Andrew Kearns
Contact
Email: kearns.an@northeastern.edu
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/akearns-econ
About
I am currently an Economist at the Federal Trade Commission's Antitrust Division.
I received my Ph.D. from Northeastern University in Spring, 2022.
My research interests include industrial organization, applied microeconomics and game theory, and structural econometric modeling.
In particular, I'm interested in applying the tools of empirical industrial organization to study how technological development affects firm behavior and market outcomes, and the resulting implications for policy shaping public and private investment in new technologies and infrastructure.
Thus far my research has focused on public investment in solar PV and private investment in broadband.
Prior to joining Northeastern's Ph.D. program, I was an economic consultant at Economics and Technology, Inc. and also interned as an analyst in the Federal Communications Commission's Industry Analysis Division.