Jeff MacKie-Mason is an American economist specializing in information, incentive-centered design and public policy. MacKie-Mason is the university librarian and chief digital scholarship officer of the

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, where he is also a professor in the School of Information and a professor of economics. At the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

he was the

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Collegiate

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of Information and Computer Science at the School of Information, professor of

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, and professor of

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at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. MacKie-Mason was the founding director of STIET, a research program for Socio-Technical Infrastructure for Electronic Transactions funded by the

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bridging together over 60 faculty and doctoral students in economics and computer science research.

Academic work

MacKie-Mason has published over 100 research articles and has over 8,000 citations and an

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of 39. MacKie-Mason is best known for his research in industrial organization, Internet economics, computer science, and corporate finance and taxation. His studies of Internet pricing structures have received over 2500 citations. MacKie-Mason has consulted and testified in liability, damages, and policy issues for antitrust and regulatory matters since the early 1980s. He testified for the plaintiffs in the California class action against

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which resulted in a $1.1 billion settlement for

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consumers. He has also testified by deposition or at trial in cases involving

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, Office Depot,

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and

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, IBM, and other large companies. MacKie-Mason received his

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from

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in 1980, his

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from the

in 1982, and his PhD from

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in 1986. He was on the faculty at the

in the

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

and

departments for 1986-2015 and in the School of Information 1996–2015. In 2013, MacKie-Mason and his wife, Janet Netz, pledged $2.5 million to the Michigan School of Information to create a new tenured chaired position. In 2016 he moved to the University of California, Berkeley. MacKie-Mason has served on two advisory boards at the

and has testified and advised with the

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and the

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. He has received numerous awards, including the University Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, the National Tax Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, a National Science Foundation fellowship, and was

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. MacKie-Mason has been awarded over $9 million in research grants and has served on numerous academic program committees, panels, and board of directors.

Personal life

MacKie-Mason is an avid piano player. He is married to Janet Netz, also an economist and a University of Michigan alumnus, and he has two adult sons.

References

External links

Jeff MacKie-Mason’s Home Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacKie-Mason, Jeff Living people University of Michigan faculty Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Dartmouth College alumni Sloan Research Fellows 1959 births