Kyle Bagwell (born 1961) is an American economics professor. He is known for contributions to

industrial organization In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and market (economics), markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complic ...

and

international trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy) In most countries, such trade represents a significant ...

Education

Bagwell received a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Mathematics, both from

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = "The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , prov ...

, in 1983; and a Ph.D. in Economics from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, in 1986, working under the supervision of

Michael H. Riordan Michael H. Riordan (born 1951) is an American economics professor. He is known for contributions to microeconomics and industrial organization. Education Riordan received a B.S. in International Relations from Georgetown University in 1973, ...

Academic career

Bagwell is the Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics at Stanford University. He held previous academic appointments at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

and

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Honors

Bagwell was elected Fellow for the

Econometric Society The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools to their field. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians or statisticians. ...

in 2005.

Research contributions and publications

Bagwell has published over 50 papers in specialized economics journals, on topics including trade agreements; competition and cooperation under private information; collusion; advertising and pricing with asymmetric information. Several of these have been widely cited and reprinted in various scholarly collections. Together with Robert Staiger, he is also the author of ''The Economics of the World Trading System'' (MIT Press, 2002).

Professional and public service

Bagwell served as Editor of the

RAND Journal of Economics ''The RAND Journal of Economics'' (usually called ''RAND Journal'' or simply ''Rand'' ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the RAND Corporation. It publishes theoretical and empirica ...

from 1996-2002.

References

External links

Kyle Bagwell's Homepage

Stanford University Economics Department Homepage
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