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Nathan Petek

Deputy Assistant Director

Bureau, Office or Division
Antitrust
Phone
(202) 326-2280
Email Address
npetek@ftc.gov

Selected Publications

  • "The Multidimensional Impact of Teachers on Students," with Nolan G. Pope, Journal of Political Economy, 2023.
  • "The Marginal Benefit of Hospitals: Evidence from the Effect of Entry and Exit on Utilization and Mortality Rates," Journal of Health Economics, 2022.
  • "Economics at the FTC: Estimating Harm from Deception and Analyzing Mergers," with Michael Vita, Keith Brand, Miriam Larson-Koester, Charles Taragin, William Violette, and Daniel H. Wood, Review of Industrial Organization, 2022.
  • "Critical Loss with Differentiated Products," with Wenqing Li and Hassan Faghani, Research in Law & Economics, 2021.
  • "The Effect of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Law Changes and Patient Moves," with Thomas G. Koch, Working Paper, 2021.
  • "An Early Look at the Effects of the Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement: Evidence from Presence Health," with Will Clark, Jonas de Souza, Heidi Graham, Svati Patel, Xikuan Wang, David DiLoreto, and Daniel Adelman, Working Paper, 2018.
  • "Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928," with Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse Shapiro, and Michael Sinkinson, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015.

Selected Presentations

  • H2D2 Research Day. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI (2019)
  • ASHEcon. Washington, DC (2019)
  • Southeastern Health Economics Study Group. University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN (2019)
  • ASHEcon. Emory University. Atlanta, GA (2018)
  • DC Economics of Education Working Group. George Washington University. Washington, DC (2018)

Selected Casework

HCA Healthcare/Steward Health Care System, In the Matter of
Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. and Englewood Healthcare Foundation, In the Matter of
Sanford Health/Sanford Bismarck/Mid Dakota Clinic, In the Matter of

Education

University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
PhD Business, Economics Dissertation Area
Carleton College
BA Economics and Psychology

Fields of Interest

  • Health Economics
  • Economics of Education
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Antitrust

Professional Experience

Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2025-Present

Economist
Federal Trade Commission 
2016-2025

Research Professional
Becker Center, University of Chicago
2009-2011

Consultant
LECG
2004-2009

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