Donald L. Alexander, Ph.D.

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1 Donald L. Alexander, Ph.D. Business Address: Home Address: Department of Economics 7815 Wendy Lane Western Michigan University Portage, MI West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI Voice: Fax: Professor Alexander EDUCATION Ph.D., Penn State University, Economics, B.S., Bowling Green State University, Economics, FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Research: Industrial Organization; Antitrust Economics; and Sports Economics. Teaching: Industrial Organization; Antitrust Economics & Regulation; Intermediate & Graduate Price Theory; and Principles of Microeconomics. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University, 2002-present. Associate Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University, Board of Scholars, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1995-present. Assistant Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University, Staff Economist, Office of Industries, U.S. International Trade Commission, Economist, Capital Economics, Staff Economist, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Assistant Professor of Economics, Penn State University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, The College of William and Mary,

2 AWARDS Philip M. McKenna Fellowship for the Study of Market Economics, 1986 & EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Referee for: American Economic Review, Applied Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Inquiry, International Journal of Sports Finance, Journal of Economics & Business, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Industry, Competition, & Trade, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Health Economics, Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics, Review of Industrial Organization, Southern Economic Journal, and evaluator for the National Science Foundation. ARTICLES & BOOKS The Impact of Market Share on Health Insurance Premiums, (with Jon Neill), Atlantic Economic Journal (forthcoming). Does Athletic Success Generate Legislative Largesse from Sports-Crazed Representatives? The Impact of On-Field Performance on State Appropriations to Universities, (with William Kern), International Journal of Sports Finance, 5 (November 2010): The Impact of Athletic Performance on Tuition Rates, (with William Kern), International Journal of Sports Finance, 4 (November 2009): Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas: An Analysis of the 2005 Competition Act, Background Paper No. 50, Tax Foundation, 8 December Drive for Show and Putt for Dough? An Analysis of the Earnings of PGA Tour Golfers, (with William Kern), Journal of Sports Economics, 6 (February 2005): Entry in Local Telecommunications Markets, (with Robert Feinberg), Review of Industrial Organization, 25 (September 2004): The Economic Determinants of Professional Sports Franchise Values, (with William Kern), Journal of Sports Economics, 19 (February 2004): Technical Progress and Real Wage Stagnation: Theory and Evidence from the U.S. Steel Industry, (with Jon Neill), Economics of Innovation & New Technology, 13 (January 2004): Major League Baseball: Monopoly Pricing and Profit-Maximizing Behavior, Journal of Sports Economics, 2 (November 2001): Valuing the Consumption Benefits from Professional Sports Franchises and Facilities, (with William Kern & Jon Neill), Journal of Urban Economics, 48 (2000):

3 Market Power, Efficiency, and the Dispersion of Systematic Risk, (with Paul Thistle), Review of Industrial Organization, 14 (June 1999): Promoting Competition In Michigan Telecommunication Markets Through Innovative Legislation, Werner Sichel & Donald L. Alexander. East Lansing, MI: The Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries, Michigan State University, Telecommunications Policy: Have Regulators Dialed The Wrong Number?, edited by Donald L. Alexander. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, Networks, Infrastructure, and the New Task for Regulation, edited by Werner Sichel & Donald L. Alexander. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, R&D Productivity and Global Market Share in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In Competitive Strategies in the Pharmaceutical Industry, edited by Robert B. Helms. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, Product-Market Competition and Executive Compensation, (with Huizhong Zhou), Journal of Economics and Business, 47 (December 1995): Innovation, R&D Productivity, and Global Market Share in the Pharmaceutical Industry, (with Joseph Flynn & Linda Linkins), Review of Industrial Organization, 10 (April 1995): Estimates of the Demand for Ethical Pharmaceutical Drugs Across Countries and Time, (with Joseph Flynn & Linda Linkins), Applied Economics, 26 (August 1994): Motor Carrier Deregulation and Highway Safety: An Empirical Analysis, Southern Economic Journal, 59 (July 1992): An Empirical Investigation of Lawn Mower Safety Regulation, Applied Economics, 22 (June 1990): The Oligopoly Solution Tested, Economics Letters, 28 (1988): An Empirical Test of Monopoly Behavior: An Application to the Hardwood Case, Applied Economics, 20 (August 1988): Diversification and Market Performance, Review of Industrial Organization, 3 (1986): An Empirical Test of the Mutual Forbearance Hypothesis: The Case of Bank Holding Companies, Southern Economic Journal, 52 (July 1985): BOOK REVIEWS, REPORTS, EDITORIALS, & RADIO INTERVIEWS Price Controls, Drug Imports Write Prescription for Harm, Viewpoint in the Kalamazoo Gazette, April 26,

