Selected Publications
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Identifying Algorithmic Pricing Technology Adoption in Retail Gasoline Markets, with Stephanie Assad, Daniel Ershov, and Lei Xu, forthcoming AEA Papers and Proceedings.
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The Industrial Organization of Financial Markets, 2021, with Jean-François Houde and Jakub Kastl, Handbook of Industrial Organization, vol. V, edited by Kate Ho, Ali Hortaçsu, and Alessandro Lizzeri, Elsevier.
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Incentivized Mergers and Cost Efficiency in the Electricity Distribution Industry, with Mario Samano, accepted, Journal of Industrial Economics.
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Debt-relief programs and money left on the table: Evidence from Canada's response to Covid-19, with Jason Allen, Shaoteng Li and Nicolas Vincent, accepted, Canadian Journal of Economics.
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The strategic response of banks to macroprudential policies:Evidence from mortgage stress tests in Canada, 2022, with Shaoteng Li, Review of Finance, 26, 187-216.
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Autonomous Algorithmic Collusion: Economic Research and Policy Implications, 2021, with Stephanie Assad, Emilio Calvano, Giacomo Calzolari, Vincenzo Denicolo, Dan Ershov, Justin Johnson, Sergio Pastorello, Andre Rhodes, Lei Xu and Matthijs Wildenbeest, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37, 459-478.
- Search frictions and market power in negotiated price markets, with Jason Allen and Jean-Francois Houde, 2019, Journal of Political Economy, 127, 1550-1598.
- Bid rigging in public procurement, 2019, with Decio Coviello, CPI Antitrust Chronicle, April 2019.
- Bid rigging and entry deterrence: Evidence from an anti-collusion investigation in Quebec, 2018, with Decio Coviello, Jean-François Gauthier and Art Shneyerov, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 34, 301–363.
- Diversification of Geographic Risk in Retail Bank Networks: Evidence from Bank Expansion after the Riegle-Neal Act, 2016, with Victor Aguirregabiria and Hui Wang, RAND Journal of Economics, 47, 529-572.
- The Effects of Publicity on Demand: The case of anti-cholesterol drugs, 2016, with Andrew Ching, Ig Horstmann, and Hyunwoo Lim, Marketing Science, 35, 158-181.
- Price controls and market structure: Evidence from gasoline retail markets, 2015, with Juan Esteban Carranza and Jean-Francois Houde, Journal of Industrial Economics, 63, 152-198.
- The effect of mergers in search markets: Evidence from the Canadian mortgage industry, 2014, with Jason Allen and Jean-Francois Houde, American Economic Review, 104, 3365-3396.
- Booms, Busts, and Price Dispersion, 2014, with Nicolas Vincent, Economics Letters, 124, 399-401.
- Price dispersion in mortgage markets, 2014, with Jason Allen and Jean-Francois Houde, Journal of Industrial Economics, 62, 377-416.
- The impact of explicit communication on pricing: Evidence from the collapse of a gasoline cartel, 2014, with Jean-Francois Houde, Journal of Industrial Economics, 62, 191-228.
- A model of advertising format competition: On the use of celebrities in Ads, 2013, with Ig Horstmann, Canadian Journal of Economics, 46: 1606-1630.
- Collusion with asymmetric retailers: Evidence from a gasoline price-fixing case, 2013, with Jean-Francois Houde, American Economic Journal: Micro, 5: 97-123.
- Capacity-contingent pricing and competition in the airline industry, 2012, with Nicolas Vincent, Journal of Air Transport Management, 24: 7-11.
- Virtual borders: Online nominal rigidities and international market segmentation, 2012, with Jean Boivin and Nicolas Vincent, Journal of International Economics, 86(2): 327–335.
- Stategic buying to prevent seller exit, 2011, with Mattias Polborn, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 20(2): 339-378.
- Information provision in financial markets, 2010, with Moez Bennouri and Jacques Robert, Annals of Finance, 6(2): 255-286.
- The effect of advertising on Brand Awareness and Perceived Quality: An empirical investigation using panel data, 2009, with Ulrich Doraszelski and Michaela Draganska, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 7(2): 207-236.
- Advertising restrictions and competition in the chilrden's breakfast cereal industry, 2007, Journal of Law and Economics, 50(4): 757-780. (National Post article)
- The potential for electricity market restructuring in Quebec, 2007, with Andrew Leach, Canadian Public Policy, 33(1) 1-20.
- Coordination and status influence, 2006, with Samuel Clark and Mattias Polborn, Rationality and Society, 18(3): 367-391.
- Information and crowding externalities, 2006, with Mattias Polborn, Economic Theory, 27(3): 565-581.
- Advertising and coordination in markets with consumption scale effect, 2005, with Ig Horstmann, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 14(2): 377-401.