Matthew S. Lewis

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

The Ohio State University

 

 

Phone: (614) 292-0480

Office: 419 Arps Hall

 

Email: mlewis@econ.ohio-state.edu

 

 

Curriculum Vitae  (PDF)

 

 

Teaching

 

Economics 570: Government and Business

 

Economics 872: Empirical Industrial Organization

 

 

Research

 

Publications:

 

“Price Dispersion and Competition with Differentiated Sellers”, Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.  PDF (Current version: July 2007)

(Previously versions of this work circulated under the titles:  “Is Price Dispersion a Sign of Competition?  and   “Do Discount Sellers Fuel Retail Gasoline Price Dispersion?” )

 

“Temporary Wholesale Gasoline Price Spikes have Long Lasting Retail Effects: The Aftermath of Hurricane Rita”, Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming, volume 52.

PDF (Current version: June 2008)

 

 

Working Papers:

 

 “Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search: An Examination of the Retail Gasoline Market”, under submission, October 2003.  PDF (Revised July 2005) (Web Appendices)

 

“Market Power in California’s Gasoline Market” with Severin Borenstein and James Bushnell, working paper, May 2004.  PDF

 

“When Do Consumers Search?” (with Howard P. Marvel) April 2007. 

     PDF (Revised November 2007)


 

 

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