Mike Abito (Ohio State)
"Demand Spillover and Inequality in the WIC Program" (co-authored with Kathleen Hui, Yuval Salant, and Kosuke Uetake)
"Demand Spillover and Inequality in the WIC Program" (co-authored with Kathleen Hui, Yuval Salant, and Kosuke Uetake)
"Authoritarian Social Control"
"Heterogeneity in the Credit Card Market" (co-authored with Burcu Eyigungor)
"Optimal Urban Transit Policy: Evidence from Chicago" Abstract: We quantify optimal urban transportation policies in the presence of congestion, network, and environmental externalities. We show theoretically that, beyond externality distortions, a budget constrained social planner introduces additional inefficiencies similar to those of a monopolist. We then move to an empirical analysis of the transportation system […]
A discussion led by Dr. Lily Odarno (Clean Air Task Force) in Wyman 350.
"Random Choice and Differentiation" (co-authored with Junnan He) Abstract: Measuring product differentiation and substitutability is a key concern in the analysis of consumer demand. We develop and analyze a general yet tractable model of random choice with product differentiation in a multi-attribute setting. We show the analyst can separately identify vertical and horizontal product differ- […]
"Inequality Testing in the Presence of Linear Nuisance Parameters"
Location: Wyman Park BuildingMore details can be found here
Parag A. Pathak is the Class of 1922 Professor of Economics at MIT and founder and director of MIT’s Blueprint Labs, a research laboratory based in the MIT Economics department which uses tools from market design and research design to produce rigorous evidence that can help decision-makers design and implement social policy. Pathak is most […]
Parag A. Pathak is the Class of 1922 Professor of Economics at MIT and founder and director of MIT’s Blueprint Labs, a research laboratory based in the MIT Economics department which uses tools from market design and research design to produce rigorous evidence that can help decision-makers design and implement social policy. Pathak is most […]
Parag A. Pathak is the Class of 1922 Professor of Economics at MIT and founder and director of MIT’s Blueprint Labs, a research laboratory based in the MIT Economics department which uses tools from market design and research design to produce rigorous evidence that can help decision-makers design and implement social policy. Pathak is most […]