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Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Kennedy School, Emeritus
Kennedy School of Government
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| PROFILE |
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| F.M. Scherer is Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Emeritus. From 1974 to 1976, he was chief economist at the Federal Trade Commission. His research specialties are industrial economics and the economics of technological change, leading inter alia to books on Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (third edition with David Ross); The Economics of Multi-Plant Operation: An International Comparisons Study (with three coauthors); International High-Technology Competition; Competition Policies for an Integrated World Economy; Mergers, Sell-offs, and Economic Efficiency (with David J. Ravenscraft); Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives; and The Weapons Acquisition Process (two volumes, one with M. J. Peck). |
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| COURSES |
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BGP-201 |
Industry Structure, Strategy, and Public Policy |
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| RESEARCH |
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For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - Present, please visit the KSG Research Report Online. |
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Scherer, F.M. "The Evolution of Music Markets." Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture. Ed. Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby. North-Holland, 2006, 123-143. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Uncertainty and Choice: The Challenges of Pharmaceutical Efficacy, Safety, and Cost." Managerial and Decision Economics 28.4-5 (June-August 2007): 267-283. |
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Scherer, F.M. "An Industrial Organization Perspective on the Influenza Vaccine Shortage." Managerial and Decision Economics 28.4-5 (June-August 2007): 393-405. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras." Economia e Politica Industriale 33.4 (December 2006): 51-64. |
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Scherer, F.M. "A New Retrospective on Mergers." Review of Industrial Organization 28.4 (June 2006): 327-341. |
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Scherer, F.M. "On Paolo Sylos-Labini." Economia e Publica Industriale 33.2 (June 2006): 15-20. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Horst Hesse: A Cold War Military Intelligence Mole." Intelligence and National Security 21.2 (April 2006): 224-236. |
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Scherer, F.M. "The Political Economy of Patent Policy Reform in the United States." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-042, October 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Technological Innovation and Monopolization." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-043, October 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Markets and Uncertainty in Pharmaceutical Development." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-039, September 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Parallel R&D Paths Revisited." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-040, September 19, 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Class Actions in the U.S. Experience: An Economist's Perception." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-028, June 2007. |
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Schere, F.M. "How Conservative Economics Has Influenced Antitrust." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-027, June 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Pharmaceutical Innovation." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-004, February 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Essential Drugs." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-003, February 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. "Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-002, January 2007. |
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Scherer, F.M. Comment on "Vertical Restrictions and Antitrust Policy" by James Cooper, et al. Competition Policy International, 1.2 Autumn 2005. |
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