Background
RÖMER, Thomas was born in 1947 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary.
RÖMER, Thomas was born in 1947 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary.
Bachelor of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1968. Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy Yale University, 1971, 1974.
Lector, Assistant Professor, University Western Ontario, 1972-1975. Assistant Professor, Association Professor, Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1975-1980. Visiting Economics, United States Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1979-1980.
Professor Economics and Political
Economics, Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, since 1981.
Company-editor, Carnegie Papers on Political Economy (since 1980).
The focus of my research has been the interaction of market and nonmarket forces in re
source allocation, particularly in the political economy of the public sector. This has involved both theoretical work and empirical (econometric, experimental) investigation. Early work dealt with determinants of income tax rates, using a highly streamlined representation of the political process.
The structure of political decision-making is modelled in greater detail in my work on local public spending (in collaboration with H. Rosenthal), where considerations of agenda control and asymmetric and incomplete information play important roles. Most recently, I have begun detailed analysis of the connections between political campaign finance and political/economic outcomes. Another developing interest is the relationship between legal processes (dispute resolution) and product markets (particularly warranties).