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Faculty Details
Barton H. Hamilton

Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship


Area of Expertise:

Econometrics, Health Economics, Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, Statistics/Econometrics

Research Interests:

Entrepreneurship, health economics, labor economics, econometrics.


Selected Publications:

  • "Diversity & Productivity in Production Teams", Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 99-138, with J. Nickerson, H. Owan
  • "Team Incentives & Worker Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity & Participation", Journal of Political Economy, 465-497, with J. Nickerson, H. Owan, 2003
  • "Competition, Insurance, and Quality in the Market for Advanced Infertility Treatment", Health Economics, with B. McManus
  • "Learning, Private Information and the Eocnomic Evaluation of Randomized Experiments", Journal of Political Economy, with T. Chan, 2006
  • "Correcting for Endogeneity in Strategic Management Research", Strategic Organization, Issue 1, 53-80, with J. Nickerson, 2003
  • "An Empirical Analysis of Career Dynamics & Internal Labor Markets during the Great Depression", Journal of Labor Economics, with M. MacKinnon, 2002

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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


Personal Interests:

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

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

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Email: hamiltonb@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-8057

PhD 1993, Stanford University
BA 1985, University of California - Berkeley