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Working Papers

2021

1. Random Utility Models, Wine, and Experts
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Random Utility Models, Wine and Experts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons (2021) View citations (8) (2021)

2020

2. Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information-consumers' response to wine expert opinions
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information—consumers’ response to wine expert opinions, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation

2019

3. Reduced Form Evidence on Belief Updating under Asymmetric Information - The Case of Wine Expert Opinions
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
4. Soda Wars: The Effect of a Soda Tax Election on University Beverage Sales
   2019 Conference (63rd), February 12-15, 2019, Melbourne, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) View citations (32)
   See also Journal Article SODA WARS: THE EFFECT OF A SODA TAX ELECTION ON UNIVERSITY BEVERAGE SALES, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2019) View citations (32) (2019)

2018

5. Food markets’ structural empirical analysis: a review of methods and topics
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article Food markets’ structural empirical analysis: a review of methods and topics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2017

6. RETAIL MERGERS AND FOOD PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE *
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (47)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2017) View citations (42)
   See also Journal Article Retail Mergers and Food Prices: Evidence from France, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2017) View citations (49) (2017)
7. Willingness to Pay for Low Water Footprint Food Choices During Drought
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2016

8. Soda Wars
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (4)

2015

9. Bans versus Fees: Disposable Carryout Bag Policies and Bag Usage
   2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
10. Buyer power through the differentiation of suppliers
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Buyer power through the differentiation of suppliers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2014

11. The impact of retail mergers on food prices: evidence from France
    Working Papers SMART, INRAE UMR SMART View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Institut National de la recherche Agronomique (INRA), Departement Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2) (2014) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (2013) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, HAL (2013) View citations (15)
    Working Papers, HAL (2013) View citations (8)

2013

12. Empirical evidence on the role nonlinear wholesale pricing and vertical restraints on cost pass-trough
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (43)

2011

13. Empirical Evidence on the Role of Non Linear Wholesale Pricing and Vertical Restraints on Cost Pass-Through
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (1)
    Also in CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2009) View citations (8)
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2009) View citations (8)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010)
    See also Journal Article Empirical Evidence on the Role of Nonlinear Wholesale Pricing and Vertical Restraints on Cost Pass-Through, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (68) (2013)

2010

14. Can Information Costs Affect Consumer Choice?—Nutritional Labels in a Supermarket Experiment—
    115th Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar, September 15-17, 2010, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Can information costs affect consumer choice? Nutritional labels in a supermarket experiment, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (55) (2013)
15. Outsourcing and pass-through
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Outsourcing and pass-through, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (40) (2010)

2009

16. Are Consumers Color Blind?: an empirical investigation of a traffic light advisory for sustainable seafood
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (3)
17. Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity Price Shocks to Retail Prices
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity Price Shocks to Retail Prices, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2009) View citations (10) (2009)

2008

18. A Larger Slice or a Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining Power in the Distribution Channel
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (18)
    Also in CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2007)
    See also Journal Article A Larger Slice or a Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining Power in the Distribution Channel, Marketing Science, INFORMS (2010) View citations (148) (2010)
19. An empirical investigation of the welfare effects of banning wholesale price discrimination
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article An empirical investigation of the welfare effects of banning wholesale price discrimination, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2009) View citations (52) (2009)
20. Short on Shots: Are Calls on Cooperative Restraint Effective in Managing the Scarcity of Flu Vaccines?
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

2007

21. BUYER POWER THROUGH PRODUCER'S DIFFERENTIATION
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2007) View citations (8)
22. Determinants of Margins in the Distribution Channel: An Empirical Investigation
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (3)
23. Expert Opinion and the Demand for Experience Goods: An Experimental Approach
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (2)
24. Got Organic Milk? Consumer Valuations of Milk Labels after the Implementation of the USDA Organic Seal
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (60)
    See also Journal Article Got Organic Milk? Consumer Valuations of Milk Labels after the Implementation of the USDA Organic Seal, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (61) (2007)
25. Reformulating competition? Gasoline content regulation and wholesale gasoline prices
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2006) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Reformulating competition Gasoline content regulation and wholesale gasoline prices, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2008) View citations (32) (2008)
26. Revisiting the Income Effect: Gasoline Prices and Grocery Purchases
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
27. Sales: Tests of Theories on Causality and Timing
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Sales: Tests of theories on causality and timing, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2008) View citations (30) (2008)
28. Using Retail Scanner Data for Upstream Merger Analysis: Counterfactual Experiments in the Retail Coffee Market
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (4)
29. Wholesale Price Discrimination: Inference and Simulation
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (4)

