
Scientia Professor Richard Holden
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Richard Holden is Scientia Professor of Economics at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ Business School, Director of theÌý, and President Emeritus of theÌý.
Prior to that he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Ìý
He received an AM and aÌýPhD in economicsÌýfrom Harvard University.ÌýHis research focuses on contract theory, organizational economics, law and economics, and political economy.ÌýHe has written on topics including: network capital, political districting, the boundary of the firm, incentives in organizations, mechanism design, voting rules, and blockchain.Ìý
Professor Holden has published in top general interest journals such as theÌýQuarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy,ÌýReview of Economic Studies, and Nature.ÌýHe is currently editor of the Journal of Law and Economics.Ìý
He has been a Visiting Professor of Economics atÌý the MIT Department of Economics and the MIT Sloan School of Management,Ìý Visiting Professor of Economics at the Harvard Economics Department, and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and Columbia Law School.
He is a Fellow of theÌý, a Fellow of theÌý, a Fellow of theÌý, a Distinguished Fellow of theÌý, and a Senior Academic Fellow at theÌý.
His research has been featured in press articles in The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, and The New Republic.ÌýProfessor Holden appears regularly as a media commentator, and has published opinion pieces in outlets including the Australian Financial Review, the Australian, the New York Times, The New Republic, Times Higher Education, and the Sydney Morning Herald.ÌýHe is a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review.
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