LKY Distinguished Visitor: Professor A. Michael Spence

Professor A. Michael Spence : a select bibliography

Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor 22 - 27 March 1999 [ View PDF version ]

Education
Career
Honors
Professional and other affiliations
Books
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
Papers

PhD (Economics), Harvard University (1972)
BA/MA in Mathematics (Rhodes Scholar)
Oxford University (1968)
BA in Philosophy (Summa cum Laude, varsity hockey) Princeton University (1966)

Career

1971-75	Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University & At various times, member of the Editorial Boards : American Economics Review, Bell Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory and Public Policy
1973-75	Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University
1975-76	Honorary Research Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University
1976-77	Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Harvard University
1976-80	Chairman of the Committee for Hiring junior faculty in the Department of Economics
1977-79	Member of Economics Advisory Panel of the National Science Foundation
1977-83	Professor of Economics (since 1977); Professor of Business Administration (since 1979), Harvard University
1978-79	Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (advising the Harvard Corporation)
1979 -	Sloan Foundation Economics Advisory Committee
1980-85	Chairman of Project in Industry And Competitive Analysis, a Database for research in finance, Industrial organization and Competitive strategy
1981-83	Chairman of the Business Economics PhD Program, Harvard University
1983-84	Chairman of the Economics Department, Harvard University
1983-86	George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Harvard University
1984-90	Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University
1990 -	Philip H. Knight Professor and Present Dean of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Honors

1966	Honors Thesis Prize in Philosophy, Princeton University ; Rhodes Scholar ; Danforth Fellow.
1972	David A. Wells Prize for outstanding Doctoral dissertation at Harvard University
1978	J. K. Galbraith Prize for excellence in teaching
1981	John Bates Clark Medal : awarded once every two years by the American Economic Association to an economist under age 40, for contributions to economic research
1983	Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professional and other affiliations

Boards of Director : BankAmerica Corporation, General Mills Inc., Nike Inc., Siebel Systems, Sun Microsystems,
Verifone Inc.
Chairman, National Research Council Board On Science, Technology and Economic Policy American Economic Association
Fellow of the Econometric Society

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Materials available in the NUS Library are given with call number and location. Unless otherwise stated, Professor Spence is the sole author of the item. Titles are arranged in reverse chronological order and by alphabetical order for those published in the same year.

Location codes :
CL - Central Library
HL - Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
LW - Law Library
SC - Science Library

Most of the citations are taken from the following databases : ABI/INFORM Global, EconLit, Dow Jones News/Retrieval and LINC, the NUS Library Catalogue.

Books

International competitiveness / co-edited with Heather A. Hazard, Ballinger Pub. Co., 1988. HF1414 Int (CL Main Shelves)

Competitive structure in investing banking / co-authored with Samuel Hayes and David Marks. Harvard University Press, 1983.

Reconciling fragmented economic policies in antitrust in the 1980's, Conference Board, 1982.

Competition in the open economy / co-authored with R. E. Caves and M. E. Porter, Harvard University Press, 1980.
HD70 Can.C (CL Closed Stacks #81629, 144969)

Market signaling : informational transfer in hiring and related processes, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1974.
HD5707 Spe (HL Main Shelves)

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Book Chapters

"Science and technology investment and policy in the global economy" in The economic impact of knowledge / edited by Dale Neef. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. p. 61 - 76.
HC79 Tec.Ec (CL Main Shelves)

"Science and technology investment and policy in the global economy" in The mosaic of economic growth / edited by Ralph Landau. Stanford University Press, 1996. p. 173 - 190.
HD75 Mos (CL Main Shelves)

"Effluent charges and licenses under uncertainty" in The economics of the environment, with Marc J. Robert / edited by Wallace E. Oates. Edward Elgar, 1992. p. 143 - 160.
HC110 Env.Ec (CL & LW Main Shelves)
HC110 Env.Ec (CL Closed Stacks #288091)

"Capital structure and the corporation's product market environment " in Corporate capital structures in the United States / edited by Benjamin M. Friedman. University of Chicago Press, 1985. p. 61-76.
HG4061 Cor (CL Main Shelves)

"Modelling the role of history in industrial organization organization and competition" in Issues in contemporary microeconomics and welfare, with David Kreps / edited by George R Feiwel. Macmillan, 1985. p. 340 - 378.
HB171 Isu (CL Main Shelves)
HB171 Isu (CL Closed Stacks #121924, 122265)

"Blue whales and applied control theory" in Environmental decision-making, (v.2) / edited by Ahmad Yusuf. Hodder and Stoughton, 1984 : p. 43 - 68.
HC79 Env.Ev (CL Main Shelves)

"Competition, entry and antitrust policy" in Strategy, predation and antitrust analysis / edited by Steven Salop. Federal Trade Commission, 1981.

"Regulatory strategies for pollution control" in Approaches to controlling air pollution, with Martin Weitzman / edited by A. F. Friedlaender. MIT Press, 1978 : p. 199-219.
TD883.2 Fri (CL Closed Stacks #214221)
363.60973Ap65 (SC Closed Stacks #S12)

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Journal Articles

Optimal nonlinear pricing and contingent contracts ; with D. F. Spulber. / International Economic Review, (33) 1992 : p. 747-772.

