RESUME OF DR. JOHN P. BIGELOW
Senior Economist
Princeton Economics Group, Inc. Tel 609-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
John P. Bigelow is a Senior Economist with the Princeton Economics Group. Dr. Bigelow has
experience analyzing antitrust matters involving allegations of price-fixing, monopolization,
price discrimination, and the competitive effect of proposed business combinations. He has also
worked on intellectual property matters, analyzing lost profit from alleged violation of a
licensing agreement, estimating damages from alleged copyright infringement, and measuring
usage of copyrighted content for the purpose of setting fair and reasonable royalties. Dr. Bigelow
has served as an expert witness on damages from price fixing and on class certification.
John Bigelow received his B.A. in economics summa cum laude from Tufts University where he
was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1981. As a graduate student he received the William Polk Carey Prize in
economics, an Irwin Foundation Fellowship, and the Lawrence Robbins Prize in Economics.
Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Bigelow taught graduate and undergraduate economics at several
universities including Yale University where he was Assistant Professor of Economics for five
years. He has published articles on economic theory in various journals including the
International Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Theory. He has taught courses in
Economic Principles, Intermediate Price Theory, The Economics of Market Failure, Industrial
Organization, and Mathematical Economics.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, 1981, University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: Normative Aspects of Adverse Selection
Fields of Specialization: Economic Theory, Industrial Organization
B.A. Economics, Summa Cum Laude, 1976, Tufts University
ACADEMIC HONORS
William Polk Carey Prize in Economics, 1982
University of Pennsylvania
Dean s Fellowship, 1979-1980 and 1980-1981
University of Pennsylvania
Irwin Foundation Fellowship, 1979-1980
University of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Robbins Prize in Economics, 1977
University of Pennsylvania
Marion Ricker Houston Prize Scholarship in Economics, 1975
Tufts University
Phi Beta Kappa, 1975
Tufts University
CURRENT AND PAST POSITIONS
Senior Economist
Princeton Economics Group, Inc.
October 1997 - Present
Louisiana State University
Associate Professor of Economics
July 1994 - May 1997
University of Missouri - Columbia
Assistant Professor of Economics
September 1987 - June 1994
University of Missouri - Columbia
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics
September 1988 - June 1991
Coopers & Lybrand
Consultant
June 1987 - August 1988
University of Iowa
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
September 1986 - June 1987
Yale University
Assistant Professor of Economics
July 1981 - August 1986
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Cornell University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
September 1985 - December 1985
Cornell University
Visiting Scholar
January 1985 - May 1985
PUBLICATIONS
The Fundamental Economics of Class Certification; (with Andrew Abere and Peter Bronsteen);
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Economics Committee Newsletter 9(2) (Fall
2009); 9 16
Reverse Payments in Settlements of Patent Litigation: Schering Plough, K-Dur, and the FTC
(2005); (with Robert D. Willig); Case (Chapter) 9 in The Antitrust Revolution (5th edition); John
E. Kwoka and Lawrence J. White (ed.s); Oxford University Press (2009), 248 - 275
Duality and Consumption Decisions under Income and Price Risk (with Carmen F. Menezes and
X. Henry Wang); Journal of Mathematical Economics 41 (2005); 387 - 405
Antitrust Policy Towards Agreements That Settle Patent Litigation (with Robert D. Willig);
Antitrust Bulletin Fall (2004); 655 - 698
Outside Risk Aversion and the Comparative Statics of Increasing Risk in Quasi-Linear Decision
Models (with Carmen Menezes); International Economic Review 36 (1995); 643 - 673
The Area Monotonic Solution to the Cooperative Bargaining Problem (with Nejat Anbarci);
Mathematical Social Sciences 28 (1994); 133 - 142
Consistency of Mean Variance Analysis and Expected Utility Analysis: A Complete
Characterization; Economics Letters 43 (1993); 187 - 192
Non-Dictatorial, Pareto-Monotonic, Cooperative Bargaining: An Impossibility Theorem; with
Nejat Anbarci; European Journal of Political Economy 9 (1993); 551 - 558
Inducing Efficiency: Externalities, Missing Markets, and the Coase Theorem; International
Economic Review 34 (1993); 335 - 346
Warranties Without Commitment to Market Participation (with Russell Cooper and Tom Ross);
International Economic Review 34 (1993); 85 - 100
Efficiency and Adverse Selection; Journal of Economic Theory 52 (1990); 380 - 405
Experts Against Adverse Selection: A Note on the Existence of Equilibrium with Costly Private
Information; Journal of Economic Theory 37 (1985); 379 - 393
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PRESENTATIONS
The New Economics of Class Certification (with Peter Bronsteen and Andrew Abere); Arnold &
Porter Antitrust Group Meeting, Washington, DC, October 25, 2007.
