Experience:
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Economist 2019 - present
Ohio State University, Adjunct Assistant Professor 2022 - present
Yale University, Teaching and Research Assistant 2013 - 2019
Microsoft Research New England, Research Assistant 2011 - 2013
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2019
Advisors: Steven Berry, Pinelopi Goldberg, Philip Haile, Mitsuru Igami, Olav Sorenson
M.Phil., Economics, Yale University, 2015
M.A., Economics, Yale University, 2015
M.Sc., Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (Research), London School of Economics, 2011 (with distinction)
B.A., Economics and Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2010 (with honors)
Fields of Concentration:
Industrial Organization, Economics of Innovation, Applied Econometrics
Publications:
"Win/Loss Data, Consumer Switching Costs: Measuring Diversion Ratios and the Impact of Mergers," (2023) (with Masayuki Sawada and Gloria Sheu), Forthcoming at Journal of Industrial Economics
“The Matthew Effect, Research Productivity, and the Dynamic Allocation of NIH Grants”, (2023) RAND Journal of Economics, Volume 54 Issue 1, Pages 135-164.
“Methods for Nonparametric and Semiparametric Estimation with Endogeneity: A Gentle Guide,” (September 2016) with Prof. Xiaohong Chen, Annual Review of Economics, 8, 259-290.
Working Papers:
"Collusion In Innovative Industry: The Case of LCD Panels, 2001-2006" (with Mitsuru Igami and Takuo Sugaya)
"Competitive Effects of Resale Price Maintenance Through Inventory: Evidence from Publishing Industry" (with Kohei Kawaguchi and Yi Zhang, Revise and Resubmit at RAND Journal of Economics)
Welfare Gains from LCD innovations, 2001-2011 (with Mitsuru Igami, Shoki Kusaka, an Tuyetanh Tran) (draft available upon request)
Selected Work in Progress:
"The Scientific Production Function" (with Wei-Yang Tham, Bruce Weinberg)
"Reputation and Risk Choice: Theory and Estimation in the Venture Capital Market (with Jin-Wook Chang)
"Using Win/Loss Data to Calibrate Demand" (with Gloria Sheu)
Fellowships, Honors and Awards:
University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, 2017
Cowles Foundation Fellowship, Yale University, 2013-2016
Yale University Doctoral Fellowship, 2013-2017
Teaching:
UCLA (Guest Lecturer): Industrial Organization
Yale University (Teaching Assistant): Industrial Organization, Economics of Innovation, Econometrics
Invited Seminar and Conference Presentations:
(2023) Federal Reserve Board, Federal Trade Commission.
(2022) UK Competition and Markets Authority
(2021) DOJ
(2020) Georgetown University
(2019) Duke University Fuqua Strategy Group, UCLA, University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Federal Trade Commission, US Department of Justice, International Industrial Organization Conference (Boston)
(2018) The Ohio State University, Yale IO Prospectus Workshop, International Industrial Organization Conference (Indianapolis)
Languages:
English (fluent), Cantonese (native), Mandarin (fluent)