Learning curve spillovers and market performance, with Ghemawat Pankaj. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (100) n. 5 Supp. 1985 : p. 839 - 852.
HB1 QJE (CL Bound Periodicals)

Cost reduction, competition and industry performance. / Econometrica, (52) n. 1 Jan 1984 : p. 101 - 121.
HB1 E (CL Bound Periodicals)

Industrial organization and competitive advantage in multinational industries. / American Economic Review, (74) n. 2 May 1984 : p. 356 - 360.
HB1 AER (CL Bound Periodicals)

Contestable markets and the theory of industry structure : a review article. / Journal of Economic Literature , (21) n.3, Sept 1983 : p. 981 - 990.
HC1 JEA (CL Closed Stacks #122807)

The learning curve and competition. / Bell Journal of Economics, (12) n.1 Spring 1981 : p. 49 - 70.
HD2763 BJE (HL Bound Periodicals)

Advertising, economies of scale and entry barriers. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (95) n. 3 November 1980 : p. 493 - 507.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #259482)
330Q28 e (CL Bound Periodicals)

Multi-product quantity-dependent prices and profitability constraints. / Review of Economic Studies, (47) October 1980 : p. 821 - 841.
HB1 RES (CL Bound Periodicals)

Investment, strategy and growth in a new market. / Bell Journal of Economics, (10) n. 1 Spring 1979 : p. 1 - 19.
HD2763 BJE (HL Bound Periodicals)

Efficient collusion and reaction functions. / Canadian Journal of Economics, (11) n. 3 August 1978 : p. 527 - 533.
HB1 CJE (CL Closed Stacks #182743)
330C16 e (CL Bound Periodicals)

Product differentiation and consumer choice in insurances markets. / Journal of Public Economics, (10) n. 3 Dec 1978 : p. 427-447.
HJ101 JPE (CL Bound Periodicals)

Tacit coordination and imperfect information. / Canadian Journal of Economics, (11) n. 3 August 1978 : p. 490 - 505.
HB1 CJE (CL Closed Stacks #182743)

Consumer misperceptions, product failure and producer liability. / Review of Economic Studies, (44) n.3 October 1977 : p. 561 - 572.
HB1 RES (CL Bound Periodicals)

Entry, capacity, investment and oligopolistic pricing. / Bell Journal of Economics, (8) 1977: p. 534 - 544.
HD2763 BJE (HL Bound Periodicals)

Nonlinear prices and welfare. / Journal of Public Economics, (8) n. 1 Aug 1977 : p. 1 - 18.
HJ101 JPE (CL Bound Periodicals)

Nonprice competition. / American Economic Review, (67) n. 1 Feb 1977 : p. 255 - 259.
HB1 AER (CL Bound Periodicals)
HB1 AER (CL Closed Stacks #22905, 270311)

Television programming, monopolistic competition and welfare. / co-authored with Bruce Owen. Quarterly Journal of Economics, (91) n.1 Feb 1977 : p. 103 - 126.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #259477)

Competition in salaries, credentials and signaling prerequisites for jobs. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (90) n. 1 February 1976 : p. 51 - 74.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #259476)

Effluent charges and licenses under uncertainty. / Journal of Public Economics, (5) n. 3-4 April-May 1976 : p. 193 - 208.
HJ101 JPE (CL Bound Periodicals)

Informational aspects of market structures : an introduction. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (90) n. 4 November 1976 :
p. 591 - 597.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #259476)

Markovits on imperfect competition. / Stanford Law Review, (28) pt. 2 May 1976 : p. 915 - 918.
KA1 STLR (LW Bound Periodicals)

Product differentiation and welfare. / American Economic Review, (66) n. 2 May 1976 : p. 407 - 414.
HB1 AER (CL Bound Periodicals)
HB1 AER (CL Closed Stacks #22906, 270309)

Product selection, fixed costs and monopolistic competition. / Review of Economic Studies, (43) n. 2 June 1976 :
p. 217 - 235.
HB1 RES (CL Bound Periodicals)

The third world and commodity prices -- what next? / The Banker, (126) Oct 1976 :
HG1501 B (CL Closed Stacks #184149)
332.1B225 (CL Bound Periodicals)

The economics of internal organization : an introduction. / Bell Journal of Economics, (6) n. 1 Spring 1975 : p. 163 - 172.
HD2763 BJE (HL Bound Periodicals)

Monopoly, quality and regulation. / Bell Journal of Economics, (6) n. 2 Autumn 1975 : p. 417 - 429.
HD2763 BJE (HL Bound Periodicals)

Most rapid approach paths in accumulation problems, with David Starrett. / International Economic Review, (16) n.2 June 1975 : p. 388 - 403.
HB1 IER (CL Closed Stacks #23355)

An economist's view of information. / Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, (9) 1974 : p. 57 - 78.
Z699 ARI (CL Closed Stacks #286268)

Competitive and optimal responses to signals : an analysis of efficiency and distribution. / Journal of Economic Theory, (7) n. 3 March 1974 : p. 296 - 332.
HB1 JET (CL Closed Stacks #185563)

Job market signaling. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (87) n. 3 August 1973 :
p. 355 - 374.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #23696)

Time and communication in economic and social interaction. / Quarterly Journal of Economics, (87) n. 4 November 1973 :
p. 651 - 660.
HB1 QJE (CL Closed Stacks #23696)

The effect of the timing of consumption decisions and the resolution of uncertainty on the choice of lotteries / with R. J. Zeckhauser. / Econometrica, (40) n. 2 March 1972 : p. 401 - 403.
HB1 E (CL Closed Stacks #22960)

The optimal control of pollution / with E. Keeler and R. J. Zeckhauser. / Journal of Economic Theory, (4) n. 1 February 1972 :
p. 19 - 34.
HB1 JET (CL Closed Stacks #185562)

Insurance, information and individual action. / American Economic Review, (61) n. 2 May 1971 : p. 380 - 387.
HB1 AER (CL Closed Stacks #22897 [v61] ; 258943 & 270298 [pt. 2])

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Papers

"Entry, conduct and regulation in professional markets" a report to the Professional Organizations Committee, Attorney General, Ontario ; February 1978.

"Non-random missing data" / with Jerry Haussan / MIT working paper, 1977.

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