Michael Rubens

Michael Rubens

Assistant Professor

Office: Bunche 8345

Personal Website: https://michaelrubens.github.io/

Biography:

Michael Rubens is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA, working in the field of industrial organization. His research agenda focuses on market power and vertical relations, with a special focus on monopsony/oligopsony power. He has published in the RAND Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review. 

Education:

Ph.D., Economics, KU Leuven
M.A., Economics, KU Leuven

Research Areas:

Industrial Organization

Selected Books and Publications


Research Interests

  • Steamboat inspection and the Eastland disaster; Lake Michigan passenger steamship lines.