Eric Fruits
Director of Economics at the International Center for Law & Economics. Consulting and expert testimony in economics, finance, and statistics.
- Role
- Adjunct Professor at Portland State University
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Fruits
I specialize in economics, finance, and statistics. I’m an adjunct professor of business and economics at Portland State University, an expert witness, and am affiliated with several nonprofit public policy research institutes.I’ve testified in matters involving antitrust, securities fraud and market manipulation, lost profits, and business valuation in state and federal courts as well as an international tribunal.I have written peer-reviewed articles on antitrust, initial public offerings (IPOs), the municipal bond market, real estate markets. My article on the formation and operation of cartels which was published in the top-tier Journal of Law & Economics. My economic analysis has been widely cited and has been published in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and a numerous metropolitan newspapers.I’ve consulted in the review of several mergers including T-Mobile-Sprint, Exxon-Mobil, BP-Arco, Nestle-Ralston, and Sysco-US Foods. I have worked on many antitrust lawsuits, including Weyerhaeuser v. Ross-Simmons, a predatory bidding case that was ultimately decided by the United States Supreme Court.
Experience
Adjunct Professor
Dec 2002 — Present
Teach courses in urban economics; real estate finance and investments; state and local public finance.
Education
The University of Manchester
Economics
1988 — 1989
Indiana University Bloomington
BS, Business Economics & Public Policy
1986 — 1990
Claremont Graduate University
Ph.D., Economics
1991 — 1997
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
B.S., Business Economics & Public Policy
1986 — 1990
Skills
- Analysis
- Intellectual Property
- Quantitative Analysis
- Mergers
- Competitive Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Microeconomics
- Corporate Finance
- Litigation Support
- Data Analysis
- Antitrust
- Statistical Consulting
- Expert Witness
- Litigation
- Securities
- Public Speaking
- Healthcare
- Policy
- Economics
- Economic Development
- Financial Modeling
- Quantitative Analytics
- Econometrics
- Policy Analysis
- Economic Research
- Real Estate
- Strategic Planning
- Applied Econometrics
- Competition Law
- Business Valuation
- Statistical Modeling
- Time Series Analysis
- Employment Litigation
- Statistics
- Financial Analysis
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Teaching
- Forecasting
- Stata
- Transportation
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