Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Tel: (817) 272-3090
E-mail:
mikeward@uta.edu
EMPLOYMENT
Professor, University of
Texas at Arlington, Department of
Economics, 2012-
Associate Professor, University of
Texas at Arlington, Department of
Economics, 2003-2012
Visiting Associate Professor, University of
Texas at Arlington, Department of
Economics, 2002-2003
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics,
2001 - 2003
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, 1995 -
2001
Economist, Federal Trade Commission, 1991 - 1995
EDUCATION
University of Chicago Ph.D. (Economics), 1993
University of Chicago M.A. (Economics), 1986
University of California, Los Angeles B.A. ( Mathematics and Economics), 1983
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Guest Editor, Special Issue of
Information, Economics and Policy, 2012
Co-Editor,
Contemporary Economic Policy 2011-
Research Fellow, Instituto de
Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA),
Brazil, 2010-2011
Visiting Researcher, Zentrum für Europäische
Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW), Germany,
Summer 2008, Summer 2012
Blogger, Managerial Economics, 2009-
Affiliate, Institute for Government and Public Affairs (IGPA),
University of Illinois 1999-2002
Affiliate, Center for Research on
Telecommunications Policy (CRTP),
1995-2004
Special Consultant, Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
1995-2001
RESEARCH AREAS
Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Economics of
Innovation
WORKING PAPERS
Available at SSRN