Kevin Williams
Sr. Lecturer at McCombs School of Business
Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management
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- McCombs School of Business
- Yale School of Management
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McCombs School of Business
Biography
Kevin Williams develops and teaches graduate courses at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, where he has received several awards for teaching. He has also taught at the McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos. Mr. Williams was a Venture Partner with ARCH Venture Partners from 1999 to 2005 where he was involved in seed and early-stage technology investing. Previously, Williams was the COO of Sandefer Capital Partners, a private equity fund. He took an active role in deal evaluation, due diligence, negotiation of terms, and the management of portfolio companies at both funds. Prior to that, Williams was founder and CEO of Zeoponics, Inc., a NASA biotechnology spin-off. Preceding his entrepreneurial and investment activities, Mr. Williams spent 14 years in various marketing and business development positions with Rockwell International and Texas Instruments. Williams has an M.B.A in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.B.A. in Information Systems and Accounting from the University of North Texas. His research interests include entrepreneurship, innovation and value creation.
Teaching Awards
- Outstanding Professor, TEMBA Class of 2009
- Faculty Honor Roll, Full Time MBA, Spring 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for DMBA Class of 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2007
- Outstanding Elective Professor, Full-Time MBA Class of 2007
- Faculty Honor Roll, Full Time MBA, Spring 2007
- Faculty Honor Roll Full Time MBA Fall 2006
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2005
Teaching Awards
- Outstanding Professor, TEMBA Class of 2009
- Faculty Honor Roll, Full Time MBA, Spring 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for DMBA Class of 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2008
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2007
- Outstanding Elective Professor, Full-Time MBA Class of 2007
- Faculty Honor Roll, Full Time MBA, Spring 2007
- Faculty Honor Roll Full Time MBA Fall 2006
- Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2005
Yale School of Management
Kevin Williams’ research is in the areas of industrial organization and applied microeconomics. Some of his recent research investigates the consumer benefits of increasing product variety due to online retail, the strategies of brick-and-mortar retailers tailoring prices and products to local markets, and the impact of dynamic airline pricing on firm revenue and consumer welfare. Professor Williams obtained his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
Education
- PhD , University of Minnesota, 2014
- MA , University of Minnesota, 2011
- BA , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Publications
2019 Zone Pricing in Retail Oligopoly, with Brian M Adams American Economic Journal: Microeconomics: Vol 11, No 1, pp. 124-156 as Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2079 Media: "More competing. More saving.", "What's the right price?"
2018 Product Variety, Across Market Demand Heterogeneity, and the Value of Online Retail, with Thomas W Quan The RAND Journal of Economics: Vol 49, No 4, pp. 877-913 as Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2054
Working Papers
- Dynamic Airline Pricing and Seat Availability February 2018, revise and resubmit, Econometrica Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 3003-U
- Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Sequential Quantity-Price Games, with James D Dana March 2019, Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2136-R2
- Aiming for the Goal: Contribution Dynamics of Crowdfunding, with Joyee Deb and Aniko Öry December 2018, revise and resubmit, American Economic Review Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2149
Research in Progress
- Pricing Frictions and Competition in US Retail
- Product Variety Across Retail Chains, with Mauricio Cáceres Bravo and Thomas W Quan
- Consumer Learning and Consumer Protection: The Case of Homeopathy, with Thomas W Quan
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