Brian McManus
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of North Carolina
Contact information
Department of Economics CB 3305
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
email: mcmanusb@email.unc.edu
web: www.unc.edu/~mcmanusb
office: 919-966-5392
fax: 919-966-4986
Education
2002: Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia
1994: B.A., Economics and Government, College of William and Mary
Professional experience
July 2008 - present: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina
July 2001 - July 2008: Assistant Professor of Economics, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University
Research
Publications
- "A Greater Price for a Greater Good? Evidence that Consumers Pay More for Charity-Linked Products," with Dan Elfenbein. Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
- "Substance Abuse Treatment and Motor Vehicle Fatalities" with Beth Freeborn. Forthcoming in Southern Economic Journal.
- "Nonlinear Pricing in an Oligopoly Market: the Case of Specialty Coffee." RAND Journal of Economics 38 (Summer 2007) pp.512-532.
- "Charity Auctions," with Maxim Engers. International Economic Review 48 (Aug. 2007) pp. 953-994.
- "Two Part Pricing with Costly Arbitrage." Southern Economic Journal 68 (Oct. 2001), pp. 369-386.
Working papers
- "Competition and Crowding Out among Public, Non-Profit, and For-Profit Organizations: Evidence from Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment," with Andrew Cohen and Beth Freeborn - September 2009.
- "The Demand for Products Linked to Public Goods: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment," with Rick Bennet – May 2009.
- "Technology Diffusion and Market Structure: Evidence from Infertility Treatment Markets," with Bart Hamilton - Sept 2005.
- "Infertility Treatment Markets: The Effects of Competition and Policy," with Bart Hamilton - July 2007.
- "Last Minute Bidding in eBay Charity Auctions" with Dan Elfenbein - May 2007.
- "A Model of an Assisted Reproductive Technology Market," with Bart Hamilton - Nov 2003.
Work in progress
Why do firms pursue socially responsible strategies? with Dan Elfenbein and Ray Fisman.
Teaching
At UNC:
Undergraduate Industrial Organization (Syllabus)
At Wash U:
- Undergraduate Microeconomics (Syllabus)
- Undergraduate Empirical Industrial Organization (Syllabus)
- MBA Managerial Economics
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