Publications
Pass-Through as an Economic Tool: Principles of Incidence under Imperfect Competition
In collaboration with Glen Weyl [PDF] [JPE link]
Journal of Political Economy, 2013, vol. 121, no. 3
Abstract: We extend five principles of tax incidence under perfect competition to a general model of imperfect competition. The principles cover 1) the independence of physical and economic incidence, the 2) qualitative and 3) quantitative manner in which taxes are split between consumers and producers, 4) the determinants of tax pass-through and 5) the integration of local incidence to determine the overall division of surplus. We show how these principles can be used to simplify and generalize the analysis of a range of economic questions such as the optimal procurement of new markets and the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination.
D-Sitter Space: Causal Structure, Thermodynamics, and Entropy
In collaboration with Eva Silverstein
Journal of High Energy Physics 2004.12 (2004): 061
On Smooth Time-Dependent Orbifolds and Null Singularities
In collaboration with John McGreevy
Journal of High Energy Physics 2003.06 (2003): 042
Clean Time-Dependent String Backgrounds from Bubble Baths
In collaboration with Ofer Aharony, Gary Horowitz and Eva Silverstein
Journal of High Energy Physics 2002.07 (2002): 007
Higher-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect in String Theory
Journal of High Energy Physics 2002.05 (2002): 037
Deconstructing Noncommutativity with a Giant Fuzzy Moose
In collaboration with Allan Adams
Journal of High Energy Physics 2002.04 (2002): 006
Casimir Effect Between World-Branes in Heterotic M-Theory
In collaboration with Petr HoĊava
Nuclear Physics B 580.1 (2000): 243-263