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John G. Searle Professor of Economics and Management

Jonathan Feinstein is interested in creativity and innovation, and the paths of development of entrepreneurs and creators of all kinds. He is the author of The Nature of Creative Development (Stanford University Press, 2006).  He is an expert in the field of tax compliance and the analysis of audit and detection processes, and in the study of the interconnections of aging, health, and economics. He teaches classes on creativity and innovation and careers.  His class, The Practice and Management of Creativity & Innovation, was featured in the BusinessWeek Online article, "Creativity Comes to B-Schools" in the spring of 2006.  Professor Feinstein is the lead designer for The Innovator’s Perspective and he also has a role in the Careers course.

Selected Articles
"The Distinctiveness of Individuals: Using Knowledge Structures To Represent Research Focuses; The Field of Stem Cell Research," Proceedings of the 9th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, Advances in Intelligent Systems Research, Atlantis Press, online, October, 2006.  http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/aisr/jcis-06/index.html

"Public Goods in Trade: On the Formation of Markets and Jurisdictions" (with A. Casella), International Economic Review, Vol. 43, No. 2, May, 2002

"Tax Compliance" (with J. Andreoni and B. Erard), Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 1998. Reprinted in Taxation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy, edited by S. James, Routledge, 2002

"Elderly Asset Management and Health" (with C. Ho) (with commentary by J. Skinner), in Rethinking Estate and Gift Taxation, edited by William G. Gale, James R. Hines, and Joel Slemrod, Brookings Institution Press, 2001

"Approaches for Estimating Noncompliance: Examples from Federal Taxation in the United States," The Economic Journal, Vol. 109, No. 456, June, 1999

"The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Health: A Review of the Literature," The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2, 279-322, 1993

"Detection Controlled Estimation," Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 1, 233-76, April, 1990

"The Safety Regulation of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: Violations, Inspections, and Abnormal Occurrences," Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 97, No. 1, 115-54, February, 1989

Working Papers
"Models of Household Tax Underreporting and the NRP Examination Process" (with B. Erard)

"Paths of Creative Development: Building Conceptual Structures – Creative Interests, Knowledge Structures, and Culture"

Education
PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
BA Stanford University, 1982