Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
economist university professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Schmalensee is an expert on regulation and antitrust policy, and is known for serving on the President"s Council of Economic Advisers as well as his testimony in the Microsoft anti-trust trial, in which he testified as an expert witness in favor of Microsoft. Frank Fisher, another Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist who was Schmalensee"s former thesis advisor, also testified in these trials, but in favor of the Department of Justice that was prosecuting Microsoft. Schmalensee is also an expert on energy and environmental policy and served on the National Commission on Energy Policy.
Schmalensee"s most recent book is Catalyst Code (with David South Evans), which deals with the management problems faced by multi-sided platform businesses.
He is Chairman of Market Platform Dynamics, a consulting firm focused on such businesses, and a Director of The Global Economics Group. Schmalensee received his South.B. and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
