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James N. Dertouzos

Santa Monica Office

Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ); Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University

Biography

During his 27-year tenure at RAND, Dr. Dertouzos has led over 100 research projects and has served in a variety of management positions, including Associate Head of the Economics and Statistics Department, Associate Corporate Research Manager, and Resident Scholar in Economics. He is a faculty member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School for Policy Studies and has taught courses at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Southern California. Dr. Dertouzos' research and publications cover a wide range of public policy issues including public sector management, the industrial organization of mass media, and military manpower. With support from the Sloan Foundation, he previously directed an ICJ project on the legal and economic consequences of the increasing labor market liability of employers.

Research Focus

Economics of mass media regulation; labor economics; manpower; welfare reform; applied microeconomics; industrial organization; law and Economics

RAND Research Areas

Child Policy; Civil Justice

Recent Projects

  • Implications of welfare reform
  • Effectiveness of military advertising
  • Economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft
  • Economic and Legal Implications of Electronic Discovery
  • Litigation Outcomes in Wrongful Termination Cases

Selected Publications

Steven Garber, Is Military Advertising Effective?, Journal of Labor Research, 2003

Roger G. Noll et al., eds., "Regulatory Standards: The Effects of Broadcast Signals on Cable Television", A Communications Cornucopia

Biography

During his 27-year tenure at RAND, Dr. Dertouzos has led over 100 research projects and has served in a variety of management positions, including Associate Head of the Economics and Statistics Department, Associate Corporate Research Manager, and Resident Scholar in Economics. He is a faculty member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School for Policy Studies and has taught courses at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Southern California. Dr. Dertouzos' research and publications cover a wide range of public policy issues including public sector management, the industrial organization of mass media, and military manpower. With support from the Sloan Foundation, he previously directed an ICJ project on the legal and economic consequences of the increasing labor market liability of employers.

Research Focus

Industrial organization; labor economics; law and economics; employment liability; economics of the mass media; military manpower

RAND Research Areas

Child Policy; Civil Justice

Recent Projects

  • Economic and Legal Implications of Electronic Discovery
  • Litigation Outcomes in Wrongful Termination Cases
  • The Effectiveness of Military Advertising

Biography

During his 27-year tenure at RAND, Dr. Dertouzos has led more than 100 research projects and has served in a variety of management positions, including Associate Head of the Economics and Statistics Department, Associate Corporate Research Manager, and Resident Scholar in Economics. He has taught courses at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Southern California. His research and publications cover a wide range of public policy issues, including public-sector management, the industrial organization of mass media, and military manpower. With support from the Sloan Foundation, he previously directed an ICJ project on the legal and economic consequences of the increasing labor market liability of employers.

His recent RAND publications include Performance Evaluation and Army Recruiting (James N. Dertouzos and Steven Garber, 2008); The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research (James N. Dertouzos et al., 2008); and The Cost-Effectiveness of Military Advertising: Evidence from 2002–2004 (2009).

Research Focus

Economics of mass media regulation; labor economics; manpower; welfare reform; applied microeconomics; industrial organization; law and Economics

Recent Projects

  • Implications of welfare reform
  • Effectiveness of military advertising
  • Economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft
  • Economic and legal implications of electronic discovery
  • Litigation outcomes in wrongful termination cases

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