NEIL GANDAL Visiting Associate Professor Associate Professor of Economics Haas School of Business Department of Public Policy University of California, Berkeley Tel Aviv University Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Tel: (510)643-4363 972 3 640-6742 Fax: (510)643-1420 972 3 640-7382 1 E-mail: gandal@haas.berkeley.edu gandal@post.tau.ac.il Internet: http://spirit.tau.ac.il/public/html/neil_gandal.html EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. December 1989 (Economics) University of Wisconsin M.A. May 1981 (Statistics) Miami University B.S. December 1979 (Mathematics), B.A. (Economics) U.C. Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (1988) Wisconsin Alumni Research Fellowship (1980-81) Miami University Alumni Merit Scholarships (1977-79) Phi-Beta-Kappa and Phi-Kappa-Phi Academic Honoraries (1979) EMPLOYMENT Visiting Associate Prof., University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 2000-1. Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Public Policy, 1996 - present. Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 1999 - present. Visiting Associate Professor, University of Texas, Department of Economics, 1996-7. Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University, Department of Economics, 1991-1996. Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of Finance and Economics, 1989-1992. HONORS Named as a Fellow of the International Journal of Industrial Organization (1997) for significant contributions to the Journal. Invited to give keynote speech at the 2 nd Nordic Workshop in Industrial Organization, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway, 1999.
JOURNAL EDITORIAL POSITIONS Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics (1996 - present) Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organization (1996 - present) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Member, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) program committee, (1999-2000). Served on a Ministry of Communications & Ministry of Finance Committee responsible for rebalancing tariffs in the Telecommunications Industry (1998) PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (1) "The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players, 2000 " (with Michael Kende and Rafael Rob), RAND Journal of Economics, 31: 43-61. (2) "Standardization Policy and International Trade" (with Oz Shy), forthcoming 2000, Journal of International Economics. (3) "Systems Competition, Vertical Merger, and Foreclosure," 2000, (with Jeffrey Church), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 9:25-51. (4) "Estimating the Effect of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets," 1999, (with Chaim Fershtman and Sarit Markovich), Journal of Public Economics, 74:151-170. (5) "Deregulation and Reform in the Israeli Domestic Telecommunications Market," 1999, The Economic Quarterly (in Hebrew: An English version is available at my web site), 3: 439-455. (6) "Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market," 1999 (with Shane Greenstein and David Salant), The Journal of Industrial Economics, XLVII: 87-106. (7) "The Effect of the Arab Boycott on Israel: The Automobile Market," 1998, (with Chaim Fershtman), the RAND Journal of Economics, 29: 193-214. (8) "Tickling the Tolerance: Currency Reputation and Opportunism in Medieval France," (with Nathan Sussman), 1997, The Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking:29(4). (9) "Sequential Auctions of Interdependent Objects: Israeli Cable Television Licenses," 1997, The Journal of Industrial Economics, XLV: 227-244. (10) "Strategic Entry Deterrence: Complementary Products as an Installed Base," (with Jeffrey
3 Church), 1996, European Journal of Political Economy (Symposium on Standardization), 12:331-354. (11) "Compatibility Standards and Complementary Network Externalities in the PC Software Market," 1995, Review of Economics and Statistics, 77: 599-608, 1995. (12) "Hollygopoly: Oligopolistic Competition for (Hollywood) Movies," 1995, The Antitrust Bulletin, 40: 699-712. (13) "A Selective Survey of the Literature on Indirect Network Externalities," 1995, Research in Law and Economics, 17: 23-31. (14) "Licensing a Sequence of Innovations," (with Katharine Rockett), 1995, Economics Letters, 47:101-107. (15) "Hedonic Price Indexes for Spreadsheets and an Empirical Test for Network Externalities," 1994, the RAND Journal of Economics, 25: 160-170. (16) "Disadvantageous Semicollusion," (with Chaim Fershtman), 1994, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 12: 141-296. (17) "Experimentation and Learning with Network Externalities," (with Arthur Fishman), 1994, Economics Letters, 44: 103-108. (18) "The Development of the Cable Television Industry in Israel, 1994, "Telecommunications Policy, 18: 342-347. (19) "Planned Obsolescence as an Engine of Technological Progress," (with Arthur Fishman and Oz Shy), 1993, Journal of Industrial Economics, XLI: 361-370. (20) "Complementary Network Externalities and Technological Adoption," (with Jeffrey Church), 1993, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 11: 239-260. (21) "Coordinating Research Through Research Joint Ventures," (with Suzanne Scotchmer), 1993, Journal of Public Economics, 51: 173-193. (22) "Integration, Complementary Products and Variety," (with Jeffrey Church), 1992, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 1: 651-675. (23) "Network Effects, Software Provision, and Standardization," (with Jeffrey Church), 1992, Journal of Industrial Economics (Symposium on Compatibility), XL 1: 85-104.
