William L. Holahan
William L. Holahan Prize for Outstanding Teaching
Degrees
PhD, Brown University 1974
MA, Brown University 1972
BS, University of Notre Dame 1968
Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics
Teaching as Emeritus Professor
Econ 381 – Honors Seminar: Persuasive Writing for Policy Influence (Spring 2014)
Econ 381 – Honors Seminar: Economic Issues for the 2016 Presidential Election (Fall 2016)
Econ 103 – Principles of Microeconomics (Spring 2013, 2018)
Current Projects
Pricing in Spatial Economics; Pricing of Water; Research on Sports Economics
Selected Publications
“The External Congestion Costs of Differential Vehicle Size,” Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 46 (2012), pp.67-78. (with Sara Cosgrove).
“Credible Collusion in a Spatial Economy,” International Economic Review, 44(1), February 2003: 299-312 (with John Gross).
“How to Carve a Medical Degree: Comment,” American Economic Review, 81(4), September 1991: 1015-16 (with Richard Perlman).
“The Welfare Effects of Market Shapes in the Loschian Location Model: Squares vs. Hexagons,” American Economic Review, 71(4), September 1981: 738-46 (with Richard E. Schuler).
“A Theoretical Analysis of Resale Price Maintenance,” Journal of Economic Theory, 21(3), December 1979: 411-20.
“The Welfare Effects of Spatial Price Discrimination”, American Economic Review, June 1975.