Susan Athey's Homepage 
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Harvard University
Other affiliations:
Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research New England, Jan-Dec 2012
Research Associate, NBER
Disclaimer: Material on this website represents my own views and research and not those of any Corporation or institution, including Harvard University, Microsoft Corporation, NBER, or the National Science Foundation.
Personal and
Contact Information
- Email: athey at fas.harvard.edu
- Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA 02138-3001. Phone: (617) 496-1939. Fax: (617) 496-7730. Administrative
assistant: Ann Richards,
617-496-3960.
- Instructions for scheduling an appointment with me are here.
- Personal information: Born 1970 in Boston. Reside
in Cambridge, MA. Married to Guido Imbens. Three children, Carleton
(February 2004), Annalise (July 2006), and Sylvia (December 2010).
About Me:
Curriculum Vita, Bio, Articles about
me from the Press,
Non-technical
Research Summary
Professional Advice (Prospective Graduate Students, Negotiating Faculty Job Offers, an article for High-School Students)
Teaching,
Advising, and Workshops
My Students: Placement and Links to Their Homepages
Research
General Interests: Microeconomic
Theory, Industrial Organization, Econometrics.
This document summarizes my research and has links to the papers below.
My papers are organized by topic to make them easier to find. There is some duplication/cross-listing. For a chronological list of my articles look at my cv. Topics:
1. Dynamic and Repeated Games and Mechanisms
2. Auctions, Market Design, and Online Advertising (Theory, Empirical, and Econometrics)
3. Econometric Theory (Identification and Estimation Approaches)
6. Empirical Industrial Organization and Econometrics of IO
1. Dynamic and Repeated Games and Mechanisms
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Paper
Title |
Coauthors |
Citation |
Last
Revised |
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Coming
soon... "Dynamic Auctions with Persistent Private Information" |
Working
Paper |
In
progress |
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Glenn
Ellison |
Working
Paper |
2010 |
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Emilio Calvano, Saumitra Jha |
Working
Paper |
June, 2010 |
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"Designing
Efficient Mechanisms for Dynamic Bilateral Trading Games" |
Ilya Segal |
American
Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May, 2007. |
January,
2007. |
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Ilya Segal |
Working
Paper |
February,
2007. This is a major revision over the last version. |
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Econometrica, Vol.
76, No. 3 (May, 2008), 493–540. |
July,
2006! |
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David
Miller |
Theoretical
Economics,
Volume 2, Number 3 (September 2007), 299–354. |
June,
2006 |
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Andrew
Atkeson, Patrick Kehoe |
Econometrica 73 (5), September, 2005, 1431-1476. |
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Kyle Bagwell, Chris Sanchirico |
Review
of Economic Studies 71
(2), April 2004. |
1998
version: MIT
Working Paper 98-23 |
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RAND
Journal of Economics
September 2001, 32 (3): 428-465. |
MIT
Working Paper 99-12. |
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Armin
Schmutzler |
RAND
Journal of Economics
32 (1), Spring 2001: 1-26. |
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Chris
Avery and Peter Zemsky |
American
Economic Review
90 (4) September 2000: 765-786. |
October1998
version (includes labor market model). |
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2.
Auctions, Market Design, and Online Advertising (Theory, Empirical, and Econometrics)
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Paper Title |
Coauthors |
Working
Paper Number |
Last
Revised |
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Position Paper: Sponsored Search Auctions are Combinatorial |
Ian A. Kash, Peter Key, David C. Parkes, Mahyar Salek, and Moshe Tennenholtz |
Working paper |
Coming soon |
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Consumer Tracking and Efficient Matching in Online Advertising Markets |
Emilio Calvano and Joshua Gans |
Working paper |
Coming soon |
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"Peaches, Lemons, and Cookies: Designing Auction Markets with Dispersed Information" |
Moshe Babaioff, Michael Grubb and Ittai Abraham |
Working paper |
October 2011 |
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"The Impact of News Aggregators on Internet News Consumption: The Case of Localization" |
Markus Mobius |
Working paper |
February, 2012 |
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"The Impact of the Internet on Advertising Markets for News Media" |
Emilo Calvano and Joshua S. Gans |
Working Paper |
April, 2012 |
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Jonathan Levin Dominic Coey |
forthcoming, American Economic Journals: Microeconomics |
May, 2012 |
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The Impact of Targeting Technology on Advertising Markets and Media Competition |
Joshua Gans | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2010. | |
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"
A Structural Model of Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions" |
Denis
Nekipelov |
Working paper |
January, 2012 |
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"
Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Consumer Demand, and Advertising: The Case of Internet Search" |
Maya Cohen Meidan |
Working paper |
November, 2010 |
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"Comparing
Open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Theory and Evidence from Timber Auctions" |
Jonathan Levin and Enrique Seira |
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 126(1), 2011, 207-257. |
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"Skewed Bidding
in Pay Per Action Auctions for Online Advertising" |
Nikhil
Agarwal, David Yang |
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2009. |
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Glenn
Ellison |
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 126(3), 2011, 1213-1270. |
2010. |
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Coming soon... "Dynamic Auctions with Persistent
Private Information" |
Working
Paper |
In
progress |
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Phil
Haile |
Invited
lecture prepared for the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society,
London |
March,
2006 |
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Econometrica, Vol.
