FCC Chief Economist to present at Wake Forest School of Business on March 23

FCC Chief Economist Jeff Prince will discuss “5G for All” at the Wake Forest School of Business on Monday, March 23 at 12:30 p.m. in Broyhill Auditorium.

As Chief Economist, Jeff Prince is based in OEA but is an advisor on economic issues to the Chairman, Commissioners, and Bureaus and Offices. Jeff currently serves as a professor of business economics and public policy at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. In addition, he is the Harold A. Poling Chair in Strategic Management and Co-Director of the Institute for Business Analytics at Kelley. His research at Kelley focuses on empirical analysis of technology markets and telecommunications, spanning topics including dynamic demand for computers, Internet adoption and usage, the inception of online/offline product competition, telecom bundling and mobile data usage. His teaching responsibilities have included econometrics, predictive analytics, managerial economics and regulatory economics.

Jeff’s research has appeared in top general interest journals in both economics and management, including the American Economic Review, the International Economic Review, Management Science, and the Academy of Management Journal. He is the author of two textbooks: Managerial Economics and Business Strategy (with Mike Baye) and Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy. He is currently a co-editor at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and is on the board of editors at Information Economics and Policy. Prior to Indiana, Jeff taught at Cornell University, and he holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University.