Darren Filson, Ph.D.
Department
Biography
Darren Filson is the Director of the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the James G. Boswell Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College. Professor Filson received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in 1996, and he has taught at the Claremont Colleges since 1997. Most of his research focuses on the intersections of industrial organization, finance, and strategy with an emphasis on industry evolution and innovation.
Research and Publications
“Somebody Knows Something: Managerial Ability, Product Development, and Return-on-Investment in a Hit-Driven Industry” forthcoming, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
“How to Engineer Virality on a Budget in the Crowded Market for Apps: Insights from an Interview with Nicole Cheung” forthcoming, Business Horizons.
“Income, Health and Racial Gaps Between 340B Hospitals, Child Sites, and Nearby Neighborhoods” with Neal Masia, Silas Martin, and Ulrich Neumann, Health Affairs Scholar 3:7 (July 2025) qxaf121.
“The Elasticity of Pharmaceutical Innovation: How Much Does Revenue Drive New Drug Development?” with Karen Van Nuys, Darius Lakdawalla, and Dana Goldman, USC Schaeffer Center White Paper Series (February 18, 2025).
“The Performance of Global Film Franchises: Installment Effects and Extension Decisions” with James H. Havlicek, Journal of Cultural Economics 42:3 (August 2018): 447-67.
“The Impacts of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Bank Diversification on Value and Risk” with Saman Olfati, Journal of Banking & Finance 41 (April 2014): 209-21.
“A Markov-Perfect Equilibrium Model of the Impacts of Price Controls on the Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry” RAND Journal of Economics 43:1 (Spring 2012): 110-138.
“Spinouts: Knowledge Diffusion through Employee Mobility” with April M. Franco, RAND Journal of Economics 37:4 (Winter 2006): 841-60.
“At the Movies: The Economics of Exhibition Contracts” with David Switzer and Portia Besocke, Economic Inquiry 43:2 (April 2005): 354-69.
“Bargaining and Fighting: The Impact of Regime Type on War Onset, Duration, and Outcomes” with Suzanne Werner, American Journal of Political Science 48:2 (April 2004): 296-313.
“A Bargaining Model of War and Peace: Anticipating the Onset, Duration, and Outcome of War” with Suzanne Werner, American Journal of Political Science 46:4 (October 2002): 819-38.