Who We Are
The Center for Business and Public Policy brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading faculty, scholars, and industry experts from across the nation and around the world whose expertise, intellectual pursuits, and interests are in the areas of competition and innovation. These outstanding individuals advance the center’s mission and engage others in relevant inquiries and exploration of critical issues at the intersection of business economics and public policy.
Center Leadership
John W. Mayo, Founder and Executive Director
Jeffrey T. Macher, Academic Director
Senior Policy Scholars
T. Christopher Borek
Intellectual Property Rights; Media Markets
Carol Corrado
Economics of Growth and Innovation; Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Robin Dillon-Merrill
Cybersecurity
Antonio Fatás
Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Business Cycles; The European Monetary Union
Robert Hahn
Law and Economics; Regulation, Antitrust
J. Bradford Jensen
International Business; International Trade and Investment; Impact of Trade in Services
Thomas P. Lyon
Corporate Strategy and Public Policy; Environmental Policy; Regulation in Electricity and Natural Gas
Mark MacCarthy
Technology Law and Policy; Data Privacy
Nathan Miller
Industrial Organization; Finance
Rachelle Sampson
Corporate Short-Termism; Innovation and R&D; Environmental Strategy
Robert J. Shapiro
Economics of Growth and Innovation; Globalization; Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Catherine H. Tinsley
Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty; Women and Negotiation; Culture, Conflict Resolution
Scott Wallsten
Industrial Organization and Public Policy; Telecommunications Regulation
Stephen Weymouth
International Political Economy; Distributional Consequences of Globalization
Catherine Wolfram
Industrial Organization; Energy; Regulation
Glenn Woroch
Telecommunications; Industrial Organization; Regulation
Visiting Senior Policy Scholars
Anna-Maria Kovacs
Telecommunications; Industry Analysis; Public Policy and Investment
Robert Litan
Regulation; Antitrust; Finance
Olga Ukhaneva
Telecommunications
Senior Industry and Innovation Fellows
Kathleen Abernathy
Energy Regulation; Internet Policy; Technology and Innovation Policy; Telecom; Regulation
Carolyn Brandon
Telecom; Technology and Innovation Policy; Regulation; Internet Policy; Antitrust and Competition
Larry Downes
Innovation; Regulation and Antitrust; Internet Policy; Technology and Innovation Policy
Ralph B. Everett
Broadband Regulation
Marshall Lux
Financial Services
Marcia Brown Mintz
Higher Education
Mark Mykityshyn
Aviation; Aerospace; Defense; Cybersecurity
Mark Whitener
Antitrust Law; Competition Policy
Faculty Affiliates
William Baber (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Business Administration)
Mark MacCarthy (Ph.D. Philosophy, Indiana University)
Ferdinando Monte (Ph.D. Economics, The University of Chicago)
Dennis Quinn (Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University)
Pietra Rivoli (Ph.D., Finance and International Economics, University of Florida)
Edward Soule (Ph.D., Philosophy, Washington University)
Leonard Waverman (Ph.D., Economics, MIT)
Center Researchers
Amanda B. Delp, Research Assistant