Arthur Campbell
(Arthur.Campbell@monash.edu)
Professional Experience
2021 – present Professor of Economics, Monash University, Department of Economics.
2017 – 2021 Associate Professor of Economics, Monash University, Department of Economics.
2015 – 2016 Senior Data Scientist, Uber Technologies
2014 – 2015 Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University, School of Management.
2009 – 2014 Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University, School of Management.
2003 – 2004 Consultant, Frontier Economics.
Education
2004- 2009 Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Thesis: “Social Networks in Industrial Organization”
1996-2002 B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne.
B.Com., Economics (Honours), University of Melbourne.
Research Fields
Industrial Organization, Organizational Economics, Economic Theory, Energy Economics,
Publications
“Word of Mouth and Percolation in Social Networks,” American Economic Review 2013, 103(6): pp2466-2498
“Delay and Deadlines: Freeriding and Information Revelation in Partnerships” (with Florian Ederer and Johannes Spinnewijn) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2014, 6(2): pp163-204.
“Signaling in Social Network and Social Capital Formation” Economic Theory, 2014, 57(2): pp303-337.
“A Word of Mouth Model of Sales” Economic Letters, 2015, 133, pp45-50.
“Managing Buzz” (with Dina Mayzlin and Jiwoong Shin) RAND Journal of Economics, 2017, 48(1): pp203-229.
"Diversity, Knowledge Clusters and Job Placement." (with Jonathan Feinstein, Soongwok Hong, Sharon Qian and Trevor Williams), Journal of Economic Education, 2017, 48(3), 146-166.
“Social-Learning with Differentiated Products” The RAND Journal of Economics, 2019, 50(1): pp226-248.
“Word of Mouth and Search” (with Matthew Leister and Yves Zenou) Conditionally Accepted The Rand Journal of Economics
“Solutions Manual to Accompany Contract Theory” (with Moshe Cohen, Florian Ederer, and Johannes Spinnewijn) MIT Press, September 2007.
Working Papers
“Spending Political Capital.” revise and resubmit The Economic Journal.
“Social Media and Polarization” (with Matthew Leister and Yves Zenou)
“Investment Incentives of Policies Supporting Intermittent Generation.”
Conferences and Presentations
Brown University, Central European University, Cambridge University, Columbia University, Ecole Polytechnique, INFORMS 2011, Iowa State University, Paris School of Economics, University of Toronto, Yale University School of Management, I.E.S.E., University British Columbia Summer Workshop in Economic Theory, University College London, University of Melbourne, Monash University, University of NSW, Hitotsubashi University, European University Institute, London School of Economics, Workshop on “Learning in Social Networks” (IESE).
Teaching
2018 – 2019 Advanced Topics in Microeconomics (PhD), Monash University
2013 – 2015 Game Theory, Yale University, School of Management.
2011 – 2015 Energy Market Strategy, Yale University, School of Management.
2010 – 2013, 2015 Competitive Strategy, Yale University, School of Management.
2008 Energy Economics and Policy, MIT.
Honors and Grants
2010-2012 F.K. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Fund, Faculty Research Grant.
2004-2009 David A. Finch Scholarship to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2002 William Noal & Son Prize, (Best Final Year Student in B.Com Honours).
2002 Economics Honours Prize (Best Student in Economics Honours).
2001 Dean’s Honours List (1st Class) Mechanical Engineering
1999 Wright Prize in Mechanical Engineering (Thermodynamics).
Referee
American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, The Economic Journal, Games and Economic Behavior, Network Science, Information Systems Research, Operations Research, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, The Journal of Law and Economics.
PhD Students
2014 Nathan Chan, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (Colby College, Economics).
2015 Michelle Lu, Yale University, School of Management (McGill University).