Richard Jensen
Professor of Economics
Chairperson, Department of Economics and Econometrics
Degrees
B.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Research Profile
Richard Jensen received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University, and has been at Notre Dame since 2000. He is Chairperson of Economics & Econometrics, and a Faculty Fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Notre Dame Energy Center. His primary areas of expertise are the economics of innovation, microeconomic theory, and environmental economics, and his current research interests are: the economics of intellectual property, especially the effects of the Bayh-Dole Act on the research of university faculty-inventors and its application; and the bioeconomics of invasive species. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and has been published in the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, among others. He is a Co-Editor and Fellow of the International Journal of Industrial Organization.
Contact Information
435
Flanner Hall
631-7698
rjensen1@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~rjensen1
