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CURRICULUM VITAE
JOSHUA SHERMAN
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2211 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Email: joshua.sherman@kellogg.northwestern.edu
CITIZENSHIP: Israel and U.S.A.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Bar-Ilan University, 2011
M.A. in Economics, Cornell University, 2005
B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2020 - Present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2022 - Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2016 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, 2011 - 2016
Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2015
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (SINCE 2000)
Chief Economist, Israel Competition Authority, 2023 - Present
Principal, Charles River Associates, 2020 - 2023
Compass Lexecon, 2016 - 2020
Vice President, 2019 - 2020
Senior Economist, 2016 - 2019
Product Manager, ColSpace Corporation (now Mediaocean), 2004 - 2005
Research Associate, The Princeton Economics Group (now Compass Lexecon), 2001 - 2003
KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint), 1999 - 2001
Consultant, 2000 - 2001
Analyst, 1999 - 2000
TEACHING
Northwestern University, Department of Economics
Econometrics II, Law and Economics
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Antitrust Economics
University of Vienna
Applied Econometrics, Competition Law and Economics (M.A.), Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics
Johannes Kepler University Linz (visitor, summer 2014 and winter 2014-2015):
Regulation and Antitrust (M.A.), Game Theory (M.A.)
Bar-Ilan University, Teaching Assistant (2007-2010):
Price Theory I, Price Theory II, Econometrics I, Introductory Microeconomics
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Bargaining at Retail Stores: Evidence from Vienna (with Sandro Shelegia), Management Science, 2021, 68(1): 27-36.
On Fruitful and Futile Tests of the Relationship Between Search and Price Dispersion (with Avi Weiss), Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55: 1898-1918
Price Response, Asymmetric Information, and Competition (with Avi Weiss), The Economic Journal, 2015, 125: 2077-2115
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Can State Price Gouging Laws Be Practically Applied to Long-Run Events?” The Price Point, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, February 2022
“When Antitrust’s Consumer Welfare Standard and ESG Collide.” Law360, October 4, 2021. Nominated for Best Business Article (Economics) for the 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards, organized by Concurrences and the George Washington University Competition Law Center
WORKING PAPERS
Norms and Team Formation: Evidence from Research Partnerships (with Daniel Garcia)
Loyalty and Costly Consumer Search
EXPERT RETENTION AND TESTIMONY
Declaration of Joshua M. Sherman in Re: Fusion Elite All Stars, et al., v. Varsity Brands, LLC, et al., in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division, Case No. 2:20-cv-02600-SHL-cgc. Opined regarding methods used to measure alleged anti-competitive conduct. Declaration filed on June 14, 2022.
Expert Report of Joshua M. Sherman on behalf of a multinational media and technology company in a matter in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. Opined on whether a contractual provision harmed competition more than it helped. Report submitted on June 3, 2022.
Estimated antitrust damages on behalf of a multi-brand restaurant franchising company for a mediation in an alleged breach of contract matter in California. Estimate and analysis provided on March 17, 2022.
SELECTED CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS
In re: Pre-Filled Propane Tank Antitrust Litigation. Economic and econometric analysis on behalf of defendant.
In re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-In-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation. Economic and econometric analysis on behalf of defendants.
In re: Institutional Cost Contribution Requirement for Competitive Products, before the Postal Regulatory Commission. Economic analysis of cross-subsidization and price floors.
ResCap Liquidating Trust v. EquiFirst Corp. and EFC Holdings Corporation. Economic and econometric analysis on behalf of plaintiffs.
In re: Guardant Health, Inc. v. Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc. Economic analysis in a Walker Process Antitrust claim on behalf of counterclaim plaintiff.
In re: Solodyn (Minocycline Hydrochloride) Antitrust Litigation. Economic and econometric analysis on behalf of defendants.
In the matter of M.8306 Qualcomm / NXP Semiconductors, on behalf of Qualcomm Incorporated. Economic analysis.
For a proposed merger between two companies in the beverage industry. Economic analysis.
For a proposed merger between two companies in the financial services industry. Economic analysis.
For a proposed merger between two companies in the disaster recovery industry. Economic analysis.
Economic and econometric analysis of alleged manipulation of Euribor and similar benchmarks.
Economic analysis of a Joint Business Agreement in the airline industry.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, San Francisco, CA
ABA Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section, Fall Council Meeting, Nashville, TN
Antitrust Midwest, Informa Connect, Chicago, IL
Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Law Committee Webcast: Sustainability and Antitrust: Europe is leading – will America follow?
ABA Webinar: “Greening” Competition: A Global Perspective
Advanced Competition Law, Informa Connect, London
Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co., Tel Aviv
GCR Live: Law Leaders Global, Miami Beach, FL
16th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Bar-Ilan University
Ben Gurion University
IDC Herzliya
Tel Aviv University
University of Haifa
World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Conference on Consumer Search Costs, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Arizona State University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Israel IO Day (at Tel Aviv University)
Industrial Organization: Theory, Empirics, & Experiments, Alberobello, Italy
University of Linz
39th Annual EARIE, Rome
Conference on Consumer Search Costs, Moscow
American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
9th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, MA
University of Vienna
Tel Aviv University, Industrial Organization Workshop
Israel Competition Authority
Israel Economics Association (Discussant, Panel on Market Structure)
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022, Nominated for Best Business Article (Economics) for the 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards, organized by Concurrences and the George Washington University Competition Law Center
2015 University of Vienna Teaching Award for Entry Level Classes Nominee (sole nominee from 250+ faculty of Business, Economics, and Statistics)
Graf Hardegg Grant for Research in Economics (7,500 EUR), 2015
Graf Hardegg Grant for Research in Economics (7,000 EUR), 2012
Presidential Fellowship for Outstanding Doctoral Students, University-wide, Bar-Ilan University, January 2007 – December 2010
Departmental Scholarship Award for Academic Distinction, 2009 and 2010
Distinction in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1999