Ryan Lawrence Lampe

Ryan Lawrence Lampe
http://www.ryanlampe.com
[email protected]
Associate Professor
California State University, East Bay
Academic Positions
Associate Professor (without tenure), California State University, East Bay, 2013–present.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, 2012–13.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, DePaul University, 2009–13.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics
B.Com. (Hons.) in Economics
DipML (Indonesian)
Stanford University, 2009.
University of Melbourne, 2002.
University of Melbourne, 2000.
University of Melbourne, 1999.
Research Interests
Economics of Innovation, Applied Microeconomics, Economic History.
Publications
“Patent Pools, Competition, and Innovation — Evidence from 20 U.S. Industries Under the New Deal”
(with Petra Moser). The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2016, v. 32.
“The Adoption of New Technologies: Understanding Hollywood’s (Slow and Uneven) Conversion to
Color, 1940-70” (with Ricard Gil). The Journal of Economic History, 2014, v. 74, No. 4, pp. 987–
1014.
“Patent Pools and Innovation in Substitute Technologies — Evidence from the 19th-Century Sewing
Machine Industry” (with Petra Moser). The RAND Journal of Economics, 2013, v. 44, No. 4, pp. 757–
778.
“Patent Pools: Licensing Strategies in the Absence of Regulation” (with Petra Moser). Advances in
Strategic Management, 2012, v. 29, pp. 69–86.
“Strategic Citation.” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, v. 94, No. 1, pp. 320–333.
“Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century Sewing Machine
Industry” (with Petra Moser). The Journal of Economic History, 2010, v. 70, No. 4, pp. 898–920.
“Renewal Fees and Self-Funding Patent Offices” (with Joshua Gans and Stephen P. King). Topics in
Theoretical Economics, 2004, v. 4, No. 1, Article 6.
“Network Externalities, Price Discrimination and Profitable Piracy” (with Stephen P. King).
Information Economics and Policy, 2003, v. 15, No. 3, pp. 271–290.
Working Papers
“Post-release Advertising, Movie Quality, and Word-of-Mouth”
Work in Progress
“This Paper is Not Yet Rated — Self-regulation in the U.S. Film Industry” (with Shaun McRae).
“Unmoved by Chains — Entry and Exit of Australian Coffee Shops” (with Brian Adams).
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Honors and Awards
2009
Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University.
2007–08 John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Summer Research Fellowship,
Stanford University.
2008
Introductory Economics Center Teaching Award, Stanford University.
2005–06 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Fall 2005/Spring 2006, Stanford University.
2000
Jean Polgaze Memorial Prize, Economics Research Essay, University of Melbourne.
2000
Desmond J. Cleary Memorial Prize, Financial Economics, University of Melbourne.
Conference and Workshop Presentations
2014
International Industrial Organization Conference (“This Paper is Not Yet Rated”).
2013
University of California Santa Cruz, Mallen Conference on the Economics of Film
and Television (“This Paper is Not Yet Rated”).
Duke University Fuqua Strategy Conference, FTC Bureau of Economics, Melbourne
Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (“Patent Pools, Competition, and
Innovation”).
SIEPR Social Science and Technology Workshop (“The Adoption of New
Technologies”).
2012
Northwestern Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (“Patent Pools,
Competition, and Innovation”).
University of Missouri-Columbia (“This Paper is Not Yet Rated”).
2011
NBER/USPTO Patents, Standards and Innovation Conference (“Patent Pools,
Competition, and Innovation”).
Purdue University, Northern Illinois University, DePaul University (“This Paper is
Not Yet Rated”).
2010
NBER Summer Institute (“Patent Pools and Innovation in Substitute Technologies”).
Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University (“Patent Pools, Competition, and
Innovation”).
2009
Illinois Economics Association (“Patent Pools and Innovation in Substitute
Technologies”).
2008
Santa Fe Institute (“Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation?”).
Teaching Experience
2013–15 Instructor, Micro-Economic Theory, Economics of Innovation and Intellectual
Property, Research Methods, Principles of Microeconomics, California State
University, East Bay
2009–12 Instructor, Economics of Innovation, Principles of Microeconomics, Intermediate
Microeconomics, and Economics of Regulation & Antitrust Laws, DePaul University.
2007–08 Instructor, Introduction to Economics, Stanford University.
2008–09 Teaching Consultant, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University.
2005–09 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistical Methods, Economic Analysis II, and
Introduction to Economics, Stanford University.
2001–03 Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of Financial Markets,
Introductory Microeconomics, and Introductory Macroeconomics, Univ. Melbourne.
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Refereeing
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economic History Review, Economic Inquiry,
Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Engineering and Technology
Management, Journal of Economic History, Management Science, Oxford Economic Papers, Research
Policy, Review of Industrial Organization, Southern Economic Journal.
Committees and Service
2014–15 Economics Dept. Faculty Recruitment Committee, Chair
2014–16 College of Business and Economics Curriculum Committee
2014–
College of Business and Economics Entrepreneurship Taskforce
2013–14 Economics Dept. Faculty Recruitment Committee, Chair
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