THOMAS J. PRUSA

DEGREES

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 1988
M.S., Economics, Stanford University, 1985
B.A., Economics, Georgetown University, 1983

EXPERIENCE

1995-present Associate Professor, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey
1994-1995 Associate Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1988-1993 Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1993-present Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Award for Best Article (1996), Economic Inquiry, 1997.

• Award for Outstanding International Economics Article (1993), Review of International Economics, 1994.

• Award for Contributions to Undergraduate Education, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, 1993.

• Mentor of the Year, Office of Special Programs, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, 1991-1992

• Recent Recipients of Ph.D. Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 1989.

• Lynde and Harry Bradley Research Fellowship, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 1987-1988.

• Distinguished Teaching Award, Stanford University, 1986-1987.

ARTICLES

1. "An incentive compatible approach to the transfer pricing problem," Journal of International Economics, 28 (1990) 155-172.

2. "An economic history and analysis of Section 337," in Technology, Trade, and World Competition: Protecting Intellectual Property with Trade Sanctions, (JEIDA, Washington, D.C., 1990).

3. "Are new firms an important source of innovation?," with James A. Schmitz, Jr., Economic Letters, 35 (1991) 339-342.

4. "The selection of antidumping cases for ITC determination," in R.E. Baldwin ed., Empirical Studies of Commercial Policy, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991).

5. "Why are so many antidumping petitions withdrawn?," Journal of International Economics, 33(1/2) (1992) 1-20. Reprinted in Economics Alert, 1(2) (1993).

6. "Commercial policy towards multinational corporations under imperfect information," with Shabtai Donnenfeld, Review of International Economics, 1(2) (1993) 164-179.

7. "Does administrative protection protect? A reexamination of the U.S. Title VII and escape clause statutes," with Wendy L. Hansen, Regulation, 16(1) (1993) 35-43.

8. "International standards for intellectual property protection and R&D incentives," with Reiko Aoki, Journal of International Economics, 35 (1993) 251-273.

9. "Pricing behavior in the presence of antidumping law," Journal of Economic Integration, 9(2) (1994) 260-289.

10. "Can companies maintain their initial innovative thrust?: A study of the PC software industry," with James A. Schmitz, Jr., Review of Economics and Statistics, 76(3) (1994) 523-540.

11. "The road most taken: The rise of Title VII protection," with Wendy L. Hansen, The World Economy, 18(2) (1995) 295-313.

12. "Monitoring and coordination in MNCs: Implications for transfer pricing and intra-firm trade," with Shabtai Donnenfeld, Journal of Economic Integration, 10(2) (1995) 230-255.

13. "An overview of the impact of U.S. unfair trade laws," in Trading Punches: Trade Disputes and Their Resolution Under NAFTA, edited by Rafael Fernandez DeCastro, William B.P.Robson, and S. Dahlia Stein, Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association, 1996, 183-205.

14. "Cumulation and ITC decision-making: The sum of the parts is greater than the whole," with Wendy L. Hansen, Economic Inquiry, 34 (1996) 746-769.

15. "Product development and the timing of information disclosure under U.S. and Japanese patent systems," with Reiko Aoki, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 10(3), (1996) 233-249.

16. "Sequential versus simultaneous choice with endogenous quality," with Reiko Aoki, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 15(1), (1997) 103-122.

17. "The role of the median voter in U.S. trade policy: A historical analysis," with Wendy L. Hansen, Economic Inquiry, 35 (1997) 97-107.

18. "The trade effects of U.S. antidumping actions," in Effects of U.S. Trade Protection and Promotion Policies, in Robert C. Feenstra ed., (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997).

19. "Economics and politics: An empirical analysis of ITC decision-making," with Wendy L. Hansen, Review of International Economics, 5(2) (1997) 230-45.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. International Trade Policies, Incentives, and Firm Behavior, (Garland Publishing Inc., New York, 1990).

2. Review of P.K.M. Tharakan, ed., Policy Implications of Antidumping Measures, (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991), in Journal of International Economics, 32 (1992) 198-200.

3. Response to T. Stewart's comments on "Does administrative protection protect?," (with Wendy L. Hansen), Regulation, 16(2) (1993) 3-5.

4. Review of Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Kimberly Ann Elliott, Measuring the Costs of Protection in the United States, (Institute of International Economics, Washington, 1994), in European Journal of Political Economy, 609-612.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Editorial Board, Review of International Economics, 1994-present.

• Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics, 1995-present.

• Referee for:

  American Economic Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Global Finance Journal, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, National Science Foundation, Oxford Economic Papers, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of International Economics, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Southern Economic Journal, The World Economy