College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interim Dean, College of Business and Professor of Business Administration and
Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Economics, Cornell University, 1980
M.A., Economics, Cornell University, 1978
B.S., Economics, Bradley University, 1975

Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2005 - Present
Associate Dean for Professional Programs, College of Business, University of Illinois, 2000 - Present
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1998 - Present
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1986-1998
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1979-1986

DeBrock, L., Hendricks, W., Koenker, R. 2004. Pay and Performance: The Impact of Salary Distribution on Firm Level Outcomes in Baseball. The Journal of Sports Economics, 5: 243-261

DeBrock, L., Hendricks, W., Koenker, R. 2003. Uncertainty, Hiring and Subsequent Performance: The NFL Draft. Journal of Labor Economics, 21: 857-886

DeBrock, L., Arnould, R., Gift, T. 2002. Is Healthy Competition Healthy? Evidence from the State of Washington. Inquiry, 39: 45-55

EBRI Education and Research Fund Fellow, 1997-2005

Teaches courses in introductory and micro economics and industrial competition and monopoly.

His research interest in applied microeconomics focuses on topics in industrial organization, regulatory issues, and health economics.