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Morton Kamien

Joseph and Carole Levy Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship

Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Ph.D., Economics, Purdue University, 1964; B.A., City College, 1960.

 
Academic Positions Held
 

Assistant Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1963-1967.
Associate Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1967-1970.
Professor of Managerial Economics, Northwestern University, MEDS, 1970-1978.
Chairman, MEDS, 1971-1975.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1976-1978, 1982-1984, 1986-1988.
Harold L. Stuart Professor of Managerial Economics, 1978-1988.
Joseph and Carole Levy Professor of Entrepreneurship, 1988-present.
Director, Heizer Center for Enterpreneurial Studies, 1988-2006.

   
Courses / Topics Taught
  Microeconomics, Enterpreneurship, Dynamic Optimization
   
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
  Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Doctor of Economics (honorary), Purdue University, 2001.
   
Research Areas
  Economic Theory, Industrial Organization, Optimization Techniques, Entrepreneurship.
   
Current Projects
  "Too Much of a Good Thing? Resale and Coase Conjecture," with Johannes Horner.
Coase and Hotelling: A Meeting of the Minds," with Johannes Horner.
   
Representative Publications
  "Limit Pricing and Uncertainty Entry" (with N. L. Schwartz), Econometrica, 1971.
"Timing of Innovations Under Rivalry" (with N. L. Schwartz), Econometrica, 1972.
"Fees Versus Royalties and the Private Value of a Patent" (with Y. Tauman), The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986.
"Dynamic Duopolistic Competition with Sticky Prices" (with C. Fershtman) Econometrica, 1987.
"Bertrand Competition with Subcontracting" (with L. Li and D. Samet), Rand Journal of Economics, 1989.
"The Limits of Monopolization through Acquisition" (with I. Zang), The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990.
"Research Joint Ventures and R & D Cartels" (with E. Muller and I. Zang) The American Economic Review, 1992.
   
Text Books
  Market Structure and Innovation (with N. L. Schwartz), Cambridge University Press, New York, 1982.
Dynamic Optimization: The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control in Economics and Management (with N.L. Schwartz), North-Holland Elsevier Science, New York, 1991, Second Edition.
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