Michael A. Arnold

Associate Professor of Economics Director, University Honors Program 420 Purnell Hall 302-831-1916 302-831-6968 (Fax) Email: marnoldudel [dot] edu CV

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:

• Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics Oustanding Teacher Award, 2011
• Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs, Department of Economics, University of Delaware, 2001-2005

Recent Publications

• "Adverse Selection in Reverse Auctions for Environmental Services," with Josh Duke and Kent Messer, Land Economics, forthcoming.
• "Asymmetric Capacity Constraints and Equilibrium Price Dispersion," with Christine Saliba, Economics Letters. 111 (2011), 158–160
• "Asymmetric Market Shares, Advertising, and Pricing: Equilibrium with an Information Gatekeeper" with Chenguang Li, Christine Saliba and Lan Zhang, Journal of Industrial Economics, 59 (2011), 63-84.
• "Bargaining and Fixed Price Offers: How Online Intermediaries are Changing New Car Transactions," (with Thierry Penard), Review of Network Economics, Vol. 1, # 6, pp. 134-160, 2007.
• "The Analytics of Search with Posted Prices," (with S. Lippman) Economic Theory, Vol. 17: 447-466, 2001.