Lanier Benkard

Lanier Benkard is a Professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, specializing in empirical industrial organization, applied microeconomics, and econometrics. His research focuses on applying microeconomic and game-theoretic models to analyze individual markets and developing empirical methods for demand systems and dynamic oligopoly models.

• Current teaching includes MGTECON 628 (Reading Group in Industrial Organization) and OIT 274 (Data and Decisions - Base)
• Supervises graduate research through courses like MGTECON 692 (PhD Dissertation) and GSBGEN 390 (Individual Research)

His empirical work includes studies on airline mergers, learning-by-doing in the commercial aircraft industry, and personal computer market dynamics.