Edward A. Snyder

Edward A. Snyder is Dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics at the School. In his role as Dean, Mr. Snyder oversees the overall academic, financial, and administrative leadership of the school, including its academic programs in Chicago, London, and Singapore.

During his tenure beginning in July 2001, Mr. Snyder has focused on strengthening the school's values with the objective of ensuring that Chicago Booth continues to offer the most challenging academic programs of any business school in the world. His other main strategic imperative has been to strengthen the school's relationships with business and alumni around the world for the dual purposes of (a) increasing opportunities for GSB students and alumni, and (b) increasing the school's influence so that it can continue to help improve business practices, increase performance, and strengthen the world's market-oriented economies.

During Mr. Snyder's tenure, Chicago Booth has (a) moved into its new campus in Hyde Park as scheduled and on budget, (b) established its own campus in central London, (c) gained higher levels of recognition as offering the most rigorous MBA programs, (d) increased significantly the school's strengths in marketing and entrepreneurship, (e) instituted a program of peer-driven senior faculty reviews, (f) continued to meet its budget targets, (g) met its campaign goal of $300M, and (h) increased its endowment by over 150 percent. He is active in The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Civic Consulting Alliance, and an advisory group to Mayor Richard Daley. He serves on the boards of Argonne National Laboratory and Career Education Corporation.

As a scholar, Mr. Snyder is interested mainly in industrial organization, antitrust economics, law and economics, and financial institutions. Mr. Snyder co-teaches a course, Economic Analysis of Major Policy Issues, with Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy.

Mr. Snyder received his Ph.D. in economics and an M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago. His research develops insights into business practices, specifically distribution and contracting practices, antitrust enforcement, and public policy. Before joining the GSB, Mr. Snyder was Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School. He began his academic career at the University of Michigan Business School.

Selected Publications

"The Effect of Higher Criminal Penalties on Antitrust Enforcement," Journal of Law & Economics, vol. 33 (October 1990).

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With Thomas E. Kauper, "Misuse of the Antitrust Laws: The Competitor Plaintiff," Michigan Law Review, vol. 90 (December 1991); reprinted in The Journal of Reprints for Antitrust Law and Economics, vol. 25, no. 2 (1995).

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With Scott E. Masten, "United States v. United Shoe Machine Corporation: On the Merits," Journal of Law & Economics, vol. 36 (1993); and in Transaction Cost Economics, vol. 2, O. Williamson and S. Masten, eds. (Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., London, 1995); reprinted in Case Studies in Contracting and Organization, S. Masten, ed., (Oxford University Press, 1996).

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With James W. Hughes, "Litigation under the English and American Rules: Theory and Evidence," Journal of Law & Economics, vol. 38 (April 1995).

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With Roger C. Kormendi, "Privatization and Performance of the Czech Republic's Komercni Banka," Journal of Comparative Economics (August, 1997).

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