Research

Publications:

“robustpf: Software for Robust Estimation of Production Functions.” (with Yingyao Hu and Yuya Sasaki), 2023, the Stata Journal.

Selling-Mechanism Design for Peer-to-peer Lending and Related Markets: Multiunit Uniform-price Open Auctions vs. Fixed Price,  Journal of Marketing Research, 2022.  

Estimating Expectations-Based Reference-Price Effects in the Used-Car Retail Market, (with Haiyan Liu), Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 2021. 

The Causal Effect of Service Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty,  (with K. Sudhir), Management Science, 2021.

When to Haggle, When to Hold Firm? Lessons from the Used Car Retail Market.  Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2020.  

Estimating Production Functions with Robustness Against Errors in the Proxy Variables, (with Yingyao Hu and Yuya Sasaki). the Journal of Econometrics, 2020.    Stata ado file for implementing the method,  Online supplement

Invest in Information or Wing It? A Model of Dynamic Pricing with Seller Learning, (with Hong Luo and Jing Xia). Management Science, 2019. 

Is Pharmaceutical Detailing Informative? Evidence from Contraindicated Drug Prescriptions, (with Matt Shum and Wei Tan).  Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 2019.

Short-Run Needs and Long-Term Goals: A Dynamic Model of Thirst Management, (with Ahmed Khwaja and K. Sudhir), Marketing Science, 2015.

Working papers:

Can You Judge a Car by Its History? Vehicle History Reports and the Efficiency of the Used-Car Retail Market, (with Haiyan Liu and Hong Luo), under review.

Behavior-based Price Discrimination and the Sharing of Proprietary Customer Information. 

Semi-parametric Estimation of the Stochastic Utility Model of Choice: the Case with Dynamic Adverse Selection, Preliminary, (with Jeremy Fox and Haiyan Liu)


Work in Progress: 

The Voice of Customers and Productivity Dynamics of Service Employees, (with K. Sudhir)

Dynamic Cross-selling by Multitasking Service Agents, (with K. Sudhir).