Ali Kakhbod

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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1.

Dynamic Pricing in Social Networks: The Word of Mouth Effect

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2015
Amir Ajorlou, Ali Jadbabaie and Ali Kakhbod
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Information diffusion, word of mouth, price fluctuations, social networks, network externality, homophily, zero pricing, monopoly pricing

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Optimal Contracting in Networks

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5173-16
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 05 May 2016 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2019
Ali Jadbabaie and Ali Kakhbod
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Network Economics, Information Rent, Asymmetric Information, Multilateral Contracts, Bilateral Contracts

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Advising the Management

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Ali Kakhbod, Uliana Loginova, Andrey Malenko and Nadya Malenko
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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shareholder voting; board of directors; advisory committee; communication; heterogeneous beliefs; authority; diversity

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Information Disclosure in Dynamic OTC Markets

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Ali Kakhbod and Fei Song
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
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Information Disclosure, OTC market, Dynamic trading, Market efficiency, Regime-switching fundamentals, Incentive

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Information Choice and Amplification of Financial Crises

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Toni Ahnert and Ali Kakhbod
Government of Canada - Bank of Canada and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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amplification, financial crises, global games, information choice

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Dynamic Price Discovery: Transparency vs. Information Design

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Ali Kakhbod and Fei Song
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
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Price Discovery. Information design. Asymmetric Information. Heterogenous Risk-aversion. Incentive. Public Offer vs. Private Offer.

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Liquidity Regulation, Bank Complexity and Policy: GFC vs COVID-19 Crisis

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 25 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Joshua Bosshardt and Ali Kakhbod
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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liquidity regulation; bank complexity; repo market; crisis

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Why did Firms Draw Down their Credit Lines during the COVID-19 Shutdown?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2020
Joshua Bosshardt and Ali Kakhbod
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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credit lines, COVID-19, liquidity, investment

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Dynamic R&D Contracting

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2020
Ali Kakhbod and Kevin Li
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Dynamic continuous-time contracts, Moral hazard, Imperfect monitoring

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Pricing Errors as Positive Alpha

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2019
Ali Kakhbod and Maziar Kazemi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Active Management, Negative Performance Puzzle, Pricing Kernel

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The Effect of Liquidity Regulation on U.S. Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from Non-Performing Loans and CDS Spreads

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Joshua Bosshardt and Ali Kakhbod
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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liquidity regulation, bank risk, reserve requirements, liquidity coverage ratio

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Selling Wind

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2019
Ali Kakhbod, Asuman E. Ozdaglar and Ian Schneider
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Energy finance, Commodity market, Market power, Pricing wind, Diversification, Investment, Public forecasting, Collusion

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Managerial Protections, Capital Requirements, and Bank Lending

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Joshua Bosshardt and Ali Kakhbod
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Managerial protections, Stress testing, Capital structure, Ownership structure, Investment, Banking

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Market Power and Asymmetric Learning in Product Markets

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ali Kakhbod and Giacomo Lanzani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Market Optimism, Market Structure, Market Power, Trading, Learning

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Speed Competition and Segmentation in Illiquid Markets

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 12 Jan 2021
Oguzhan Celebi, Ali Kakhbod and Kevin Li
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Market Fragmentation, Speed Segmentation, Trading Volume, Competition, Liquidity, OTC Market, Dynamic Trading

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When does introducing verifiable communication choices improve welfare?

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2021
Ali Kakhbod and Uliana Loginova
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Hard and soft communication, Welfare, Incentive, Networks, Cost structure