Christopher Snyder (economist)
Christopher Mark Snyder is an American economist and the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is the co-author of two textbooks, "Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions" and "Intermediate Microeconomics and its Application". Background and research. Snyder's research focuses on Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory and Law and Economics. His recent work has focused on healthcare and vaccines and the economics of open access journals, among other things. In addition to teaching undergraduate students, he is a research associate with the NBER in the Law and Economics Program. Snyder also  serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Industrial Organization Society, and as an Associate Editor for the Review of Industrial Organization. Prior to Dartmouth, Christopher Snyder was a professor at George Washington University. He graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University in 1989 and received his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 1994. Personal life. Snyder lives in Hanover, New Hampshire with his wife and three daughters, Clare, Tess, and Meg. His wife, Maura Doyle, is also an economist and a professor at Dartmouth.