Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.

Joe Harrington is the Patrick T. Harker Professor in the Department of Business Economics & Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has published more than 100 articles in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Antirust Law Journal. His research focuses on collusion and cartels with the objectives of understanding observed collusive practices, developing observable markers of collusion, and designing competition policy to detect and deter collusion. His research is on the interface of theory and practice and has been presented before more than a dozen competition authorities including those of Chile, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.S.. He has given many distinguished lectures on the topic of collusion including keynote addresses at the annual meetings of the European Association for Industrial Economists (EARIE), the Chilean Economic Association, and the German Economic Association. His research has received several awards including the Antitrust Writing Award for the Best Publication on Concerted Practices and the Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award for the Best Publication on Information Exchanges. He has served as President of the Industrial Organization Society and has been a member of the editorial boards of all major journals in industrial organization including co-editor at the RAND Journal of Economics. In addition to being a co-author of the leading textbook Economics of Regulation and Antitrust, his books and monographs include How Do Cartels Operate?, The Theory of Collusion and Competition Policy, Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: Why They Form, How They Operate, and How to Prosecute Them, and the edited volume Cartels Diagnosed: New Insights on Collusion.