Jay Pil Choi

Jay Pil Choi is a South Korean-American economist and University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. His research focuses on industrial organization, particularly antitrust economics, intellectual property rights, network effects, and platform markets.

Education and early career Choi earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Seoul National University in 1982 and his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1990.

After a year at Seoul National University (1999–2000), Choi moved to Michigan State University in 2000, where he was appointed University Distinguished Professor in 2011.

He has published extensively in leading economics journals including the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, and International Economic Review. He edited Recent Developments in Antitrust: Theory and Evidence (MIT Press, 2007), which examines conceptual and empirical issues in antitrust policy.

Professional service Choi has previously served as president of the Korea-America Economic Association. He also received the Dasan Economist Award and Cho Rakkyo Prize in 2014, the Tae-Sung Kim Memorial Prize from the Korean Econometric Society in 1999, and the Social Science Research Council Abe Fellowship in 1996–1997.