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I have a Ph.D. in Economics from KU Leuven, where I was a part of the Industrial Organization group and postdoctoral research experience at the University of Connecticut. I am currently an Associate at Analysis Group in Boston.
Fields of Interest:
Empirical Industrial Organization, Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Email: debashritamohapatra@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae (CV): [PDF]
Publications:
Estimating substitution patterns and demand curvature in Discrete-Choice models of product differentiation (with Cameron Birchall, Frank Verboven) [Published in Review of Economics and Statistics (2024): 1-40] [DOI]
Price dispersion across online platforms: Evidence from hotel room prices in London (UK) (with Debi Prasad Mohapatra, Ram Sewak Dubey) [Published in Applied Economics, 2023] [Link]
Working papers:
Welfare effects of physician-directed pharmaceutical promotion on prescription behaviors: evidence from India (with Debi Prasad Mohapatra and Christian Rojas) [Link to Draft]
Composition of lower courts and market consolidation: Evidence from U.S. hospital mergers (with Sarada Prasad Nayak)
Dealer locations, mergers, and consumer welfare in the Automobile industry [Under Review] [Link to draft] [Short video]
Evolution of market power in the European automobile industry [Link to draft]
Dealership network in the European automobile industry [Link to draft]
Work in Progress:
Mergers, store locations, and jobs: Evidence from the US food retail industry (with Rigoberto Lopez, Sandro Steinbach)
Evolution of entry thresholds and competition in the U.S. food retail industry (with Mengjie Li, Rigoberto Lopez, and Sandro Steinbach)
Competing for market entry - Regional tax Incentives and Market Distortions ( with Nadine Hahn)