Associate Professor, School of Economics at University of Queensland, Colin Clark Building (39), St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia [Email], T: +61 7 3365 6600
Curriculum Vitae [Upon Request]
Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Microeconomics.
Publications
"Designing Emissions Trading Schemes for a Price-Regulated and Concentrated Industry: Insights from China’s Power Sector," with Hui Qiao and Ying Zheng, forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial Organization [Paper]
"Too Much, Too Soon? Early-maturing Maize Varieties as Drought Escape Strategy in Malawi," with Uwe Grewer and Katharina Waha, 2024, Food Policy, 129 (102766) [Paper].
"Procurements with Bidder Asymmetry in Cost and Risk-Aversion," with Gaurab Aryal, Hanna Charankevich, and Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong, 2023, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 41(4), 1143-1156 [Paper].
"The Effect of Government Expenditure on Income Inequality in Sri Lanka," with Anusha L. Samarasekara, 2023, Applied Economics Letters, 30(12), 1606-1611 [Paper].
"Disentangling Risk-Aversion and Loss Aversion in First-Price Auctions: An Empirical Approach," with Anmol Ratan, 2022, European Economic Review, 150 (104284) [Paper].
"Empirical Relevance of Ambiguity in First Price Auctions," with Gaurab Aryal, Serafin Grundl, and Yu Zhu, 2018, Journal of Econometrics, 204(2), 189-206 [Paper].
"A Fast Estimation Procedure for Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Model," with Yong Song and Huaxin Xu, 2017, Applied Economics, 49(58), 5849-5855 [Paper].
"Flexible Bayesian Analysis of First Price Auctions Using a Simulated Likelihood," 2015, Quantitative Economics, 6(2), 429-461 [Paper].
"Nonparametric Estimation of Utility Functions in First Price Auctions," 2015, Economics Letters, 126(1), 101-106 [Paper].
"A Point Decision for Partially Identified Auction Models," with Gaurab Aryal, 2013, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 31(4), 384-397 [Paper].
"Optimal Choice of a Reserve Price Under Uncertainty," 2013, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 31(5), 587-602 [Paper].
Working Papers
Optimal Reserve Prices under Seller Uncertainty, with Allan Hernández-Chanto [Paper]
How Costly to Sell a Company? A Structural Analysis of Takeover Auctions, with Ying Zheng [Paper]
Uncertain Number of Bidders: When Uncertainty Helps (or Hurts), with Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong [Paper]
Detection of Loss-Aversion in Auctions Against Pre-programed Computers, with Anmol Ratan [Paper]
Works in Progress
Outsourcing and Market Thickness: The Case of U.S. Credit Unions, with Yakuko Ono
Densities of Attributes for Compliers and Noncompliers, with Dain Jung and Do Won Kwak
PhD dissertation
Bayesian Econometrics for Auction Models, 2010, University of Arizona (supervisor: Keisuke Hirano) [Dissertation]