Charles J. Thomas

 
John E. Walker Department of Economics

Clemson University

Clemson, SC 29634-1309

Office: 212 Sirrine Hall

Phone: (864) 656-5966
Fax: (864) 656-4192

E-mail: cjt@clemson.edu

 

 

Background

I am an assistant professor of economics at Clemson University.  I conduct research in the areas of industrial organization, antitrust policy, and microeconomic theory, using game theoretic tools to address issues involving competition.

 

Prior to joining Clemson, I was an assistant professor of economics and management in the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.  There I taught strategic decision making to students in the M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. programs, and industrial organization to students in the School's Ph.D. programs.

 

After earning my Ph.D., and prior to joining the Simon School, I worked for over 6 years in the Bureau of Economics at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.  For both investigations and litigation, there I provided economic analyses regarding competition in industries such as ready-to-eat cereal, baby food, prescription pharmaceuticals, drug wholesaling, entertainment, Internet service provision, petroleum, industrial chemicals, and smokeless tobacco.

 

For a more complete picture of my background, please view my curriculum vitae.

 

 

Teaching

For Fall 2009, my office hours will be Wednesday from 1:30pm-5:00pm

 

For Fall 2009, my courses will use the following textbooks:

ECON 211 (Intro Micro): Principles of Microeconomics, 4th Edition, by Robert Frank and Ben Bernanke

 

ECON 440/640 (Game Theory): Game Theory for Applied Economists, by Bob Gibbons

 

 

For Fall 2009 I am providing some guest lectures for Professor Benjamin’s ECON 211.  Lecture note versions of my PowerPoint presentations are below, as they become available (usually a day ahead, at the latest).  If you want to print these out for note-taking purposes, you should print them out using the “gray scale” or “black and white” printing options.  Also, many students like to print out the notes using the “notes pages” or “handout” printing option.

 

October 14, 2009: The Monopoly Problem

October 19, 2009: The Problem with Monopoly

October 21, 2009: Taxes 

 

 

Research

The following working papers are available for download:

Vertical Mergers in Procurement Markets

 

Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations (with Bart J. Wilson)

 

Information Revelation and Buyer Profits in Repeated Procurement Competition