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James W. Meehan Jr.
Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics
Economics

Office: Diamond 373
Phone: 207-859-5237
Fax: 859-5229
Email: jwmeehan@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5237 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Areas of Expertise:

Anti-trust policy
Economics of industry
Economics of organizations, especially corporate organizations
Economics of professional baseball
Mergers, takeovers, leveraged buy-outs, vertical integration, regulation
Economics of higher education
Alleged price-fixing among colleges and universities with overlapping admissions pools
Racial discrimination in the market for baseball cards
Origin of the reserve clause in baseball

Current Research

Industrial Organization
Antitrust Policy
Regulated Industries
The Economics of Organizations

Current Project

Election to the Hall of Fame and the effect on baseball card prices.

Vitae

Ph.D., Boston College (Economics) 1967Mbr> B.A., St. Vincent College (Economics) 1962