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Short-id: pma3398

Working Papers

2025

1. Algorithmic Coercion with Faster Pricing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Vertical Integration and Consumer Choice: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

4. Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2025) (2025)

2023

5. Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (11) (2023)

2021

6. Competition in Pricing Algorithms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article Competition in Pricing Algorithms, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (17) (2023)
7. What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2020

8. Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2022) View citations (6) (2022)

2017

9. The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (54) (2020)

2014

10. Bias in Reduced-Form Estimates of Pass-through
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Bias in reduced-form estimates of pass-through, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2014) View citations (15) (2014)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Estimating Models of Supply and Demand: Instruments and Covariance Restrictions
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2025, 17, (1), 238-81
2. Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences
   Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133, (8), 2462 - 2505
   See also Working Paper Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences, NBER Working Papers (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2023

3. Competition in Pricing Algorithms
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2023, 15, (2), 109-56 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Competition in Pricing Algorithms, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (23) (2021)
4. Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 239-43 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (6) (2023)

2022

5. Contract Duration and the Costs of Market Transactions
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2022, 14, (3), 164-212 View citations (2)
6. Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (5), 2559-2599 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2020

7. The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (1), 86-114 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (18) (2017)

2017

8. Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2017, 50, (2), 209-220 View citations (5)

2014

9. Bias in reduced-form estimates of pass-through
   Economics Letters, 2014, 123, (2), 200-202 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Bias in Reduced-Form Estimates of Pass-through, EAG Discussions Papers (2014) View citations (15) (2014)