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| Biographical Info of Tracy R. LewisTracy R. Lewis joined the faculty of Duke University in 2003 as a Martin L. Black professor of business administration within the Fuqua School of Business. Upon his arrival at Duke, he became the Director of the Innovation at the University. Prior to teaching at Duke, he was the James Walter Eminent Scholar in Economics at the University of Florida. He has also been professor of economics at the University of California, Davis and at the University of British Columbia. Throughout his teaching career, Tracy has also held other positions, including Economic Advisor for the National Research Council at the Academy of Sciences in 2002, and Health Care Consultant to the Florida Attorney General’s office in 2000. Before pursuing his career, he earned is Ph.D. in 1975 and his B.A. in 1970 from the University of California, San Diego.Tracy’s teaching and research interests revolve around industrial organization and contracting theory. He is perhaps best known for is work with James A. Brander, which was published in the American Economic Review in 1986. This work, entitled “Oligopoly and Financial Structure,” introduces the Brander-Lewis model of oligopolistic competition. Tracy’s work has been published in the form of books and journal articles, including his book entitled, Optimal Resources Management Under Conditions of Uncertainty: The Case of an Ocean Fishery. His writings have appeared in such academic journals as the International Economic Review, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, and many more. For his research contributions, Tracy has received several awards, fellowships, and grants. He was acknowledged as University of Florida Research Foundation Professor of the year for 1999-2000 and received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Fellowship for 1981-86. His was awarded National Science Foundation grants for 1988-91 and 1992-94, and a Veteran’s Administration Research Grant in 1995-96. In addition to his teaching and research, Tracy has held numerous professional positions. Within academia, he was on the organization committee for the 1998 summer Econometric Society meetings. He is now co-editor for the Journal of Law Economics and Organization and serves on the board of editors for the The B.E. Journals in Industrial Organization and the Review of Network Economics. He is currently a member of the board of advisors for the Program on Workable Energy Regulation at the University of California and the Scientific Committee for the CIRANO Research Foundation at the University of Montreal. | |
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