Chad Syverson Professor of Economics

 

Curriculum Vitae Working Papers; Comments Welcome The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning about Demand (with Lucia Foster and John Haltiwanger.) IT, Corporate Payouts, and the Growing Inequality in Managerial Compensation (with Hanno Lustig and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh). New draft 10/08. Why Do Firms Own Production Chains? (with Ali Hortaçsu). New draft 5/09 (finally!). (Previously circulated as “Vertical Integration and Production: Some Plant-Level Evidence”) New papers with drafts (hopefully) not far away: “What Determines Productivity at the Micro Level?” “The Interaction of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Firms’ Expansions and Contractions” (with Michael Greenstone and John List) “How Does Learning by Doing Happen?” (with Steve Levitt and John List) Publications "E-commerce and the Market Structure of Retail Industries," (with Maris Goldmanis, Ali Hortaçsu, and Onsel Emre). Economic Journal, forthcoming. "How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines," (with Austan Goolsbee)  Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2008. "Market Distortions When Agents are Better Informed: The Value of Information in Real Estate Transactions," (with Steve Levitt)   Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2008. "Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency: Selection on Productivity or Profitability?" (with Lucia Foster and John Haltiwanger)    American Economic Review, March 2008 "Markets: Ready-Mixed Concrete," Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2008 "Antitrust Implications of Home Seller Outcomes when using Flat-Fee Real Estate Agents" (with Steve Levitt) Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs 2008. "Prices, Spatial Competition, and Heterogeneous Producers: An Empirical Test," Journal of Industrial Economics, June 2007 "Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices," (with Ali Hortaçsu) Journal of Political Economy, April 2007 "Market Structure and Productivity: A Concrete Example," Journal of Political Economy, December 2004 "Product Differentiation, Search Costs, and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study of S&P 500 Index Funds," (with Ali Hortaçsu), Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2004 "Product Substitutability and Productivity Dispersion," Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2004 Teaching Graduate IO Sequence: Fall 2008 Reading List MBA Competitive Strategy: If you are registered for the course, you can access the course site on Chalk Personal

Photo: Dan Dry  Contact Information E-mail: syverson@uchicago.edu or chad.syverson@chicagobooth.edu Address: University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.. Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: 773-702-7815