John L. Turner

• PhD, Economics, University of Virginia, 2002
• MA, Economics, University of Virginia, 1999
• BA, Economics and Mathematics, Washington and Lee University, 1995

• Industrial organization
• Law and Economics
• International Trade

Working Papers

• Turner, John L. “Welfare-Optimal Rewards and Royalties for a Full Stack of Standard-Essential Patents.”

Journal Articles

• Hovenkamp, Erik; Lemus, Jorge; Turner, John L. “Product Development with Lurking Patentees,”  RAND Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
• Ornelas, Emanuel; Turner, John L. 2024. “The Costs and Benefits of Rules of Origin in Modern Free Trade Agreements,” Journal of International Economics (147): 103874.  See working paper version here.
• Ornelas, Emanuel; Turner, John L.; Bickwit, Grant. 2021. “Preferential Trade Agreements and Global Sourcing,” Journal of International Economics (128): 103395.  See working paper version here, and mathematical derivations here (done by Bruno Dare Riotto Malta Campos and Pedro Molina Ogeda).
• Lemus, Jorge; Temnyalov, Emil; Turner, John L. 2021. “Liability Insurance: Equilibrium Contracts under Monopoly and Competition,” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (13): 83-115.  See working paper version here.
• Jacobo-Rubio, Ruben; Turner, John L.; Williams, Jonathan. 2020. “Generic Entry, Pay-For-Delay Settlements, and the Distribution of Surplus in the US Pharmaceutical Industry,” Journal of Law and Economics (62): 203-38.  See working paper version here.
• Juranek, Steffen; Quan, Thomas; Turner, John L. 2020. “Patents, Litigation Strategy and Antitrust in Innovative Industries” Review of Industrial Organization (56): 667-696.
• Bradford, David; Turner, John L.; Williams, Jonathan. 2018. “Off-Label Use of Pharmaceuticals: A Detection-Controlled Estimation,” Journal of Industrial Economics (66): 866-93.  See working paper version here.
• Bessen, James; Neuhausler, Peter; Turner, John L.; Williams, Jon. 2018. “Trends in Private Patent Costs and Rents for Publicly-Traded United States Firms,” International Review of Law and Economics (56): 53-69.
• Turner, John L. 2018. “Input Complementarity, Patent Trolls and Unproductive Entrepreneurship,” International Journal of Industrial Organization (56): 168-203.
• Leiva, Fernando and John L. Turner. 2017. “Welfare-Optimal Patent Royalties when Imitation is Costly” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (137): 457-75.
• Henry, Matthew and John L. Turner. 2016.  “Across Five Eras: Patent Validity and Infringement Rates in United States Courts, 1929-2006”  Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (13): 454-486.
• Nevo, Aviv; Turner, John L.; Williams, Jonathan. 2016. “Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband,” Econometrica (82): 411-43.  See working paper version here.
• Ferreira, Daniel; Ornelas, Emanuel; Turner, John L. 2015. “Unbundling Ownership and Control,” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (24): 1-21.
• Malone, Jacob; Turner, John L.; Williams, Jonathan. 2014. “Do Three-Part Tariffs Improve Efficiency in Residential Broadband Networks?” Telecommunications Policy (38): 1035-45.
• Turner, John L. 2013. “Dissolving (In)effective Partnerships,” Social Choice and Welfare (41): 321-35.
• Ornelas, Emanuel and John L. Turner. 2012. “Protection and Global Sourcing,” Economic Journal (122): 26-63.  See working paper version here.
• Selgin, George and John L. Turner. 2011. “Strong Steam, Weak Patents, or, The Myth of Watt’s Innovation-Blocking Monopoly, Exploded,” Journal of Law and Economics (54):841-61.  See working paper version here.
• Henry, Matthew and John L. Turner. 2010. “Patent Damages and Spatial Competition,” Journal of Industrial Economics (58): 279-305.
• Selgin, George and John L. Turner. 2009 “Watt, Again?  Boldrin and Levine Still Exaggerate the Adverse Effect of Patents on the Progress of Steam Power,” Review of Law and Economics 5 (3).
• Atkinson, Scott; Marco, Alan; Turner, John L. 2009. “The Economics of a Centralized Judiciary: Uniformity, Forum Shopping and the Federal Circuit,” Journal Of Law And Economics (52): 411-43.  See working paper version here.
• Ornelas, Emanuel and John L. Turner. 2008. “Trade Liberalization, Outsourcing and the Hold-Up Problem,” Journal Of International Economics (74):225-41.   See working paper version here.
• Ornelas, Emanuel and John L. Turner. 2007. “Efficient Dissolution of Partnerships and the Structure of Control,” Games and Economic Behavior (60): 187-99.
• Selgin, George and John L. Turner. 2006. “James Watt as Intellectual Monopolist: Comment on Boldrin and Levine,” International Economic Review (47): 1341-48.
• Henry, Matthew D. and John L. Turner. 2006. “The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s Impact on Patent Litigation,” Journal Of Legal Studies (35):85-118.  See working paper version here.
• Goeree, Jacob; Maasland, Emiel; Onderstal, Sander; Turner, John L. 2005. “How (Not) to Raise Money,” Journal Of Political Economy (113):897-918.
• Turner, John L. 2004. “Local To Unity, Long-horizon Forecasting Thresholds for Model Selection in the AR(1),” Journal of Forecasting (23): 513-39.

• Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2016–present
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2016–present
• Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020–present

• Collaborative Research: An Empirical Study of Broadband Internet Service (co-PI with Aviv Nevo and Jon Williams), National Science Foundation (SES-1324717), 2013-16.
• A Comprehensive Data Set of Published US Patent Litigation Decisions: 1929-2006, National Science Foundation (SES-0751661), 2008-11.