Staff Members
Andrew E. Abere
- Andrew E. Abere Senior Economist
- John P. Bigelow Senior Economist
- Peter Bronsteen President
- Leah Clark Research Associate
- Michelle A. Cleary Senior Associate
- Tamsen deRaat Senior Associate
- Simon Jarcho Research Associate
- Caitlin McGugan Research Associate
- Daniel Savas Research Associate
- April Anne Sese Administrative and Research Assistant
- Denise Walsh Office Manager
- Geoffrey Williams Research Economist
Andrew E. Abere is a Senior Economist with the firm. He has over twenty years of experience providing economic consulting services to public and private companies, law firms, and government agencies. Dr. Abere has provided expert witness or consulting services in matters involving antitrust, securities fraud, breach of contract, patent infringement, product liability, and government regulation.
Most notably, Dr. Abere served as an expert witness on damages on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company in the PepsiCo v. Coca-Cola antitrust litigation, and on behalf of BDO Seidman in the Health Management and Jennifer Convertibles securities fraud litigation. Dr. Abere also served as a court-appointed expert on damages in United States District Court for the Newell v. Rubbermaid breach of contract litigation. He has also appeared on behalf of clients in antitrust matters before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Italian Antitrust Authority, and the French Competition Council.
Dr. Abere's experience includes the analysis of a wide variety of industries. These include airlines; automobiles and automotive parts; beer; chemicals; cigarettes; computer equipment; financial services; food manufacturing and retailing; health care; pharmaceuticals; professional sports; recorded music; soft drinks; and television programming and distribution.
Prior to joining the Princeton Economics Group, Dr. Abere served as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP and as an Economist with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. In addition to consulting, Dr. Abere has also held positions with the Departments of Economics at Columbia University, NYU, and Rutgers University, and has taught courses in industrial organization, microeconomic theory, and the economic analysis of law.
Dr. Abere received his B.A. with a major in economics in 1983 from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in economics in 1991 from Columbia University. In the final year of his graduate studies, Dr. Abere was named John M. Olin Research Fellow at the Center for Law and Economic Studies at the Columbia University School of Law.