
Michael Sinkinson
Associate Professor of Economics
Michael Sinkinson is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management, specializing in Applied Microeconomics and Industrial Organization. His research focuses on questions of market structure as they relate to the industries of media, technology, and telecommunications. Specific topics he has worked on in this area include advertising, contracting, product positioning and spectrum allocation. His research has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review.
Michael received his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University and Harvard Business School and his undergraduate degree in Commerce from Queen’s University. At Yale, Michael teaches Microeconomics in the MBA and EMBA programs. Michael served as a Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C., in 2022-2023. Prior to Academia, he worked in consulting at McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research, and worked as a researcher at the University of Chicago.
Education
- PhD, Harvard University | Harvard Business School, 2012
- AM, Harvard University, 2009
- Queen's University, B.Com, 2004
Articles
Common Ownership in America: 1980-2017
Theory and Measurement of Common Ownership
Ask Your Doctor? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals
Mixed Pricing in Online Marketplaces
Do newspapers serve the state? Incumbent party influence on the US press, 1869-1928
Working Papers
Ownership Concentration and Strategic Supply Reduction
Achievements
Micro Best Paper award for "Common Ownership in America: 1980–2017", American Economic Journal, 2023
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers in Washington D.C., 2022-2023