Alexander MacKay

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Soldiers Field Road

Boston, MA 02163

United States

http://alexandermackay.org/

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Scholarly Papers (14)

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Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 22-025, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3939126
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
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Market Power, Markups, Demand Estimation, Consumer Products, Retailers

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Competition in Pricing Algorithms

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 22 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2021
Zach Brown and Alexander MacKay
University of Michigan and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
Downloads 917 (42,809)
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Pricing Algorithms, Pricing Frequency, Online Competition

Competition in Pricing Algorithms

NBER Working Paper No. w28860
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 31 May 2021 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Zach Brown and Alexander MacKay
University of Michigan and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Estimating Models of Supply and Demand: Instruments and Covariance Restrictions

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 19-051
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 28 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2023
Alexander MacKay and Nathan Miller
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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Identification, Demand Estimation, Covariance Restrictions, Instrumental Variables

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The Empirical Effects of Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

Kilts Center for Marketing at Chicago Booth – Nielsen Dataset Paper Series 2-006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2016
Alexander MacKay and David Smith
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Analysis Group
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Leegin, Resale Prince Maintenance

Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 11 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2021
Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Stock Market Expectations, Demand Estimation, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)

Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds

NBER Working Paper No. w26608
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2023
Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Dynamic Pricing Algorithms, Consumer Harm, and Regulatory Response

100 Wash. U. L. Rev. 111 (2022)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2022
Alexander MacKay and Samuel Weinstein
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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algorithms, pricing, competition, antitrust, technology, consumer protection, law and economics, innovation

What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2023
Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Stock Market Expectations, Demand Estimation, Portfolio Choice, 401(k)

What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w29604
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Consumer Inertia and Market Power

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 06 May 2019 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2022
Alexander MacKay and Marc Remer
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Swarthmore College - Economics Department
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Consumer Inertia, Market Power, Dynamic Competition, Demand Estimation

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Dynamic Pricing and Demand Volatility: Evidence from Restaurant Food Delivery

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Alexander MacKay, Dennis Svartbäck and Anders G. Ekholm
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Priceff Ltd and University of Helsinki
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Pricing Algorithms, Dynamic Pricing, Demand Volatility, Delivery Services

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Do Markets Reduce Prices? Evidence from the U.S. Electricity Sector

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2023
Alexander MacKay and Ignacia Mercadal
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Florida
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Deregulation, Markets, Markups, Market Power, Electricity

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Contract Duration and the Costs of Market Transactions

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 12 May 2020
Alexander MacKay
Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Supply Contracts, Intermediate Goods, Switching Costs, Auctions

Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Aug 2023
Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin and Alexander MacKay
Harvard University, Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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self-preferencing, e-commerce, digital platforms, antitrust, vertical integration

Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings

NBER Working Paper No. w30894
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 30 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin and Alexander MacKay
Harvard University, Boston University and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Collusion and Coercion with Naive Rivals

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Mar 2023
Zach Brown and Alexander MacKay
University of Michigan and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Pricing Frequency, Pricing Algorithms, Online Competition, Collusion

The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation

NBER Working Paper No. w23483
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Tatyana Deryugina, Alexander MacKay and Julian Reif
University of Illinois, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence From Municipal Aggregation

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Nov 2018
Tatyana Deryugina, Alexander MacKay and Julian Reif
University of Illinois, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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