Benjamin E. Hermalin
Thomas & Alison Schneider Distinguished Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics
Fields: Economics of organization, industrial organization, contract theory, corporate governance
Research interests: The economics of organization; corporate governance; two-sided markets; issues in bilateral trade; leadership and corporate culture; contract theory; governance of universities
Short Biography and Research Interests
Benjamin E. Hermalin served as the Economics Department Chair from 2005 - 2008. He holds professorships in both the Economics Department and in Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he is the Thomas & Alison Schneider Distinguished Professor of Finance. He is a co-editor of the RAND Journal of Economics and also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Literature. Professor Hermalin received his PhD from MIT in 1988, the same year he joined UC Berkeley as assistant professor in the Department of Economics and the School of Business. He became a full professor in 1998. He received the Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award in 1991.
Current Status: Teaching
Office: F675 Haas; 593 Evans
Mailing address: University of California
508-1 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley CA 94720-3880
Tel.: (510) 642-7575 Fax : (510) 642-6615 (Main department fax)
Email: hermalin@econ.berkeley.edu
