid has developed numerous econometric models that have been applied to a variety of industries.  Some highlights include:  predicting ticket sales in the state and international lotteries, newspaper content and circulation, maximizing international hotel revenue and newspaper pricing decisions using survival analysis.  Most recently, Arvid was involved in an environmental economics project that valued ecosystem services provided by the Florida Everglades.  This research was presented to Congressman and Administration Officials at a national conference in Washington, DC.

Prior to Mather Economics, Arvid worked with various companies in the financial services industry including Waterfield Mortgage and Morgan Stanley. Arvid was born in Petrozavodsk, Russia and immigrated to the United States with his family at a young age. He attended Furman University in Greenville, SC where he concentrated on alternative energy in the auto industry, privatization in Russia and China, international trade and Latin America.  Arvid graduated with degrees in Economics and Spanish.

Danielle Alderman – Analyst

Danielle graduated from Mercer University's Stetson School of Business and Economics.  She also attended Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, China, where she completed a Chinese Language and Business Cultural Studies program.  Danielle has also studied in London, England where she completed an International Studies in Corporation and Business Environment program.  She is proficient in econometric modeling and STATA programming.

Kevin Payne – Analyst

Kevin graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.  He will complete his Masters in Economics in December 2010. 

Affiliated Economists

The following are academic economists who are available to work with Mather Economics.

Christopher M. Cornwell

• Professor of Economics and Economics Department Head
• University of Georgia
• PhD, Michigan State University, 1985
  • Econometric analysis
  • Labor economics
  • Economics of education

David R. Kamerschen

• Distinguished Professor and Jasper N. Dorsey Chair in Economics
• University of Georgia
• PhD, Michigan State University, 1964
  • Antitrust litigation
  • Industrial organization
  • Public utilities

Cotton M. Lindsay

• J. Wilson Newman Professor of Economics and Graduate Coordinator
• Clemson University
• PhD, University of Virginia, 1968
  • Labor Economics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Health Care

Robert E. McCormick

• Professor Emeritus and BB&T Scholar, Clemson University
• Senior Fellow, Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC)
• Director of PERC's Enviropreneur Institute, a summer training institute for environmental leaders in Bozeman, MT
• PhD, Texas A&M University, 1972
  • Sports economics
  • Industrial organization
  • Antitrust litigation

Robert C. Clement

• PERC Board Member
• Retired Senior Executive with Accenture 
• B.A. and M.A. Economics, Clemson University

Reed Watson

• Director of Applied Programs, Property and Environmental Research Center, Bozeman, MT
• B.S. Economics, Clemson University
• M.S. Environmental Economics, Duke University
• J.D. Duke University

Michael T. Maloney

• Professor of Economics
• Clemson University
• PhD, Louisiana State University, 1975
  • Public utilities
  • Industrial organization
  • Labor economics