Teaching

• industrial organization
• microeconomic theory
• game theory

Research Interests

Professor Tremblay's research interests are in industrial organization and applied game theory. Recent work has focused on the effect of CEO (chief executive officer) bias on firm behavior, the development of the Cournot-Bertrand model, the economics of advertising, and the economics of the brewing industry. He has served on the editorial boards of Theoretical Economics Letters, Games, and the Review of Industrial Organization.  His work has been published in economics journals such as Economics Letters, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Industrial Organization, Southern Economic Journal, and Antitrust Bulletin.

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Brief Vita

Vic Tremblay, Professor of Economics.  He received his Ph.D. in economics from Washington State University in 1983 and joined the OSU Economics Department in 1990.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

“The Coefficient of Cooperation and CEO Incentive Contracts,” International Game Theory Review, forthcoming. 

“Advertising Strategy and the Coefficient of Cooperation,” Journal of the Economics of Business, forthcoming.

“CEO Bias and the Degree of Industry Competition,” Journal of Management and Governance, forthcoming. 

“CEO Confidence Bias and Strategic Choice: A General Framework,” Journal of Applied Economics, 2022, with L. Schroeder & C. Tremblay.

“Confidence Bias and Advertising in Imperfectly Competitive Markets,” Managerial and Decision Econ., 2021, with L. Schroeder & C. Tremblay.

“Oligopoly Games and the Cournot-Bertrand Model: A Survey, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2019 with Carol Tremblay.

Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018, co-edited with Liz Schroeder, and Carol Tremblay.  

“Tax Incidence and Demand Convexity in Cournot, Bertrand, and Cournot-Bertrand Models,” Public Finance Review, 2017, with Mark Tremblay.

“Craft Beer in the United States: History, Numbers, and Geography,” Journal of Wine Economics, 2015, with Ken Elzinga and Carol Tremblay.

New Perspectives on Industrial Organization: Contributions from Behavioral Economics and Game Theory, Springer, 2012, with Carol Tremblay.

“A General Cournot-Bertrand Model with Homogeneous Goods,” Theoretical Econ. Letters, 2011, with M. Tremblay & C. Tremblay.

“The Cournot-Bertrand Model and the Degree of Product Differentiation,” Economics Letters, 2011, with Carol Horton Tremblay.

“The Coefficient of Cooperation and CEO Incentive Contracts,” International Game Theory Review, forthcoming. 

“Advertising Strategy and the Coefficient of Cooperation,” Journal of the Economics of Business, forthcoming.

“CEO Bias and the Degree of Industry Competition,” Journal of Management and Governance, forthcoming. 

“CEO Confidence Bias and Strategic Choice: A General Framework,” Journal of Applied Economics, 2022, with L. Schroeder & C. Tremblay.

“Confidence Bias and Advertising in Imperfectly Competitive Markets,” Managerial and Decision Econ., 2021, with L. Schroeder & C. Tremblay.

“Oligopoly Games and the Cournot-Bertrand Model: A Survey, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2019 with Carol Tremblay.

Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018, co-edited with Liz Schroeder, and Carol Tremblay.  

“Tax Incidence and Demand Convexity in Cournot, Bertrand, and Cournot-Bertrand Models,” Public Finance Review, 2017, with Mark Tremblay.

“Craft Beer in the United States: History, Numbers, and Geography,” Journal of Wine Economics, 2015, with Ken Elzinga and Carol Tremblay.

New Perspectives on Industrial Organization: Contributions from Behavioral Economics and Game Theory, Springer, 2012, with Carol Tremblay.

“A General Cournot-Bertrand Model with Homogeneous Goods,” Theoretical Econ. Letters, 2011, with M. Tremblay & C. Tremblay.

“The Cournot-Bertrand Model and the Degree of Product Differentiation,” Economics Letters, 2011, with Carol Horton Tremblay.

The U.S Brewing Industry: Data and Economic Analysis, MIT Press, 2005, with Carol Tremblay.