Jeffrey T. Prince
Education
Ph.D. and M.A., economics, Northwestern University
Summary of Experience
Professor Prince, who is also a co-director of the Institute for Business Analytics at the Kelley School of Business, conducts research centered on industrial organization and applied econometrics, focusing on technology markets and telecommunications. He has published research on dynamic demand for computers, internet adoption and usage, the inception of online/offline product competition, telecommunications bundling, and the economics and regulation of digital platforms. He has consulted to clients, submitted expert reports, and testified in litigation on issues related to intellectual property valuation, damages, and antitrust. Professor Prince also has studied topics such as household-level risk aversion, airline quality competition, and regulation in health care and real estate markets. His research has appeared in leading economics and management journals, including the American Economic Review, the International Economic Review, The Journal of Industrial Economics, the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, Management Science, and the Academy of Management Journal. Professor Prince is currently a coeditor of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and is on the board of editors at Information Economics and Policy.
From 2019 to 2020, Professor Prince served a one-year appointment as chief economist for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he advised on economic policy, auction design, data analytics, and antitrust matters. He also helped spearhead the FCC’s public comments on the update to the Federal Trade Commission’s Vertical Merger Guidelines.