#  Robin Lee 

Professor of Economics

 

 

 



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Robin S. Lee is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He received his A.B. and A.M. in Economics and his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard.

Professor Lee's research aims to deepen our understanding of how firms bargain, contract and form supply relationships in imperfectly competitive markets. His work develops and applies formal analytical frameworks that are flexible enough to capture important institutional details of real-world settings, and tractable enough for use by researchers and practitioners. He has examined several policy-relevant areas of debate across a variety of industries, including: narrow networks, selective contracting, and insurer-provider consolidation in health care markets; vertical integration, mergers, and exclusive deals in cable television and technology markets; and market design innovation in financial markets.

Professor Lee is a Research Associate at the [National Bureau of Economic Research](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nber.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=hffRoa_7zD_jAStHP2SCRNmTkvL94GmvxrYMNUvpS_E&m=h9jeTX1VV3U4JhwN8a2lRhsbXk3qrcgKT1ivdSKvwMc_36mihL0W1pbrF97dCF0d&s=WB--N4De2T_a2hSHSpAMrvx5zev7qc7UlFvzqnflK3k&e=), previously served as a co-editor of [*American Economic Journal: Microeconomics*](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aeaweb.org_journals_mic&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=hffRoa_7zD_jAStHP2SCRNmTkvL94GmvxrYMNUvpS_E&m=h9jeTX1VV3U4JhwN8a2lRhsbXk3qrcgKT1ivdSKvwMc_36mihL0W1pbrF97dCF0d&s=v8yPuM2g82EEQ5YEpNm0fMsbV7yTibGVzc1BvJvZAv0&e=), and is a recipient of the [Econometric Society's Frisch Medal](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.econometricsociety.org_society_news_2020-2DFrisch-2DMedal-2DAwarded-2D2020-2D08-2D17.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=hffRoa_7zD_jAStHP2SCRNmTkvL94GmvxrYMNUvpS_E&m=h9jeTX1VV3U4JhwN8a2lRhsbXk3qrcgKT1ivdSKvwMc_36mihL0W1pbrF97dCF0d&s=D8wQWKvFcQVDgdIwMvR7etlyMFgUCjLFJ7_VEHTshU0&e=).

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