WORKING PAPERS (1) "Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel" (with Gordon Hanson & Matt Slaughter). (2) "Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What have we learned from the DVD vs. DIVX Battle?" (with David Dranove), CEPR Discussion Paper 2335 (1999). (3) "The Dynamics of Competition in the Internet Search Engine Market" (4) "Good Neighbors/Bad Citizens: Personal Value Priorities of Economists" (with Sonia Roccas), Foerder Institute Working Paper 1-99 (1999). REFEREE FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS American Economic Review Canadian Journal of Economics European Economic Review European Journal of Political Economy International Journal of Industrial Organization International Tax and Public Finance Journal of Economics and Management Strategy Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Journal of Industrial Economics Journal of International Economics Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce Journal of Public Economics National Science Foundation RAND Journal of Economics Review of Economics & Statistics Review of Economic Studies
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 5 (1) Presented the paper "Estimating the Effect of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets," The Econometrics of Price and Product Competition, Toulouse, France (10/99). (2) Presented the paper "Rybczynski Effects and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel," 1999 ASSET Meetings, Tel Aviv University (10/99). (3) Presented the paper "Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What have we learned from the DVD vs. DIVX Battle?" Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C. (9/99). (4) Presented the paper "Estimating the Effect of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets," Nordic Workshop in Industrial Organization (NORIO II), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (6/99). (5) Presented the paper "Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What have we learned from the DVD vs. DIVX Battle?" Tel Aviv University Conference on Antitrust and Regulation. (5/99). (6) Presented the paper "Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What have we learned from the DVD vs. DIVX Battle?" Haifa University Conference on Commodification of Information. (5/99). (7) Presented the paper "Rybczynski Effects and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel," Sapir Economic Policy Forum Conference. (1/99). (8) Presented the Paper, "Deregulation & Reform in the Israeli Telecommunications Sector," Haifa University Conference on Telecommunications Policy. (12/98) (9) Presented the Paper, "Deregulation & Reform in the Israeli Telecommunications Sector," Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C. (10/98). (10) Presented the Paper "The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players," WZB Berlin Conference on Empirical Advances in Industrial Organization (9/97). (11) Presented the paper "The Effect of the Arab Boycott on Israel: The Automobile Market," NBER Summer Institute Trade Workshop, Cambridge, MA. (8/97). (12) Gave the introductory lecture at the Murray Johnson Conference on Telecommunications, University of Texas (3/97) (13) Presented the Paper "The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players," Lonestars Conference, University of Texas (9/96).
