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photo areaWilliam James Adams

Professor of Economics
PhD, Harvard, 1973

U of M Affiliation(s)
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

Contact Information
University of Michigan
Department of Economics
611 Tappan Street
262 Lorch Hall
Phone: 734-764-5273
Fax: 734-764-2769
Email: jimadams@umich.edu
Fields of Study
Industrial Organization
The European Economy

About William James Adams

Jim Adams splits his research time between industrial organization and the European economy, with special attention to the French economy and to the sources and uses of market power. He is currently studying the economic impact of judicial policy-making in the European Union.

Link to Curriculum Vitae

View William James Adams's C.V.

Publications

Adams, William James, "Markets: Beer in Germany and the United States," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), Winter 2006, 189-205.

Adams, William James, and David Encaoua, "Distorting the Direction of Technological Change," European Economic Review, 38(3-4), April 1994, 663-673.

Adams, William James, ed., Singular Europe: Economy and Polity of the European Community after 1992, Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 1992. Paperback edition: 1995.

Adams, William James, Restructuring the French Economy: Government and the Rise of Market Competition since World War II, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1989.

Adams, William James, and David E. M. Sappington, "Profiting from 'Countervailing' Power: An Effect of Government Control," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 6(3), September 1988, 323-333.

Adams, William James, and Janet L. Yellen, "What Makes Advertising Profitable?" Economic Journal, 87(347), September 1977, 427-449.

Adams, William James, and Janet L. Yellen, "Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 90(3), August 1976, 475-498.





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