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I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne specializing in industrial organization, public/urban economics, and applied econometrics. I primarily study how people buy and sell things.
Email: aaron[dot]barkley[at]unimelb[dot]edu[dot]au
Research
Research
Main themes: Empirical mechanism design, dynamic structural models, auctions, bargaining, collusion.
Working Papers:
Working Papers:
Haggle or Hammer? Dual-Mechanism Housing Search with David Genesove and James Hansen. [CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19262] [SSRN]
Revisions requested at the Journal of Political Economy.
Published and accepted papers:
Published and accepted papers:
The Human Cost of Collusion: Health Effects of a Mexican Insulin Cartel. Journal of the European Economic Association. 21.5(2023): 1865-1904.
Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for best paper in antitrust economics at the 2021 International Industrial Organization Conference.
Jerry S. Cohen Award for Best Antitrust Article on Cartels, 2023.
The Price Effects of Calling Out Market Power: A Study of the COVID-19 Oil Price Shock with David P. Byrne and Xiaosong Wu. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 31.4(2022): 923-941.
Congestion and Consolidation: An Empirical Study of a Barge Shipping Merger with Kael Mcleod. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 93 (2022): (103725). [Accepted version]
Cost and Efficiency in Government Outsourcing: Evidence from the Dredging Industry American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 13.4 (2021): 514-547. [Accepted version] [Supplementary appendix]
Bidding Frictions in Ascending Auctions with Joachim Groeger and Robert A. Miller. Journal of Econometrics, 223.2 (2021): 376-400
Selected work in progress:
Selected work in progress:
Auction Identification with Unobserved Rejected Offers (with David Genesove and James Hansen)
Barging In: Strategic Queueing in the US Inland Waterways Freight Market
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