Research Interests

Recent work has analyzed determinants and effects of market entry, state-level antitrust enforcement in the US, patterns and determinants of global antidumping actions, competitive interactions between banks and credit unions in local consumer lending markets, and development and regulation of markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

He has been a Fullbright Scholar at the University of Limerick (Ireland)  and the 2006 recipient of American University's Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Other Professional Contributions.

Professional Services

Professor Feinberg received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He taught for ten years on the faculty of Pennsylvania State University, has served as an economist with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the International Trade Commission, and has been at American University since 1989, serving as Economics Department Chair from 1996 to 2000. He has been a visiting research fellow at the International Institute of Management in Berlin, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Limerick (Ireland), a Program Director for Economics at the National Science Foundation, and a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is a past President of the Industrial Organization Society.

Selected Publications

 
• "Maintaining New Markets:  Determinants of Antitrust Enforcement in Central and Eastern Europe" (with Mieke Meurs and Kara Reynolds), Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, published online January 2011, print version forthcoming.
 
• "Quality Competition, Pricing-To-Market, and Non-Tariff Measures: A Unified Framework for the Analysis of Bilateral Unit Values" (with Michael Ferrantino and Lauren Deason), Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming.
 
• "Trade Policy and Antitrust: Do Consumers Matter to Legislators?" (with Thomas Husted and Kara Reynolds), Review of International Economics, forthcoming.
 
• "The Determinants of State-Level Antitrust Activity" (with Kara Reynolds), Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 37, No. 3, November 2010, pp. 179-196.
 
• "An Examination of Entry and Competitive Performance in Rural Banking Markets"  (with Kara Reynolds), Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 76, No. 3, January 2010, pp. 624-637.
 
• "Explaining the Credit Union Branch Entry Decision, and Implications for Performance," Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 33, No. 1, August 2008, pp. 81-91.
 
• "Market Reform and Infrastructure Development in Transition Economies" (with Mieke Meurs), Review of Development Economics, Vol. 12, No. 2, May 2008, pp. 237-247.
 
• "Tariff Liberalization and Increased Administrative Protection:  Is There a Quid Pro Quo" (with Kara Reynolds), World Economy, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 948-961.
 
• "The Spread of Antidumping Regimes and the Role of Retaliation in Filings" (with Kara Reynolds), Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 72, No. 4, April 2006, pp. 877-890.
 
• "Market Power and the Incentives to Form Research Consortia" (with Eliane Catilina), Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 28, No. 2, March 2006, pp. 129-144.
 
• "U.S. Antidumping Enforcement and Macroeconomic Indicators Revisited:  Do Petitioners Learn?" Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschafliches Archiv), Vol. 141, No. 4, December 2005, pp.612-622.
 
• "Exchange Rate Effects on Domestic Prices in Bulgaria and Poland:  Progress in Making Markets?" (with Mieke Meurs), International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 12, No. 2, July 2005, pp. 273-288.
 
• "Entry in Local Telecommunications Markets" (with Donald Alexander), Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 25, No. 2, September 2004, pp. 107-127.
 
• "The Funding of Economics Research: Does Social Capital Matter for Success at the National Science Foundation?" (with Gregory Price), Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 86, February 2004, pp. 245-252.