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Mark Armstrong (economist)

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Mark Armstrong
BornDecember 1964 (age 59)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Doctoral advisorJames Mirrlees
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineIndustrial organisation
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Southampton
University of Oxford
University College London

Christopher Mark Armstrong(born December 1964)FBAis a British economist, professor of economics atUniversity College Londonand University Academic Fellow ofAll Souls College, Oxford.His research focuses on industrial organisation and the functioning of markets.

Education

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Armstrong graduated with a BA in mathematics fromQueens' College, Cambridgein 1987. He was a postgraduate atSt John's College, Oxford,from 1987 to 1992, where he received an M.Phil. and D.Phil. in economics.[1]

Career

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Armstrong's first academic position was as a lecturer in microeconomics at Cambridge University and fellow ofGonville and Caius College, Cambridge.He left for a professorship in economic policy at theUniversity of Southamptonin 1994 and was appointed fellow ofNuffield College, Oxford,in 1997. He then became a professor of economics atUniversity College Londonin 2003 and left for his current position at the University of Oxford in 2011.[1][2]

TheBritish Academyand theEconometric Societyelected him to fellowship in 2007 and 2008, respectively.[2][3]He is also a fellow of theEuropean Economic Association.[4]

He was managing editor and chair of theReview of Economic Studiesand co-editor of theRAND Journal of Economics.[5][6]

Selected works

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  • Armstrong, Mark (1998)."Network Interconnection in Telecommunications".The Economic Journal.108(448): 545–564.doi:10.1111/1468-0297.00304.
  • Armstrong, Mark (2006)."Competition in two-sided markets".The RAND Journal of Economics.37(3): 668–691.doi:10.1111/j.1756-2171.2006.tb00037.x.
  • Armstrong, Mark; Vickers, John (2018)."Multiproduct Pricing Made Simple".Journal of Political Economy.126(4): 1444–1471.doi:10.1086/697902.S2CID18244751.
  • Armstrong, Mark; Vickers, John (2019)."Discriminating against Captive Customers".American Economic Review: Insights.1(3): 257–272.doi:10.1257/aeri.20180581.S2CID53049320.
  • Armstrong, Mark; Cowan, Simon; Vickers, John (1994).Regulatory Reform: Economic Analysis and British Experience.ISBN9780262011433.

References

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  1. ^abArmstrong, Mark."CVshort.pdf".Google Docs (linked from official website).Retrieved17 January2021.
  2. ^ab"Professor Mark Armstrong FBA".The British Academy.Retrieved17 January2021.
  3. ^"Fellows | The Econometric Society".econometricsociety.org.Retrieved17 January2021.
  4. ^"Fellows | EEA".eeassoc.org.Retrieved17 January2021.
  5. ^"History | The Review of Economic Studies".restud.Retrieved17 January2021.
  6. ^"The RAND Journal of Economics".Wiley Online Library.doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1756-2171.Retrieved17 January2021.
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