Florian Ederer

Florian Ederer is the Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Markets, Public Policy & Law at Boston University, an NBER faculty research fellow, and an ECGI research member.

Professor Ederer’s research which has been widely published in leading journals, is in the areas of organizational economics, innovation, and behavioral economics. It focuses on the incentive design in organizations, how it shapes innovation and how it is in turn affected by social interactions and more realistic assumptions about the motives of principals and agents. Some of his recent work explores the impact of common ownership on managerial compensation and the existence and pervasiveness of “killer acquisitions” that prevent startups from challenging dominant market incumbents. In his academic work he draws on a broad set of tools often combining theoretical models, experimental methods, and empirical analysis.

Education

• 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics
  Ph.D. in Economics
• 2004 University of Oxford, Nuffield College
  M.Phil. in Economics
• 2002 University of Oxford, Worcester College
  B.A. in Economics and Management

Academic Positions

• 2023 – Boston University, Questrom School of Business
  Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Markets, Public Policy & Law
• 2019 – 2023 Yale University, School of Management
  Associate Professor of Economics
• 2013 – 2019 Yale University, School of Management
  Assistant Professor of Economics
• 2009 – 2013 University of California at Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management
  Assistant Professor

Affiliations

• 2023 – European Corporate Governance Institute
  Research Member
• 2022 – National Bureau of Economic Research
  Faculty ResearchFellow Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  Industrial Organization
• 2013 – Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics
  Research Staff Member

Research Interests

Innovation, Organizational Economics, Antitrust, Corporate Governance& Strategy

Selected Articles

Trust and Promises over Time F. Ederer and F. Schneider American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Forthcoming

Killer Acquisitions C. Cunningham, F. Ederer, and S. Ma Journal of Political Economy 2021

Gaming and Strategic Opacity in Incentive Provision F. Ederer, R. Holden, and M. Meyer RAND Journal of Economics 2018

Search Fatigue F. Ederer and B. I. Carlin Review of Industrial Organization 2019

Promises and Expectations F. Ederer and A. Stremitzer Games and Economic Behavior 2017

Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions L. Bursztyn, F. P. Ederer, B. Ferman, and N. Yuchtman Econometrica 2014

Delay and Deadlines: Freeriding and Information Revelation in Partnerships A. Campbell, F. Ederer, J. Spinnewijn American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2014