Box 90097 Durham, NC 27708-0097

(919) 660-1827 (office) (email)

Education

PhD	Yale University	1992
B.A.	University of Washington	1986

Areas of Research

Industrial Organization, Contract Theory, and Information Economics

Areas of Experience

Editorial Appointments
• Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics, December 2003 to present.
• Associate Editor, B.E. Journals of Theoretical Economics: September 2004 to present.
• Associate Editor, B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy: February 2001 to Present.
• Associate Editor, American Economic Review: April 1995 to April 2001.

Refereeing
• American Economic Review.
• B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy.
• Econometrica.
• Economica.
• Economic Inquiry.
• European Economic Review.
• Games and Economic Behavior.
• International Journal of Industrial Organization.
• Journal of Development Economics.
• Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
• Journal of Industrial Economics.
• Journal of Political Economy.
• National Science Foundation.
• Quarterly Journal of Economics.
• Rand Journal of Economics.
• Review of Economic Studies.

University/Departmental Service
• Director of Graduate Studies: July 2003 to present.
• Departmental Executive Committee: September 2000 to present.
• Microeconomic Qualifying Exam Committee: May 1997 to present.
• Faculty Recruiting Committee: 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
• Micro Theory Seminar Coordinator: 1997 to present.
• Co-Organizer, Duke/Texas/NorthWestern IO Conference: October 2004.

Conference Presentations
• The Economics of Electronic Communication Markets, Toulouse: October 2004.
• The Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association, San Diego: January 2004.
• The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford: August 2003.
• The North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society (invited session), Evanston:
June 2003.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Washington D.C.: January
2003.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston: January 2000.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, New York: January 1999.
• The Meetings of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Copenhagen:
August 1998.
• The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford: August 1997.
• The Meetings of the Western Economic Association, Seattle: July 1997.
• The Northwestern University Summer Workshop on Microeconomics, Evanston: August 1996.
• The Stanford-Cal Conference on Industrial Organization, Berkeley: April 1996.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, San Francisco: January
1996.
• The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford: July 1994.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston: January 1994.
• The Northwestern University Summer Workshop on Microeconomics, Evanston: August 1993.
• The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Anaheim: January 1993.

Seminar Presentations
• California Institute of Technology: Department of Economics, November 2004.
• European University Institute (Florence), Department of Economics: May 2004.
• University of Bonn, Department of Economics, May 2004.
• University of Minnesota, Department of Economics, October 2003.
• University of Michigan, Department of Economics, October 2003 and November 1993.
• Michigan State University, Department of Economics, October 2003.
• Cornell University, Applied Economics Seminar: November 2002.
• Oxford University, Nuffield College: June 2002.
• London Business School, Economics Division: June 2002.
• North Carolina State University, Department of Economics: November 2001.
• University of Texas, Department of Economics: October 2001 and October 1994.
• Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics & Management Science: November 2000.
• Indiana University, Kelly School of Business: November 2000.
• Duke University, Department of Economics and Fuqua School of Business: March 2002,
November 1999, and April 1997.
• University of North Carolina, Department of Economics: March 2002, November 1999, and
April 1997.
• Princeton University, Department of Economics: November 1999.
• University of British Columbia, Department of Economics: November 1999.
• University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business: May 1999 and January 1991.
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics: April 1999 and November 1995.
• Stanford University, Department of Economics: April 1999 and May 1996.
• Yale University, Department of Economics: November 1998.
• Columbia University, Department of Economics: November 1998.
• University of California, San Diego, Department of Economics: October 1998.
• University of Iowa, Department of Economics: April 1998.
• Harvard University, Department of Economics: November 1997.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics: Novermber 1997.
• Boston University, Department of Economics: November 1997 and April 1992.
• Arizona State University, Department of Economics: October 1997.
• Vanderbilt University, Department of Economics: September 1997.
• University of Maryland, Department of Economics: April 1997.
• Johns Hopkins University, Department of Economics: April 1997.
• United States Air Force Academy, Department of Economics and Geography: February 1997.
• Rice University, Department of Economics: October 1996.
• University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Economics: May 1996.
• Ohio State University, Department of Economics: April 1996.
• Stanford University, Hoover Institution: March 1996 and October 1995.
• University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics: March 1996.
• University of Southern California, School of Business Administration: March 1996.
• Stanford University, Graduate School of Business: December 1995.
• United States Department of Justice, Anti-Trust Division: March 1995.
• University of Washington, Department of Economics: October 1994.
• University of Chicago, Department of Economics: November 1993.
• University of Rochester, Simon School of Business: November 1993 and May 1991.
• University of Wisconsin, Department of Economics: November 1993 and February 1991.
• Carnegie-Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration: February 1991.
• Washington University, Olin School of Business: February 1991.
• University of California, Davis, Department of Economics: January 1991.
• University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics: January 1991.
• Williams College, Department of Economics: January 1991.

Teaching
Courses Taught
• Microeconomic Principles.
• Intermediate Microeconomics.
• Masters Microeconomic Theory.
• Masters Game Theory.
• Doctoral Microeconomic Theory.
• Doctoral Industrial Organization.

