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John M. Yun

John M. Yun is a professor of law and economist at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.

His research focuses on antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, and data governance, as well as broader questions in law & economics, industrial organization, and law & technology. His work examines network effects, multisided platforms, and digital markets. He teaches antitrust, law & economics, and intellectual property.

Before joining the Scalia Law School faculty, Yun served as acting deputy assistant director in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics, Antitrust Division, and previously worked as a staff economist at the FTC. He has also held leadership roles at the Global Antitrust Institute at Scalia Law School, including executive director, deputy executive director, and director of economic education.

He has taught economics at Georgetown University, Emory University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Earlier in his career, he worked as an analyst at United Parcel Service’s Strategic Cost & Planning Group and at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s research department.

Yun’s work was cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the scientific background materials accompanying the 2014 Prize in Economic Sciences honoring Jean Tirole. His honors also include the Federal Trade Commission’s Francis Walker Award for sustained excellent performance, the Janet Steiger Award (Intel-AMD team and Oil & Gas Projects team), the FTC Outstanding Team Award (MSC Software matter), and a nomination for the George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award.

He earned a Ph.D. in economics from Emory University and a bachelor’s from the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.