Scholar
Email: william.matcham at rhul.ac.uk
William Matcham is a Scholar at C-IP2, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway University of London, and a Research Affiliate of STICERD at the London School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc and BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, all from the LSE. At LSE, he was awarded the Ely Devons and Undergraduate Performance prizes.
William’s research studies innovation in the United States, focusing on the quality of patent screening. Recent research (summarized here) estimates economic models to evaluate the social costs of the United States patent examination process.
William has presented his research at NYU, Stanford, Boston University, the NBER, and Oxford. He lectures in industrial economics and has other research projects related to credit card markets and applied econometrics.