Education
BA, Brigham Young University
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Positions Held
At Haas since 2002
2008 - present, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
2004 - 2008, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
2004 - 2008, Visiting Researcher, UC Energy Institue
2002 - 2004, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
1997 - 2002, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Management
External Service and Assignments
- Referee: American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Management Science, National Science Foundation
Current Research and Interests
- Price discrimination
- Market structure and competition
- Tacit collusion
Selected Papers and Publications
- "Principle-Agent Incentives, Excess Caution, and Market Inefficiency: Evidence from Utility Regulation," with Severin Borenstein and Ryan Kellogg.
- "'The Best Price You'll Ever Get': The 2005 Employee Discount Pricing Promotions in the U.S. Automobile Industry," with Duncan Simester and Florian Zettelmeyer.
- "Market Effects of Environmental Regulation: Coal, Railroads, and the 1990 Clean Air Act," with Nathaniel O. Keohane. RAND Journal of Economics (Winter 2007).
- "$1000 Cash Back: The Pass-through of Auto Manufacturer Promotions," with Florian Zettelmeyer and Jorge Silva-Risso. American Economic Review (September 2006).
- "Competition and Price Discrimination in Yellow Pages Advertising," with Marc Rysman. RAND Journal of Economics (Summer 2005).
- "Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Development and Medal Totals," with Andrew B. Bernard. Review of Economics and Statistics (February 2004).
- "Firm Financial Condition and Airline Price Wars." RAND Journal of Economics 33, no. 2 (2002).
- "Strategic Coordination of Pricing in the Cellular Telephone Industry." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (June 2000).
Teaching
- Economic Analysis for Business Decisions, EWMBA 201A
- Competitive Strategy, EWMBA 299E
- Teaching Business, PHDBA 300
Honors and Awards
- Schwabacher Fellowship Award, 2009-2010
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Honorable Mention, Evening & Weekend MBA Program, 2008
- National Science Foundation Grant, 2006-2009
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, PhD Program, 2006
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Honorable Mention, Evening & Weekend MBA Program, 2005
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Honorable Mention, Evening & Weekend MBA Program, 2004
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Evening & Weekend MBA Program, 2003
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Honorable Mention, Evening & Weekend MBA Program, 2003
- 2002 Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching, Yale School of Management
- World Economics Laboratory Fellowship, 1996
- MIT Graduate Fellowship, 1992-1996

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