Richard O. Zerbe, Jr.

Richard O. Zerbe, Jr.
Associate Dean for Academics and Daniel J. Evans Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs
Ph.D., Duke University, 1969
Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, Room 226
zerbe@u.washington.edu
206.616.5470
Areas of Specialization:
Law and Economics, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Antitrust, Environmental Economics, Economic History
Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. joined the Evans School faculty in 1981, and holds and adjunct appointment with the University of Washington School of Law. He teaches environmental ethics, microeconomics, government regulation, law and economics, and benefit-cost analysis.
Zerbe previously served on the faculty at the University of Chicago, a visiting appointment at Northwestern University, and a fellowship at Yale Law School.
He has also worked on the the executive board of the Western Economic Association, and with the American Bar Foundation. He is also the founding board member of the American Law and Economics Association.
He is the author of more than 100 publications and editor of the Research in Law and Economics journal.
Outside of academia, Zerbe serves as a consultant to the Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies.
Zerbe holds a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, and a AB in mathematics, general science, and political science from the University of Oklahoma.
Curriculum Vitae (35KB PDF)
Publications & Links
- Richard Zerbe's University of Washington Faculty Page
- Working Papers
- The Merger of Superior Propane and ICG Propane: A Case Study (63KB PDF) with Sunny Knott
- Can Law and Economics Stand the Purchase of Moral Satisfaction? (168KB PDF)
- The Purchase of Moral Satisfaction (81KB PDF)
- Student Work
- The Lower Snake Dams: Ethical, Economic, and Environmental Implications of the Status Quo by Allegra Abramo, Jason Smith, Shira Bieler, Michael Miller & Jeffrey Payne
- The Many Dimensions of the Cedar River Watershed by Janel Duffy, Patricia Cardinal & Jennifer Kennedy


