Kathryn E. Spier

Academic Appointment and Employment History

• Research Associate, Law and Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (2002 - 2013)
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Richard M. Paget Distinguised Professor, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management (2005 - 2007)
  Evanston, Illinois, United States
• Professor of Law, Northwestern University (2005 - 2007)
  Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Associate Professor/Full Professor, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1994 - 2003)
  Evanston, Illinois, United States
• Faculty Research Fellow, Law and Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (1990 - 2002)
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University (1989 - 1994)
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Chicago GSB (1993 - 1994)
  Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Olin Fellow, University of Chicago Law School (1993 - 1994)
  Chicago, Illinois, United States

Board Memberships

• Co Editor, RAND Journal of Economics (2011 - Present)
  United States
• Editorial Board, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (1997 - Present)
  United States
• Advisory Board, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2013 - Present)
  United States
• Editorial Board, B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis & Policy (2001 - Present)
  United States
• Editorial Board, International Review of Law and Economics (1999 - 2012)
  United States
• Board of Directors, American Law and Economics Association (2004 - 2007)
  United States
• Board of Directors, American Law and Economics Association (1997 - 2000)
  United States

Education History

• Ph.D. Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
• B.A. Mathematics and Economics Yale University, 1985

Honors and Awards

• National Science Foundation Award No. SES-1155761 (Awards)
  "Contractual Arrangements and Bargaining Institutions in Inter-Firm and Intra-Firm Strategic Environments", 2012
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award (Awards)
  Northwestern University, Kellogg, 2002
• Garvin Prize in Law & Economics (Awards)
  School of Law, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, 2001
• National Science Foundation Grant, No. SES-9109009 (Awards)
  “The Strategic Role of Debt: Can Leverage Influence Bargaining Outcomes?”, 1991
• Olin Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  MIT, 1988-1989
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  MIT, 1985-1988
• Deforest Prize
  Yale University; for pure mathematics, 1985
• Bickerman Memorial Prize
  Yale University; best department essay in economics, 1985
• Laun Honor Award
  Yale University; for overall excellence in economics, 1985
• Ellsworth Senior Prize
  Yale University, Jonathan Edwards College; best senior essay in the social sciences, 1985
• Stanley Prize
  Yale University; for excellence in pure and applied mathematics, 1984
• Phi Beta Kappa
  Yale University, 1984
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award (Awards)
  Northwestern University, Kellogg, 2006
• Searle Fund Grant (Awards)
  "Litigation Policy and Tort Reform", 2004