Matthew Mitchell

Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy

Degrees:

PhD, University of Rochester
MA, University of Rochester
BS, Penn State University

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Personal Website:

http://matthewmitchelltoronto.weebly.com/

Bio

My research focuses on the economics of innovation, incentive contracts and industrial organization. I'm interested in how the organization of industries and the nature of contracts impacts incentives to innovate, and how in turn the technology that comes from innovation impacts the organization of industry. I'm currently the managing editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics, and an associate editor at the RAND Journal of Economics and the Journal of Economic Theory.

Academic Positions

2012-present

Professor, University of Toronto
2007-2012

Associate Professor, University of Toronto
2006-2007

Associate Professor, University of Iowa
2001-2006

Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
1997-2001

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Non-Academic Positions

1997-2001

Adjunct Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Selected Publications - Papers

A Theory of Grand Innovation Prizes

with Alberto Galasso and Gabor Virag

Research Policy

Issue: Vol. 47, Issue 2

2018

Pages: 343-362
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working paper

2018
An Economic Theory of Dynamic Capabilities

with April Franco and Andrzej Skrzpacz

Oxford Handbook of Dynamic Capabilities

2016
Market Outcomes and Dynamic Patent Buyouts

with Alberto Galasso and Gabor Virag

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Issue:September

2016

Pages: 207-243
Mechanism Design for Designs: Principals with Taste

University of Toronto

Issue:working paper

2016
Rewarding Duopoly Innovators: The Price of Exclusivity

with Hugo Hopenhayn

working paper

2016
A Theory of Market Pioneers, Dynamic Capabilities and Industry Evolution

with Andrzej Skrzypacz

Management Science

Issue:61

2015

Pages: 1598-1614
Shared Patent Rights and Technological Progress

with Yuzhe Zhang

International Economic Review

Issue:February

2015
Dynamic Matching Pennies with Asymmetries: An Application to NFL Play-Calling

working paper

2014
Mechanisms for Allocation and Decentralization of Patent Rights

with Gerard Llobet and Hugo Hopenhayn

Advances in Economics and Econometrics

2012
Incentives and the Structure of Teams

with April Franco and Galina Vereshchagina

Journal of Economic Theory

Issue:146(6)

2011
Unemployment Insurance with Hidden Savings

with Yuzhe Zhang

Journal of Economic Theory

Issue:145(6)

2010
Covenants not to Compete, Labor Mobility, and Industry Dynamics

with April Franco

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Issue:17(3)

2009
A Theory of Factor Allocation and Plant Size

with Thomas Holmes

RAND Journal of Economics

Issue:39(2)

2008
Why do Incumbents Win? Evidence from the U.S. Senate

with Gautam Gowrisankaran and Andrea Moro

Review of Economic Dynamics

Issue:11(1)

2008
Employment Mobility Laws and Competition

with April Franco

Journal of Corporation Law

Issue:31(1)

2006
Network Externalities and Long-Run Market Share

with Andy Skrzypacz

Economic Theory

Issue:29(3)

2006
Rewarding Sequential Innovators: Patents, Prizes, and Buyouts

with Hugo Hopenhayn and Gerard Llobet

Journal of Political Economy

Issue:115(6)

2006
Persistent Distortionary Policies with Asymmetric Information

with Andrea Moro

American Economic Review

Issue:96(1)

2005
Specialization and the Skill Premium in the 20th Century

International Economic Review

Issue:46(3)

2005
Comment on: Strategic Innovation and Technology Adoption in an Evolving Industry

Journal of Monetary Economics

Issue:31(1)

2004
Technological Change and the Scale of Production

Review of Economic Dynamics

Issue:5(2)

2002
Innovation Variety and Patent Breadth

with Hugo Hopenhayn

The RAND Journal of Economics

Issue:32(1)

2001
The Scope and Organization of Production: Firm Dynamics over the Learning Curve

The RAND Journal of Economics

Issue:31(1)

2000

Research and Teaching Interests

Industrial Organization, Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Academic / Professional Service

2013-present

Associate Editor, RAND Journal of Economics,
2013-present

Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory,
2012-2015

Associate Editor, American Economic Review,
2008-2014

Associate Editor, Review of Economic Dynamics,
2007-2012

Associate Editor, International Economic Review,
2007-2009

Associate Editor, Economics Bulletin,

Matthew Mitchell