Robin S. Lee

Robin S. Lee is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught courses on industrial organization since 2014. His research lies primarily within this field, and studies how firms bargain, contract and form supply relationships in imperfectly competitive markets. Topics covered by his work include: vertical integration, mergers, and exclusive deals in media and in multi-sided/platform-based technology markets; insurer-provider consolidation, narrow networks, and selective contracting in health care markets; and market design innovation in financial markets.

Professor Lee received his A.B. and A.M. in Economics and his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard. He is a co-editor of American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a recipient of the Econometric Society's Frisch Medal.

Research fields: industrial organization, applied microeconomic theory, health economics.