John CONNOR - Purdue University

Since 1983 he is Professor of Industrial economics at Purdue University in Indiana. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Boston College and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1979 to 1983 he was head of Food Manufacturing Research in the Economic Research Service of USDA. Dr. Connor specializes in empirical research in industrial economics and antitrust policy; since 1997 the focus of his research has been international price-fixing cartels and world-wide antitrust enforcement.  He is the author of 18 books and monographs and more than 200 other scholarly publications in economics and law. His book, Global Price Fixing, received two national writing awards in 2002 and 2003.  New editions of Global Price Fixing appeared in 2007 and 2008. Dr. Connor is Senior Advisor to the American Antitrust Institute and advices law firms in cartel cases. In 2008, he became Director of LECG, one of the world’s leading economic consulting firms. In 2009, his lifetime achievements were recognized when he was given the highest honor of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, the title of Fellow.