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Essays on dynamic sales mechanisms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis is a collection of three essays on dynamic sales mechanisms. The first chapter analyzes the Name Your Own Price (NYOP) mechanism adopted by Priceline.com. Priceline.com, a website helping travelers obtain ...
Essays on political boundaries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
In the first chapter of this thesis, I study Japanese municipal mergers using a political coalition formation model. Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well as the ...
The transition from secondary to primary employment--jobs and workers in ethnic neighborhood labor markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Essays on applied mircoeconomics and finance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 studies the effect of online review manipulations on review systems. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 are co-authored with Ali Kakhbod and focus on post-trade transparency in ...
Supply response to consumer inertia : strategic pricing in Medicare Part D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A growing literature has documented evidence that consumers in health insurance markets are inertial, or behave as though they face substantial switching costs in choosing a health insurance plan. I investigate whether the ...
The incidence of U.S. agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This paper identifies the effect of agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates in the United States. Rental agreements are primarily between farmers and non-farmer landlords, but no evidence exists concerning the ...
Economies of scale in the U.S. life insurance industry : an econometric analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
Bombs and ballots : estimating the effect of the Madrid bombings on the March 2004 general elections in Spain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Whether or not the Madrid March 11th 2004 terrorist attacks affected the outcome of the Spanish general elections three days later has been the source of great controversy in the last years. This paper analyzes Spanish ...
Economic stabilization policies in Argentina during Menem's presidency (1989-1991)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)
Optimal intertemporal decisions in imperfect capital markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Optimal intertemporal investment solution paths are derived for both, firms operating in perfect financial markets and those facing credit constraints, due to imperfect capital markets. However, as in these markets, saving ...