Robert C. Marshall, Professor of Economics, Co-Director

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B.A. Princeton University, Ph.D. University of California San Diego

Contact Information: rcm10@psu.edu

 

 


 

Head of Department of Economics
Liberal Arts Research Professor
Partner, Bates White LLC.
Panel Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1994-1998
Recipient of Grants from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, Luce Foundation, and Human Capital Foundation
Testifying Expert

Expertise:

Collusion and Cartels, Auction Design, Mergers, Settlements and Protests, Litigation, Timber Auctions, Public Procurements, Vitamins Industry.

Selected Publications:

1. "Collusive Bidder Behavior at Single Object Second price and English Auctions," with D. Graham,Journal of Political Economy, 1987, 95, 1217-1239.

2. "Differential Payments within a Bidder Coalition and the Shapley Value," with D. Graham & J.F.Richard, American Economic Review, 1990, 80, 493-510.

3. "Numerical Analysis of Asymmetric First Price Auctions," with M. Meurer, J.F. Richard & W.Stromquist, Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 7, 193-220.

4. "Litigation, Settlement and Collusion," with M. Meurer & J.F. Richard, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, 211-240.

5. "Bidder Collusion at Forest Service Timber Auctions," with L. Baldwin & J.F. Richard, Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, 657-699.

6. "Bidder Collusion," with Lselie M. Marx, Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 133, 374-402

7. "Cartel Price Announcements: The Vitamins Industry," with Matthew E. Raiff and Leslie M. Marx, forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial Organization.