Christopher Snyder
Professor
Appointments
Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics
Area of Expertise
Industrial Organization,
Microeconomic Theory,
Law and Economics,
Health Economics
Education
B.A. Fordham University 1989
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1994
Taught Courses
Publications
"Examining Selection Pressures in the Publication Process Through the Lens of Sniff Tests" (with Ran Zhuo), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming May 2026.
"Investing in Vaccines to Mitigate Harm from COVID-19 and Future Pandemics" (with Sarrin Chethik, Catherine Che, Rachel Glennerster, and Claire McMahon), chapter 10 in Disease Control Priorities, Fourth Edition, Volume 2 (Global Threats to Health), Part 4 (Pandemic Preparedness and Response), Siddhanth Sharma, et al., eds., World Bank, 2026, pp. 263-282.
"Can Operation Warp Speed Serve as a Model for Accelerating Innovations Beyond COVID Vaccines?" (with Arielle D'Souza, Kendall Hoyt, and Alec Stapp), Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2025, 4 (1): 103-138.
Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions (with Walter Nicholson), 13th edition, Cengage, 2026, 734 pages.
"Optimal Vaccine Subsidies for Epidemic Diseases" (with Matthew Goodkin-Gold, Michael Kremer, and Heidi Williams), Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2024, 106 (4): 895-909.
"An Optimal Mechanism to Fund the Development of Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemics" (with Kendall Hoyt and Dimitrios Gouglas), Journal of Health Economics, September 2023, 91 (102795): 1–22.
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