Curriculum Vitae
(updated 2011)
Katharine E.
Rockett
Citizenship:
Telephone: (01206) 827 901
Married,
Two children (
Work
Address: Department of Economics
Telephone: (01206) 873 559
Fax: (01206) 872 724
Email:
kerock@essex.ac.uk
Degrees:
Ph.D. in Economics,
Fields
of Concentration: Industrial Organisation
Econometrics
Thesis
Title: “Essays on the Licensing of Technology and on the International
Coordination of Macroeconomic Policy”
B.A. in Economics and Russian Studies, with Honours, Magna Cum Laude,
Research and Teaching Fields:
Technology
Diffusion and R&D, Industrial Organisation, International Trade, Applied
Microeconomics, Strategy
Courses Taught:
MBA level: Strategy and Organisations,
Competitive Strategy, Strategic Management of Technology
Undergraduate Economics: Intermediate Microeconomics, Market Structure and Strategic
Behaviour, Management of New Technology, Environmental Economics, Economics for
Business
MSc level: International Trade
Pro
Senior
Lecturer, Department
of Economics, University of Essex, 2004-present
Associate Pro
Dean, Social Sciences, University of Essex, 2010-2011.
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University
of Essex, 1999-2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, Instituto
de Analisis Economico,
CSIC, 1993-1994 and 1996-1999
Assistant Professor of Management and
Strategy,
Consultant, Blue Cross of California, 1983.
Pension Analyst, Mutual of New York, 1980-1982.
Refereed Publications:
·
With
Jeffrey Frankel, “International Macroeconomic Policy Coordination when
Policymakers Disagree on the True Model”, American
Economic Review, 78(3), June, 1988
·
“Choosing
the Competition and Patent Licensing”, Rand
Journal of Economics, Spring, 1990, pp. 161-171.
·
“The
Quality of Licensed Technology”, International
Journal of Industrial Organisation, December, 1990.
·
With
Jeffrey Frankel and Scott Erwin, “International Macroeconomic Policy
Coordination When Policymakers do not Agree on the True Model: Reply”, American Economic Review, 82(4),
September, 1992, pp. 1052-1056.
·
With
Carmen Matutes and Pierre Regibeau, “Compensation Schemes and Labor Market Competition: Piece Rate Versus
Wage Rate”, Journal of Economics and
Management Strategy, 3(2), Summer 1994, pp. 225-253.
·
With
Alejandro Manelli and Pierre Regibeau, “Trademark
Protection and Post-Patent Competition”, Cuadernos Economicos, 57(2), 1994, pp. 115-139.
·
With
Neil Gandal, “Licensing a Sequence of Innovations”, Economics Letters, 47, 1995, pp.
101-107.
·
With
Carmen Matutes and Pierre Regibeau, “Optimal Patent Design and the Diffusion of
Innovations”, Rand Journal of Economics,
Spring 1996, pp. 60-83.
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, “The Timing of Product Introduction and the Credibility of
Compatibility Decisions”, International
Journal of Industrial Organisation, 1996, pp. 801-823.
·
With
Jonathan Eaton, Eva Gutierrez, Samuel Kortum,
Philippe Aghion, “European Technology Policy”, Economic Policy, 27, 1998, 405-438.
·
With
Timothy Besley, Paul Seabright,
Peter Birch Sorensen, “The Effects and Policy Implications of State Aids to
Industry: An Economic Analysis”, Economic
Policy, 28, 1999, 15-53.
·
With
Thomas Gehrig and Pierre Regibeau, “Project Evaluation and Organisational
Form”, Review of Economic Design,
5(2), June 2000, pp. 177-199. Reprinted
in Bhaskar Dutta and
Matthew Jackson, Eds. Networks and
Groups: Models of Strategic Formation. Springer:
·
With
·
With
David Besanko and Pierre Regibeau, “A Multi-task
Principal-Agent Approach to Organisational Form”,
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, "Administrative Delays as Barriers to Trade”, Contributions
in Economic Policy and Analysis,
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, “Innovation Cycles and Learning at the Patent Office: Does the Early Patent Get the Delay?”