76, No. 3 (May, 2008), 493–540. |
July,
2006! |
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Working
Paper |
July,
2004 |
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Philip
Haile |
Handbook
of Econometrics, Volume 6, Forthcoming. |
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Kyle
Bagwell, Chris Sanchirico |
Review
of Economic Studies 71
(2), April 2004. |
1998
version: MIT
Working Paper 98-23 |
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"Identification
in Standard Auction Models" (Sept. 2001 version) |
Philip
Haile |
Econometrica, 70
(6), November 2002, pp. 2107-2140. |
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Econometrica 69
(4) July 2001: 861-890. |
The
July 1997 version has numerical analysis of asymmetric auctions.
July 1997 Paper: scpgii.ps
. July 1987 Appendix: scpgiiap.ps. |
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Kyle
Bagwell |
RAND
Journal of Economics
September 2001, 32 (3): 428-465. |
MIT
Working Paper 99-12. |
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Information andCompetition in U.S. Forest Service Timber Auctions." |
Jonathan
Levin |
Journal
of Political Economy,
109 (2), April 2001. |
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3. Econometric Theory (Identification
and Estimation Approaches)
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Paper
Title |
Coauthors |
Citation |
Last
Revised |
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"Discrete Choice Models with
Multiple Unobserved Choice Characteristics" |
International
Economic Review 2007, Volume 48 (4), 1159-1192 . |
April,
2007 |
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Phil
Haile |
Invited
lecture prepared for the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society,
London |
September,
2005 |
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"An Empirical Framework for
Testing Theories About Complementarity in
Organizational Design
" |
Scott
Stern |
NBER
Working Paper 6600 |
February,
1998 |
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Philip
Haile |
Handbook
of Econometrics,
Volume 6, Forthcoming. |
2005 |
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"Identification and Inference in Nonlinear
Difference-in-Differences Models" Matlab Programs and Documentation for Applying CIC Model and generating tables (check with authors for potential updates and for Stata implementation) |
Econometrica, 74 (2), March 2006, pp. 431-497. |
Slides
for UCL seminar: "Distributions
of Treatment Effects in Experimental Settings: Applications of Nonlinear
Difference-in-Difference Models" |
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"Identification in
Standard Auction Models" (Sept. 2001 version) |
Philip
Haile |
Econometrica, 70
(6), November 2002, pp. 2107-2140. |
4. Monotone Comparative Statics and Applications
(Value of Information, Uncertainty, Existence of Equilibria, Strategic Substitutes)
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Paper
Title |
Coauthors |
Citation |
Last
Revised |
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Quarterly
Journal of Economics, CXVII
(1), February 2002, 187-223. |
1998 Working Paper
Version, MIT Working Paper 96-22, with additional results. |
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"Single Crossing Properties
and the Existence of Pure Strategy Equlibria in
Games of Incomplete Information." |
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Econometrica 69
(4) July 2001: 861-890. |
The
July 1997 version has numerical analysis of asymmetric auctions.
July 1997 Paper: scpgii.ps
. July 1987 Appendix: scpgiiap.ps. |
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Armin
Schmutzler |
RAND
Journal of Economics
32 (1), Spring 2001: 1-26. |
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Product
and Process Flexibility in an Innovative Environment |
Armin
Schmutzler |
RAND
Journal of Economics,
26 (4) Winter1995: 557-574. |
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MIT
Working Paper 98-24 |
December,
2001 |
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MIT
Working Paper 00-30 |
November,
2000 |
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"Characterizing Properties
of Stochastic Objective Functions." |
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MIT
Working Paper 96-1R |
October,
2000 |
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"Robust
Comparative Statics" Teaching notes for a graduate micro class integrated with some producer theory Note: this draft may have typos and is generally not polished. I have posted it in response to requests, but please use at your own risk. |
Paul
Milgrom, John Roberts |
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1998 |
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Paper
Title |
Coauthors |
Citation |
Last
Revised |
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Emilio Calvano, Saumitra Jha |
Working
Paper |
June, 2010 |
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"What Does Performance in
Graduate School Predict? Graduate Economics Education and Student Outcomes" |
Larry
Katz, Alan Krueger, James Poterba, and Steve Levitt |
American
Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2007, Forthcoming. |
January,
2007. |
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Coming
soon... "The Dynamics of Open Source Software" |
Glenn
Ellison |
Working
Paper |
January,
2006 (preliminary) |
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"The Impact of Information
Technology on Emergency Health Care Outcomes" |
Scott
Stern |
RAND
Journal of Economics, 33
(3), Autumn 2002, pp. 399-432. |
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"Organizational Design:
