Michael Raith

Michael Raith

Associate Professor
Area(s) of Expertise
Economics and Management
Bio

Professor Raith joined the Simon School in 2002. He has also spent time as full-time or visiting faculty at the University of Chicago, USC, and MIT.

Courses
Econ Theory of Organizations
Organization and Strategy
Advanced Price Theory I
Economic Theory of Organizations
Organization & Strategy
Research Interests
His research interests include the economics of organiza­tions and industrial economics. He has worked on pricing strategies in the presence of market uncertainty, the effects of financial constraints on firms' behavior in product markets, incentive contracting and performance evaluation in organizations, and the interaction between incentives and communication in various principal-agent settings. Raith's work has been published in the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Teaching Interests

Prof. Raith taught Competitive Strategy for many years, and has more recently been teaching Organization and Strategy (formerly a core MBA course). He has been named to the Teaching Honor several times.

Publications
What are We Really Good At? Product Strategy with Uncertain Capabilities
2018
Marketing Science
Issue
2
Volume
37
Optimal Incentives and the Time Dimension of Performance Measurement
2012
Journal of Economic Theory
Issue
6
Volume
147
Resource Allocation and Organizational Form
2010
American Economic Journal - Microeconomics
Issue
2, 2010
Volume
2
Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement
2008
RAND Journal of Economics
Issue
2008
Volume
39
The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence
2007
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Issue
2007
Volume
42
Career Concerns of Bargainers
2005
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
Issue
2005
Volume
21
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