F. M. Scherer

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

Profile

F.M. Scherer is Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Emeritus. From 1974 to 1976, he was chief economist at the Federal Trade Commission. His research specialties are industrial economics and the economics of technological change, leading inter alia to books on Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (third edition with David Ross); The Economics of Multi-Plant Operation: An International Comparisons Study (with three coauthors); International High-Technology Competition; Competition Policies for an Integrated World Economy; Mergers, Sell-offs, and Economic Efficiency (with David J. Ravenscraft); Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives; and The Weapons Acquisition Process (two volumes, one with M. J. Peck).

 

Courses

Not Offered

  • BGP-213 Technological Innovation for Economic Growth:Knowledge, Entrepreneurship & Governance

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:

  • Book Chapters
    • Scherer, F.M. "Technological Innovation and Monopolization." Issues in Competition Law and Policy: Volume II. Ed. W.D. Collins. American Bar Association, 2008, 1033-1069.
    • Scherer, F.M. "Conservative Economics and Antitrust: A Variety of Influences." How the Chicago School Overshot the Mark. Ed. Robert Pitofsky. Oxford University Press, 2008, 30-39.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Scherer, F.M. "The Historical Foundations of Communications Regulation." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-050, October 2008.
    • Scherer, F.M. "Prices and Profits in Dominant Firm Adjudication." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-051, October 2008.
    • Scherer, F.M. "The Emergence of Musical Copyright in Europe from 1709 to 1850." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-052, October 2008.