Joe Mazur is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University, where he teaches courses such as Management Information Systems and Economic Analysis of Technology Markets. As an economist studying industrial organization, his research combines game theoretic models with real-world data to form policy-relevant conclusions about how firm behavior impacts social welfare. The U.S. airline industry serves as his primary source of data, and his research covers such topics as antitrust, bankruptcy, price discrimination, and capital structure. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, he was a corporate financial analyst for an investment bank, where he specialized in industrial mergers and acquisitions.