James W. Meehan Jr. Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics Economics

Office: Diamond 373 Phone: 207-859-5237 Fax: 859-5229 Email: jwmeehan@colby.edu Mailing Address: 5237 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Areas of Expertise:

Anti-trust policy Economics of industry Economics of organizations, especially corporate organizations Economics of professional baseball Mergers, takeovers, leveraged buy-outs, vertical integration, regulation Economics of higher education Alleged price-fixing among colleges and universities with overlapping admissions pools Racial discrimination in the market for baseball cards Origin of the reserve clause in baseball

Current Research

Industrial Organization Antitrust Policy Regulated Industries The Economics of Organizations

Current Project Election to the Hall of Fame and the effect on baseball card prices. Vitae Ph.D., Boston College (Economics) 1967Mbr> B.A., St. Vincent College (Economics) 1962