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Christopher Poliquin joined UCLA Anderson faculty in 2018. His main research interests lie at the intersection of technology, organizational design, and strategy, particularly how technology adoption influences wages and the determinants of firm hierarchy within startups. His work, which has garnered media attention, analyzes factors affecting gun policy and its impact on violence, examining how policies such as handgun waiting periods correlate with gun deaths and mass shootings. He emphasizes the importance of using scientific methods to contribute to contemporary debates that concern managers and policymakers, including how gains from technology are distributed in society and how organizational decisions can enable startups to create value. Poliquin earned a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and served as a teaching fellow in economic analysis and public policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.