Dr. Lars Stole

Professor

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Biography

Lars Stole studies strategic pricing, contract incentives theory, industrial economics, and game theory. His research has been published in prestigious journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and Journal of Political Economy. He has made significant contributions to the theory of strategic price discrimination and competition contracts. Stole's research has earned him several awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship. He also received the Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics from Harvard Law School. Stole has lectured at various institutions, including MIT, CERGE/Prague, and CES/Munich, and served as an editor for the RAND Journal of Economics. He founded the Applied Theory Initiative at Booth and served as co-Director from 2009 to 2019. Stole holds bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of Illinois, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Besides academia, he enjoys photography and woodworking.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GMAT
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree or equivalent
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee ($80)
  • Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
  • Two to four letters of recommendation
  • Resume/CV
  • Statement of Purpose (2-4 pages)
  • Optional writing sample (up to 30 pages)
  • Standardized test scores (GMAT or GRE)
Specialization Notes

The doctoral program at Booth is organized into 'dissertation areas' which include Accounting, Behavioral Science, Econometrics and Statistics, Finance, Marketing, and Operations Management.