Tracy R. Lewis, is a Martin L. Black professor of business administration within the Fuqua School of Business

Fuqua School of Business

The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs...

 at Duke University

Duke University

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. Before arriving at Duke University in 2003, he was the James Walter Eminent Scholar in Economics at the University of Florida

University of Florida

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His articles include "An Incentive Approach to Banking Regulation," Journal of Finance

Journal of Finance

The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946. Its current editors are Campbell R. Harvey and John R. Graham...

, with Ronald Giammarino and David Sappington, 1993. The following papers were also co-authored with Sappington; "Selecting an Agent’s Ability," International Economic Review

International Economic Review

The International Economic Review, is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal in economics published by the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University...

, 1993; "Ignorance in Agency Problems," Journal of Economic Theory

Journal of Economic Theory

The Journal of Economic Theory, often referred to as JET, is an important scholarly journal in the field of economics. Although the journal was originally intended as a specialty journal in mathematical economics, JET is now generally regarded as the leading journal in economic theory and one of...

, 1993; and "Incentives for Conservation and Quality-Improvement by Public Utilities," American Economic Review

American Economic Review

The American Economic Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics publishing seven issues annually by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. The current editor-in-chief is Penny Goldberg . The...

, 1992.

Lewis is perhaps best known as co-author of the Brander-Lewis model of oligopolistic competition, with James A. Brander

James A. Brander

James Alan Brander is a Canadian economist and a professor of Asia-Pacific International Trade, University of British Columbia. He is known as co-author of a seminal 1986 article in The American Economic Review, with Tracy R...

-- Oligopoly and Financial Structure American Economic Review, 1986.