2006

30. Arm's-Length Transactions as a Source of Incomplete Cross-Border Transmission: the Case of Autos
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2006) View citations (4)
31. Consumer and Market Responses to Mad-Cow Disease
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Consumer and Market Responses to Mad Cow Disease, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2009) View citations (62) (2009)
32. Learning, Forgetting, and Sales
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Learning, Forgetting, and Sales, Management Science, INFORMS (2008) View citations (15) (2008)
33. Short on Shots: Can Calls on Self-Restraint be Effective in Managing the Scarcity of a Vital Good?
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

2005

34. Effect of Sales on Brand Loyalty
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    See also Journal Article Effects of Sales on Brand Loyalty, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter (2006) View citations (4) (2006)
35. Vertical relationships between Manufacturers and Retailers: Inference with Limited Data
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Vertical Relationships between Manufacturers and Retailers: Inference with Limited Data, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2007) View citations (368) (2007)

2004

36. Identification of Supply Models of Retailer and Manufacturer Oligopoly Pricing
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Identification of supply models of retailer and manufacturer oligopoly pricing, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2006) View citations (38) (2006)

Undated

37. Safe or Not? Consumer Responses to Recalls with Traceability
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
    See also Journal Article Safe or Not? Consumer Responses to Recalls with Traceability, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2019) View citations (12) (2019)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Are We #Stayinghome to Flatten the Curve?
   American Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 9, (1), 71 - 95 View citations (4)
2. Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (3), 380-410 View citations (3)

2021

3. Random Utility Models, Wine and Experts
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (2), 663-681 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Random Utility Models, Wine, and Experts, Post-Print (2021) View citations (8) (2021)
4. Recycling Policies, Behavior and Convenience: Survey Evidence from the CalRecycle Program
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (2), 641-658 View citations (4)

2020

5. Consumer and Strategic Firm Response to Nutrition Shelf Labels
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 102, (2), 458-479 View citations (11)
6. Food markets’ structural empirical analysis: a review of methods and topics
   (The effects of a fat tax on French households’ purchases: a nutritional approach)
   European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 47, (2), 819-847 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Food markets’ structural empirical analysis: a review of methods and topics, Post-Print (2018) (2018)

2019

7. Does Fair Trade Breed Contempt? A Cross-Country Examination on the Moderating Role of Brand Familiarity and Consumer Expertise on Product Evaluation
   Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, 156, (3), 737-758 View citations (4)
8. Does china income FSDs follow Benford? A comparison between Chinese income first significant digit distribution with Benford distribution
   China Economic Journal, 2019, 12, (1), 68-76
9. Effects of peer comparisons on low-promotability tasks: Evidence from a university field experiment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 158, (C), 351-366
10. Entropy based European income distributions and inequality measures
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, 514, (C), 686-698 View citations (2)
11. Entropy-based China income distributions and inequality measures
    China Economic Journal, 2019, 12, (3), 352-368
12. Measuring Willingness to Pay for Environmental Attributes in Seafood
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2019, 73, (1), 307-332 View citations (8)
13. SODA WARS: THE EFFECT OF A SODA TAX ELECTION ON UNIVERSITY BEVERAGE SALES
    Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (3), 1480-1496 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Soda Wars: The Effect of a Soda Tax Election on University Beverage Sales, 2019 Conference (63rd), February 12-15, 2019, Melbourne, Australia (2019) View citations (32) (2019)
14. Safe or Not? Consumer Responses to Recalls with Traceability
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2019, 41, (3), 519-541 View citations (12)
    Also in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2019, 41, (3), 519-541 (2019) View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Safe or Not? Consumer Responses to Recalls with Traceability, Mathematica Policy Research Reports

2017

15. Benford’s law and the FSD distribution of economic behavioral micro data
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2017, 486, (C), 711-719 View citations (3)
16. Retail Mergers and Food Prices: Evidence from France
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2017, 65, (3), 469-509 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper RETAIL MERGERS AND FOOD PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE *, Post-Print (2017) View citations (47) (2017)

2016

17. A note on the triple difference in economic models
    Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23, (4), 239-242 View citations (13)
18. An analysis of asymmetric consumer price responses and asymmetric cost pass-through in the French coffee market
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 43, (5), 781-804 View citations (16)
19. Bans vs. Fees: Disposable Carryout Bag Policies and Bag Usage
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2016, 38, (2), 351-372 View citations (15)
20. Food Store Choices of Poor Households: A Discrete Choice Analysis of the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98, (2), 513-532 View citations (31)
21. Measuring Consumer Responses to a Bottled Water Tax Policy
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98, (4), 981-996 View citations (6)

2015

22. Buyer power through the differentiation of suppliers
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2015, 43, (C), 56-65 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Buyer power through the differentiation of suppliers, Post-Print (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
23. Is Benford’s Law a Universal Behavioral Theory?
    Econometrics, 2015, 3, (4), 1-11 View citations (1)

