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Today, Marek Pycia‘s paper on UCLA’s voucher system was featured in Reuters. Traditionally, kidney donors directly donate kidneys to their relatives. However, what if the kidney donor is elderly, and the relative does not need the kidney immediately (e.g. they have early stage kidney disease)? Professor Pycia’s paper discusses UCLA’s new voucher system which enables donors […]
John Asker’s award-winning paper is titled “The Competitive Effects of Information Sharing.” The paper won the ninth annual Robert F. Lanzillotti prize for the best paper in antitrust economics. The abstract of the paper reads as follows: “We investigate the impact of information sharing between rivals in a dynamic auction with asymmetric information. Firms […]
This article in Bloomberg discusses Professor Hackmann’s work that studies the impact of nurses on mortality in hospitals and nursing homes.
Professor John Asker was awarded the “Best Antitrust Academic Article in Economics” by the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards for his article entitled “Diagnosing Foreclosure due to Exclusive Dealing” published in the Journal of Industrial Economics in September 2016. The abstract is as follows: Exclusive dealing arrangements, in which a distributor contracts to work exclusively with a single […]
Congratulations to our Ph.D. students for their success in the job market. They will be heading to the following places: Omer Ali: Analysis Group Adrien d’Avernas: Stockholm School of Economics Xue Hu: Amazon Mat Miller: Amazon Ruoyao Shi: UC Riverside Chad Stecher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Colin Weiss: Federal Reserve Board Sibo Yan: KPMG Gabriel Zaourak: World […]
Ever since the 5th grade, Lauren Lucido Watkins knew she wanted to be a Bruin. There was no rhyme or reason, nor strong family legacy ties – Lauren was simply drawn to the prestige that came with the name and the energy that radiated from everyone who spoke about the university. Without ever considering a […]
The success of most firms is built upon hundreds of individuals who take thousands of decisions, making it critical to identify and recruit the best talent. Such human capital is a key source of competitive advantage in a wide range of industries, from service to technology. For instance, the standing of a university depends more […]
Jose Apesteguia, Miguel A. Ballester, Jay Lu, “Single-Crossing Random Utility Models,” Econometrica, Vol. 85, No. 2 (March 2017), pp. 661-674.
Professor Adriana Lleras-Muney was quoted in the Washington Post in a story about the stagnating life expectancy in America. This article is based on a conference at the Brooking Institution.
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