Catherine De Fontenay The Conversation

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne Profile Articles Activity

After completing her PhD in 1998 at Stanford University, Catherine taught at the University of New South Wales. She joined the University of Melbourne in 2001, and held roles in the Business School and the Economics Department. She has held visiting positions at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, and the Stern School of Business, New York University. Most recently she was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne.

Her research has been published in a number of international journals, including the American Economic Review, the RAND Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Industrial Economics. In competition economics, her research has focused on firm-to-firm negotiations, and how mergers or exclusive dealing contracts will affect negotiated outcomes. She has also researched topics from organisational economics and development economics.

Catherine became a full time Commissioner with the Productivity Commission in July 2019.

Experience

• –present Senior lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
• –present Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School

Education

• 1989 McGill University, Canada, BA (HONS) Economics
• 1988 Stanford University, PhD

Research Areas

• Economic Development Policy (160505)
• Industry Economics And Industrial Organisation (140209)
• Economic Geography (160401)

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