Steven Klepper

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(Deceased May 27, 2013) Arthur Arton Hamerschlag Professor of Economics and Social Science, Social and Decision Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Joint Appointment at Tepper School of Business

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Industrial organization, technological change, industry evolution, and econometrics.

Published Papers: 

• Heritage and Agglomeration: The Akron Tyre Cluster Revisited
  Economic Journal 119(537), 2009; 705-733.
  (with: G. Buenstorf)
  
  
• Submarkets and The Evolution of Market Structure
  RAND Journal, 2006.
  (with: Peter Thompson)
  
  
• Entry by Spinoffs
  Management Science, 2005.
  (with: S. Sleeper)
  
  
• Firm Survival and the Evolution of Oligopoly
  RAND Journal of Economics, 2002.
  
  
• The Making of an Oligopoly: Firm Survival and Technological Change in the Evolution of the U.S. Tire Industry
  Journal of Political Economy, 2000.
  (with: K. Simons)
  
  
• A Reprise of Size and R&D
  Economic Journal, 1996.
  (with: Wesley Cohen)
  
  
• Entry, Exit, Growth, and Innovation Over the Product Life Cycle
  American Economic Review, 1996.
  
  
• The Evolution of New Industries and the Determinants of Market Structure
  RAND Journal, 1990.
  (with: Elizabeth Graddy)
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Does the Profit Motive Make Jack Nimble? Ownership Form and the Evolution of the U.S. Hospital Industry
  October, 2005.
  (with: Sujoy Chakravarty, Martin Gaynor, William Vogt)
  
  

Awards:

• Honorary Doctorate, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena - 2008
• Schunpeter Prize - 2002
• GSIA Lifetime Teaching Award - 2001
• IBM Faculty Partnership Award - 2000, 2001
• William H. and Frances S. Ryan award for Meritorious Teaching - 1996-1997
• Elliot Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service, College of Humanities and Social Sciences - 1984-1985

Editorial Boards:

• Management Science (Associate Editor), 2004-
• Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1997-
• Journal of Evolutionary Economics (Co-editor), 1996-2004

Boards:

• National Academy of Sciences Panel on Assessing the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem, 2006-2008
• Scientific Advisory Committee, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany, 2003-
• National Academy of Sciences Panel on Measuring Board and Development Expenditures, 2002-2004
• National Science Foundation, Economics Panel, 1994-1996

Consulting:

• Consulting on legal cases with various firms

Courses Taught:

• Principles of Economics (73100)
  (B.S. in Economics Program)
  • 2011, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2011, Fall (Section: B)
  • 2010, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2010, Fall (Section: B)
  • 2009, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2009, Fall (Section: B)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: B)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: B)