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William Sjostrom

Dr. William Sjostrom: Senior Lecturer in Economics

w.sjostrom@ucc.ie, ext: 2091


Undergraduate Teaching

  • Industrial Organization
  • Law and Economics
  • European Competition Policy(joint with Law department)
  • Economic principals
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Statistics for Economists
  • Mathematics for Economics

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Industrial Organization
  • Game Theory

Research interests

Industrial Organisation, Applied Microeconomics, Law and Economics, Maritime Economics

Previous Professional Experience

  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Cork, 1994-2002
  • Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Cork, 1992-4
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 1986-1992 Economist, Port of Seattle, 1984-1986
  • Dean, Faculty of Commerce, National University of Ireland, Cork, 1996

Publications

  • Liner Shipping: Modelling Competition and Collusion, in Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business , ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, London: Lloyds of London Press, 2002, pp. 307-326. International
  • The Effect of Safety Regulations at Sea: Deck Load Laws and the Nineteenth Century Timber Trade, Journal of Transportation Economics . 27 (October 2000): 303-313
  • Competition Law in the European Union and the United States, in New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law , ed. Peter Newman, London: Macmillan, 1998, vol. 1, pp. 370-377
  • Hanged for a Sheep - The Economics of Marginal Deterrence, (with David Friedman) Journal of Legal Studies . 22 (June 1993): 345-366
  • Antitrust Immunity for Shipping Conferences: An Empty Core Approach, Antitrust Bulletin . 38 (Summer 1993):419-423
  • Job Security in an Efficiency Wage Model, Journal of Macroeconomics . 15 (Winter 1993): 183-187
  • Price Discrimination by Shipping Conferences, Logistics and Transportation Review . 28 (June 1992): 207-215
  • An Empirical Test of Monopoly Behaviour: An Application to the Hardwood Cases: A Comment, Applied Economics . 23 (February 1991): 339-341
  • On the Origin of Shipping Conferences: Excess Capacity and the Opening of the Suez Canal, International Journal of Transportation Economics . 16 (October 1989): 329-335
  • Collusion in Ocean Shipping: A Test of Monopoly and Empty Core Models, Journal of Political Economy . 97 (October 1989): 1160-1179
  • Monopoly Exclusion of Lower Cost Entry: Loyalty Contracts in Ocean Shipping Conferences, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy . 22 (September 1988): 339-344

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