Matthew White Faculty Profile

Matthew White
Class of 1965 Wharton Term Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1995; MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1994

Research Areas
Applied microeconomics, econometrics, market organization and government regulation; energy and environmental policy

Current Projects
Electricity deregulation, market performance, and energy demand behavior; Empirical models of price discrimination and consumer choice.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2002-present (named Class of 1965 Wharton Term Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy). Previous appointment: Stanford University. Visiting appointment: University of Chicago

Other Positions
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996-present; Visiting Senior Economist, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 2001-02

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
The Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2008; Excellence in Teaching Award, Wharton MBA Program, 2007; The “Tough, But We'll Thank You in Five Years” MBA Teaching Award, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Representative Publications
(with P. Reiss)

“What Change Energy Consumption? Prices and Public Pressure.” Rand Journal of Economics (Autumn 2008).

(with P. Reiss)
"Household Electricity Demand, Revisited." Review of Economic Studies (July 2005).