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Michael H. Riordan Laurans A. and
Arlene Mendelson Professor of Economics
BIO: Professor
Riordan specializes in industrial organization economics. His recent research
interests include topics on telecommunications, antitrust, and oligopoly. He
has written numerous journal articles on these and other industrial
organization topics including regulation, contract theory, defense
procurement, health services, vertical integration, internal organization of
firms, and product quality. Professor Riordan's research has been supported
by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, and
other organizations. He is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society and
was a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution. He served as co-editor of
the RAND Journal of Economics, a member of the editorial board of the
American Economic Review, and associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of
Economics. His government experience includes assignments as Chief Economist
of the Federal Communications Commission and Economic Advisor at the Federal
Trade Commission. He held previous academic appointments at the University of
Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Boston University. Professor Riordan
received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at
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