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Robert Feinberg
Professor of EconomicsRoper 210
Tel: (202) 885-3788
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Curriculum Vita 2008
Research InterestsRecent work has analyzed determinants and effects of market entry, patterns and determinants of US and global antidumping actions, competitive interactions between banks and
credit unions in local consumer lending markets, Australian antitrust
policy, and development of markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
Teaching Interests
Industrial Economics, Economics of Antitrust and Regulation, Microeconomics.
Professional Activities
Professor Feinberg received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania,
and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He taught for ten years
on the faculty of Pennsylvania State University, has served as
an economist with the Antitrust Division of the Department of
Justice and the International Trade Commission, and has been at
American University since 1989, serving as Economics Department Chair from 1996 to 2000. He has been a visiting research
fellow at the International Institute of Management in Berlin,
a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Limerick (Ireland), a
Program Director for Economics at the National Science Foundation,
and a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales
in Sydney. He is a past President of the Industrial Organization
Society.
Recent Publications
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“Price Impacts of Small Firm Entry in US Manufacturing,” Eastern Economic Journal, forthcoming.
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“Patterns and Determinants of Entry in Rural County Banking Markets,” Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade, forthcoming.
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“Explaining the Credit Union Branch Entry Decision, and Implications for Performance,” Review of Industrial Organization, forthcoming.
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“Market Reform and Infrastructure Development in Transition Economies” (with Mieke Meurs), Review of Development Economics, May 2008.
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“Friendly Fire? The Impact of US Antidumping Enforcement on US Exporters” (with Kara Reynolds), Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschafliches Archiv), April 2008.
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“Merger Impacts on Investor Expectations: An Event Study for Australia” (with Brian Diepold, David Round, and Jeremy Tustin), International Journal of the Economics of Business, February 2008.
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"Import price effects on retail prices in the US and abroad: two cases." Economics
Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2008.
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“Tariff Liberalization and Increased Administrative Protection: Is There a Quid Pro Quo” (with Kara Reynolds), World Economy, June 2007.
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“Antidumping and Plant Closure” (with James Hartigan), International Journal of the Economics of Business, February 2007.
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“Are Credit Unions Just Small Banks? Determinants of Loan Rates in Local Consumer
Lending Markets” (with Ataur Rahman), Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 2006.
- "The Spread of Antidumping Regimes and the Role of Retaliation in Filings” (with Kara Reynolds), Southern Economic Journal, April 2006.
- Market Power and the Incentives to Form Research Consortia" (with Eliane Catilina), Review of Industrial Organization, March 2006.
- "U.S. Antidumping Enforcement and Macroeconomic Indicators Revisited: Do Petitioners Learn?" Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschafliches Archiv), December 2005.
- "Share-price Responses to Antitrust Enforcement in Australia: Do Investors Care about Price-Fixing Cases?" (with David Round), Competition and Consumer Law Journal,
July 2005.
- “Exchange Rate Effects on Domestic Prices in Bulgaria and Poland: Progress in Making Markets?” (with Mieke Meurs), International Journal of the Economics of Business,
July 2005.
- "Market Reform, Infrastructure and Exchange Rate Passthrough in Central and Eastern Europe” (with Mieke Meurs), Post-Communist Economies, March 2005.
- "Does More Time Improve Test Scores in Micro Principles?" Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 11, No. 14, 2004.
- "Entry in Local Telecommunications Markets” (with Donald Alexander), Review of Industrial Organization, September 2004.
- "The Measurement and Effects of Barriers to Trade in Basic Telecommunication Services” (with Richard Brown), World Trade Review, July 2004.
- "Central City Crime and Suburban Economic Growth" (with Ray Burnham and Thomas Husted), Applied Economics, May 2004.
- "The Funding of Economics Research: Does Social Capital Matter for Success at the National Science Foundation?" (with Gregory Price), Review of Economics and Statistics,
February 2004.
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