Andrés Elberg

Welcome to my website! I'm an Assistant Professor in the School of Management of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. My research areas are quantitative marketing, empirical industrial organization and applied econometrics. My current research interests include vertical relationships between manufacturers and retailers, retailers pricing strategies, and the social impact of consumer decision making. My vita is here: CV

Short Bio

• University of California Berkeley, Ph.D. in Economics (2010)

• Harvard University, Master in Public Administration/International Development (2002)

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Master in Economics (1999)

• Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, B.A. in Business and Economics (1996)

Publications

• "What Do Trade Allowances Look Like? Evidence from Actual Payments to a Big-Box Retailer", with Carlos Noton. Management Science, forthcoming.

• "Identifying Food Labeling Effects on Consumer Behavior", with Sebastian Araya, Carlos Noton and Daniel Schwartz. Marketing Science, 2022.

• "Dynamic Effects of Price Promotions: Field Evidence, Consumer Search, and Supply-Side Implications", with Pedro Gardete, Rosario Macera and Carlos Noton. Quantitative Marketing and Economics , 2019, Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 1-58.

    2020 Dick Wittink Best Paper Award

• "Are Supermarkets Squeezing Small Suppliers? Evidence from Negotiated Wholesale Prices", with Carlos Noton, The Economic Journal, 2018, Vol 128, No. 610, pp. 1304-1330. Media Coverage at the LSE Business Review. 

• "Sticky Prices and Deviations from the Law of One Price: Evidence from Mexican Micro-Price Data ", Journal of International Economics, 2016, Vol. 98, pp. 191-203.

• "Heterogeneous Price Dynamics, Synchronization and Retail Chains: Evidence from Scanner Data", Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 137-153.

• "Monetary Policy in Latin America: Underpinnings and Procedures", with José Tessada and Vittorio Corbo, Latin American Journal of Economics, 1999, Vol. 36, No. 109, pp. 897-927.

• "Upstream Mergers and Bargaining Power" with Gautam Gowrisankaran and Carlos Noton

• "Why Do Mainstream Brands supply Private Labels?" with Fernando Luco and Carlos Noton

• "Do Basket Recommendations Lead Consumers to Save Time, Buy More, and/or Buy Better Products?" with Dinara Akchurina, Paulo Albuquerque and Raluca Ursu

• "The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Nutritional Quality Of Food Purchases" with Francisca Grandón, Ricardo Montoya and Cristián Dagnino.

• "Comments on 'How Do Nutritional Labels Affect Prices?" by Max J. Pachali, Marco J. Kotschedoff, Arjen van Lin, Bart J. Bronnenberg and Erica van Herpen. Quantitative Marketing and Economics Conference 2020. (Slides)