Christopher R. Thomas is an associate professor of economics at University of South Florida (USF), where he has spent the past 40 years and held the Exide Professorship of Sustainable Enterprise from 2004 through 2010. Before beginning his academic career at USF in 1982, Professor Thomas worked as an energy economist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He now teaches managerial economics to undergraduates and MBA students in both traditional and executive formats. Professor Thomas has published numerous articles on government regulation of industry and antitrust issues and is coeditor of the Oxford Handbook in Managerial Economics. Professor Thomas lives with his wife in Brooksville, Florida, where he enjoys hobby ranching and playing bad golf.