Edward Snyder

Edward A. Snyder is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management. His research and teaching are focused on industrial organization, antitrust economics, law and economics, and financial institutions. He teaches Economic Analysis of High-Tech Industries, a course that applies industrial organization concepts and valuation frameworks to high-tech industries in China, EU, and US. The course analyzes to what extent various companies are dominant, patterns of vertical integration by platform companies, the advance of 5G, and the potential implications of a so-called “splinternet”.

Snyder served as dean of the school from 2011 to 2019. During his tenure as dean, the school developed the first global network of top business schools, introduced its Master of Advanced Management degree for graduates of the Global Network for Advanced Management, introduced its Master of Management Studies degree with tracks in Asset Management, Systematic Risk, and Global Business and Society, built-out its MBA for Executives program, built-out its entrepreneurship program, and developed an innovative set of Executive Education offerings.

Snyder began his professional career as an economist with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He earned a PhD in Economics and an MA in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. He began his academic career at the University of Michigan where he developed programs in Central Europe, China, India, and Russia.

Prior to his time at Yale, Snyder was the Dean and George Shultz Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Expertise

• Antitrust & Competition Policy
• Economics
• Financial Markets
• Globalization
• Technology Strategy

Education

• PhD , University of Chicago, 1984
• MA , University of Chicago, 1978
• BA , Colby College, 1975

Selected Works

Articles

• Is Flattening the Curve Bad for Health
  L. S. Dugdale and E. A. Snyder
  The Hill
  2020

• Enforcement of Anti-Collusion Laws Against Domestic and Foreign Firms
  E. A. Snyder and P. Cremieux
  Journal of Law & Economics
  2016

Working Papers

• The Organization of Global Business Schools
  E. A. Snyder
  2006

• Aftermath of the Sealy Antitrust Litigation
  E. A. Snyder & M. J. Moore
  2006