Jenny Hawkins

Jenny Hawkins, PhD, is an assistant professor of economics and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Economics. Her courses include Economic Analysis of Business Strategies, Law and Economics, Economic Analysis of Labor Markets, Principles of Microeconomics, the SAGES Senior Capstone in Economics, and the EMBA Economics for Managers. Her research focuses on topics in industrial organization and law and economics using both theoretical and empirical analyses.

Hawkins received her PhD in Economics from The University of Arizona and her BA in Mathematics and Economics from Idaho State University. She began her appointment at the Weatherhead School of Management in 2014.

Research

• microeconomic theory, law and economics, industrial organization, antitrust

Recent Courses and Syllabi

• Economic Analysis for Managers
• Economic Analysis of Labor Markets
• Law and Economics
• Senior Capstone in Economics
• Economic Analysis of Business Strategies
• Individual Readings and Research
• Principles of Microeconomics

Education

• PhD University of Arizona (2005 — 2011)
• BS Idaho State University (1995 — 2001)
• Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (2000 — 2000)

Companies

• Assistant Professor and Economics Undergraduate Program Director Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (2014 — 2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Oberlin College (2011 — 2014)
• Ph.D., Economics University of Arizona (2005 — 2011)
• Legal Assistant Duggan Smith & Heath, LLP (formerly) (2003 — 2005)
• Legal Assistant Duggan Smith & Heath, LLP (formerly) (2001 — 2002)

Selected Publications

• Gelbach, J. B., Hawkins, J. (2020).
  A Bayesian Approach to Event Studies for Securities Litigation (vol. 176, issue 1, ). Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
• Hawkins, J., Powell, T. (2019).
  
• Circumventing Antitrust Law: Cooperation Between Government and Industry During Times of Crisis, 1910- 1945
  
• Hawkins, J., Saini, V. (2016).
  Returns to Indian Art during 2000-2013 (vol. 42, issue Spring 2016, pp. 302-310). Eastern Economic Journal.
• Hawkins, J. (2015).
  Book Review: Predatory Pricing in Antitrust Law and Economics: A Historical Perspective Eastern Economic Journal.
• Hawkins, J. (2014).
  Returns on Indian Art during 2000-2013 Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) Working Paper Series.
• Hawkins, J. (2012).
  Antitrust Enforcement During the Great Depression
  
• Hawkins, J., Lazatti, N. (2011).
  Misalignment of Firm and Consumer Preferences for Advertising
  

Awards

• Carl E. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Case Western Reserve University. (2019).
• J. Bruce Jackson, M.D. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring, Case Western Reserve University. (2019).
• Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. (2019).
• Learning Fellows 2.0 Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University UCITE. (2019).