| Degrees |
| Ph.D.,
M.S. Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986, 1983; B.A. Economics,
Oberlin College, 1981. |
| Positions
Held |
| At
the University of Illinois since 1997. Assistant to professor, Queen's
University, 1985-97. Visiting associate professor, Caltech, 1992-93. |
| Recent
Publications |
| "Corporate
Tournaments, General Human Capital acquisition and Wage Dispersion",
with J. Zabojnik, accepted subject to revision, Review of Economic
Studies. "Enterprise Inequality and Economic Development," with H.
Lloyd-Ellis, Review of Economic Studies (2000). "Credit Rationing,"
American Economic Review (2000). "Stock Market Dynamics with Rational
Liquidity Traders", with N. Massoud, Journal of Financial
Markets,
1999. "Riding Free on the Signals of Others," with J. Roberts and
K. Alexander-Cook, Journal of Public Economics (1998). "Promotion,
Turnover and Human Capital Acquisition," with D. Scoones, Journal
of Labor Economics (1998). "Pirated for Profit," with J. Slive, Canadian
Journal of Economics (1999). "Durable Services Monopolists Do Better
than Durable Goods Monopolists," with J. Spicer, Canadian Journal
of Economics (1997). "Splitting orders," with E. Hughson, Review of
Financial Studies (1997). |
| Honors
and Awards |
|
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants,
1987-2000. Alexander Henderson Award for outstanding thesis in economic
history, 1986. Phi Beta Kappa. |
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| Teaching
and Research |
| Teaches
courses in industrial organization, market microstructure finance,
banking, economics of information, labor, and a Ph.D. research seminar.
Research interests include economic theory, industrial organization
of financial markets, competition among financial intermediaries,
and human capital acquisition. |
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