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Timothy Bresnahan

Timothy Bresnahan
Professor (by courtesy), Economics
Timothy Bresnahan
Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Landau Professor in Technology and the Economy, School of Humanities and Sciences
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Academic Area: 
Economics

Research Interests

  • Industrial organization economics, specifically the econometric measurement of market power and testing of models of imperfect competition and of entry
  • Economics of technology

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Princeton University, 1980
  • BA, Haverford College, 1975

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 1979

Publications

Journal Articles

Empirical Methods for Industries with Market Power
Timothy Bresnahan. Handbook of Industrial Organization Vol. 2. Elsevier, 1990, Pages 1011-1057.

Working Papers

Large-Firms' Demand for Computer Products and Services: Competing Market Models, Inertia, and Enabling Strategic Change | PDF
Garth Saloner, Timothy Bresnahan1994
Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets | PDF
Timothy Bresnahan, Peter C. Reiss1989
Entry in Monopoly Markets
Peter C. Reiss, Timothy Bresnahan1986

Service to the Profession

Associate Editor

  • Journal of Industrial Economics
  • Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • RAND Journal of Economics

Fellow

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In the Media

3 Academics Strut Stuff in Washington
San Jose Mercury News, January 2007
What Would You Do?
San Jose Mercury News, January 2007
Innovation Will Lift Economy — Be Patient
San Jose Mercury News, November 20, 2002
Why the Microsoft Settlement Won't Work
IEEE Spectrum, October 2002
News Analysis: Judging a Moving Target
New York Times, July 29, 2001
Microsoft Is Wrong; It's That Simple
Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2001
Windows on the World
Boston Globe, January 2001
Computers and Wages
The Economist, October 9, 1999
Calling in Experts to Fix Microsoft if It's Broken
New York Times, March 16, 1999
Academic Warrior
San Jose Mercury News, January 1999
If Microsoft Loses Case, Remedies Are Thorny
New York Times, 12 14, 1998
Why the Numbers Miss the Point
Bloomberg Businessweek, August 30, 1995