Benjamin Klein

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Benjamin Klein (* 1943 in New York City ) is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles . He is primarily concerned with cartels and monopolies and is a director at LECG Corporation .

Life

Klein studied philosophy at the City University of New York , where he received a Bachelor of Arts with cum laude in 1964 . He then moved to the University of Chicago , where Klein received a Masters in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1970. in economics. From 1971 to 1977 he worked in the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York. Klein has been working at the University of California, Los Angeles since 1968. First as a lecturer until 1973, then as an associate professor until 1978 and then until 2002 as a full professor. He was also the director of a joint degree program in law and economics , and later deputy president at the business faculty. In 1973 and 1975 he was also an advisor to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System . From 1976 he worked several times as a consultant for the Federal Trade Commission , most recently from 2001 to 2007. In 1979 he was visiting professor at the University of Washington . In 1988 Klein advised the New Zealand Department of the Treasury and in 1994 the United States Department of Justice in the Antitrust Department . In 2002 Benjamin Klein retired. Since 2004 he has been director at LECG.

Works

Editorial collaboration

Benjamin Klein has been with the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization since 1985 , with the Supreme Court Economic Review and the Journal of the Economics of Business since 1992 , with Managerial and Decision Economics since 1994 and with the Antitrust Law Journal since 1997 . He was also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Journal of Corporate Finance from 1993 to 2001 and of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law from 1995 to 1998 .

Fonts

  • Income Velocity, Interest Rates, and the Money Supply Multiplier. A Reinterpretation of the Long-Term Evidence . In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking . May 1973, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 656-667
  • Competitive Interest Payments on Bank Deposits and the Long-Run Demand for Money . In: American Economic Review . Dec. 1974, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 931-949
  • The Competitive Supply of Money . In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking . Nov. 1974, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 423-453
  • Our New Monetary Standard. The Measurement and Effects of Price Uncertainty, 1880-1973 . In: Economic Inquiry . Dec. 1975, Volume 13, No. 4, pp. 461-484
  • The Demand for Quality-Adjusted Cash Balances. Price Uncertainty in the US Demand for Money Function . In: Journal of Political Economy . Aug. 1977, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 691-715
  • The Measurement of Long- and Short-Term Price Uncertainty. A Moving Regression Time Series Analysis . In: Economic Inquiry . July 1978, pp. 438-452
  • Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process . In: Journal of Law & Economics . Oct. 1978, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 297-326
  • Transaction Cost Determinants of “Unfair” Contractual Arrangements . In: American Economic Review . May 1980, pp. 356-62
  • with Lynne Schneider and Kevin M. Murphy: Governmental Regulation of Cigarette Health Information . In: Journal of Law & Economics . Dec. 1981, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 575-612
  • Contracting Costs and Residual Claims. The Separation of Ownership and Control . In: Journal of Law & Economics . June 1983, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 367-374
  • Contract Costs and Administered Prices. An Economic Theory of Rigid Wages . In: American Economic Review . May 1984, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 332-338
  • The economics of franchise contracts . In: Journal of Corporate Finance . Oct. 1995, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2, pp. 9-37
  • with Kevin M. Murphy: Vertical Integration as a Self-Enforcing Contractual Arrangement . In: American Economic Review . May 1997, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 415-420
  • The Microsoft Case. What Can a Dominant Firm Do to Defend Its Market Position? . In: Journal of Economic Perspectives . Spring 2001, Volume 15, No. 2, pp. 45-62
  • with Andres V. Lerner and Kevin M. Murphy: The Economics of Copyright "Fair Use" in a Networked World . In: American Economic Association . May 2002, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 205-208
  • with Andres V. Lerner: The Expanded Economics of Free-Riding. How Exclusive Dealing Prevents Free-Riding and Creates Undivided Loyalty . In: Antitrust Journal . 2007, Volume 74, pp. 473-519
  • with Andres V. Lerner: The Economics Revolution in Antitrust Law . In: Antitrust Journal . 2008, Volume I, pp. IX-XLIV
  • Bundled Discounts as Competition for Distribution . In: The online Magazine for Global Competition Policy . June 10, 2008

References

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louis G. Putterman, Randy S. Kroszner, The Economic Nature of the Firm , Chapter 8, p. 105
  2. ↑ LECG Corporation, Benjamin Klein, Director, LECG , October 17, 2008
  3. ↑ US Department of Justice, BENJAMIN KLEIN - Biographical Details , accessed Nov. 1, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Little Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City