Santa Clara University

John Heineke

Professor of Economics

Professor Heineke earned his PhD from the University of Iowa and has taught at Santa Clara since 1976. He teaches courses in statistical theory, optimization, microeconomics for business decision making, and pricing.

Dr. Heineke has contributed extensively to the study of modeling criminal behavior and has published a successful textbook entitled Microeconomics for Business Decision Making. His more than 40 scholarly works have appeared in such journals as The Review of Economic Studies, The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Theory, The Journal of Political Economy, and The Review of Economics and Statistics. Among the agencies he has consulted for are the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy.  In addition, he has provided consultations on various pricing issues to a number of Silicon Valley companies.