Ulrich Doraszelski

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Papers

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Published Papers

• Computable Markov-Perfect Industry Dynamics, with Mark Satterthwaite, Harvard University, 2009, forthcoming in Rand Journal of Economics (Online Appendix).
• Learning-by-Doing, Organizational Forgetting, and Industry Dynamics with David Besanko, Yaroslav Kryukov, and Mark Satterthwaite, Harvard University, 2009, forthcoming in Econometrica (Online Appendix).
• Avoiding Market Dominance: Product Compatibility in Markets with Network Effects, with Jiawei Chen and Joseph Harrington, Harvard University, Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2009, pp. 455-485 (Online Appendix).
• The Effect of Advertising on Brand Awareness and Perceived Quality: An Empirical Investigation using Panel Data, with Robert Clark and Michaela Draganska,  Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2009, pp. 207-236.
• Rent Dissipation in R&D Races, in Roberto Cellini and Luca Lambertini (eds), The Economics of Innovation: Incentives, Cooperation, and R&D Policy, 2008, Emerald, Bingley, pp. 3-13.
• Advertising Dynamics and Competitive Advantage, with Sarit Markovich, Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2007, pp. 557-592.
• A Framework for Applied Dynamic Analysis in IO, with Ariel Pakes, Mark Armstrong and Robert Porter (eds.), Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 3, 2007, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 1887-1966.
• Market Segmentation Strategies of Multiproduct Firms, with Michaela Draganska, Journal of Industrial Economics Vol. 54, No. 1, 2006, pp. 125-149 (Online Appendix).
• The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth, with Joseph Altonji, Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2005, pp. 1-30.
• Measuring Returns to Scale in Nineteenth-Century French Industry, Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2004, pp. 256-281 (Technical Appendix).
• Capacity Dynamics and Endogenous Asymmetries in Firm Size, with David Besanko, Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2004, pp. 23-49 (Online Appendix).
• Innovations, Improvements, and the Optimal Adoption of New Technologies, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 28, No. 7, 2004, pp. 1461-1480.
• Communication and Voting with Double-Sided Information, with Dino Gerardi and Francesco Squintani, Contributions to Theoretical Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2003, Article 6.
• An R&D Race with Knowledge Accumulation, Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2003, pp. 19-41.
• The Net Present Value Method versus the Option Value of Waiting: A Note on Farzin, Huisman & Kort (1998), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 25, No. 8, 2001, pp. 1109-1115.
• Black/White Differences in Wealth, with Joseph Altonji and Lewis Segal, Economic Perspectives, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2000, pp. 38-50.

Working Papers

• Avoiding the Curse of Dimensionality in Dynamic Stochastic Games, with Kenneth Judd, Harvard University, 2008, under revision at Rand Journal of Economics (Online Appendix).
• A User's Guide to Solving Dynamic Stochastic Games Using the Homotopy Method, with Ron Borkovsky and Yaroslav Kryukov, Harvard University, 2008, under revision at Operations Research (Code).
• R&D and Productivity: Estimating Endogenous Productivity, with Jordi Jaumandreu, Harvard University, 2009, under review at Econometrica.
• A Theory of Regular Markov Perfect Equilibria in Dynamic Stochastic Games: Genericity, Stability, and Purification, with Juan Escobar, Harvard University, 2009, under review at Theoretical Economics.
• Lumpy Capacity Investment and Disinvestment Dynamics, with David Besanko, Lauren Lu, and Mark Satterthwaite, Harvard University, 2008, under revision at Operations Research (Online Appendix).
• On the Role of Demand and Strategic Uncertainty in Capacity Investment and Disinvestment Dynamics, with David Besanko, Lauren Lu, and Mark Satterthwaite, Harvard University, 2009, under review at International Joural of Industrial Organization.
• A Dynamic Quality Ladder Model with Entry and Exit: Exploring the Equilibrium Correspondence Using the Homotopy Method, with Ron Borkovsky and Yaroslav Kryukov, Harvard University, 2009, under review at Quantitative Marketing and Economics.
  
• Dynamic Stochastic Games with Sequential State-to-State Transitions, with Kenneth Judd, Harvard University, 2007.

Work in Progress

• “Learning Dynamics in the British Electricity Industry,” with Gregory Lewis and Ariel Pakes
• “Investment under Demand and Strategic Uncertainty,” with David Besanko, Lauren Lu, and Mark Satterthwaite
• “Investment and Compatibility Dynamics in Markets with Network Effects,” with Jiawei Chen and Joseph Harrington
• “Timing of Entry Decisions under Demand Uncertainty,” with Michaela Draganska and Noriko Kakihara
• “Investigating Advertising Pulsing Strategies,” with Michaela Draganska and Daniel Klapper
• “Measuring the Bias of Technological Change,” with Jordi Jaumandreu
• “Dynamic Antitrust Policy: Predatory and Limit Pricing in the Semiconductor Industry,” with David Besanko and Yaroslav Kryukov
• “Economic Impacts of Technological Innovations in Product Availability,” with Christopher Conlon and Julie Mortimer
• “Spatial Competition in Growing Markets: A Dynamic Model of Entry,” with Kenneth Judd
• ”Recursive Tools in Repeated Games with State Strategies," with Juan Escobar

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