Ward Hanson
SIEPR Policy Forum Director
Contact
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street Room 238
Stanford, CA 94305-6015
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street Room 238
Stanford, CA 94305-6015
Ward Hanson studies the economics and marketing of high technology, especially the impact of information and energy technology on business and policy. He is the SIEPR Policy Forum Director and a Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Center for Employment and Economic Growth. His recent work looks at the economic and employment impacts of the Internet, including "Recovery.gov: Using the Internet to Accelerate and Improve Fiscal Stimulus," available on the SIEPR website. His published his most recent book on the impact of high technology on business practice, Internet Marketing and Ecommerce, in 2007. During the previous decade he has served as an expert witness on some of the leading Internet-related cases.
Dr. Hanson received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and has been on the faculty of the University of Chicago Business School, Purdue University School of Management, and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He has served in the U.S. Department of Energy, and is active in current Innovation policy efforts.
Dr. Hanson received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and has been on the faculty of the University of Chicago Business School, Purdue University School of Management, and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He has served in the U.S. Department of Energy, and is active in current Innovation policy efforts.
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2015 - The Evolution of Finance - SIEPR, Koret-Taube Conference Room 130
2015 - The App Economy - SIEPR
2014 - Neuroeconomics - SIEPR
May 11, 2012 - Policy Forum - Money, Politics, and the Economy - 366 Galvez
April 2010 - SIEPR Policy Forum on The Future of the Internet - 366 Galvez Street
October 30, 2009 - Using Economics to Confront Climate Change - Bechtel Conference Center