(14) Presented the paper "The Effect of the Arab Boycott on Israel: The Automobile Market," Econometrics in Tel Aviv Conference (6/96) (15) Presented the paper "Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market," WZB Berlin Conference on Innovation and Market Structure (10/95). (16) Presented the paper "Sequential Auctions of Interdependent Objects: Israeli Cable Television Licenses," StonyBrook Conference on Auctions (7/95). (17) Presented the paper "Strategic Entry Deterrence: Complementary Products as an Installed Base," IDEI Conference on Networks and Competition, Toulouse (10/94). (18) Presented the paper "Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the Israeli Telecommunications Industry," NBER Summer Institute (Productivity Workshop), (7/94). (19) Presented the paper "Equilibrium Foreclosure and Complementary Products," at the 21st Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Solomon's Island, MD (10/93). (20) Presented the paper "Tickling the Tolerance: Currency Reputation and Opportunism in Medieval France" at the Econometrics in Tel Aviv Conference (6/93) (21) Presented the paper "Hedonic Price Indexes for Spreadsheets and an Empirical Test of the Network Externalities Hypothesis" at the NBER Summer Institute (Productivity Workshop) (7/92). (22) Chaired Session on Compatibility and the Provision of Complementary Products, presented summary of recent work in the field at the 19th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Solomon's Island, MD (10/91). (23) Presented the paper "Planned Obsolescence as an Engine of Technological Progress," at Summer Institute on Game Theory and Economics, Stony Brook, NY (7/91). (24) Presented the paper "Network Effects, Software Provision, and Standardization," at the 18th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Airlie, Virginia (10/90). (25) Presented the paper " "Complementary Network Externalities and Technological Adoption" at the 6th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Barcelona, Spain (8/90) (26) Presented the paper "Coordinating Research Through Research Joint Ventures" at Summer Institute on Game Theory and Economics, Stony Brook, NY (7/90). (27) Presented the paper "Coordinating Research Through Research Joint Ventures," at 1990 Western Economic Association Meetings in San Diego (6/90).
OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS 7 Presented the Paper "The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players," at the University of Pennsylvania (10/96), Yale University (10/96), SUNY-Stony Brook (10/96), Rice University (1/97), and Haifa University (11/97), Hebrew University (11/97), MIT (12/97), Tel Aviv University (2/98), The University of Chicago (2/98), The Federal Communications Commission (2/98), The Federal Trade Commission (2/98), Purdue University (2/98), Washington University (10/98), Northwestern (10/98), University of Wisconsin (10/98), UC Berkeley (10/98), and UC Davis (10/98), Tel Aviv University (Law School) (1/99), University of Michigan (3/99), University of Washington (Seattle) (5/99), Rutgers (9/99), University of North Carolina (9/99). Presented the paper "The Effect of the Arab Boycott on Israel: The Automobile Market," at the University of Maryland (10/95), the University of Michigan (10/95), Stanford University (11/95), Haifa University (11/95), Tel Aviv University (11/95), The University of Texas at Austin (9/96), Texas A&M University (3/97), INSEAD (3/97), Hebrew University (11/97), and The Technion (3/98). Presented the paper "Estimating the Effect of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets," Tel Aviv University (5/99). Presented the paper "Sequential Auctions of Interdependent Objects: Israeli Cable Television Licenses," at the Bank of Israel (10/94), Tel Aviv University (11/94), Hebrew University (12/94), Ben Gurion University (6/95), Cornell University (10/95), and University of California, Berkeley, (11/95). Presented the paper "Compatibility Standards and Complementary Network Externalities in the PC Software Market," at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (9/93) and Harvard University (10/93). Presented the paper "Hedonic Price Indexes for Spreadsheets and an Empirical Test of the Network Externalities Hypothesis" at Harvard University (9/92), Boston University (10/92), the University of Calgary (10/92), the University of Alberta (10/92), New York University (11/92), the University of Pennsylvania (12/92), Tel Aviv University (3/93), and Hebrew University (3/93). Presented the paper "Disadvantageous Semicollusion" at the University of Illinois (4/92) and the University of California-Berkeley (4/92). Presented the paper "Integration, Complementary Products, and Variety," at Hebrew University (4/91), and Ben Gurion University (4/91). Presented the paper "Network Effects, Software Provision, and Standardization," at Dartmouth (4/90), Boston University. (11/90), and Tel Aviv University, (3/91). Presented the paper "Complementary Network Externalities and Technological Adoption at Boston University (10/89), Boston College (12/89), GTE Laboratories (1/90), and Harvard University (2/90).
Presented the paper "Coordinating Research Through Research Joint Ventures," at Harvard University (1/89), Boston University (1/89), Northwestern University (2/89), Cornell University (2/89), the University of Arizona (2/89), the RAND Corporation (2/89), Tel Aviv University (4/89), Hebrew University (4/89), the Technion (4/89), and Ben Gurion University (4/89). Ph.D. STUDENTS Sarit Markovich: Ph.D. Dissertation: Oligopolistic Markets: Numerical Analysis (1998). Placement: Post-Doc University of Chicago, Department of Economics.