James Levinsohn
Professor of Economics and Management, Yale School of Management and Director, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
Analysis Group Contact
Martha Samuelson, Pierre Cremieux
Education:
Ph.D., economics; M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Summary of Experience:
Professor Levinsohn is an expert in antitrust, industrial organization, and econometrics. He has provided expert reports and testimony in several landmark antitrust and regulatory matters, including the Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation, the Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, the New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litigation, and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement proceedings. Professor Levinsohn also has consulted to numerous foreign governments and international organizations.
In addition to industrial organization, Professor Levinsohn conducts research in applied econometrics, international economics, and development economics. He has served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Economic Literature.
Professor Levinsohn formerly was Professor of Economics and J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
PRESENTING DEMAND MODELS IN ANTITRUST LITIGATION
In this Q&A, our affiliate Professor James Levinsohn,
an antitrust and industrial organization expert and co-developer of the Berry–Levinsohn–Pakes (BLP) methodology for constructing demand models, discusses how best to present complex statistical models to triers of fact.