John M. Heineke, Professor

Education

Profile

Professor Heineke teaches courses in statistical theory, optimization, and microeconomics for business decision making. His primary research interests are in microeconomic theory in the areas of aggregation and identification, and decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty. He is also interested in problems involved in modeling human behavior and has contributed extensively to the literature devoted to modeling criminal behavior. He has published a successful textbook entitled Microeconomics for Business Decision Making and a monograph entitled Economic Models of Criminal Behavior. His more than 40 papers have appeared in such journals as The Review of Economic Studies, The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Theory, The Journal of Political Economy, and The Review of Economics and Statistics.