Steven Klepper
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Professor of Economics and Social Science |
Research
Professor Klepper's research interests include the evolution of industry and the determinants of technological change, statistical procedures to cope with measurement error, and tax compliance and criminal deterrence.
Publications
Articles
"Technological Extinctions of Industrial Firms: An Inquiry into their Nature and Causes" (with Kenneth L. Simons); Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 379-460, 1997.
"Industry Life Cycles" Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 145-181, 1997.. "Entry, Exit, Growth, and Innovation Over the Product Life Cycle," The American Economic Review, pp. 562-583, June 1996.
"A Reprise of Size and RD: (with Wesley Cohen); Economic Journal, pp. 925-951, July 1996. "Firm Size and Nature of Innovation Within Industries: The Case of Process and Product RD" (with Wesley Cohen); Review of Economic and Statistics, pp. 232-243, May 1996.
"Innovation and Industry Shakeouts" (with Kenneth L. Simons); Business and Economic History, pp. 81-89, Fall 1996.
Professional Experience
Professor Klepper's primary appointment is in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Social and Decision Sciences in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Before joining the faculty in 1980, he was Assistant Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Community/Public Impact
Professor Klepper is on the editorial board of Law and Society Review and Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
Honors
He received the Elliot Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Education
Professor Klepper received his bachelor's and master's degrees and doctorate in economics from Cornell University.