Francine
Lafontaine
Professor of Business Economics
and Public Policy



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PROFESSIONAL INFO
I am a Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Professor of Economics (courtesy) at the University of Michigan's Department of Economics. You can find out more about me by reading my biography on our BE group's web site. Here is how you can contact me.


RESEARCH INTERESTS
I study Industrial Organization, Vertical Relationships, Contracting and Franchising. The main thrust of my current research is on the application of recent advances in contract theory and vertical relationships to the analysis of franchising arrangements. My book, The Economics of Franchising [amazon.com] (with Roger D. Blair) was published recently by Cambridge University Press. I am also the editor of Franchise Contracting and Organization [amazon.com], recently published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

I also study contracts and the role of owner operators in the trucking industry.

Here is my vita in PDF format.


TEACHING
In Winter 08, I'm teaching BA875 and the GMBA applied microeconomics course in Beijing, China.