Research

Published or Accepted Papers:

Shrinkflation and Consumer Demand (Download)
(Together with Johannes Kasinger)
[Marketing Science, Accepted]
[Chicago Booth Review]

Brand Switching or Behavior Change? Did the 2023 Bud Light Boycott Reduce Alcohol Consumption?
[Economics Letters, Accepted]

Do Search Costs Explain Persistent Investment in Active Mutual Funds? (Download)
(Together with Jurre Thiel)
[Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,  2025]

Generic and Branded Pharmaceutical Pricing: Competition under Switching Costs (Download) (Online Appendix)
[Unicredit & Universities Best Job Market Paper Award, November 2018]
[The Economic Journal, 2023]

Retail Pharmacies and Drug Diversion during the Opioid Epidemic (Download) (Online Appendix)
(Together with Xuan Zhang)
[American Economic Review, 2023]
[Lead Article]
[Video Summary by econimate]

The Importance of the First Generic Substitution: Evidence from Sweden (Download)
(Together with David Granlund)
[Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023]

Obfuscation and Rational Inattention (Download)
(Together with Johannes Kasinger)
[Journal of Industrial Economics, 2023]

Price Dynamics of Swedish Pharmaceuticals (Download) (Online Appendix)
[Rising Star Session, EARIE 2018]
[Best Paper Award, RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics 2018]
[Dick Wittink Prize 2023]
[Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 2022]

Does a district mandate matter for the behavior of politicians? An analysis of roll-call votes and parliamentary speeches (Link) (ungated)
(Together with Andreas Born)
[European Journal of Political Economy, 2022]

Pregnancy Persistently Reduces Alcohol Purchases: Causal Evidence From Scanner Data (Link) (ungated)
(Together with Elle Parslow)
[Health Economics, 2021]

Does precise case disclosure limit precautionary behavior? Evidence from COVID-19 in Singapore (Link) (ungated)
(Together with Matthew Shapiro)
[Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021]

 

Working Papers:

Advertising and Market Structure: Evidence from 1000 Acquisitions
(Together with Jiekai Zhang)
[Revise and Resubmit, Management Science]

Patriotic Spots, Polarized Markets: Bud Light’s Advertising Elasticity During a Nationwide Boycott

Transferable Know-How: Evidence from the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry (SSRN)
(Together with Michele Fioretti, Alessandro Iaria, Clément Mazet-Sonilhac, and Robert K. Perrons)

Product Variety, Alcohol Purchases, and the Role of Excise Taxes (Download)
[Revise and Resubmit, International Journal of Industrial Organization]

Attraction is All You Need: The Impact of Eye-Catching Titles on Publication Success and Citation Rates in Economics (Download)
(Together with Shen Zekai)

Saving Lives, Improving Livelihoods? The Case of Medication for Drug Dependence (Download)
(Together with Sarah Eichmeyer and Jonathan Zhang)

 

Work in Progress:

Cutting out the Middleman: Has Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Reduced Prices of Prescription Drugs?
(Together with Jingwei Li and Manuel Hermosilla)

Capturing Subsidies or Storing Carbon: Evidence from the North Sea
(Together with Michele Fioretti, Alessandro Iaria, Clément Mazet and Robert Perrons)

The Importance of Distribution Networks: Evidence from the Non-Alcoholic Beer Market
(Together with Bradley Shapiro and Zhen Yuan)

Peer Effects and Drug Adoption
(Together with Meng-Chi Tang)

From Gray Income to Health Gains: The Impact of Anti-Corruption Inspections in Chinese Hospitals
(Together with Ruiqi Ding,  Ya Sun and Xuan Zhang)

Resting Papers:

Consumer Concentration and the Risk of the “Ozempic Effect” in the US Retail Market (SSRN) 
[Chicago Booth Review]
You may find a more sophisticated analysis on the topic in this paper: here