About the Author

Lynne Pepall is professor of economics at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Professor Pepall received her undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and her PhD in economics from the University of Cambridge in England. She has written numerous papers in microeconomics and in industrial organization, appearing in The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Industrial Economics, Economic Journal, Economica, and other publications. She has taught industrial organization and microeconomics, with enthusiasm, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and is the co-author of a leading undergraduate textbook in industrial organization, Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Empirical Applications, also published by Wiley. From 2007–2013 Professor Pepall served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. She was a Visiting Economist in the Economic Analysis Group of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice in 2013–2014. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her husband, sometimes one or two sons, and a lively golden retriever called Nelson.

Peter Antonioni is a senior teaching fellow in the Department of Management Science and Innovation at University College London, where he teaches strategy. His research interests are in the economic history of music production. If not working, he can usually be found crying over Tottenham Hotspurs’ most recent performance ...

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