Dennis Epple
Thomas Lord University Professor of Economics
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- Princeton University - Ph D (Economics) - 1975
- Princeton University - MS (Economics) - 1973
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs - MS (Public Affairs) - 1971
- Purdue University - BS (Aeronautical Engineering) - 1968
Publications
- A New Approach to Estimating Hedonic Equilibrium for Metropolitan Housing Markets
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Luis Quintero, Holger Sieg)
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, March 2020 - Market Power and Price Discrimination in the U.S. Market for Higher Education
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Sinan Sarpca, Holger Sieg, and Melanie Zaber)
Rand Journal of Economics 50(1), Spring 2019; 201-225 - Majority Choice of an Income Targeted Educational Voucher
(author(s): Dennis Epple, R. Romano, S. Sarpca)
AEJ-Microeconomics 10(4), November 2018; 289-325 - The Superintendent's Dilemma: Managing School District Capacity as Parents Vote with Their Feet
(author(s): Dennis Epple, A. Jha, H. Sieg)
Quantitative Economics 9(1), March 2018; 483-520 - Educational Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature
(author(s): Dennis Epple, R. Romano, M. Urquiola)
Journal of Economic Literature 55(2), June 2017; 441-492 - Admitting Students to Selective Education Programs: Merit, Profiling, and Affirmative Action
(author(s): Dennis Epple, D. Cestau, H. Sieg)
Journal of Political Economy 125(3), June 2017; 761-797 - Learning by Doing in Multi-Product Manufacturing: Variety, Customizations and Overlapping Product Generations
(author(s): C. Egelman, Dennis Epple, Linda Argote, E. R. H. Fuchs)
Management Science 63(2), 2017; 405-423 - The U.S. Market for Higher Education: A General Equilibrium Analysis of State and Private Colleges and Public Funding Policies
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Sinan Sarpca, Holger Sieg)
Journal of Public Economics - Majority Choice of Tax Systems in Single- and Multi-Jurisdictional Economies
(author(s): Stephen Calabrese, Dennis Epple, Richard Romano)
Journal of Public Economics 131, 2015; 58-70 - Evaluating Education Programs That Have Lotteried Admission and Selective Attrition
(author(s): Dennis Epple, John Engberg, Jason Imbrogno, Holger Sieg, Ron Zimmer)
Journal of Labor Economics 32(1), 2014 - Inefficiencies from Metropolitan Political and Fiscal Decentralization: Failures of Tiebout Competition
(author(s): Stephen Calabrese, Dennis Epple, Richard Romano)
Review of Economic Studies 79(3), 2012; 1081-1111 - Admission, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policies in the Market for Higher Education
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Holger Sieg)
Econometrica 74(4), 2006; 885-928 - Estimating Equilibrium Models of Local Jurisdictions
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Holger Sieg)
Journal of Political Economy 107(4), 1999; 645-681 - Competition between Private and Public Schools, Vouchers and Peer-Group Effects
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Richard Romano)
American Economic Review 88(1), 1998; 33-62 - The Acquisition, Transfer, and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organizations: Productivity in Franchises
(author(s): E. Darr, Linda Argote, Dennis Epple)
Management Science 41(11), 1995; 1750-1762 - Mobility and Redistribution
(author(s): Dennis Epple, T. Romer)
Journal of Political Economy 99(4), 1991; 828-858 - Equilibrium Among Local Jurisdictions: Toward an Integrated Treatment of Voting and Residential Choice
(author(s): Dennis Epple, R. Filimon, T. Romer)
Journal of Public Economics 24(3), 1984; 281-308
University Service
- Budget and Financial Affairs Committee (2014 - )
- Steering Committee Program for Interdisciplinary Education Research (2010 - )
- Economics Program, Head (2005 - 2014)
Public Service
- American Economic Association, Chairperson, Committee on Oversight and Operation of Programs (2011 - )
- Working Group on Human Capital and Economic Opportunity: Measuring and Interpreting Inequality (2011 - )
- CESifo Research Network, Member, Research Network (2006 - )
- Natural Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate (1998 - )
- Econometric Society Winter Meetings, Program Committee (2009 - 2009)
- Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings, Program Co-Chair with Stan Zin (2008 - 2008)
- MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Economic Inequality and Social Interactions (1998 - 2005)
Professional Activities
- Committee Member, American Economic Association, Committee to Nominate Officers and Distinguished Fellows (2016 -)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Research In Economics (2015 -)
- Co-Editor, Journal of Public Economics (2006 - 2014)
- Board of Editors, Journal of Public Economics (2001 - 2006)
- Board of Editors, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001 - 2005)
- Board of Editors, American Economic Review (1999 - 2003)
- Co-Editor, American Economic Review (1994 - 1999)