2014

24. Big Data in Firms and Economic Research
    Applied Economics and Finance, 2014, 1, (1), 65-70

2013

25. Can household consumers save the wild fish? Lessons from a sustainable seafood advisory
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013, 66, (1), 52-71 View citations (30)
26. Can information costs affect consumer choice? Nutritional labels in a supermarket experiment
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2013, 31, (2), 153-163 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Can Information Costs Affect Consumer Choice?—Nutritional Labels in a Supermarket Experiment—, 115th Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar, September 15-17, 2010, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany (2010) View citations (8) (2010)
27. Empirical Evidence on the Role of Nonlinear Wholesale Pricing and Vertical Restraints on Cost Pass-Through
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (2), 500-515 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Empirical Evidence on the Role of Non Linear Wholesale Pricing and Vertical Restraints on Cost Pass-Through, IDEI Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2011

28. Expert Opinion and the Demand for Experience Goods: An Experimental Approach in the Retail Wine Market
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (4), 1289-1296 View citations (60)
29. Nutritional Labeling and Consumer Choices
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2011, 3, (1), 141-158 View citations (23)
30. Tracking the Libor rate
    Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18, (10), 893-899 View citations (43)

2010

31. A Larger Slice or a Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining Power in the Distribution Channel
    Marketing Science, 2010, 29, (1), 57-74 View citations (148)
    See also Working Paper A Larger Slice or a Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining Power in the Distribution Channel, Research Papers (2008) View citations (18) (2008)
32. Investigating Income Effects in Scanner Data: Do Gasoline Prices Affect Grocery Purchases?
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 480-84 View citations (37)
33. Outsourcing and pass-through
    Journal of International Economics, 2010, 81, (2), 170-183 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper Outsourcing and pass-through, CUDARE Working Papers (2010) View citations (37) (2010)
34. Short on shots: Are calls for cooperative restraint effective in managing a flu vaccines shortage?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 76, (2), 209-224 View citations (3)

2009

35. AJAE appendix for ‘Consumer and Market Responses to Mad-Cow Disease’
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics APPENDICES, 2009, 91, (4), 12 View citations (41)
36. An empirical investigation of the welfare effects of banning wholesale price discrimination
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2009, 40, (1), 20-46 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper An empirical investigation of the welfare effects of banning wholesale price discrimination, CUDARE Working Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
37. Consumer and Market Responses to Mad Cow Disease
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (4), 1140-1152 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Consumer and Market Responses to Mad-Cow Disease, CUDARE Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
38. Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity Price Shocks to Retail Prices
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (5), 1456-1461 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity Price Shocks to Retail Prices, CUDARE Working Papers (2009) View citations (10) (2009)

2008

39. Learning, Forgetting, and Sales
    Management Science, 2008, 54, (11), 1951-1960 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Learning, Forgetting, and Sales, CUDARE Working Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
40. Reformulating competition Gasoline content regulation and wholesale gasoline prices
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2008, 55, (1), 1-19 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Reformulating competition? Gasoline content regulation and wholesale gasoline prices, CUDARE Working Papers (2007) (2007)
41. Sales: Tests of theories on causality and timing
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (6), 1257-1273 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Sales: Tests of Theories on Causality and Timing, CUDARE Working Papers (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2007

42. Got Organic Milk? Consumer Valuations of Milk Labels after the Implementation of the USDA Organic Seal
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2007, 5, (1), 40 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Got Organic Milk? Consumer Valuations of Milk Labels after the Implementation of the USDA Organic Seal, CUDARE Working Papers (2007) View citations (60) (2007)
43. USING RETAIL DATA FOR UPSTREAM MERGER ANALYSIS
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2007, 3, (4), 689-715 View citations (12)
44. Vertical Relationships between Manufacturers and Retailers: Inference with Limited Data
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2007, 74, (2), 625-652 View citations (368)
    See also Working Paper Vertical relationships between Manufacturers and Retailers: Inference with Limited Data, CUDARE Working Papers (2005) View citations (12) (2005)

2006

45. An Introduction to Auctions
    Journal of Industrial Organization Education, 2006, 1, (1), 1-22
46. Effects of Sales on Brand Loyalty
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2006, 4, (1), 26 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Effect of Sales on Brand Loyalty, CUDARE Working Papers (2005) (2005)
47. Identification of supply models of retailer and manufacturer oligopoly pricing
    Economics Letters, 2006, 90, (1), 132-140 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Identification of Supply Models of Retailer and Manufacturer Oligopoly Pricing, CUDARE Working Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

Undated

48. Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information—consumers’ response to wine expert opinions
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47, (5), 1668-1696
    See also Working Paper Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information-consumers' response to wine expert opinions, Post-Print (2020) (2020)

Chapters

2023

1. Recycling Behavior and Convenience
   Springer

2019

2. Understanding the Influence of Brand Information in Online Purchase Decisions for Health Products
   Springer

2018

3. Willingness to Pay for Low Water Footprint Foods during Drought
   A chapter in Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior, 2018, pp 251-291 View citations (1)