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David Besanko

  • 1598 Citations
1984 …2019
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Research Interests

Professor Besanko's research covers topics relating to industry dynamics, economics of regulation, and industrial organization.

Education/Academic qualification

Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, PhD, Northwestern University

… → 1982

Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, MS, Northwestern University

… → 1980

Political Sciences, BA, Ohio University

… → 1977

Research interests

  • Competitive Analysis
  • Industrial Organization economics
  • Microeconomics
  • Public Policy
  • Regulation
  • Strategy

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Grants 2006 2008

Collaborative Research on Dynamic Antitrust Policy: Predatory and Limit Pricing in a Model of Learning-by-Doing and Organizational Forgetting

Besanko, D.

National Science Foundation

8/1/06 → 7/31/08

Project: Research project

Research Output 1984 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

How efficient is dynamic competition? The case of price as investment

Besanko, D., Doraszelski, U. & Kryukov, Y., Jan 1 2019, In : American Economic Review. 109, 9, p. 3339-3364 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Deadweight loss
Learning-by-doing
Dynamic competition
Costs
Welfare implications

Regulated versus negotiated access pricing in vertically separated railway systems

Besanko, D. & Cui, S., Feb 15 2019, In : Journal of Regulatory Economics. 55, 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Access pricing
Railway
Tariffs
Consumer surplus
Social welfare

Restructuring Rail Systems: Implications for network quality and welfare

Besanko, D., Apr 25 2019, U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy: Are We on the Right Track?. Taylor and Francis, p. 129-178 50 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Rail

Sacrifice tests for predation in a dynamic pricing model: Ordover and Willig (1981) and Cabral and Riordan (1997) meet Ericson and Pakes (1995)

Besanko, D., Doraszelski, U. & Kryukov, Y., Jan 1 2019, In : International Journal of Industrial Organization. 102522.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Profitability
Costs
Dynamic pricing
Predation
Predatory pricing

Performance versus design standards in the regulation of pollution

Besanko, D., Jan 12 2018, The Theory and Practice of Command and Control in Environmental Policy. Taylor and Francis, p. 17-42 26 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

performance standard
regulation
performance
taxes
damages