Economist
Bureau, Office or Division
Antitrust
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Selected Publications
- "Upward Pricing Pressure in Mergers of Capacity-Constrained Firms," with Jeremy Sandford, Economic Inquiry, 2021.
- "Economics at the FTC: Quantitative Analyses of Two Chemical Manufacturing Mergers," with Bruce Kobayashi, Jeremy Sandford, Chris Taylor, and Nathan Wilson, Review of Industrial Organization, 2019.
- "The Impact of Passenger Mix on Load Factors in the Airline Industry," with James Dana, Review of Industrial Organization, 2018.
- "Guide to Merger Analysis using Difference-in-Differences," with John Kwoka, Mergers, Merger Control, and Remedies in the United States: A Retrospective Analysis, 2014.
- "Competition and Service Quality: New evidence from the Airline Industry," Economics of Transportation, 2014.
- "The Cost Structure of Regional Transmission Organizations," with John Kwoka, The Energy Journal, 2011.
Selected Presentations
- "A Retrospective Analysis of Tesoro’s Acquisition of BP’s Carson Refinery," Hal White Antitrust Conference. Washington, DC (2019)
- "Mergers of Capacity-Constrained Firms," International Industrial Organization Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana (2018)
- "Simulating a Homogeneous Product Merger: A Case Study on Model Fit and Performance," International Industrial Organization Conference. Philadelphia, PA (2016)
Selected Casework
Selected Reports
Education
Northeastern University
PhD Economics
Colby College
BA Economics
Fields of Interest
- Industrial Organization
- Antitrust
Professional Experience
Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2012-present
Full-time Lecturer
Northeastern University
2011-2012