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D-Index
44
Citations
33080
World Ranking
1778
National Ranking
1047

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael L. Katz is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management and Accounting with a focus on subfields such as Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Accounting.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Michael L. Katz has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic venues. The primary journals include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Information Economics and Policy
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
  • International Journal of Industrial Organization

Among the recent publications attributed to Katz is the paper titled "Big Tech mergers: Innovation, competition for the market, and the acquisition of emerging competitors" (2020), which appeared in Information Economics and Policy. Other notable research, shared within the same data collection but by coauthors or in related fields, includes studies on Bayesian inference, blood pressure control interventions, dynamic merger policy, and antitrust law responses.

Frequent collaborators of Michael L. Katz include:

  • Richard J. Gilbert
  • J. R. Gair
  • Jonathan B. Baker
  • Andrew I. Gavil
  • A. Douglas Melamed

In recognition of their contributions, Michael L. Katz was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Network externalities, competition, and compatibility

    M. L. Katz

  • Systems Competition and Network Effects

    Michael L. Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • Technology Adoption in the Presence of Network Externalities

    Michael L. Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • An analysis of cooperative research and development

    Michael L. Katz

  • Product Introduction with Network Externalities.

    Michael L Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • Game-Playing Agents: Unobservable Contracts as Precommitments

    Michael L. Katz

  • On the licensing of innovations

    Michael L. Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United States

    George A. Akerlof;Janet L. Yellen;Michael L. Katz

  • How to License Intangible Property

    Michael L. Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • R and D Cooperation and Competition

    Michael L. Katz;Janusz A. Ordover;Franklin Fisher;Richard Schmalensee

  • The Welfare Effects of Third-Degree Price Discrimination in Intermediate Good Markets

    Michael L. Katz

  • R&D Rivalry with Licensing or Imitation

    Michael L Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • Vertical contractual relations

    Michael Katz

  • Product Compatibility Choice in a Market with Technological Progress.

    Michael L. Katz;Carl Shapiro

  • Plea Bargaining and Social Welfare

    Gene M. Grossman;Michael L. Katz

  • R&D Cooperation and Competition

    Michael L. Katz;Janusz A. Ordover

  • Moral Hazard and Verifiability: The Effects of Renegotiation in Agency

    Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael L. Katz

  • The Economics of Product-Line Restrictions With an Application to the Network Neutrality Debate

    Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael L. Katz

  • Innovation, Rent Extraction, and Integration in Systems Markets

    Joseph Farrell;Michael L. Katz

  • Judicial Modification of Contracts Between Sophisticated Parties: A More Complete View of Incomplete Contracts and Their Breach

    Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael L. Katz

  • Chapter 11 Vertical contractual relations

    Michael L. Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin E. Hermalin
Benjamin E. Hermalin University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Farrell
Joseph Farrell University of California, Berkeley
Richard J. Gilbert
Richard J. Gilbert University of California, Berkeley
Carl Shapiro
Carl Shapiro University of California, Berkeley
Harvey S. Rosen
Harvey S. Rosen Princeton University
Joshua S. Gans
Joshua S. Gans University of Toronto
Steven Berry
Steven Berry Yale University
Paul Milgrom
Paul Milgrom Stanford University
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol

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