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Lawrence M. DeBrock
Interim Dean, College of Business
Associate Dean for Professional Programs

Professor of Business Administration and Economics

Educational Background

Ph.D., M.A. Economics, Cornell University, 1980, 1978
B.S., Bradley University, 1975.

Positions Held

At the University of Illinois since 1979. 
Visiting Professor, University of Warsaw, 2005-2006, 2003-2004, 2000-2001, 1999-2000 and 1993-1994.

Recent Publications

“Pay and Performance:  The Impact of Salary Distribution on Firm Level Outcomes in Baseball,” The Journal of Sports Economics, v5, August 2004 (with W. Hendricks and R. Koenker).  "Uncertainty, Hiring and Subsequent Performance: The NFL Draft,” The Journal of Labor Economics, v21(4), October 2003,(with Wallace Hendricks and Roger Koenker). “Is Healthy Competition Healthy? Evidence from the State of Washington,” Inquiry, v39, Spring 2002, pp: 45-55 (with R. Arnould and T. Gift)

Honors and Awards

Executive MBA Faculty of the Year, 2006-07.  Executive MBA Faculty of the Year, 2004-05.  Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching, 2001.  MBA Faculty of the Year Award, 2000. Keith E. Sawyer Memorial Service Award, Executive MBA, 1999.  MBA Faculty of the Year Award, 1998.  Executive MBA Faculty of the Year, 1998.  MBA Faculty of the Year Award, 1994-95. Commerce Alumni Association Excellence in undergraduate Teaching Award (college award), 1995 and 1983(only faculty member to win this award twice). MBA Teacher of the Year for Core Courses, 1994. Harriet and Charles Luckman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching (campus award), 1992. Outstanding Teacher of Freshman, (campus award), 1990. Fulbright Fellowship Award, Uruguay, Fall 1989. Commerce Alumni Association Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (college award), 1983. Selma Fine Goldsmith Prize (for the outstanding dissertation over three year period), Cornell University, 1980. Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Academic Service

Education and Research Fund Fellow, Employee Benefits Research Institute, 1997-present.

Teaching and Research

Teaches courses in introductory and micro economics and industrial competition and monopoly. His research interest in applied microeconomics focuses on topics in industrial organization, regulatory issues, and health economics.

 
Contact Information:
343F Wohlers Hall
1206 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-4553
ldebrock@uiuc.edu


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