David P. Byrne

Instrument-free identification and estimation of differentiated products models using cost data

David P Byrne, Susumu Imai, Neelam Jain, Vasilis Sarafidis

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS

We propose a new methodology for identifying and estimating demand in differentiated products models when demand and cost data are..

Price effects of calling out market power: A study of the COVID-19 oil price shock

Aaron Barkley, David P Byrne, Xiaosong Wu

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Governments often make public announcements that call into question firms' misuse of market power. Yet little is known about how f..

Start-up Search Costs

David P Byrne, Nicolas de Roos

Journal article  |  2022  |  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Workhorse economic models used for studying the market impacts of search frictions assume constant search costs: individuals pay t..

Startup Search Costs

David Byrne, Nicolas de Roos

Journal article  |  2022  |  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Workhorse economic models used for studying the market impacts of search frictions assume constant search costs: individuals pay t..

Price Discrimination by Negotiation: a Field Experiment in Retail Electricity*

DAVIDP BYRNE, LESLIEA MARTIN, JIASHEEN NAH

Journal article  |  2022  |  QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS

Abstract We use a field experiment to study price discrimination in a market with price posting and negotiation. Mo..

Consumer search and income inequality

David P Byrne, Leslie A Martin

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Competition and consumer search costs can lead to price dispersion in an oligopoly. IO research has long identified the existence ..

An Experimental Study of Monthly Electricity Demand (In)elasticity

David P Byrne, Andrea La Nauze, Leslie A Martin

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Energy Journal

We document substantial rigidity in household electricity demand in response to large price shocks. We partnered with an electrici..

The increasing deflationary influence of consumer digital access services

David M Byrne, Carol A Corrado

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECONOMICS LETTERS

Supplying Slot Machines to the Poor

David Byrne, Melisa Bubonya

Journal article  |  2020  |  Southern Economic Journal

As gambling becomes increasingly accessible worldwide, governments face an important policy question: how should they exploit the ..

The Increasing Deflationary Impact of Consumer Digital Access Services

David M Byrne, Carol A Corrado

Journal article  |  2020  |  FEDS Notes

Although U.S. consumer price statistics are prone to upward bias, they remain useful if imperfect accounting has a known and stabl..