Basic Information
Position: Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management
Doctoral Studies: Northwestern University, Economics Department
Email: jtp35@cornell.edu
Vita: CV
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Applied Econometrics
Industrial Organization
Diffusion of New Technology
Durable Goods Demand
Regulation
PAPERS
Publications
1. Has the Internet Accelerated the Diffusion of New Products?, with Daniel Simon, Research Policy, 38(8), 1269-1277, 2009.
2. How Do Households Choose Quality and Time to Replacement for a Rapidly Improving Durable Good?, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 27(2), 302-311, 2009.
3. Multimarket Contact and On-Time Performance in the US Airline Industry, with Daniel Simon, Academy of Management Journal, 52(2), 336-354, 2009.
4. Repeat Purchase amid Rapid Quality Improvement: Structural Estimation of Demand for Personal Computers, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 17(1), 1-33, Spring, 2008. (Formerly "Measuring the Digital Divide: Structural Estimation of Demand for Personal Computers")
5. Internet Adoption and Usage Patterns are Different: Implications for the Digital Divide, with Avi Goldfarb, Information Economics and Policy, 20(1), 2-15, March, 2008.
6. The Beginning of Online/Retail Competition and Its Origins: An Application to Personal Computers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25(1), 139-156, February, 2007.
7. Internet Diffusion and the Geography of the Digital Divide in the United States, with Shane Greenstein, in (eds) Robin Mansell, Chrisanthi Avgerou, Danny Quah, and Roger Silverstone, The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies, Oxford University Press, pp. 168-195, 2007. NBER working paper # w12182.
8. The Geographical Diffusion of the Internet in the United States, with Shane Greenstein, in (eds) Munindar Singh, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, CRC Press, pp. 56-1 – 56-17, 2004.
Working Papers
9. Are Risk Preferences Stable Across Contexts? Evidence from Insurance Data, with Levon Barseghyan and Joshua Teitelbaum, in 3rd round (expositional changes only) at American Economic Review.
10. Is Dual Agency in Real Estate Transactions a Cause for Concern?, with Vrinda Kadiyali and Daniel Simon, in 2nd round at Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.
11. Measuring Welfare and the Effects of Regulation in a Government-Created Market: The Case of Medicare Part D Plans, with Claudio Lucarelli and Kosali Simon, under review. NBER working paper # w14296.
12. Relating Inertia and Experience in Technology Markets: An Analysis of Households' Personal Computer Choices, under review.
13. A Gender Difference in Time Consistency, with Dan Shawhan, under review.
14. Racial Bias in Expert Quality Assessment: A Study of Newspaper Movie Reviews, with Lona Fowdur and Vrinda Kadiyali, under review.
AEM 331 Introduction to Business Regulation (Undergraduate)
AEM 702 Game Theory for Applied Economists (Graduate)
AEM 740 Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organization (Graduate)
Elder High School 2005 Commencement Speech.
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