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Updated 3/18/2015
Jonathan W. Williams
Contact
University of Georgia
Terry College of Business
Department of Economics
536 Brooks Hall
Athens, GA 30602-6254
Office Phone: (706) 542-3689
Cell Phone: (216) 570-1803
Email: [email protected]
Education
PhD, Economics, University of Virginia, 2009.
Supervisors: Federico Ciliberto, Maxim Engers, and Steven Stern
MA, Economics, University of Virginia, 2005.
BA, Economics, Ohio University, 2003 (Summa cum Laude).
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Department of Economics, Fall 2009-Present.
Instructor, University of Virginia, Department of Economics, Fall 2006-Spring 2009.
Refereed Publications:
“Robust Scheduling Practices in the U.S. Airline Industry: Costs, Returns, and Inefficiencies.” with Scott
Atkinson and Kamalini Ramdas, Forthcoming at Management Science
“Barriers to Entry in the Airline Industry: A Multi-Dimensional Regression-Discontinuity Analysis of AIR21”, with Connan Snider, Forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics
“Does Multimarket Contact Facilitate Tacit Collusion? Inference on Conduct Parameters in the Airline
Industry”, with Federico Ciliberto, RAND Journal of Economics, 2014, 45(4), 764-791
“Do Three-Part Tariffs Improve Efficiency in Residential Broadband Networks?”, with Jacob Malone and
John Turner. Telecommunications Policy, 2014, 38(11), 1035-1045
“Non-Separable Pollution Control: Implications for a CO2 Emissions Cap and Trade System”, with Mark
D. Agee, Scott Atkinson, and Thomas Crocker, Resource and Energy Economics, 2014, 36(1), 64-82
“Can Stock Price Movements Inform Operational Improvement Efforts? Evidence from the Airline
Industry”, with Marc Lipson and Kamalini Ramdas, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management,
2013, 15(3), 423-443
“Limited Access to Airport Facilities and Market Power in the Airline Industry”, with Federico Ciliberto,
Journal of Law & Economics, 2010, 53(3), 467-495
Working Papers:
“Capacity Investment, Exclusionary Behavior, and Welfare: A Dynamic Model of Competition in the US
Airline Industry”, R&R IJIO
“Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband”, with Aviv Nevo and John Turner,
Resubmitted to Econometrica
“The Costs and Benefits of US Patents”, with James Bessen, Peter Neuhausler, and John Turner,
Resubmitted to Journal of Law &Economics
“Screening with Congestion”, with Maxime Agbo and Marc Santugini, Submitted
“Off-Label Use of Pharmaceuticals: Trends and Drivers”, with David Bradford and John Turner, Submitted
“Generic Entry, Pay-For-Delay Settlements, and the Distribution of Surplus in the US Pharmaceutical
Industry”, with Ruben Jacobo-Rubio and John Turner, Submitted
“Two Screening Tests for Collusion when Firms Compete in Many Markets”, with Federico Ciliberto and
Alexis Edquist
“Separating Price Discrimination from Price Dispersion: Evidence from International Airline Markets”,
with Charlie Murry and Federico Ciliberto
“Patterns in Off-Label Prescribing in the US Pharmaceutical Industry”, with David Bradford and Meredith
Paker
“Identifying the Impact of Leadership in Operations”, with Kamalini Ramdas
Works in Progress:
“Congestion Externalities in Broadband Networks.” with Aviv Nevo
“When Are Less Bytes Actually More? Online Video and Efficiency in Broadband Networks.” with Jacob
Malone
“Horizontal Mergers and Forced Divestiture of Assets”, with Federico Ciliberto and Zhou Zhang
“The Welfare Implications of Off-label Use of Pharmaceuticals”, with David Bradford and Meredith Paker
“Product Recalls and Component Sharing in Automobile Manufacturing.” with Jacob Malone (UGA),
Nitish Jain (London Business School), and Kamalini Ramdas
“The Southwest Effect and Network (Dis)Investment in the Airline Industry.”
Teaching
University of Virginia:
Introductory Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Undergraduate Econometrics (TA), PhD
Econometrics I&II (TA).
University of Georgia:
Honors Introductory Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, PhD Empirical Industrial
Organization, Econ 8990 – PhD-Level Independent Study in Industrial Organization (Derek Ponticelli and
Jacob Malone), Econ 5960H – Independent Study (Meredith Paker, Alex Edquist, Callen Carroll), Econ
4800 – Internship (Many Students).
