FACULTY PROFILE
Thomas P. Lyon
Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Professor of Natural Resources and Environment
Professor Lyon earned his bachelor's degree at Princeton University and his
doctorate at Stanford University. He has been a visiting professor at the
University of Chicago and at the University of Bonn, and a Fulbright Scholar
at the Scuola Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. He spent the academic year
2002/2003 as a Gilbert White Fellow at Resources for the Future in
Washington, DC, and 2003/2004 as a visiting economist in the Antitrust
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Lyon serves on the
editorial boards of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
and the Journal of Regulatory Economics, and his research has been
published in such journals as the RAND Journal of Economics, the
Journal of Law and Economics, the Journal of Public Economics,
the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and the Journal
of Law, Economics and Organization. Professor Lyon's primary research
interest is how regulation affects corporate behavior (and vice versa), a
topic he, has pursued in such areas as corporate environmentalism, electric
utility investment practices, natural gas contracting, health care
innovation, and the introduction of competition in regulated industries.
His current research projects include studies of environmental information
disclosure by corporations, corporate greenwash, voluntary environmental
programs and agreements, the strategy and behavior of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), and the drivers of renewable energy policy and
deployment. His book
Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy (with John W.
Maxwell)is
the first rigorous economic analysis of this increasingly important area.
Professor Lyon's teaching experience includes managerial economics,
business and government, energy policy, game theory, business strategy, and
the management of innovation.
Prof. Lyon's vita in PDF format.
internet
tplyon@umich.edu
Personal Homepage
Faculty Profile at the Ross School of Business
telephone
734-615-1639 (Office)
postal address
Prof. Thomas P. Lyon
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
701 Tappan St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
office
Prof. Lyon's office is located on the
3rd Floor of the Executive Residence, room E3613.
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