Research

Publications

2024

Aiming for the Goal: Contribution Dynamics of Crowdfunding with Joyee Deb and Anikó ÖryAmerican Economic Review, 114(12), December 2024, 3847–3876Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2149
Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline with Ali Hortaçsu, Olivia Natan, Hayden Parsley, and Timothy SchwiegThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 139(2), May 2024, 1149–1199Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2312
Media coverage (2)
- Incognito Mode Isn’t Doing What You Think It’s Doing, Wall Street Journal
- Why So Many People Think They Can Get Cheaper Flights Using Incognito Mode, Gizmodo

2023

Demand Estimation with Infrequent Purchases and Small Market Sizes with Ali Hortaçsu, Olivia Natan, Hayden Parsley, and Timothy SchwiegQuantitative Economics, 14(4), November 2023, 1251–1294Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2313Previously titled “Incorporating Sales and Arrival Information in Demand Estimation”Winner of the 2020 AGIFORS Anna Valicek Award paper competition (Olivia Natan).

2022

Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Sequential Quantity-Price Games with James D. DanaMarketing Science, 41(5), October 2022, 966–981Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2136
The Welfare Effects of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from Airline Markets Econometrica, 90(2), March 2022, 831–858Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2103Previously titled “Dynamic Airline Pricing and Seat Availability”Among the ten most-cited Econometrica articles published in 2022–2023.
Media coverage (1)
- How do airlines price tickets?, CNBC International
Distributional Impacts of Retail Vaccine Availability with Judy Chevalier, Yihua Su, and Jason L. SchwartzJournal of Urban Economics, 127, January 2022, 103382Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2280
Media coverage (7)
- To Extend Vaccines’ Reach, Distribute Them through Dollar Stores, Yale Insights
- Dollar General could be a solution to the vaccine access equation, New Haven Register
- Dollar stores: gateways to equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution, STAT
- COVID vaccines at Dollar General would boost access for low-income populations, study says, Marketplace
- Yale study: COVID-19 vaccine distribution at dollar stores could improve equity, Yale Daily News
- To Expand U.S. Vaccine Access, Consider the Dollar Store, Bloomberg
- A Dollar Solution for Vaccinations, Bloomberg
Measuring Movement and Social Contact with Smartphone Data: A Real-Time Application to COVID-19 with Victor Couture, Jonathan Dingel, Allison Green, and Jessie HandburyJournal of Urban Economics, 127, January 2022, 103328Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2241
Media coverage (2)
- What Can Smartphone Location Data Tell Us about the Pandemic?, Yale Insights
- How to track a killer virus with your phone, For All Magazine

2019

Zone Pricing in Retail Oligopoly with Brian M. AdamsAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 11(1), February 2019, 124–156Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2079
Media coverage (2)
- More competing. More saving., AEA Research Highlights
- What’s the right price?, Yale Insights

2018

Product Variety, Across-Market Demand Heterogeneity, and the Value of Online Retail with Thomas W. QuanThe RAND Journal of Economics, 49(4), Winter 2018, 877–913Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2054Cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President.

Working Papers

Willingness to Travel with Endogenous Distance: Evidence from the Changing Retail Landscape with Yue Cao, Judy Chevalier, Jessie Handbury, and Hayden ParsleyFebruary 2026, submitted Previously titled “Distributional Impacts of the Changing Retail Landscape”
Dynamic Price Competition with Capacity Constraints with Jose Betancourt, Ali Hortaçsu, and Anikó ÖryJune 2024 Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2394
Extracting Characteristics from Product Images and its Application to Demand Estimation with Thomas W. QuanDecember 2021, revise and resubmit at The RAND Journal of Economics

Research in Progress

Heuristic Equilibrium with Anikó ÖryDraft available on request
Revenue Management with Strategic Buyers: Theory and Evidence in Airlines with Anikó ÖryIn preparation

Research Products and Resting Papers

Dynamic Price Competition: Theory and Evidence from Airline Markets with Jose Betancourt, Ali Hortaçsu, and Anikó ÖryApril 2023 Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2341
Media coverage (1)
- Is Dynamic Airline Pricing Costing Us?, Yale Insights
Exposure Indices for COVID-19 Research with Victor Couture, Jonathan Dingel, Allison Green, and Jessie Handbury2020