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'''Dennis L Chinn, PhD''' was a consulting economics in Belleview, Washington, for most of the time he worked for the tobacco industry.  He was also  one of the few members of the [[Cash for Comments Economists Network]] who was not a full-time academic.  This scam was run for the Tobacco Institute by Professor [[Robert D. Tollison]] and lobbyist [[James Savarese]] with the help of Tollison's wife [[Anna Tollison|Anna]] and the staff from the [[Center for Study of Public Choice]] which was located on the grounds of George Mason University.  

The [[Cash for Comment Economists Network]] eventually split up and most of the members transferred over to work for the tobacco industry under the cover of the [[Independent Institute]] with [[William F Shughart]] taking a leading role.  Savarese and Tollison then appeared to have formalised their partnership, with Tollison and his wife becoming part of James Savarese & Associates.

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<b>1987 May 28</b> [[Paul A Jacobson]], the Tobacco Institute's Region V Supervisor, has been evaluating the value of the economists that Savarese and Tollison had recruited to cover his area of the country. He had interviewed the TI's State lobbyists to see what their impressions were as to the value of various economists.  He says about this economist: <blockquote><I> '''Dr . Dennis L . Chinn, PhD'''<br>
Consulting Economist, Bellevue, WA

Dr. Chinn has provided extensive writing, consulting, and expert testimony on behalf of TI during past legislative sessions. Counsel Fritz feels that Dr. Chinn is an effective consultant and his services will definitely be utilized again in future tax fights .</i> [http://industrydocuments.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/qgwn0138] </blockquote>

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