Haas Ph.D. Program
Faculty
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Ernesto Dal Bó
Associate Professor |
Ph.D. from University of Oxford in economics
Research: political economy, democratic institutions and collective decision-making, influence and corruption, coercion, conflict.
Publication Highlights: "Capture by Threat," with Rafael Di Tella, October 2003 Journal of Political Economy
"Plata o Plomo?: Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence," with Pedro Dal Bó and Rafael Di Tella, February 2006 American Political Science Review
"Committees with Supermajority Voting Yield Commitment with Flexibility," 2006 Journal of Public Economics
"Corruption and Inefficiency: Theory and Evidence from Electric Utilities," with M. Rossi, 2007 Journal of Public Economics
"Bribing Voters," 2007 American Journal of Political Science
"A Model of Spoils Politics," with Robert Powell, January 2009 American Journal of Political Science 53(1)
"Political Dynasties," with Pedro Dal Bó and Jason Snyder, January 2009 Review of Economic Studies 76(1)
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Rui de Figueiredo
Associate Professor |
Ph.D. from Stanford University in political science
Research: American political institutions, bureaucratic organization, non-market strategy, regulation
Publication Highlights: “Does Private Money Buy Public Policy? Campaign Contributions and Regulatory Outcomes in Telecommunications,” with Geoff Edwards, forthcoming Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
“The Political Economy of State-Level Administrative Procedure Acts," with Richard G. Vanden Bergh, 2004 Journal of Law and Economics 47
"Electoral Competition, Political Uncertainty and Policy Insulation," 2002 American Political Science Review
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Paul J. Gertler
Professor Director, Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER) Li Ka Shing Foundation Chair in Health Management Faculty Director, Graduate Program in Health Services Management |
Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, Madison in economics
Research: finance and management of health care systems
Publication Highlights: "Insuring Consumption Against Illness," with Jonathan Gruber, March 2002 American Economic Review
"Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bangal," with Abihjit Bannerjee and Maitreesh Ghatak, April 2002 Journal of Political Economy
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John Morgan
Gary and Sherron Kalbach Chair in Business Administration Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group Haas Business and Public Policy Group Founding Director,Xlab Faculty Co-Director, Center for Executive Education |
Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in economics
Research: political economy, contract theory, internet economics, psychology and economics, experimental economics
Publication Highlights: "Diversity in the Workplace," with F. Vardy, 2009 American Economic Review
"Contracting for Information under Imperfect Commitment," with V. Krishna, 2008 RAND Journal or Economics
"Information Aggregation in Polls," with P. Stocken, 2008 American Economic Review
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David C. Mowery
William A. & Betty H. Hasler Professor of New Enterprise Development |
Ph.D. from Stanford University in economics
Research: impact of technological change on economic growth and employment, management of technological change, international trade policy and US technology policy
Publication Highlights: Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: U.S. University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act, with R.R. Nelson, B.N. Sampat, and A.A. Ziedonis, Stanford University Press, 2004
Oxford Handbook of Innovation and Policy (co-editor with J. Fagerberg and R. Nelson), Oxford University Press, 2004
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Pablo T. Spiller
Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professorship in Business and Technology |
Ph.D. from University of Chicago in economics
Research: industrial organization; political economy; economics of regulation and antitrust; regulatory issues in developing cultures; the role of institutions in society, how regulations arise in the telecommunications, energy, and airline industries; the role of hub and spoke networks
Publication Highlights: The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina, with Mariano Tommasi, Cambridge University Press, 2007
“Strategic Judicial Decision Making,” with Rafael Gely, forthcoming (Editors: K. Whittington, E. D. Kelemen and G. Caldeira) Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, Oxford University Press, 2007
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Steven Tadelis
Associate Professor Associate Dean for Strategic Planning |
Ph.D. from Harvard University in economics
Research: economics of organization, procurement contracting, theory of the firm and industrial organization, contract theory, game theory
Publication Highlight: "Auctions Versus Negotiations: Evidence from the Building Construction Industry," with P. Bajari and R. McMillan, forthcoming Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
"Profit Sharing and the Role of Professional Partnerships," with Jonathan Levin, 2005, Quarterly Journal of Economics
"Incentives and Award Procedures: Competitive Tendering vs. Negotiations in Procurement," with Patrick Bajari, 2006, in Handbook of E-Procurement, Cambridge University Press
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David J. Teece
Thomas W. Tusher Chair in Global Business Director, Center for Global Strategy and Governance |
Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in economics
Research: theory of the firm; understanding enterprise performance in regimes of rapid (technological) change; the law and economics of intellectual property, and anti-trust
Publication Highlights: "Explicating Dynamic Capabilities: The Nature and Microfoundations of (Sustainable) Enterprise Performance," 2007 Strategic Management Journal
"Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management," with G. Pisano and A. Shuen, 1997 Strategic Management Journal
"Profiting from Technological Innovation," 1986 Research Policy
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Laura D’Andrea Tyson
S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management |
Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in economics
Research: U.S economic competitiveness and U.S. trade policy; globalization and labor market conditions in developed economies; economic and business conditions in emerging market economies; corporate governance issues
Publication Highlights: Who’s Bashing Whom: Trade Conflicts in High-Technology Industries, Institute for International Economics, 1992
“Migrating Workers and Jobs: A Challenge to the European Social Model?” with S. Commander and A. Heitmueller, (Editors: A. Giddens, R. Liddle and P. Diamond) Global Europe, Social Europe: the Future of European Social Model, Polity Press, 2006
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David Vogel
Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professorship in Business Ethics Editor, California Management Review |
Ph.D. from Princeton University in politics
Research: consumer and environmental protection in Europe and the United States; trade and environment, private global business regulation, corporate social responsibility
Publication Highlights: The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsiblity (Brookings 2005)
What’s The Beef? The Contested Goverance of European Food Safety (co-editor: Chris Ansell) MIT Press, 2006
"The Private Regulation of Global Corporate Conduct," in The Politics of Global Business Regulation, Mattli and Woods, eds. Princeton University Press, 2009
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Oliver E. Williamson
Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law Professor of the Graduate School |
Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in economics
Research: economic theories of firms, markets, hybrids, and public agencies; applications to public policy and to business strategy
Publication Highlights: "Corporate Boards of Directors: In Principle and in Practice," October 2008 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
"The Economics of Governance," May 2005 American Economic Review
"The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract," Summer 2002 Journal of Economic Perspectives
