Barton Hamilton


Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Economics, Management & Entrepreneurship and Academic Advisor Center for Experiential Learning

Barton Hamilton

Barton Hamilton


Before joining Olin, Professor Hamilton was an Assistant Professor of Economics at McGill University for five years.

Area of Expertise


Entrepreneurship, Statistics/Econometrics, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, Statistics/Econometrics

Education


  • Ph D 1993, Stanford University
  • BA 1985, University of California - Berkeley

Academic/Professional Activities


Member, American Economic Association; Econometric Society; American Statistical Association

Awards/Honors


  • Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University, 2011
  • Reid Award for Olin BSBA Teacher of the Year, Washington University, 2008
  • Reid Award for Olin MBA Teacher of the Year, Washington University, 1999
  • John M. Olin Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford University, 1990

Teaching Interests


Economics - Econometrics; Economics - Health Economics; Economics - Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization; Entrepreneurism; Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations; Statistics/Econometrics

Research Interests


Entrepreneurship, health economics, labor economics, econometrics.

Personal Interests


Professor Hamilton enjoys reptile keeping and breeding, dogs, hiking, reading, and professional football.

Selected Publications


  • "The Small Firm Effect and the Entrepreneurial Spawning of Scientists and Engineers", Management Science, Issue 4, 659-681, with Daniel Elfenbein, Todd Zenger, 2010
  • "The Small Firm Effect and the Entrepreneurial Spawning of Scientists and Engineers", Management Science, Issue 4, 659-681, with Daniel Elfenbein, Todd Zenger, 2010
  • "The Gender Gap in NIH Grant Applications", Science, 1472-1474, with T Ley, 2008
  • "Learning, Private Information and the Economic Evaluation of Randomized Experiments", Journal of Political Economy, 997-1040, with Tat Chan, 2006
  • "Correcting for Endogeneity in Strategic Management Research", Strategic Organization Journal, Issue 1, 53-80, with Jackson Nickerson, 2003
  • "Team Incentives & Worker Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity & Participation", Journal of Political Economy, 465-497, with Jackson Nickerson, H Owan, 2003
  • "Does Entrepreneurship Pay? An Empirical Analysis of the Returns to Self-Employment", Journal of Political Economy, 604-631, 2000