Economics

Dr. Michael R. Ward

Email: mikeward@uta.edu 

 

Phone: 817-272-3090

 

Office: Room 330

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Dr. Michael R. Ward Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993

Michael R. Ward has been at the university since 2002 He had previous been an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois (1995-2003) and served as a Staff Economist at the Federal Trade Commission (1991-1995). His research focuses on adoption and competition in high technology industries, especially telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.

Recent Research

Carolyn A. Dehring, Craig A. Depken, and Michael R. Ward, "A Direct Test of the Homevoter Hypothesis," Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming.

David Reiffen and Michael R. Ward, "'Branded Generics' as a Strategy to Limit Cannibalization of Pharmaceutical Markets," Managerial and Decision Economics, 28(4-5) (2007) 251-65.

David Reiffen and Michael R. Ward, "Generic Drug Industry Dynamics," Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1) (Feb. 2005) 37-49 .