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Selected Publications
- "Improving Estimates of Transitions from Satellite Data: A Hidden Markov Model Approach," with Adrian Torchiana, Paul Scott, and Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming.
- "In the Shadow of Antitrust Enforcement: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016," with Keith Brand and Chris Garmon, Journal of Law & Economics, Forthcoming.
- "Using disaster-induced closures to evaluate discrete choice models of hospital demand," with Devesh Raval and Nathan Wilson, The RAND Journal of Economics, 2022.
- "Prices for Medical Services Vary Within Hospitals, but Vary More Across Them," With Matthew Panhans and Nathan Wilson, Medical Care Research and Review, 2021.
- "Why is Distance Important for Hospital Choice? Separating Home Bias from Transport Costs," with Devesh Raval, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2021.
- "How Do Machine Learning Algorithms Perform in Predicting Hospital Choices? Evidence from Changing Environments," with Devesh Raval and Nathan Wilson, Journal of Health Economics, 2021.
- "Why Do Previous Choices Matter for Hospital Demand? Decomposing Switching Costs from Unobserved Preferences," with Devesh Raval, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018.
- "A review of the economic literature on cross-market health care mergers," with Keith Brand, Antitrust Law Journal, 2018.
- "A Semiparametric Discrete Choice Model: An Application to Hospital Mergers," with Devesh Raval and Steven Tenn, Economic Inquiry, 2017.
Selected Presentations
- In the Shadow of Antitrust Enforcement: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016. ASHEcon Conference. St. Louis, MO (2023)
- Can Divestitures Lessen Competition? Evidence from the Reynolds/Lorillard Merger. FDA. (2023)
- In the Shadow of Antitrust Enforcement: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016. Southern Economic Association. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2022)
- How Do Machine Learning Algorithms Perform in Changing Environment? Evidence from Disaster Induced Hospital Closures. APPAM. Denver, CO (2019)
- Using Disaster Induced Closures to Evaluate Discrete Choice Models of Hospital Demand. ASHEcon. Washington, DC (2019)
Selected Casework
Education
Yale University
PhD, Economics
Yale University
MA, Economics
University of Pennsylvania
BA, Economics
Fields of Interest
- Industrial Organization
- Antitrust
- Health Economics
- Spatial Economics
Professional Experience
Deputy Director for Research and Management
Federal Trade Commission
2023-Present
Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2020-2023
Economic Advisor to Commissioner Phillips
Federal Trade Commission
2018-2020
Editorial Board
Antitrust Law Journal
2016-Present
Economist
Federal
Trade Commission
2013-2020