When I went to Professor Woroch's office hours, there were a bunch of students waiting to ask him for help.  This indicated to me that he was an approachable professor.  I ended up having to wait for an hour while he attended to each student individually, which further implicated that he's a very helpful professor, much to his credit.

Professor Glenn Woroch's main interest lies in the field of industrial organization.  Within industrial organization, his research is primarily concerned with the telecommunications industry.  The 1996 Telecommunications Act deregulated and introduced competition to the telecommunications industry; Professor Woroch referred to this as a natural experiment.  There are now two ways for entrants to come in the market:  the first is facilities-based and the other is service-based.  Facilities-based entry is contingent on the entrant acquiring the necessary hardware (phonelines etc.); while with service-based entry, the entrant simply  rents the hardware from the incumbent.

Professor Woroch's recent work has analyzed the success of the 2 types of entrants and which method is more effective.  In conducting his research, Professor Woroch needed to find data.  He said that when industries are regulated, it's much easier to get data on them, because you can get the data from the regulating agency.  However, when industries are deregulated the task becomes more difficult.  The data set he's been using for the past several years came from a marketing research company that provides data (for free) for academic research.

When I asked if he had any advice for student writing a thesis he said this: "keep your eyes peeled for a natural experiment," like the 1996 Telecommunications Act.