Lawrence J. White


Lawrence J. White is Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. During 1986–1989 he was on leave to serve as Board Member, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, in which capacity he also served as Board Member for Freddie Mac; and during 1982–1983 he was on leave to serve as Director of the Economic Policy Office, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice. He is the General Editor of The Review of Industrial Organization and formerly Secretary-Treasurer of the Western Economic Association International.

Biography

White received the B.A. from Harvard University, the M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and the Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has written articles in leading economics, finance, and law journals.
He was the North American Editor of The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1984–1987 and 1990–1995. White served on the Senior Staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers during 1978–1979, and he was Chairman of the Stern School's Department of Economics, 1990–1995.

Selected publications

He is editor or coeditor of twelve volumes: