Chad Syverson
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Education
Ph.D. and M.A., economics, University of Maryland
Summary of Experience
Professor Syverson is an expert in industrial organization and microeconomics. His research spans numerous topics related to the interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity. Professor Syverson has been retained as an expert in several engagements and has provided deposition testimony in antitrust litigation. He has published widely in leading economic and industry journals, including the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the American Economic Review, and Econometrica, and he coauthored the intermediate-level textbook Microeconomics. Professor Syverson’s research has received multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, among others. He is a former editor of the Journal of Political Economy and has served on a number of editorial boards. Professor Syverson is a research associate in several programs at the National Bureau of Economic Research, including Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship; Industrial Organization; and Environment and Energy Economics. Prior to his appointment at The University of Chicago, he was a mechanical engineer for Loral Defense Systems and Unisys. He holds undergraduate degrees in both mechanical engineering and economics from the University of North Dakota.