Olga Shanks

PhD Candidate Economics

Researcher

Teacher

Stata expert

Olga Shanks

PhD Candidate Economics

Researcher

Teacher

Stata expert

Author: Olga Shanks

August 11, 2021 Increasing Returns to Scale and Markups

I estimate the aggregate and industry-specific elasticities of scale and markups for the U.S. economy over the period from 1980…

January 7, 2021 Price Trends in Sequential Auctions: The Case of Classic Cars

I advance and test a theory that in sequential auctions price rises with the number of bidders. I allow for…

March 10, 2020 Citizen Monitoring and Bureaucratic Output: Evidence from the Bureau of Indian Affairs

with Thomas Stratmann We model and empirically test the effects of citizen monitoring on services provided by bureaucrats. Monitoring by…