EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of California at Berkeley.
• Licenciatura (B.A.), Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

TEACHING

• EEP 142 (Industrial Organization with Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources), Spring Semester,[Course Materials].

• ARE 202 (Industrial Organization and Regulation in Agriculture), Spring Semester, [Course Materials].

• ARE 298 (Thesis Workshop), Fall Semester, [Course Materials].

• " Identification of Supply Models of Manufacturer and Retailer Oligopoly Pricing,", Economics Letters, 90, N. 1, 132-140 , Link , 2006, CUDARE Working Paper 993 , joint with Rebecca Hellerstein.

• "Effects of Sales on Brand Loyalty," Journal of agricultural & Food Industrial Organization: Link , Vol 4: No.1, Article 5, 2006, CUDARE Working Paper 1011,joint with Rui Huang and Jeffrey Perloff.

• "An Introduction to Auctions," Journal of Industrial Organization Education, Link, Issue 1, Vol 1, art 5, 2006. .

• "Got Organic Milk? Consumer Valuations of Milk Labels after the Implementation o f the USDA Organic Seal", Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization: Link , Vol 5: No. 1, Art 4, 2007, and CUDARE Working Paper 1024, joint with Kristin Kiesel.

• "Vertical Relationships Between Manufacturers and Retailers: Inference With L imited Data," The Review of Economic Studies, 2007, Vol. 74, 2, pp. 625-652. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com Link . Supplement: Simple 2 by 2 Model .

• "Reformulating Competition?: Gasoline Content Regulation and Wholesale Gasoline Prices," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 55 (1) : 1-19, 2008, joint with Jen Brown, Justine Hastings and Erin Mansur, Link JEEM Science Direct , CUDARE Working Paper 1010 , JEEM Link .

• "Using Retail Scanner Data for Upstream Merger Analysis", Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 3 (4): 689-715, Link JCLE article , CUDARE Working Paper 1030 , 2007 .

• "Sales: Tests of Theories on Causality and Timing ", forthcoming International Journal of Industrial Organization, Link to forthcoming paper, joint with Peter Berck, Jen Brown and Jeffrey Perloff, CUDARE Working Paper 1031 , 2007 .

• "An Empirical Investigation of the Welfare Effects of Wholesale Price Discrimination ," 2007 ,CUDARE Working Paper 1017 under revision to resubmit.

• "Arm's-Length Transactions as a Source of Incomplete Cross-Border Transmission: The Case of Autos," joint with Rebecca Hellerstein, CUDARE Working Paper 1016 , 2006, NY Fed, Staff Report 251 .

• " Short on shots: Can calls on self-restraint be effective in managing the scarcity of flu vaccines, and what do they reveal about behavior , joint with Alain deJanvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, CUDARE Working PAper 1013, 2006 .

• "A Larger Slice or a Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining Power in the Distribution Channel ", joint with Michaela Dranganska and Daniel Klapper, CUDARE Working Paper 1046, 2008 .

• "Learning, Forgetting and Sales", CUDARE Working Paper 1020 , joint with J. Miguel Villas-Boas, 2006 .

• "Consumer and Market Responses to Mad-Cow Disease ", CUDARE Working Paper 1023 , joint with Wolfram Schlenker, 2006 .

• "Revisiting the Income Effect: Gasoline Prices and Grocery Purchases," , joint with Dora Gicheva and Justine Hastings, CUDARE Working Paper 1044 , NBER Working paper 13614 , 2007 , Wall Street Journal Economics Blog, Dec 3 2007 .

• "Buyer Power through Producer Differentiation,", joint with Claire Chambolle, CUDARE Working Paper 1042 , 2007.

• Expert Opinion and the Demand for Experience Goods: An Experimental Approach, joint with James Hilger and Greg Rafert, CUDARE Working paper 1049, 2007.

On Detecting Agent's Non Competitive Influence on Market Data, joint with Romy Abrantes-Metz and George Judge.

The Sideways Effects of Wine, joint with Frederico Finan, Michael Price, and Wes Yin.

Grocery Store Shelf Labels, Nutrition Information, and Consumer Choice, joint with Joshua P. Berning, Jill J. McCluskey, Hayley H. Chouinard, 2007.

Nutritional Information and Consumer Choices, joint with Joshua P. Berning, Jill J. McCluskey, Hayley H. Chouinard, and Kristin Kiesel 2007.

Identification of Pass-Through, joint with Rebecca Hellerstein.

Cross-Category Effects, Multimarket Contact and Strategic Pricing

Environmental Regulation and Arbitrage in Wholesale Gasoline, joint with Justine Hastings.

Vertical Contracts and Exchange Rates, joint with Rebecca Hellerstein.

Last updated 2008