Research
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing, with Andrey Fradkin, Brad Larsen, and Erik Brynjolfsson (Forthcoming), AEJ: Applied Economics.
Featured in: Forbes, HBS Working KnowledgeDog Eat Dog: Balancing Network Effects and Differentiation in a Digital Platform Merger, with Jessica Fong and Andrey Fradkin (2024), Management Science, 70(1), 464-483.
Previously circulated as "Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a Digital Platform Merger."Featured in: VoxEU.The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry: The Case of Airbnb and the Accommodation Industry, with Andrey Fradkin (2022), American Economic Review, 112(6), 1782-1817.
Previously circulated as "The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb."Featured in: HBS Working Knowledge, Bloomberg.Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms with Zoë Cullen (2021), Management Science, 67(7), 1985-4003 (Featured Article).
Additional Material: Appendix, Management Science Blog.Auction versus Posted Prices in Online Markets with Liran Einav, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan (2018), Journal of Political Economy, 126(1), 178-215.
Additional Material: Appendix A-D, Appendix E, Data and Programs.Featured in: Bloomberg Businessweek, The Huffington Post, and The Economist.Other Publications
What Does Banning Short-Term Rentals Really Accomplish? with Sophie Calder-Wang and Andrey Fradkin (2024), Harvard Business Review, website.
Find the AI Approach That Fits the Problem You’re Trying to Solve with Sam Ransbotham and George Westerman (2024), Harvard Business Review, website.
Understanding the Tradeoffs of the Amazon Antitrust Case with Andrey Fradkin, Andrei Hagiu, and Dionne Lomax (2024), Harvard Business Review, website.
Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings, with Andrey Fradkin and Alexander MacKay (2023). AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113: 239-243.
To Regulate Network-Based Platforms, Look at Their Data with Daniel Björkegren (2021), Harvard Business Review, website.
How to Get People to Actually Use Contact-Tracing Apps with Marco Iansiti, Marcin Bartosiak, Stefano Denicolai, Luca Ferretti, and Roberto Fontana (2020), Harvard Business Review, website.
Pricing Mechanisms in Online Markets (2018), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
Peer-to-Peer Markets with Liran Einav and Jonathan Levin (2016), Annual Review of Economics, 8, 615-635.
Featured in: The Financial Times.Working Papers
Consumer Demand with Social Influences: Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform, with El Hadi Caoui, John J. Horton, and Robert Schultz (2022). NBER Working Paper 30351, Submitted.
Featured in: HBS Working KnowledgeConsumer Reviews and Regulation: Evidence from NYC Restaurants, with Georgios Zervas (2022). NBER Working Paper 29715, Submitted.
Featured in: HBS Working KnowledgePlatform Information Provision and Consumer Search: A Field Experiment, with Lu Fang, Yanyou Chen, Zhe Yuan, and Yitong Wang (2024). NBER Working Paper 32099.
Featured in: Customer Experience Dive (CX Dive), HBS Working KnowledgePatent Economic Value and Citations: Evidence from University Patents (2015, resting paper).