Lawrence J. White
- Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics
Joined Stern 1976
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West Fourth Street, 7-65
New York, NY 10012
Personal WebsiteAbout Lawrence J. White
Lawrence White has been with New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business for more than 45 years. His primary research areas of interest include financial regulation, antitrust, network industries, international banking and applied microeconomics.
Professor White has published numerous articles in the Journal of Business, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and other leading journals in economics, finance, and law. He is the author of The S&L Debacle: Public Policy Lessons for Bank and Thrift Regulation, among other books, and he is the co-editor (with John Kwoka) of the 7th of edition of The Antitrust Revolution. He contributed chapters to the NYU Stern books on the financial crisis - Restoring Financial Stability and Regulating Wall Street. He is the co-author (with Stern's Viral Acharya, Matthew Richardson, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh) of Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance. He co-edited and contributed to Stern's recent book Regulating Wall Street: CHOICE Act vs. Dodd-Frank.
- Economics
- Volatility and Risk Institute
- Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance
- Antitrust
- Industrial organization
- Financial Regulation
- General Regulation
- Banks, banking and bank behavior
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Economics
- Antitrust & Regulatory Issues
- Business Strategy
- Economic History
- Game Theory
- Industrial Organization
- Microeconomics
- Political Economy
- Social Security
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Finance
- Commercial Banking
- Credit Rating Agencies
- Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
- Firms & Markets
- Microeconomics: Theory and Applications
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Ph.D., Economics, 1969
Harvard University
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M.Sc., Economics, 1965
London School of Economics
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B.A., Economics, 1964
Harvard University
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NYU Stern Faculty Service Award, Undergraduate College Honors Program (2019)
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Distinguished Service Award, Industrial Organization Society (2015)
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Faculty Leadership Award, NYU Stern (2014)
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Board Member and Secretary-Treasurer, Western Economic Association International (2006)
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Top 10 Corporate and Securities Article of 2005, Corporate Practice Commentator (2005)
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General Editor, Review of Industrial Organization (2004)
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Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, University of South Australia (2002)
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Outstanding Paper in Financial Institutions, Southern Finance Association meetings (2000)
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L.J. White (2022)
"Antitrust Policies for the 2020s: Some Sensible Ways Forward"
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022
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Larry White (2022)
“The Dead Hand of Cellophane and the Federal Google and Facebook Cases: Market Delineation Will Be Crucial”
Antitrust Bulletin, 2022
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J.E. Kwoka, Jr., L.J. White (2018)
The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy
7th edition, Oxford University Press, 2019
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M.P. Richardson, K.L. Schoenholtz, B. Tuckman, L.J. White (2017)
Regulating Wall Street: CHOICE Act vs. Dodd-Frank
NYU Stern, 2017
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T.M. Lenard, L.J. White (2016)
Moving Music Licensing into the Digital Era: More Competition and Less Regulation
UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 2016
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V. Acharya, M. Richardson, S. Van Nieuwerburgh, L.J. White (2011)
The Government-Sponsored Enterprises
Regulating Wall Street: The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance. Wiley, 2011
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V. Acharya, M. Richardson, S. Van Nieuwerburgh, L.J. White (2011)
Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance
Princeton University Press, 2011
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- Professor Lawrence White interview: “Fed Succession: Will Trump Stick to the Script?”
- Antitrust Economics at a Time of Upheaval: Recent Competition Policy Cases on Two Continents
- SVB and Beyond: The Banking Stress of 2023
- Antitrust Policy for the 2020s: Some Sensible Ways Forward
- The Antitrust Revolution
- Digitization Offers Prospect for Music Licensing Reform
- The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition and Policy, 6th Ed.
- Professor Lawrence White Testifies before U.S. House of Representatives on Housing Finance Reform
- Professor Lawrence White Testifies before U.S. House of Representatives on Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
- Professor Lawrence White Testifies Before New York City Council Committee on Paperless Ticketing
- Professor Lawrence White Testifies Before Congress on Ratings Agencies Post-Dodd-Frank