Deputy Assistant Director
Bureau, Office or Division
Antitrust
Phone
Email Address
Selected Publications
- "Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Online Search," with Ginger Zhe Jin, Information Economics and Policy, Volume 46, 2019.
- "Banning Foreign Pharmacies from Sponsored Search: The Online Consumer Response," with Weijia (Daisy) Dai and Ginger Zhe Jin, Marketing Science, Volume 36, Issue 6, 2017.
- "Asymmetric Pass-Through in U.S. Gasoline Prices," Energy Journal, Volume 37, 2016.
- "The Impact of Outages on Prices and Investment in the US Oil Refining Industry," Energy Economics, Volume 50, 2015.
Selected Presentations
- "Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Online Search," Marketing Science/FTC Economic Conference on Marketing and Consumer Protection. Washington, DC (2016)
- "Banning Foreign Pharmacies from Sponsored Search: The Online Consumer Response," National Bureau of Economic Research - IO. Boston, MA (2014)
- "Consumer Protection or Consumer Frustration? The Impact of Banning Foreign Pharmacies from Sponsored Search," International Industrial Organization Conference. Boston, MA (2013)
Selected Casework
Selected Reports
Education
University of Maryland
PhD Economics
The London School of Economics
MS Economics
Kenyon College
BA Economics & Statistics
Fields of Interest
- Industrial Organization
- Antitrust
- Pharmaceutical Advertising
- Petroleum
- Internet Search
Professional Experience
Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2021-Present
Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2009-Present
Adjunct Professor
Georgetown University
2017-Present
Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
2010-2014
Research Assistant
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2002-2004