Michael A. Arnold

Associate Professor of Economics 420 Purnell Hall 302-831-1916 302-831-6968 (Fax) Website arnoldmlerner [dot] udel [dot] edu (Contact Information)

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles 1992
• M.A., Economics, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University, 1987
• B.A., Economics, College of William and Mary, 1984

Teaching Interests:

• Microeconomic Theory
• Uncertainty and Information
• Industrial Organization

Activities and Honors:

• Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs, Department of Economics, University of Delaware, 2001-2005

Recent Publications

• "Bargaining and Fixed Price Offers: How Online Intermediaries are Changing New Car Transactions," (with Thierry Penard), Review of Network Economics, forthcoming.
• "The Analytics of Search with Posted Prices," (with S. Lippman) Economic Theory, Vol. 17: 447-466, 2001.
• "Costly Search, Capacity Constraints, and Bertrand Equilibrium Price Dispersion," International Economic Review. 41:117-131, 2000.
• "The Elasticity of Demand for Search," (with S. Lippman), Economics Letters 67:309-314, 2000.
• "Search, Bargaining, and Optimal Asking Prices," Real Estate Economics. 27:453-81, 1999.