·
Microeconomics: An Integrated Approach
(Study Guide). Wiley:
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, "The Relationship Between Intellectual Property Law and
Competition Law: An Economic Approach," in Anderman, S. Editor, The Inter
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, "Competition, Regulation and Intellectual Property
Management in Genetically Modi
·
“Property
Rights and Invention”, Ch. 7 in Hall, Bronwyn and Nate Rosenberg, Editors, Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, V.
1, North Holland/Elsevier Handbook Series.
2010.
·
With
Jacek Prokop and Pierre
Regibeau, “Minimum Quality Standards and Novelty Requirements in a One-Shot
Development Race”, Economics-ejournal, article 2010-15.
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, “Assessment of Potential Anticompetitive Conduct in the Field
of Intellectual Property Rights and Assessment of the Interplay between
Competition Policy and IPR Protection”, European Commission Competition Report
(COMP/2010/16), available at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2012_technology_transfer/study_ipr_en.pdf.
·
Book
review: “Topics in the Economics of
Innovation”, Economica. forthcoming.
·
With
Pierre Regibeau, “Economic Analysis of Resilience: A Framework for Local Policy
Response Based on New Case Studies”, mimeo. October, 2011. Journal of Innovation Economics, forthcoming.
·
With
Maurizio Conti and Pierre Regibeau, "How Basic is (Patented) University
Research? The Case of GM Crop Innovation",
Work in Progress:
With
Laurel Adams and Pierre Regibeau:
“Cross-Border Environmental Policy in the Presence of DFI and Internal
Subsidy Competition”, mimeo.
With
Laurel Adams and Pierre Regibeau: “Regional Development Policy in the Presence
of DFI”, mimeo.
With Samra Maryam and Pierre Regibeau:
“Innovation Importance and Patent Grant Delay: Evidence from the Development of
Stents”, mimeo.
With
Pierre Regibeau: “Grant-Backs and the ‘But For…’
Defence”, mimeo.
Introduction
to Special Issue for Economics-ejournal entitled
“The Knowledge-Based Society: Transition, Geography and Competition Policy”, mimeo.
Citations:
RePec ranking: 12th percentile
average citation-weighted rank score.
Professional Activities:
Re
Editorial Board, International Journal of Economics and Business, 2004-present.
Associate Editor, Economics-ejournal, Kiel Institute, 2007-present.
Research
Fellow, CEPR (1997-present)
·
Applied
Industrial Organization Con
present
Scientific
Committee, EARIE, 2010
Member,
Economic Policy Panel, 1997-1999.
iCES Fellow, University of Essex (2009-present)
Royal Economic Society Council, 2006-2011. (member,
RES, 2005-present) Trustee: 2006-2010
Keynote/Plenary Sessions: GAEL con
EPIP conference, Lund, 2007.
External Reviewer, Teaching Programme Review in
Economics, University of Edinburgh, 2006.
LSE
Summer School, External Examiner,
2006-2010.
Edinburgh
Department of Economics, External
Examiner, 2009-2011.
examination setting and marking, 2009-present.
Listed,
Who’s Who.
Honors:
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (University of California, Berkeley,
1986), Apple for the Teacher Award (
Phi Beta Kappa (Brown University, 1980)
Languages:
English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (intermediate)
Grants
Principal investigator, ESRC grant
Contract number L145251003, "GM Foods: Facts, Mergers, Business Practices
and Intellectual Property". October,2001 - March,2003 with Pierre Regibeau. Reviewer marks "Good" and
"Outstanding" with overall grade "Good". Amount of award: £32,719.56.
Principal investigator, ESF Exploratory Workshop Fund
grant number EW02-177, "The Impact o
Global Challenges “Local Resilience” (grant participant): total award £50,000.
The Knowledge Based Society: Transition, Geography, and Competition Policy (grant participant): total award 4Mm NOK.
With Pierre Regibeau (co-principals), “Assessment of Potential Anticompetitive Conduct in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights and Assessment of the Interplay between Competition Policy and IPR Protection” European Commission contract COMP/2010/16.
Post-Graduate Supervision and Seminars: list available upon request