Antitrust Economics for Beginners; Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education
Program on the Fundamentals of Antitrust Law; Philadelphia, PA; June 24, 2004
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Infrastructure Investment: Empirical Evidence (with
Robert Willig, Steven Levinson, and William Lehr); Department of Justice Telecom Workshop;
Washington, DC; July 23, 2002
Value Oriented Equilibria in Repeated Games with Complete Information; 1996 Southeastern
Economic Theory and International Trade Conference; Miami, FL; November 1996
Outside Risk Aversion and the Comparative Statics of Increasing Risk (with Carmen Menezes);
Spring 1993 Mid-West Mathematical Economics Meetings; Lexington, KY; May 1993
An Area Monotonic Solution to the Cooperative Bargaining Problem (with Nejat Anbarci); 1988
North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society; New York, NY; December 1988
Warranties Without Commitment to Market Participation (with Russell Cooper and Tom Ross);
1988 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society; Minneapolis, MN; June
1988
The Endogenous Inducement of Efficient Behavior (Now re-titled as Inducing Efficiency:
Externalities, Missing Markets, and the Coase Theorem); 1986 North American Winter
Meetings of the Econometric Society; New Orleans, LA; December 1986
Efficiency and Adverse Selection; 1983 North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric
Society; San Francisco, CA; December 1983
SELECTED CASES
For Defendant, GlaxoSmithKline in In re Wellbutrin SR Antitrust Litigation, Sheet Metal
Workers Local 441 v. GlaxoSmithKline, and IBEW NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan
v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation analyzed class certification claims that impact and damages
from allegedly anti-competitive conduct would be common to all members of proposed classes
and could be proven with predominantly common evidence.
Filed expert reports, December 2006; Deposed January and February 2007.
(Continuing)
For a major group of entertainment service providers analyzed competitive conditions in the
provision of copyrighted content and conducted statistical analysis of survey data to measure
usage of copyrighted content in connection with judicially determined licensing fees.
(Continuing)
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For defendant Investment Banks in Public Offering Fee Antitrust Litigation and Issuer Plaintiff
Initial Public Offering Antitrust Litigation analyzed class certification claims that impact and
damages from an alleged conspiracy to fix underwriting fees could be proven with
predominantly common evidence.
(Through May 2008)
For Satellite Radio providers, Sirius and XM in proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Board
analyzed fair and reasonable royalties for broadcast of copyrighted content.
(Through August 2007)
For defendant manufacturers of automotive refinishing paint in Automotive Refinishing Paint
Antitrust Litigation analyzed liability, impact, and damages from an alleged conspiracy to fix
prices.
(Through September 2006)
For the manufacturer of an industrial intermediate product, analyzed measures of damages from
alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix prices.
(Through October 2005)
For defendant, PPG, in Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation analyzed economic and statistical evidence
of prices and supply and demand conditions to assess plaintiffs allegation that defendant had
been part of an effective conspiracy to fix prices.
(Through October 2005)
For defendant, Philip Morris USA, in Smith Wholesale Company, Inc., et al. v. Philip Morris
USA Inc. analyzed market power and plaintiffs allegation that marketing practices constituted
anti-competitive price discrimination.
(Through November 2004)
For Bertelsmann Music Group and Sony Corporation of America in merger review before the
United States Federal Trade Commission analyzed the effect on competition of the joint venture
Sony-BMG.
(Through July 2004)
For defendants, Roche Vitamins Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
in Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, analyzed pricing of mixed vitamin products relative to prices of
their straight ingredients and calculated damages from alleged price fixing conspiracy.
Filed expert report, June 2002 ; Deposed September 2002.
(Through October 2003)
For A.T. & T. in the Triennial Review of Telecommunications Act of 1996 before the Federal
Communications Commission carried out econometric analysis of the effect of unbundled
network element prices on investment in telecommunications infrastructure.
(Through September 2002)
For a manufacturer of a patented product analyzed economic and statistical evidence pertaining
to allegations that a settlement of patent litigation with an allegedly infringing manufacturer
amounted to an anti-competitive restraint of trade.
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(Through August 2002)
For a manufacturer of a patented product analyzed lost profits due to price suppression resulting
from improper competition by patent licensee.
(Through April 2002)
For Schering-Plough in The Matter of Schering-Plough Corporation and Upsher-Smith
Laboratories, and American Home Products before the Federal Trade Commission analyzed the
incentives to settle patent litigation. Complaint Counsel alleged that a settlement to patent
litigation was an anti-competitive agreement among competitors.
(Through March 2002)
For the United States Department of Justice, analyzed the competitive effect of a proposed
business combination.
(Through November 2000)
For defendant, Coca-Cola, in Pepsico Inc. v. The Coca-Cola Company analyzed plaintiff s
allegation that defendant s agreements with food service distributors were anti-competitive.
(Through November 2000)
For a Fortune 500 manufacturer of consumer products analyzed proposed business combinations
and allegations of unfair business practices in connection with proceedings before the European
Union and various member states.
(Through September 2000)
For the United States Department of Justice, analyzed the competitive effect of a proposed
business combination.
(Through November 1999)
For defendant manufacturers of flat glass in Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation, analyzed data on the
prices charged for various flat glass products to assess whether class certification claims that
liability, impact, and damages from alleged price fixing could be proven using common or
classwide
evidence.
(Through October 1999)
For the United States Department of Justice, analyzed the competitive effect of a proposed
business combination.
(Through December 1998)
For a Fortune 500 manufacturer of consumer products carried out a merger simulation analysis to
assess the competitive effect of a proposed business combination.
(Through July 1998)
For plaintiffs General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, USX, and Republic Steel in Industrial Silicon
Antitrust Litigation, analyzed liability and damages issues arising from their claim that
ferrosilicon and silicon metal producers conspired to fix prices.
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(Through March 1998)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Membership in Professional and Academic Societies:
American Bar Association (Associate Membership) and Section on Antitrust
American Economic Association
Econometric Society
Referee:
Rand Journal of Economics
International Economic Review
Journal of Economic Theory
National Science Foundation
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n of a
licensing agreement, estimating damages from alleged copyright infringement, and measuring