Staff profile

Dr David Prentice

Associate Professor, Reader

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

School of Economics

Donald White Building 402, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD (Yale)

Area of study

Economics

Brief profile

David Prentice completed his PhD at Yale University in 1997. After working one year at UNSW, he joined La Trobe University in 1997 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010. He has also been a visitor at RSSS at the Australian National University, Cornell University, Lehigh University, UCLA and the University of Melbourne. His current research focuses on the development of the American Portland and natural cement industries, pricing and mergers in differentiated products markets.

Teaching units

  • ECO2EME Econometric Methods (Semester One, 2013)
  • ECO4MIE Microeconomics (Semester One, 2013)
  • ECO4MES Microeconometrics (Semester Two, 2013)

Recent publications

  • Harry Clarke and David Prentice (2012), "Will Plain Packaging Reduce Cigarette Consumption?",  Economic Papers, 31(3), 303-317.
  • David Prentice, (2012) "The rise of the Portland cement industry and the role of public science", Cliometrica, 6(2), 163-192.
  • Weifang Lou, David Prentice and Xiangkang Yin, (2012) "What difference does dynamics make? The case of digital cameras", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 30(1), 30-40.
  • Samantha Farmakis-Gamboni and David Prentice (2011), “When Does Reducing Union Bargaining Power Increase Productivity? Evidence from the Workplace Relations Act”, Economic Record, 87(279), 603-616.
  • Elisabetta Magnani and David Prentice (2010), "Did reducing unionization create more flexible American industries?”, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 63(4), 662-680.
  • Elisabetta Magnani and David Prentice (2010),  "Outsourcing and unionization: A tale of misallocated (resistance) resources", Economic Inquiry, 48(2), 460-482.
  • Timothy C. G. Fisher, David Prentice and Robert Waschik (2010) "Managerial Economics. A Strategic Approach", Second Edition, Routledge. (textbook)
  • Harry Clarke and David Prentice (2009) "A conceptual framework for the reform of taxes related to roads and transport". Commissioned paper for the Australia's Future Tax System Review. Available at http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=html/commissioned_work.htm
  • David Prentice (2008), The Cement Industry of the Lehigh Valley, published at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/beyondsteel/business/cement/, February 2008.

Working Papers

  • David Prentice (2012) "What delays the rise of an industry? The long slow birth of the Lehigh Valley cement industry", mimeo.
  • Vivienne Pham and David Prentice (2010) "An Empirical Analysis of the Counterfactual: A Merger and Divestiture in the Australian Cigarette Industry".  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1709179 , currently under review (second round).
  • Suren Basov, Svetlana Danilkina and David Prentice (2008), "When Does Variety Increase With Quality?", La Trobe University School of Business Discussion Paper, A08.04, currently under review. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1242662

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Older publications

  • Elisabetta Magnani and David Prentice (2006), “Unionization and Input Flexibility in U.S. Manufacturing, 1973 – 1996”, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 59(3), 386-407.
  • Elisabetta Magnani and David Prentice (2003), "Did Globalization Reduce Unionization? Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing", Labour Economics, 10(6), 705-726.
  • Matthew P. Fleischmann and David Prentice (2001), "Strategy, Scale or Policy? Exit in the Australian Car Industry", Economic Record, 77(239), 351-360.
  • David Prentice and Hugh Sibly (1996), "A Search Theoretic Explanation of Multi-Outlet Retailers", Economic Record, 72(219), 359-369.