Presentations and Press Mentions
Invited Seminars:
2008: University of Virginia
2009: University of Louisville, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Oberlin
College, College of Wooster
2010: Clemson University, University of Oklahoma, University of British Columbia (Sauder), London
Business School (visiting MSO researcher)
2011: London Business School, Clemson University
2012: Georgia State University, University of Virginia, Clemson University, Ga. Tech
2013: Emory/UGA/GSU Health Economics Research Day, University of Rochester (Simon), University of
Virginia
2014: UNC/Duke IO Seminar, Penn State University
2015: UNC, Purdue University, University of Kentucky, Michigan State University, Auburn University
Conferences:
2007: Southern Economic Conference (New Orleans, LA), POMS Conference (La Jolla, CA)
2008: Southern Economic Conference (Washington, DC)
2010: IIOC Conference (Vancouver, BC), American Economic Association (Atlanta, GA), Innovations in
Operations (London, England), Southern Economic Conference (Atlanta, GA)
2011: American Economic Association (Denver, CO), NBER Summer Institute (Cambridge, MA)
2012: GA Tech Workshop on Internet Topology and Economics
2013: IIOC Conference (Boston, MA), NBER Summer Institute (Cambridge, MA), Bates White Healthcare
Conference (Washington DC), Econometrics of Demand Conference (Boston College, MA)
2014: NBER Winter IO Meetings (Palo Alto, CA), NBER Summer IT/Digitization Meetings (Cambridge,
MA), TPRC-42 (Washington, DC), ACI-NA Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA), Bates White Healthcare & Life
Science Symposium (Washington, DC)
2015: Econometric Society Winter Meetings (Boston, MA), Bates White Life Science & Healthcare
Symposium (Washington, DC)
Press Mentions:
2013: Atlanta Journal Constitution (Airport Leasing); The Capital Form (US Airways-American Merger);
Atlanta Business Chronicle, TMCnet.com, Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, Athens Banner Herald (usagebased pricing of the Internet)
Awards and Grants
University of Georgia:
Swift Award for Outstanding Teaching in Undergraduate Economics, 2011
Faculty Research “Seed” Grant, “The Economics of Broadband Access”, $7,140
CableLabs Grant (PI), $80,000.
NSF Grant (PI), $449,406, co-PIs Aviv Nevo (Northwestern) and John Turner (UGA)
Transportation Research Board, $10,000, Co-Supervisor of Zhou Zhang (UVA PhD Student)
CableLabs Grant (PI), $47,700
University of Virginia:
Snavely Prize, Best Economics Ph.D. Dissertation at the University of Virginia, 2008-2009
John M. Olin Fellowship, School of Law, 2005-2009
Raven Academic Honor Society, 2008
Bankard Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2008
Summer Research Fellowship, 2007
Robert J. Huskey Travel Fellowship, 2007
Presidents Fellowship, 2003-2006
Dupont Fellowship, 2003-2006
Ohio University:
Dean’s Scholarship, 2000-2003
Phi Beta Kappa Member, Lambda Chapter of Ohio University, 2003
John Peterson Memorial Award, Economics Department, 2002
Professional and Departmental Service
Refereeing:
Israel Science Foundation, Review of Economic Studies, National Science Foundation, Management
Science, Journal of Applied Econometrics, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Journal of Industrial
Economics, Southern Economic Journal, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Transportation
Research, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Industrial Organization, RAND
Journal of Economics, Journal of Transportation Research, Production and Operations Management,
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Undergraduate Advising (Senior or MA Thesis):
2009: McKinley Vitale
2010: Will Keyes, David Gibson, Socrates Okonkwo, Brian Behr, Joe Brown
2011: Drew Lewis, Jacob Malone, Stephanie Chapman, Brent McGill
2012: Michael Emanuel, Melissa Leonardo, David Enichen, Patrick Kriebel, Crystal Desai
2013: Derek Pontecelli, Grant Bickwit, Onkar Medhekar, Aveana Jackson
2014: Chase Carlile, Zak Dostmohamed, Benson Hu, David Kinney, William Lovett, Phong Nguyen, Ryan
Parisi, Jacob siegel, Trevor Wilson
PhD Student Advising (Placement):
Michael Kofoed (USMA at West Point, Economics Department)
Ruben Jacobo-Rubio (FDA)
Cameron Ellis (In Progress)
Jacob Malone (In Progress)
Departmental and University Service:
Junior faculty recruiting committee
Led committee that secured campus-wide license for Matlab
Undergraduate Program Committee for Terry College – Economics Representative
Undergraduate Grade-Appeal Committee for Terry College
References
Jan Brueckner, Professor of Economics, UC Irvine.
David Bradford, Busbee Chair in Public Policy, University of Georgia.
Federico Ciliberto, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Virginia.
Aviv Nevo, Professor of Economics and Marketing, Northwestern University.
Kamalini Ramdas, Deloitte Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, London Business School.
Steven Stern, Merrill Bankard Professor, Economics, University of Virginia.