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J. Susan Chen

Assistant Professor

Office Address:	STV 426E
Mailing Address:	Illinois State University Department of Economics Campus Box 4200 Normal IL 61790-4200
Office Phone:	(309).438.3616
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Teaching Schedule:

Course Number	Section	Course Name	Time	Room Number
ECO238.0	1	Using Regression & Econometric Methods	T R 09:35 - 10:50	STV 0440
ECO238.0	2	Using Regression & Econometric Methods	T R 11:00 - 12:15	STV 0440
ECO300.0	3	Senior Project
ECO343.0	1	Competition and Managerial Strategies	T R 14:00 - 15:15	STV 0440

Teaching Interests: Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Game Theory and Strategy, and E-Commerce Education:

Teaching Interests:

Research Interests:

Industrial Organization, Game Theory and Strategy, and E-Commerce

Education:

Selected Publications: “Information Gatekeepers, Product Markets, and Vertical Merger” (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming. "The Effect of Most-Favored Customer Clauses on Prices" (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Industrial Economics, 2011, 59(3), 343-371. (Lead Article) "Do Countercyclical-Weekend Effects Persist in Online Retail Markets?" (with Jeffery A. Livingston and Patrick A. Scholten), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2009, 8(4), 174-181. (Lead Article) “Backward Integrated Information Gatekeepers and Independent Divisions in the Product Market,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, 8(1), Article 7. “Differences in Average Prices on the Internet: Evidence from the Online Market for Air Travel,” Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44(4), 656-670. "Price Dispersion, Product Characteristics, and Firms' Behaviors: Stylized Facts from Shopper.com" (with Patrick A. Scholten) in Advances in Applied Microeconomics (M. R. Baye, Ed.), JAI Press, 2003, 12, 143-164.

Selected Publications:

“Information Gatekeepers, Product Markets, and Vertical Merger” (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

"The Effect of Most-Favored Customer Clauses on Prices" (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Industrial Economics, 2011, 59(3), 343-371. (Lead Article)

"Do Countercyclical-Weekend Effects Persist in Online Retail Markets?" (with Jeffery A. Livingston and Patrick A. Scholten), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2009, 8(4), 174-181. (Lead Article)

“Backward Integrated Information Gatekeepers and Independent Divisions in the Product Market,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, 8(1), Article 7.

“Differences in Average Prices on the Internet: Evidence from the Online Market for Air Travel,” Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44(4), 656-670.

"Price Dispersion, Product Characteristics, and Firms' Behaviors: Stylized Facts from Shopper.com" (with Patrick A. Scholten) in Advances in Applied Microeconomics (M. R. Baye, Ed.), JAI Press, 2003, 12, 143-164.