Ward Hanson

Ward Hanson studies the economics and marketing of high technology, especially the impact of information and energy technology on business and policy. He is the SIEPR Policy Forum Director and a Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Center for Employment and Economic Growth. His recent work looks at the economic and employment impacts of the Internet, including "Recovery.gov: Using the Internet to Accelerate and Improve Fiscal Stimulus," available on the SIEPR website. His published his most recent book on the impact of high technology on business practice, Internet Marketing and Ecommerce, in 2007. During the previous decade he has served as an expert witness on some of the leading Internet-related cases.

Dr. Hanson received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and has been on the faculty of the University of Chicago Business School, Purdue University School of Management, and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He has served in the U.S. Department of Energy, and is active in current Innovation policy efforts.