SILKE JANUSZEWSKI FORBES Curriculum Vitae April 2018 Fields of Research Industrial Organization, Economics of Organizations Current Position Tufts University, Department of Economics Associate Professor, July 2017 present Education Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003 Diplom-Volkswirtin (M.A. in Economics), University of Mannheim, Germany, 1999 Publications Quality Disclosure When Firms Set Their Own Quality Targets, joint with Mara Lederman and Michael Wither, International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming. Do Airlines Pad Their Schedules?, joint with Mara Lederman and Zhe Yuan, Review of Industrial Organization, forthcoming. Quality Disclosure Programs and Internal Organizational Practices: Evidence from Airline Flight Delays, joint with Mara Lederman and Trevor Tombe, American Economic Journal Microeconomics 7(2), 1-26, May 2015 (Lead Article). Contract Form and Technology Adoption in a Network Industry, joint with Mara Lederman, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 29(2), 385-413, April 2013. When Educators are the Learners: Private Contracting by Public Schools, joint with Nora E. Gordon, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12(1), January 2012. Does Vertical Integration Affect Firm Performance? Evidence from the Airline Industry, joint with Mara Lederman, RAND Journal of Economics 41(4), Winter 2010, pp. 765-790. Adaptation and Vertical Integration in the Airline Industry, joint with Mara Lederman, American Economic Review 99 (5), December 2009, 1831-1849. The Effect of Air Traffic Delays on Airline Prices, International Journal of Industrial Organization 26 (5), September 2008, pp. 1218-1232.
Publications (continued) The Effect of Service Quality and Expectations on Customer Complaints, Journal of Industrial Economics 56 (1), March 2008, pp. 190-213. The Role of Regional Airlines in the U.S. Airline Industry, joint with Mara Lederman, in: Darin Lee (ed.), Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. II, Elsevier, 2007. Product market competition, corporate governance and firm performance: an empirical analysis for Germany, joint with Jens Köke and Joachim K. Winter, Research in Economics 56 (3), September 2002, 299-322. Working Papers and Work in Progress Doctor Switching Costs in Health Insurance, joint with Gordon Dahl How Do Mergers Affect Service Quality? Evidence from U.S. Airlines, joint with Mara Lederman How Do Horizontal Mergers Affect Reliability? Evidence from Electricity Distribution Grants NSF Award #SES-1124154, Strategic Response to Public Disclosure Programs: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry, 08/2011-07/2013, $100,624 UCSD Committee on Research grant, 2006, 2007 and 2011 Academic Honors and Awards Mather Spotlight Prize for Women s Scholarship, CWRU, 2013 Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (MIT Global Airline Industry Program), 2002-2003 MIT Economics Department Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999-2001 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship, 1996-1997 German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), 1994-1999 Previous Positions: Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management Associate Professor, July 2014 June 2017, Assistant Professor, July 2012 June 2014 University of California, San Diego, Department of Economics Assistant Professor, July 2003 June 2012 (maternity leave in 2006 and in 2008)
Teaching Economics of Management and Strategy (Tufts, 2017 present) Econometrics (Tufts, 2017 present) Economics for Managers (MBA Core, CWRU), 2013-2017 Industrial Organization (Ph.D. Elective, UCSD), 2004-12 Economics of Network Industries (Undergraduate Elective, UCSD), 2006-11 Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate Core, UCSD), 2004-12 Introductory Microeconomics (Undergraduate Core, CWRU and MIT), 2002 and 2014-2017 Graduate Students Kirti Gupta (First job: Qualcomm, Director of Economic Strategy) Sarada (First job: Cornerstone; current job: Wisconsin School of Business) Daniel Ferreira Lima (First job: Bovespa) Cindy Vojtech (First job: Federal Reserve Bank, Board of Governors) Graton Gathright (First job: U.S. Census Bureau) University and Professional Service International Industrial Organization Conference, Program Committee, 2018 Economics Seminar Committee, Tufts, 2017-18 Library Liaison, Tufts, 2017-18 Strategic Planning Working Group, Tufts, 2017-18 Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, CWRU, 2014-16 Appointments Committee (Tenure & Promotion Committee), CWRU, 2016-2017 Faculty Senate Finance Committee, CWRU, 2016 Faculty Council Budget Liaison, CWRU, 2015-16 Faculty Council, CWRU, 2014-2017 Curriculum Committee, CWRU, 2013-15 Recruitment Committee, CWRU, 2012-13, and UCSD, 2007-08 Ph.D. Admissions Committee, UCSD, 2010-11
Referee Service American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Production and Operations Management, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Industrial Organization, Southern Economic Journal; California Energy Commission, Israel Science Foundation, National Science Foundation Invited Presentations (including scheduled) 2018 American Society of Health Economics Conference, Society for Organizational and Institutional Economics Conference, University of British Columbia Summer Conference on Industrial Organization 2017 ASSA Annual Meeting (discussant), NBER Organizational Economics Meeting (discussant) 2016 Imperial College, University of Kentucky, Tufts University, Northeastern, NBER Organizational Economics Meeting (discussant) 2015 Brandeis University, LMU Muenchen, Kent State University, NBER Organizational Economics Meeting (discussant) 2014 International Industrial Organization Conference, University of Michigan, University of Missouri, FTC Microeconomics Conference 2013 ASSA Annual Meeting (discussant), NBER Winter Meeting in Industrial Organization (discussant), Boston University Conference on Gaming Incentive Schemes 2012 AEA Annual Meeting, University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve University, Georgetown University, UC Los Angeles, University of Tennessee, University of British Columbia, Haas-Sloan Conference on the Law & Economics of Organization (discussant), FTC Microeconomics Conference (discussant) 2011 AEA Annual Meeting, Boston University, NBER Summer Institute in Industrial Organization, FTC Microeconomics Conference, NBER Working Group in Organizational Economics
2010 Stanford University, UC Los Angeles, Texas A&M, Washington University CRES Foundations of Business Strategy Conference (discussant), USC Conference on Game Theory in Business, Law and Politics 2009 Georgetown University, UC Davis, UC Irvine, University of Southern California, NBER University Research Conference on the Airline Industry 2008 UC Berkeley, ASSA Annual Meeting 2007 Harvard-MIT, University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount University 2006 US Department of Justice, NBER Winter Meeting in Industrial Organization, International Society for New Institutional Economics Conference 2005 MIT, UC Los Angeles, University of Toronto, International Industrial Organization Conference 2004 UC Irvine, UC Davis, ASSA Annual Meeting (discussant), International Industrial Organization Conference, EARIE Conference Personal Married, 2 children German and U.S. citizen