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Joe Mazur

Joe Mazur

Visiting Assistant Professor
Management Information Systems

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Duke University
M.A. in Economics, Duke University
B.S. in Business, Indiana University
B.A. in Economics, Indiana University

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Joe Mazur is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University, where he teaches courses such as Management Information Systems and Economic Analysis of Technology Markets. As an economist studying industrial organization, his research combines game theoretic models with real-world data to form policy-relevant conclusions about how firm behavior impacts social welfare. The U.S. airline industry serves as his primary source of data, and his research covers such topics as antitrust, bankruptcy, price discrimination, and capital structure. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, he was a corporate financial analyst for an investment bank, where he specialized in industrial mergers and acquisitions.

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    New Research Predicts Post-Merger Airline Behavior

    In the airline industry, anticompetitive mergers can lead to higher ticket prices. Joe Mazur shows that this is especially true when the newly joined airlines are the only nonstop carriers along a route.

    Full story: New Research Predicts Post-Merger Airline Behavior

  • Ordering food on mobile application

    When Your Data Keeps Changing

    New research from MIS Department head Yu Jeffrey Hu shows how the implications of adaptive algorithms for food delivery platforms extend far beyond getting your dinner on time.

    Full story: When Your Data Keeps Changing

  • Joe Mazur
    On the Social Responsibility of Business
    As debate swirls around ESG and corporate responsibility to do good, Joe Mazur explores how the enduring tension between shareholder primacy and stakeholder responsibility reveals surprising common ground.

Contact

mazur3@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-0597
Office: YONG 413

Quick links

Personal website

Area(s) of Expertise

Airlines, Bankruptcy, Business Valuation, Corporate Finance, Econometrics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Investment Banking, Managerial Economics, Mergers and Acquisitions, Microeconomics, Valuation