Debashrita Mohapatra

Publications:

• Estimating substitution patterns and demand curvature in Discrete-Choice models of product differentiation (with Cameron Birchall, Frank Verboven) [Published in Review of Economics and Statistics (2024): 1-40] [DOI]

• Price dispersion across online platforms: Evidence from hotel room prices in London (UK)  (with Debi Prasad Mohapatra, Ram Sewak Dubey)  [Published in Applied Economics, 2023] [Link]

Working papers:

• Welfare effects of physician-directed pharmaceutical promotion on prescription behaviors: evidence from India (with Debi Prasad Mohapatra and Christian Rojas) [Link to Draft]

• Composition of lower courts and market consolidation: Evidence from U.S. hospital mergers (with Sarada Prasad Nayak)

• Dealer locations, mergers, and consumer welfare in the Automobile industry [Under Review] [Link to draft] [Short video]

• Competitive effects of entry of traditional and new grocery retail formats in rural America (with Mengjie Li, Rigoberto Lopez, and Sandro Steinbach) [Under Review] [Link to draft]

• Evolution of market power in the European automobile industry [Link to draft]

• Dealership network in the European automobile industry [Link to draft]
  
  

Work in Progress:

• Mergers, store locations, and jobs: Evidence from the US food retail industry (with Rigoberto Lopez, Sandro Steinbach) 

• Competing for market entry - Regional tax Incentives and Market Distortions ( with Nadine Hahn)