Decision Rights and Incentive Contracts." |
John
Roberts |
American
Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2001. |
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Chris
Avery and Peter Zemsky |
American
Economic Review
90 (4) September 2000: 765-786. |
October1998
version (includes labor market model). |
|
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"Information Technology and
Training in Emergency Call Centers." |
Scott
Stern |
Proceedings
of the Fifty-First Annual Meetings (New York, Jan 3-5, 1999). Madison, WI: Industrial
Relations Research Association, pp. 53-60. |
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"An Empirical Framework for
Testing Theories About Complementarity in
Organizational Design
" |
Scott
Stern |
NBER
Working Paper 6600 |
February,
1998 |
|
Product
and Process Flexibility in an Innovative Environment |
Armin
Schmutzler |
RAND
Journal of Economics,
26 (4) Winter1995: 557-574. |
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6. Empirical Industrial Organization and Econometrics
of IO
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Paper Title |
Coauthors |
Working
Paper Number |
Last
Revised |
|
"The Impact of News Aggregators on Internet News Consumption: The Case of Localization" |
Markus Mobius |
Working Paper |
February, 2012 |
|
"
A Structural Model of Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions" |
Denis
Nekipelov |
Working paper |
January, 2012 |
|
Dominic Coey |
forthcoming, American Economic Journals: Microeconomics
|
May, 2012 |
|
|
"
Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Consumer Demand, and Advertising: The Case of Internet Search" |
Maya Cohen Meidan |
Working paper |
November, 2010 |
|
"Comparing
Open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Theory and Evidence from Timber Auctions" |
Jonathan Levin and Enrique Seira |
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 126(1), 2011, 207-257. |
|
|
Philip
Haile |
Handbook
of Econometrics,
Volume 6, Forthcoming. |
2005 |
|
|
"Discrete Choice Models with Multiple Unobserved Choice
Characteristics" |
International
Economic Review 2007, Volume 48 (4), 1159-1192 . |
April,
2007 |
|
|
Phil
Haile |
Invited
lecture prepared for the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society,
London |
September,
2005 |
|
|
"The Impact of
Information Technology on Emergency Health Care Outcomes" |
Scott
Stern |
RAND
Journal of Economics, 33
(3), Autumn 2002, pp. 399-432. |
|
|
"An Empirical
Framework for Testing Theories About Complementarity
in Organizational Design " |
Scott
Stern |
NBER
Working Paper 6600 |
February,
1998 |
|
"Identification
in Standard Auction Models" (Sept. 2001 version) |
Philip
Haile |
Econometrica, 70
(6), November 2002, pp. 2107-2140. |
|
|
Information andCompetition and U.S. Forest Service Timber Auctions." |
Jonathan
Levin |
Journal
of Political Economy,
109 (2), April 2001. |
|
|
"Information
Technology and Training in Emergency Call Centers." |
Scott
Stern |
Proceedings
of the Fifty-First Annual Meetings (New York, Jan 3-5, 1999). Madison, WI: Industrial
Relations Research Association, pp. 53-60. |
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I am grateful to the National Science Foundation, SBR-9631760, SES-9983820, and SES-0351500 for supporting much of the research listed above. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF), MIT, Stanford, or the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Teaching
- Senior Advising
Information and Suggestions for Grad School Applications
- Advice for
Applying to Economics Grad Schools
- MIT Class
of 1998 Photos from Graduation
- An article I wrote for Imagine, a magazine aimed at gifted high school students, entitled: "Economics:Applying Math to Real-World Problems ."
This Year's Courses
Economics 980m, Market Design. See the course isite. Instructors from other schools interested in course materials, please email me or look at prior years' courses.
Prior Years'
Courses
Economics 1056, Market Design (Advanced Undergraduate Course). Studies topics in market design, focusing on auctions, auction-based marketplaces and platform markets. Theory and applications.
Economics 2056b, Market Design (Graduate Elective). Studies topics in market design, focusing on auctions, auction-based marketplaces and platform markets. Covers methods and results from theory, empirical work, econometrics and experiments, highlighting practical issues in real-world design.
Economics 980m, Market Design. Here is the syllabus with links to the reading list and project ideas.
Economics 2061, Dynamic Games and Contracts. Here is the syllabus and the reading list.
Economics 289 , Advanced Topics in Game Theory and Information Economics
Economics 157 (Stanford), Imperfect Competition
Economics 257 (Stanford), The Economics of Industry, Regulation, and Firm Organizations I (with Liran Einav)
Economics 257
(Stanford), The Economics of Industry, Regulation, and Firm Organizations I
(with Pat Bajari)
MIT 14.121 Microeconomic Theory I (graduate) (
14.121 Web Page)
MIT 14.129 Contract Theory (graduate) (
14.129 Web Page)
MIT 14.03 Intermediate Applied Microeconomics
(undergraduate) ( 14.03 Web Page)
Professional Advice (Prospective Graduate Students, Negotiating Senior Faculty Job Offers)
Advice for Applying to Economics Grad Schools
Negotiating Senior Job Offers (see p. 10 of the newsletter)
An article I wrote for Imagine, a magazine aimed at gifted high school students, entitled: "Economics:Applying Math to Real-World Problems."
Voice Recognition Information and Macros
Contains helpful links and my MathType and
Scientific Workplace Macros.
Go to the Stanford Economics Department Home Page