Graduate Thesis Advisor
• Oksana Loginova, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Wolfgang Koehler, Ph.D.: August 2003.
• Keith Brown, Ph.D.: December 2000.
• Nicholas Rupp, Ph.D.: August 2000.
• Robert Rivas, M.S.: May 2000.
• Jose Contreras, Ph.D.: December 1999.
• Sang-Yong (Tom) Lee, Ph.D.: August 1999.
• Jingze Xi, Ph.D.: December 1998.
• Robert Culp, M.S.: December 1994.
• Matthew J. Rockloff, M.S.: May 1994.
• Christina White, M.S.: December 1992.

Graduate Thesis Committee
• Jeremy Ascher, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Florin Dorobantu, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Natalya Karinko, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Renzo Massari, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Stephen Ryan, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Martin Salm,Ph.D.: candidate.
• Omari Swinton, Ph.D.: candidate.
• Will (Jianguo) Xu, Ph.D. candidate.
• Tom Ahn, Ph.D.: December 2003.
• Christopher Laincz, Ph.D.: May 2003.
• Christopher Cassidy, Ph.D.: May 2002.
• Jennifer Hall, Ph.D.: August 2000.
• Dong Li, Ph.D.: May 2000.
• Wenjie Shi, Ph.D.: December 1997.
• Gerald Sohan, Ph.D.: December 1997.
• James J. Arias, Ph.D.: December 1996.
• Gumsu Kim, Ph.D.: May 1996.
• Ho-Chyuan Chen, Ph.D.: May 1995.
• Karen Seman, M.S.: May 1995.
• Matthew Buttersworth, M.S.: May 1994.
• Hanne E. Meihuizen, Ph.D.: May 1994.
• Chunto Tso, Ph.D.: May 1994.
• Robert Maness, Ph.D.: May 1992.

Under Graduate Thesis Advisor
• Brett Green, B.S. (Best Senior Thesis Prize): May 2004.
• Kal Vepuri, B.S.: May 2003.

Professional Experience / Employment History

Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor of Economics, , September 1991 to September 1996

Associate Professor of Economics, , September 1996 to September 2000

Duke University

Instructor for the AEA Summer Program, , Summer 2004 - present

Professor of Economics, , September, 2000 - present

Publications (listed separately)

Doctoral Theses Directed

Wolfgang Koehler, (2003)

Nicholas Rupp, (2000)

Tom Lee, (1999)

Jose Contreras, (1995)

Professional Service

DGS

Graduate Program, 5 January 2004  

Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Program, 2003-06  

Dept Committee

Director of Graduate Studies, Executive Committee, 2003-06  

Committee member, Recruiting Committee, 2003-04  

Chair, Nechyba Promotion Committee, 2002-03  

Chair, Besharov Renewal Committee, 2002-03  

Chair, Graduate Program Reform Committee, 2002-03  

Member, Departmental Recruiting Committee, 2002-03  

Papers Refereed

Referee, American Economic Review, January-December 2003  

Referee, Economica, January-December 2003  

Referee, Economic Inquiry, January-December 2003  

Referee, Journal of Political Economy, January-December 2003  

Referee, RAND Journal of Economics, January-December 2003  

Other

Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics, 1 December 2003  

Associate Editor, B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy, 1 February 2001  

Selected Recent Invited Talks

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford University, 2003/August

University of Michigan, Department of Economcs, Applied Micro Seminar, University of Michigan, 16 October 2003

Michigan State University, Department of Economics,, Michigan State University, 5 October 2003

University of Minnesota, Department of Economics, Applied Micro Seminar, University of Minnesota, 3 October 2003

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford University, 16 August 2003

The North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Evanston, Illinois, 16 June 2003

The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Washington, DC, 5 January 2003

Applied Economics Seminar, Cornell University, 5 November 2002

London Business School, Economics Division, London, England, 5 June 2002

Oxford University, Nuffield College, Oxford, England, 5 June 2002

Duke University, Department of Economics & Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC, 5 March 2002

University of North Carolina, Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, NC, 4 March 2002

North Carolina State University, Department of Economics, Raleigh, NC, 5 November 2001

University of Texas, Department of Economics, Univ. of Texas, 5 October 2001

Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics & Management Sciences, Northwestern University, 5 November 2000

Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, 5 November 2000

The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston, MA, 2 January 2000

University of British Columbia, Department of Economics, British Columbia, Canada, 10 November 1999

Duke University, Department of Economics & Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC, 5 November 1999

Princeton University, Department of Economics, Princeton, NJ, 5 November 1999

University of North Carolina, Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, NC, 4 November 1999

University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Chicago, IL, 5 May 1999

Stanford University, Department of Economics, Stanford, CA, 6 April 1999

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics, Berkeley, CA, 5 April 1999

The North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, New York, NY, 5 January 1999

Fellowships

Mary Julia and George R. Jordan Jr. Professor of Economics and Public Policy, The Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University: September 1998 to September 2000.
Research Fellow, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: September 1996 to September 1998.
National Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University: July 1995 to July 1996.
Research Fellow, The Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University: September 1994 to September 1998.
Recipient, The Arthur Okun Fellowship, Yale University: 1990.