Michael Gough

Senior Economist

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J.D., University of Michigan Law School
M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan
B.S. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mike Gough joined applEcon in 2005 while pursuing dual degrees at the University of Michigan in Law and Economics. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Economics. He worked in the Boston office of Decision Economics as an economist for three years before entering graduate school.

Selected Experience

Class Action Cases Against Microsoft

Antitrust liability, causation, damages, and class certification for plaintiffs

An end-consumer class of individuals and businesses in California sued Microsoft for monopoly overcharges on the Windows operating system, as well as MS Word and MS Excel applications. The case was originally filed in early 1999, nearly a year before Judge Jackson…

Antritust damages for plaintiff

applEcon developed and implemented two methods to calculate the overcharge to purchasers of finished alder lumber, leading the judge to certify a class of direct purchasers and the jury to award the class $28 million.

Damages Analysis, Antitrust

Unocal influenced California regulators to adopt regulations that, unbeknownst to regulators, conferred monopoly power upon Unocal. applEcon quantified the resulting overcharges paid by California consumers, which helped class members to win a settlement of $48…

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Michael Gough

Senior Economist