Fernando Leiva Bertran
Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Economics
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CPCOM 465-C Tempe, AZ 85287-9801
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Mail code: 9801Campus: Tempe
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Education
- Ph.D. University of Rochester, NY 2004
- B.A. Universidad de San Andres, Argentina 1998
Research Website URL
ORCID Profile ID
Research Interests
Economics of Innovation
Network Economics
Preference Aggregation
Scoring Methods
Publications
- “Welfare-Optimal Patent Royalties when Imitation is Costly” (with John Turner). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2017).
- “Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments: The Generalized Win-Percentage Method, Efficiency and NCAA Football.” Journal of Sports Economics (forthcoming).
Research Activity
- “Welfare-Optimal Royalty Damages under Quantity Competition with Multiple Infringement” (with John Turner).
- “Innovations as a Network of Ideas: Assessing Patent Values through Citations”
- “Ranking Non-Communicating Elements: The Case of Patents”
- “Research vs. Development”
- “Fair Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments”
- “Scheduling Incentives in Incomplete Tournaments” (working paper)
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 453 | Compete Policy & Bus Strategy |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 502 | Managerial Economics |
| ECN 502 | Managerial Economics |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 453 | Industrial Org/Compete Policy |
| ECN 510 | Microeconomic Theory/Applicatn |
| ECN 502 | Managerial Economics |
| ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
Work History
Arizona State University: 2010-present. Previous appointments: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 2008-2010; Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, 2004-2008