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Carl Shapiro

Carl Shapiro

Transamerica Chair in Business Strategy
Professor, Department of Economics
Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
510-642-5905
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Academic Status: On leave
Personal Homepage: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/shapiro
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

BS, Mathematics and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MA, Mathematics, UC Berkeley
PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Positions Held

At Haas since 1990
2009 - present, Transamerica Chair in Business Strategy, Haas School of Business
1998 - present, Director, Institute of Business and Economics Research, Haas School of Business
1990 - present, Professor, Haas School of Business
2006 - 2008, Member, University of California Committee on Academic Personnel
2004 - 2007, Member, Berkeley Budget and Interdepartmental Relations Committee
1995 - 1996, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
Chairman, Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business
1980 - 1990, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics, Princeton University


External Service and Assignments

  • Senior Consultant: Charles River Associates
  • Consultant: a wide range of private clients, the US Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission
  • Research Associate: National Bureau of Economic Research

Current Research and Interests

  • Design and use of patents
  • Anti-trust economics
  • Intellectual property and licensing
  • Product standards and compatibility
  • The economics of networks and interconnection
  • Game theory

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "Reinvigorating Horizontal Merger Enforcement," with Jonathan Baker. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • "Patent Reform: Aligning Reward and Contribution," in Innovation Policy and the Economy,edited by Adam Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
  • "Antitrust," with Louis Kaplow, in Handbook of Law and Economics, edited by A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell. Elsevier, 2007.
  • "Patent Hold-Up and Royalty Stacking," with Mark A. Lemley. Texas Law Review (2007).
  • "Prior User Rights." American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings (May 2006).
  • "Probabilistic Patents,” with Mark A. Lemley, Journal of Economic Perspectives (Spring 2005).
  • "Antitrust Analysis of Patent Settlements Between Rivals." Antitrust Magazine (Summer 2003).
  • "Critical Loss: Let’s Tell the Whole Story," with Michael L. Katz. Antitrust Magazine (Spring 2003).

Teaching

  • Economic Analysis for Business Decisions, BA 201A

Honors and Awards

  • Runner-Up, Award for Excellence in Teaching, MBA Program, Haas School of Business, 1999-2000
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences



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