F. M. Scherer

Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Kennedy School, Emeritus
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Belfer-416
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 82
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1154
Email: mike_scherer@Harvard.Edu
F. M. Scherer

Profile

F. M. Scherer is Aetna Professor Emeritus in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Born in 1932, he received an A.B. degree with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan in 1954; an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard University in 1958; and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University in 1963. He is married to Barbara Silbermann Scherer. They have three children and eight grandchildren.

His research specialties are industrial economics and the economics of technological change, leading to numerous publications, the most important of which are listed beginning on page six.

Courses

Spring

  • BGP-201 Industry Structure, Strategy, and Public Policy

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Scherer, F.M. "Merger Efficiencies and Competition Policy." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-048, October 2012.
    • Scherer, F.M. "General Hamilton and Dr. Smith." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-029, July 2012.