Eric Rasmusen

Professor of Business Economics & Public PolicyDan R. and Catherine M. Dalton ProfessorAdjunct Professor of Economics, COAS at Kelley School of Business

Schools

  • Kelley School of Business

Expertise

Links

Biography

Kelley School of Business

Areas of Expertise

  • Law and Economics, Social Regulation, Crime, Asymmetric Information

Education

  • University High School, Urbana, Illinois, 1976
  • B.A. Economics, Yale University, 1980 (magna cum laude)
  • M.A. Economics, Yale University, 1980
  • Ph.D. Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984 ("Essays in Dynamic Nonprice Competition," advisor: Franklin Fisher. 2nd on committee: Joseph Farrell) Franklin Fisher was advised by Carl Kaysen, advised by Edward Mason, advised by Frank Taussig.

Employment

  • Cedars Christian School, Bloomington, Indiana: 7th grade math teacher (volunteer) 2021-present.
  • Indiana University, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business:
  • Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, 2019-2021.
  • Dan R. and Catherine M. Dalton Professor, 2005-2019.
  • Indiana University Foundation Professor, 2001-2005.
  • Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, 1996-2002.
  • Associate Professor, 1992-1996.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management: Assistant Professor, 1984-1992.
  • Economics Department and Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-84, Teaching Assistant.
  • Visiting Positions
  • Harvard University, Law School (John M. Olin Faculty Fellow) and Economics Department (Visiting Professor) 2014-2015.
  • Oxford University, Nuffield College, visitor 2007-2008.
  • University of Tokyo, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy and Faculty of Economics: Visiting Professor, 2001.
  • Harvard Law School: John M. Olin Senior Research Fellow in Law and Economics, 2000-2001.
  • Yale Law School: Olin Faculty Fellow, 1991-1992.
  • University of Chicago, Center for the Study of the Economy and the State and Graduate School of Business (now the Stigler Center): John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Economics, 1989-90.

Books

  • Game Theory and the Law (Economic Approaches to Law series, ed. by Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
  • Measuring Judicial Independence: The Political Economy of Judging in Japan (with Mark Ramseyer). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. ISBN: 0226703886.
  • Readings in Games and Information, (editor) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. ISBN's 0631215573 (paperback) and 0631215565 (hardback).
  • Public Policy and Economic Analysis , edited with Moriki Hosoe, Fukuoka, Japan: Kyushu University Press, 1997.
  • Games and Information, Fourth Edition. Games and Information , Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. First edition, 1989. 344 pp., ISBN: 0-631-15709-3. Second edition, 1994, 478 pp., ISBN: 1-55786-502-7. Third Edition, 445 pp., ISBN: 0631210954, 2001. Fourth edition, 2006.

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