Distinguished Service Award

David Sappington, University of Florida

Prof. David Sappington is Eminent Scholar at the Department of Economics, University of Florida, and Director of the Robert F. Lanzillotti Public Policy Research Center at the University of Florida.

Prof. Sappington has conducted foundational scholarship in industrial organization, including seminal work on the theory of regulation. He has an exemplary record of service to the U.S., the profession, and the Industrial Organization Society. Prof. Sappington brought his knowledge of regulation to practice as the Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2002. He has served as the Director of the Robert F. Lanzillotti Public Policy Research Center since 1999. This important Center supports high-quality, independent research that informs public policy.

Prof. Sappington has served the editorial boards of numerous journals in economics and is currently an editorial board member for The Rand Journal of Economics, The Journal of Regulatory Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, The Review of Industrial Organization, The Review of Network Economics, and Information Economics and Policy. Finally, Prof. Sappington was a member of the Industrial Organization Society board from 2006 to 2020 and led the organization as IOS President from 2008 to 2009.