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Robert C. Marshall is Head of the Economics Department at the
Pennsylvania State University. Dr.
Marshall works closely with our clients to provide intellectual
leadership in antitrust litigation, with particular expertise in
antitrust liability and cartels. Dr. Marshall is a recognized thought
leader in the areas of industrial organization, applied game theory,
auctions, procurements, and collusion.
In In
re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, Dr. Marshall served as a
liability expert, working closely with Bates White professionals
to examine whether the economic evidence was inconsistent with
noncooperative conduct during a period of time predating the
defendants’ guilty pleas. Dr. Marshall determined that the
evidence in the vitamins market was inconsistent with noncooperative
conduct during this time period. Dr. Marshall also provided liability
expert report and deposition testimony for a large coalition of
direct-action plaintiffs involved in a complex horizontal conspiracy
matter in the cardboard container industry (In re Linerboard Antitrust
Litigation).
Dr. Marshall has testified before Congress regarding incentives
in procurement contracting. He has served on two panels for the
National Research Council. As Head of the Department of Economics
at The Pennsylvania State University for the past 10 years he
has led the Department through a significant transformation.
Dr. Marshall has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals
and elsewhere on topics related to industrial organization, applied
game theory, auctions, procurements, and collusion. His published
work includes papers on collusive mechanisms, detecting bidder
collusion at Forest Service Timber auctions, differential payments
within a bidder coalition, and incentives in procurement contracting.
Ph.D., Economics, University of California,
San Diego; A.B., Economics, Princeton University

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