In Progress

Working Papers

• Morphology of a Price War (with Rob Clark and Marco Duarte). In preparation for Cartels Diagnosed: New Insight on Collusion.
• Preemptive Entry and Technology Diffusion in the Market for Drive-in Theaters (with Ricard Gil, Shilong Sun and Yuya Takahashi). Revisions requested from Rand Journal of Economics. Latest version: October 2021.
• Hub and Spoke Cartels: Theory and Evidence from the Grocery Industry (with Robert Clark and Ig Hortsmann). Revisions requested from American Economic Review. Latest version: September 2021.
• Agency Frictions and Procurement: New Evidence from U.S. Electricity Restructuring  (with Mike Abito, Jin Soo Han, Arthur van Benthem). In submission. Latest version: August 2021. Revision requested at Journal of Industrial Economics.
• Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from randomized auctions in Senegal, (with Terrence Johnson, Molly Lipscomb and Laura Schechter). In submission. Latest version: September 2022.
• Measuring Substitution Patterns in Differentiated Products Industries, (with Amit Gandhi).  Revision requested from Econometrica, Latest version: September  2020.
  • Long version
  • Slides
  • Sample code (Python and Ox)
• Measuring Firms’ Conduct in Differentiated Products Industries, (with Amit Gandhi). Latest version: September 2020.
• Asymmetric information in the wholesale market for mortgages: The case of Ginnie Mae loans (with Ken Hendricks and Diwakar Raising). Latest version: November 2020.
• Competition and the cannibalization of college quality (with Poala Bordon, Chao Fu, and Ana Gazmuri). Latest version: June 2016

Pre-Working Paper Projects (Drafts available upon requests)

• The role of intermediaries in selection markets: Evidence from mortgage lending (with Jason Allen, Robert Clark, and Anna Trubnikova).
• Using Market Mechanisms to Increase the Take-up of Improved Sanitation (with Terry Johnson, Molly Lipscomb and Laura Schechter).
• Sustainable Intermediation: Using Market Design to Improve the Provision of Sanitation (with Terry Johnson, Molly Lipscomb and Laura Schechter)

Older Working Papers

• Market structure and the diffusion of e-commerce: Evidence from the retail banking industry, (with Jason Allen and Rob Clark), Bank of Canada working paper, 2009.
• Entry and Exit in a Price Regulated Industry: Gasoline Retailing in Quebec. (Superseded by  Carranza, Clark and Houde)