Jeff Prince

About

Jeff specializes in fields of research includeing industrial organization, applied econometrics, strategy, and regulation. He served as Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission during 2019 and 2020. At the FCC, he advised the Commission on economic policy, auction design, data analytics, and antitrust matters.

Professor Prince has been recognized for excellence in both his research and his teaching during his time at the Kelley School and while at Cornell. He is an author of multiple textbooks covering a range of core microeconomic and econometric principles in managerial economics and predictive analytics. His research focus is on technology markets and telecommunications, having published works on dynamic demand for computers, Internet adoption and usage, the inception of online/offline product competition, telecom bundling, the valuation of product features, and data privacy. His research also encompasses topics such as household-level risk aversion, airline quality competition, and regulation in healthcare and real estate markets. His works have appeared in top general interest journals in both economics and management, including the American Economic Review, the International Economic Review, Management Science, and the Academy of Management Journal. He has also published in top journals in industrial organization, including the Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and the International Journal of Industrial Organization. He is currently a co-editor at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and is on the board of editors at Information Economics and Policy.

Professor Prince has consulted for various clients on valuing antitrust, intellectual property, damages, and data privacy concerns. As part of this work, he has written numerous expert reports and provided oral expert testimony, through both deposition and trial, on many occasions.

Professor Prince received his BS in mathematics and statistics and BA in economics from Miami University in 1998 and his PhD in economics from Northwestern University in 2004.

Reflection

I attended Miami University from 1994-1998. I could not have asked for a better training ground for the unpredictable, exciting, and ultimately fulfilling career that has followed. First and foremost, the quality of teaching at Miami has been second to none. Some of my most memorable experiences – and these are just a few of many – were with Professors Farmer and Holmes in the mathematics department, and Professors Platt, Curme, and Hart as part of my economics coursework. They all did more than just share their knowledge, they made typically challenging material not just approachable, but truly interesting. My economics professors were so good that, despite being fully intent on pursuing a career in mathematics, and hence only majoring in mathematics and statistics, I evolved from having economics as a thematic sequence, to a minor, to a major by my senior year. Like Christopher Walken with the cowbell, I just had to have more econ.

With 25 years of hindsight, adding economics to my mathematics and statistics major proved to be an outstanding decision. The subjects are strong complements, and the combination of skills opens up a wide and exciting range of opportunities for those who can run that gauntlet. While it was clear even while I was at Miami that I was getting excellent preparation, I’m even more appreciative of my educational experience today. I am thrilled to have an opportunity as an advisory board member to contribute to the continuing tradition of excellence in economics education at Miami.