Michael Katz
Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business & Department of Economics | Sarin Chair Emeritus in Strategy and Leadership | Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Areas of Expertise (4)
Economics of Networks Industries
Intellectual Property Licensing
Telecommunications Policy
Cooperative Research and Development
Education (2)
Oxford University: PhD, Economics
Harvard University: AB, Economics
Summa Cum Laude
Honors & Awards (5)
Chairman’s Special Achievement Award, Federal Communications Commission
1996
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Full-Time MBA Program
1989, 1993 (Honorable Mention 1997, 2000)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1985-1988
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
1978-1981
John H. Williams Prize
Awarded to the Harvard College economics graduate with the best overall record 1978
Selected External Service & Affiliations (3)
- Co-editor, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
- Editorial board member, Information Economics and Policy, California Management Review
- Member, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies, Committee on Wireless Technology Prospect and Policy Options, The National Academies
Positions Held (1)
At Haas since 1987
2003 – present, Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, Haas School of Business 2009 – 2012, Director, Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School of Business 2003 – 2004, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Haas School of Business 2001 – 2003, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis, Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice 1995 – 2003, Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Business Administration, Haas School of Business 1994 – 1996, Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission 1989 – 1995, Professor, Haas School of Business, and Economics Department, UC Berkeley 1987 – 1989, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, and Economics Department, UC Berkeley 1981 – 1987, Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Media Appearances (4)
Michael Katz on Challenges to Antitrust Policy
Two Think Minimum online
2021-07-08
Prof. Emeritus Michael Katz, the Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, joins the Technology Policy Institute podcast to discuss antitrust reform and how part of the backlash against tech is resentment among people who fell for the industry's utopian claims. “I think some reforms are necessary,” he said.
Why these experts think antitrust changes to big tech won't be sweeping
CNBC online
2019-06-10
In this news segmant, Prof. Emeritus Michael Katz, Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, discusses ongoing antitrust probes into big tech firms. He said he doesn't think the industry will see big sweeping changes any time soon. "I do believe the angencies are going to look closely at big tech," he said, "but I think it's going to be much more drawn out."
AT&T calls on more expert witnesses to undermine DOJ's antitrust lawsuit
CNN Business
2018-06-06
AT&T introduced two more expert witnesses on Monday, as lawyers for the defense continued to question the credibility of the government's experts in the lawsuit to stop the telecom company's bid to take over Time Warner. Professor Michael Katz of the University of California, Berkeley, a former Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department official, testified that Time Warner's arbitration offer to distributors will hold down price increases.
Intelligence squared US: Should net neutrality be saved?
WNYC online
2018-06-01
The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to end net neutrality regulations has fueled a national debate about the fate of the internet. Prof. Michael Katz, Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, discusses the future of the policy.
Selected Papers & Publications (9)
Health and Taxes:The Economic Report of the President on Improving Incentives for Health Care Spending
Journal of Economic Literature
Michael L. Katz
2006
Observable Contracts as Commitments: Interdependent Contracts and Moral Hazard
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Michael L. Katz
2006
Your Network or Mine? The Economics of Routing Rule
RAND Journal of Economics
Michael L. Katz and Benjamin E. Hermalin
2006
Should Good Patents Come in Small Packages? A Welfare Analysis of Intellectual Property Bundling,
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Michael L. Katz and Richard J. Gilbert
2006
Privacy, Property Rights & Efficiency: The Economics of Privacy as Secrecy
Quantitative Marketing and Economics
Michael L. Katz and Benjamin E. Hermalin
2006
Competition or Predation? Consumer Coordination, Strategic Pricing, and Price Floors in Network Markets,
Journal of Industrial Economics
Michael L. Katz and Joseph Farrell
2005
Sender or Receiver: Who Should Pay to Exchange an Electronic Message?
RAND Journal of Economics
Michael L. Katz and Benjamin E. Hermalin
2004
An Economist’s Guide to US v. Microsoft
Journal of Economic Perspective
Michael L. Katz and Richard J. Gilbert
2001
Innovation, Rent Extraction, and Integration in Systems Markets
Journal of Industrial Economics
Michael L. Katz and Joseph Farrell
2000
Teaching (1)
Competition and Corporate Strategy in Network Markets
MBA, EWMBA