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63
Citations
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World Ranking
661
National Ranking
416

Overview

Ariel Pakes is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with additional work in Decision Sciences. The subfields they focus on include Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, Marketing, Accounting, and Statistics and Probability.

The main topics addressed in Ariel Pakes's research include Auction Theory and Applications, Game Theory and Applications, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing, Merger and Competition Analysis, Economic Theories and Models, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy.

Their recent papers demonstrate a strong emphasis on economic mechanisms related to pricing, auctions, and market dynamics. These papers include:

  • "Artificial Intelligence, Algorithm Design, and Pricing" (2022), published in AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • "The impact of artificial intelligence design on pricing" (2023), published in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
  • "A computational framework for analyzing dynamic auctions: The market impact of information sharing" (2020), published in The RAND Journal of Economics
  • "On the misuse of regressions of price on the HHI in merger review" (2022), published in Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
  • "Moment inequalities for multinomial choice with fixed effects" (2024), published in Quantitative Economics

Ariel Pakes frequently collaborates with several scholars in the field. Their frequent co-authors include John Asker, Chaim Fershtman, Nathan Miller, Steven Berry, and Jonathan B. Baker.

Their work has appeared in several key academic venues, with multiple publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal, as well as appearances in the AEA Papers and Proceedings, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, The RAND Journal of Economics, and Journal of Antitrust Enforcement.

Best Publications

  • The Dynamics of Productivity in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry

    G. Steven Olley;Ariel Pakes

  • The Dynamics Of Productivity In The Telecommunications Equipment Industry

    George S Olley;Ariel Pakes

  • AUTOMOBILE PRICES IN MARKET EQUILIBRIUM

    Steven T Berry;James Alan Levinsohn;Ariel Pakes

  • The Dynamics of Productivity in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry

    G. Steven Olley;Ariel Pakes;Ariel Pakes

  • Markov-Perfect Industry Dynamics: A Framework for Empirical Work

    Richard Ericson;Ariel Pakes

  • Patents as Options: Some Estimates of the Value of Holding European Patent Stocks

    Ariel Pakes

  • Simulation and the asymptotics of optimization estimators

    Ariel Pakes;David Pollard

  • Patents and R&D at the firm level: A first report

    Ariel Pakes;Zvi Griliches

  • On Patents, R & D, and the Stock Market Rate of Return

    Ariel Pakes

  • Patents as Options: Some Estimates of the Value of Holding European Patent Stocks

    Ariel Pakes;Ariel Pakes

  • Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data: The New Car Market

    Steven T. Berry;James Levinsohn;Ariel Pakes

  • Empirical Implications of Alternative Models of Firm Dynamics

    Ariel Pakes;Richard Ericson

  • The Rate of Obsolescence Of Knowledge, Research Gestation Lags, and the Private Rate of Return to Research Resources

    Ariel Pakes;Mark Schankerman

  • Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During thePost-1950 Period

    Mark Schankerman;Ariel Pakes

  • Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During Thepost-1950 Period

    Mark A. Schankerman;Mark A. Schankerman;Ariel Pakes;Ariel Pakes

  • How to Count Patents and Value Intellectual Property: The Uses of Patent Renewal and Application Data

    Jean O. Lanjouw;Ariel Pakes;Jonathan Putnam

  • Econometric Tools for Analyzing Market Outcomes

    Daniel Ackerberg;Lanier Benkard;Steven Berry;Ariel Pakes

  • Estimates of the value of patent rights in European countries during the post-1950 period

    Mark Schankerman;Ariel Pakes

  • On Patents, R & D, and the Stock Market Rate of Return

    Ariel Pakes

  • Patents and R&D at the Firm Level: A First Look

    Ariel Pakes;Zvi Griliches

  • COMPUTING MARKOV-PERFECT NASH EQUILIBRIA: NUMERICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A DYNAMIC DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT MODEL

    Ariel Pakes;Paul McGuire

  • Simple estimators for the parameters of discrete dynamic games (with entry/exit examples)

    Ariel Pakes;Michael Ostrovsky;Steven Berry

  • The Value of Patents as Indicators of Inventive Activity

    Zvi Griliches;Ariel Pakes;Bronwyn Hall

  • A Reconsideration of Hedonic Price Indexes with an Application to PC's

    Ariel Pakes

  • Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Trade Policy

    Steven Berry;James Levinsohn;Ariel Pakes

  • Valuing the Effect of Regulation on New Services in Telecommunications

    Jerry A. Hausman;Ariel Pakes;Gregory L. Rosston

  • Simple Estimators for the Parameters of Discrete Dynamic Games (with Entry/Exit Samples)

    Ariel Pakes;Ariel Pakes;Michael Ostrovsky;Steven Berry;Steven Berry;Steven Berry

  • How to Count Patents and Value Intellectual Property: Uses of Patent Renewal and Application Data

    Jean Lanjouw;Ariel Pakes;Jonathan Putnam

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Berry
Steven Berry Yale University
Chaim Fershtman
Chaim Fershtman Tel Aviv University
Zvi Griliches
Zvi Griliches Harvard University
James A. Levinsohn
James A. Levinsohn Yale University
Mark Schankerman
Mark Schankerman London School of Economics and Political Science
Bronwyn H. Hall
Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University
Samuel Kortum
Samuel Kortum Yale University
Shmuel Nitzan
Shmuel Nitzan Bar-Ilan University
Oliver Linton
Oliver Linton University of Cambridge

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