John Morgan

Education

• PhD, Pennsylvania State University
  
• MA, Economics, Pennsylvania State University
  
• BS, Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  

Positions Held

At Haas since 2002

• 2006 – present, Oliver E. and Dolores W. Williamson Chair of the Economics of Organizations
  
• 2002 – 2006, Professor, Haas School of Business
  
• 1999, Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, New York University
  
• 1998, Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Pennsylvania
• 1996 – 2002, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
• 1989 – 1992, Senior Accountant, Bankruptcy and Forensic Accounting Group, Grant Thornton
  

External Service and Assignments

• Co-editor, B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics
• Co-editor, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations
• Principal, Nash-equilibrium.com
• Associate Editor, Economic Journal
• Editorial Board, California Management Review
• Certified Public Accountant (inactive)

Current Research and Interests

• Competition in online markets
• Elections and polling
• Communication in organizations
• Experimental economics

Selected Papers and Publications

• “How much is a Dollar Worth? Tipping versus Equilibrium Coexistence on Competing Online Auction Sites” (with Jennifer Brown), Journal of Political Economy, 2009, Vol. 117, No. 4, pp. 668-700.
• “Brand and Price Advertising in Online Markets” (with Michael Baye), Management Science, 2009, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 1139-1151_._
• “Diversity in the Workplace” (with Felix Vardy). American Economic Review, 2009, Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 472-485.
• “Leadership in Groups: A Monetary Policy Experiment” (with Alan S. Blinder), International Journal of Central Banking, 2008, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 117-150.
• “Contracting for Information under Imperfect Commitment” (with Vijay Krishna), RAND Journal of Economics, 2008, Winter, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 905-925.

Teaching

• Game Theory
• Contract Theory
• Strategy

Honors and Awards

• Judge Business School Fellow at Cambridge, 2008
• Visiting Fellow Commoner Award, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2007
• Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006
• W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship, 2001-2002
• National Science Foundation Research Grant, 2004-2007, 2001-2004, 1997-1999
• Sloan Fellowship, 2000-2002
• Russell Sage Foundation Research Grant, 1997-1999
• Cyril E. Black Preceptorship, 1996-1998
• Pennsylvania State University Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1995