4 The State Should Mind Its Own E-Business. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, November 2001 (with Michael LaFaive). WMUK radio interview on Electricity Deregulation, February 26, National radio interview with Dennis Prager on Airline Deregulation, January 11, WKZO radio interview with Bill Anthony on Kalamazoo Airport Taxi Monopoly, July 3, Book review of Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace, edited by Jeffrey A. Eisenach & Thomas M. Lenard, in Review of Industrial Organization, 17 (2000). Airport Taxi Monopoly Takes Passengers for a Ride. In Michigan Privatization Report, edited by Michael LaFaive. Midland, MI: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Summer Improving Safety at Any Cost Is Not Wise, Viewpoint in the Kalamazoo Gazette, June 13, Federalists Promote Free Markets and Rule of Law, Viewpoint in the Kalamazoo Gazette, April 26, 2000 (with William Kern). WBCK radio interview with Bill Gray and Dave Eddy on Internet Access Regulation, February 21, Government Control Won t Help Broadband Technology, Consumers, Viewpoint in the Kalamazoo Gazette, January 14, Leave Internet Access to the Market, Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, January 10, Internet Access: Government Intervention or Private Innovation?: A Mackinac Center Report. Midland, MI: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, December Laying Cable and Competition. In Michigan Privatization Report, edited by Michael LaFaive. Midland, MI: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Summer Dealing with Monopolies the Old-Fashion Way, Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, July 6, At Worst, Microsoft Is Good Monopoly, Op-ed in the Detroit Free Press, June 15, Book review of The Handbook of Industrial Innovation, edited by Mark Dodgson & Roy Rothwell, in Review of Industrial Organization, 11 (August 1996). 4

5 The Invisible Hand Returns, Op-ed in Business Direct Magazine, June 6-12, Markets Provide Clear Signals for Telecommunications, Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, November 6, RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Estimating the Corrective Tax for Goods Whose Consumption Affects the Consumer s Health, (with Jon Neill), Working Paper, 2015, under review at the American journal of Health Economics. Economic analysis of the International Harvester case. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Presented Does Athletic Success Generate Legislative Largesse from Sports-Crazed Representatives? The Impact of On-Field Performance on State Appropriations to Universities, at Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics, November Presented Drive for Show and Putt for Dough? An Analysis of the Earnings of PGA Tour Golfers, at the Midwest Economics Association, 67 th Annual Meeting, March Presented The Economic Determinants of Professional Sports Franchise Values at the Midwest Economics Association, 66 th Annual Meeting, March Presented Major League Baseball: Monopoly Pricing, Profit-Maximizing Behavior, and Exclusive Territories at the Midwest Economics Association, 65 th Annual Meeting, March Presented Valuing the Consumption Benefits from Professional Sports Franchises and Facilities at the Midwest Economics Association, 64 th Annual Meeting, April Presented Product-Market Competition and Executive Compensation at the Midwest Economics Association, 59 th Annual Meeting, April Presented Missing Gaps in the Knowledge Base on Pharmaceutical Global Competitiveness at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Conference, November 17, Presented Innovation, R&D Productivity, and Global Market Share in the Pharmaceutical Industry at the American Enterprise Institute Conference, Competitive Strategies in the Pharmaceutical Industry, October 27, Presented Innovation, R&D Productivity, and Global Market Share in the Pharmaceutical Industry at the Southern Economic Association Conference, November

6 Presented Deregulation and Highway Safety in the Interstate Trucking Industry at the Midwest Economics Association, 56th Annual Meeting, March Presented Estimates of the Demand for Ethical Pharmaceutical Drugs Across Countries and Time at the Ad Hoc Economics Working Group for the Pharmaceutical Industry, October 1991; invited presentation at Hope College, October Presented The Oligopoly Solution Tested at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, March Presented An Empirical Test of Monopoly Behavior: An Application to the Hardwood Case at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, March Presented Diversification and Market Performance at the Atlantic Economic Association Conference, October Presented An Empirical Test of the Mutual Forbearance Hypothesis: The Case of Bank Holding Companies at the Atlantic Economic Association Conference, October PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Consultant for Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason, & Gette. Expert Declaration of Donald L. Alexander in Re: In The Matter of Rhino Sports, Inc. v. Connor Sport Court International, Inc., November 29, Expert Report and Deposition of Donald L. Alexander in Re: Brand Name Prescription Drug Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, No. 94 CV 897 and MDL 997, December 14 & 15, Retained by Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone as an expert witness for the Upjohn Company. Prepared a research proposal for the Upjohn Company to identify breakthrough drugs in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (June 20, 1994). Prepared an economic analysis of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, Public Act No. 179 (with Werner Sichel) for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company (September 30, 1993). Prepared an evaluation of the OTA s study on R&D costs and firm profitability in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for the Upjohn Company (September 1, 1992). ITC: Assisted in preparing the report Global Competitiveness of U.S. Advanced-Technology Manufacturing Industries: Pharmaceuticals, Investigation No , which was submitted to the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on September

7 Capital Economics: Assisted in preparing a damage analysis in the Ashland v. NIOC litigation. Assisted in preparing a damage analysis used in the Litton v. CSX litigation. Prepared a damage analysis for the Armco Steel v. CSX litigation. Prepared an economic analysis of a vertical merger in the cable television industry. Prepared an economic analysis of a horizontal merger in the cable television industry. Prepared an economic analysis of a horizontal merger in the check-printing industry. Prepared an economic analysis of a horizontal and vertical merger in the food-condiments industry. FTC: Assisted in preparing an economic analysis of a proposed joint venture between General Electric and Union Carbide. Presented to the FTC commissioners for review. Prepared an economic analysis of the horizontal agreements among structural engineers in Northern California. VITAE.DOC 7