Lawrence J. White (born c. 1943) is Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics at

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. During 1986–1989 he was on leave to serve as board member,

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, in which capacity he also served as board member for

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. He is the General Editor of ''The Review of Industrial Organization'' and formerly Secretary-Treasurer of the

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Biography

White received the B.A. from

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(1964), the M.Sc. from the

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(1965), and the Ph.D. from

(1969). He has written articles in leading economics, finance, and law journals. He was the North American Editor of ''The Journal of Industrial Economics'', 1984–1987 and 1990–1995. White served on the Senior Staff of the President's

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during 1978–1979, and he was Chairman of the Stern School's Department of Economics, 1990–1995.

Selected publications

*''The Automobile Industry Since 1945'' (1971) *''Industrial Concentration and Economic Power in Pakistan'' (1974) *''Reforming Regulation: Processes and Problems'' (1981) *''The Regulation of Air Pollutant Emissions from Motor Vehicles'' (1982) *''The Public Library in the 1980s: The Problems of Choice'' (1983) *''International Trade in Ocean Shipping Services: The U.S. and the World'' (1988) *''The S&L Debacle: Public Policy Lessons for Bank and Thrift Regulation'' (1991) *''Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance'', Princeton University Press, 2011 (with V.V. Acharya, M. Richardson, and S. Van Nieuwerburgh) He is editor or coeditor of twelve volumes: *''Deregulation of the Banking and Securities Industries'' (1979) *''Mergers and Acquisitions: Current Problems in Perspective'' (1982) *''Technology and the Regulation of Financial Markets: Securities, Futures, and Banking'' (1986) *''Private Antitrust Litigation: New Evidence, New Learning'' (1988) *''The Antitrust Revolution'' (1989) *''Bank Management and Regulation'' (1992) *''Structural Change in Banking'' (1993) *''The Antitrust Revolution: The Role of Economics, 2nd edn.'' (1994) *''The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy, 3rd edn.'' (1999) *''The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy, 4th edn.'' (2004) *''The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy, 5th edn.'' (2009) *''The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy, 6th edn.'' (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Lawrence J. 1940s births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American economists New York University Stern School of Business faculty Harvard University alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics