My main research areas are in empirical industrial organization, applied microeconomics, and health economics. I analyze barcode-level scanner and nutrition data to deepen our understanding of how individuals respond to changes in public health policies in food and beverages industries.
Publications
[1] “Can nonprofit target-setting mechanisms drive for-profit compliance? Evidence from sodium content” with Christian Rojas. 2025. International Journal of Industrial Organization. [Paper] [Online Appendix]
[2] “Are food manufacturers reducing sugar content? Evidence from scanner data” with Christian Rojas. 2024. Agribusiness: An International Journal [Paper] [Online Appendix] [Newsweek] [UMass-Amherst News]
[3] “What drives the reduction in sodium intake? Evidence from scanner data” with Christian Rojas. 2024. Food Policy. [Paper] [Online Appendix] [Mass Live] [UMass-Amherst News]
Working Papers
[1] “Is advertising effective? New evidence from beer” 2024. Revision requested at International Journal of Industrial Organization. [Paper and Online Appendix]
[2] “Diet quality and affordability of healthy food over time” with Christian Rojas. 2025. Under review. [Paper]
[3] “Does more schooling improve health? Evidence from Turkey” with Serkan Demirkilic and Hasan Tekguc. 2025. Submitted.
[4] “The Effects of Climate Change on Nutrient Demand” with Jung Hoon Han, Xiaoyong Zheng, Lei Pan, and Christian Rojas. 2025. To be submitted.
[5] “Spatial strategies to assess soda taxes” 2024. [Paper and Online Appendix]. To be submitted.
Work in Progress
[1] “Marketing “local”: Exploring the benefits and geographic reach of using place-based names for beer products” with Yufei Fu and Kathryn Boys.
[2] “Price premiums for snacks with place-based names: Dynamics, determinants, and distance decay” with Yufei Fu and Kathryn Boys.
[3] “Behavioral responses to permissive alcohol laws”
[4] “Are we reading the literature” with Doruk Cengiz and Yuanzhe Li
[5] “Monetary policies on food inequality” with Ayse Kabukcuoglu Dur.