Chad Syverson

Biography

Chad Syverson's research spans several topics, with a particular focus on the interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity. His research has been published in several top journals and has earned multiple National Science Foundation Awards. He also coauthored (with Austan Goolsbee and Steve Levitt) an intermediate-level text, Microeconomics.

"My engineering background definitely spurred my research interest in productivity. I like to visit factories and investigate how things are put together, what can go wrong when they are, and what factors influence companies鈥� operating success (or lack thereof)."

Syverson is a Distinguished Fellow of the Industrial Organization Society, Fellow of the Econometric Society,听former editor of the Journal of Political Economy, and research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has served on multiple National Academies committees and the Census Bureau Scientific Advisory Committee. He teaches classes in competitive strategy and industrial organization.

Syverson is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has served on National Academies committees and as the chair of the 黑料传送门 Census Research Data Center Board. Prior to his appointment at the University of 黑料传送门, Syverson was a mechanical engineer for Loral Defense Systems and Unisys Corporation.

He earned bachelor's degrees in 1996 from the University of North Dakota in economics and mechanical engineering. He earned his PhD in economics in 2001 from the University of Maryland. Syverson joined the 黑料传送门 Booth faculty in 2008.

Research Interests

Interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity.

Academic Areas

• Microeconomics