James A. Levinsohn

University of Michigan

Associate Professor of Economics

611 Tappan Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

31

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Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

On the Misuse of Regressions of Price on the HHI in Merger Review

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3974267, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-34
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, Yale University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management, American University - Washington College of Law, Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford University - Department of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University - Law School, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Economics Group, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley - School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Georgetown University Law Center, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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mergers, antitrust, regressions of price on HHI

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

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Nov 2001
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Downloads 515 (114,114)
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Product Differentiation, Autos, Demand Estimation

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

NBER Working Paper No. w6481
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data: The New Car Market

Posted: 26 Jan 2004
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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International Trade Theory: The Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w4940
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Edward E. Leamer and James A. Levinsohn
University of California at Los Angeles and University of Michigan
Downloads 597 (96,084)
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Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables

NBER Working Paper No. w7819
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
James A. Levinsohn and Amil Petrin
University of Michigan and University of Minnesota - Duluth
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The Distributional Impacts of Indonesia's Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: A 'Rapid Response' Methodology

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Sep 2001
Jed Friedman and James A. Levinsohn
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Michigan
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Indonesia, Currency Crisis, Welfare Distribution, Compensating Variation, Non-Parametric Regression

The Distributional Impacts of Indonesia's Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: A "Rapid Response" Methodology

NBER Working Paper No. w8564
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Oct 2001 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Jed Friedman and James A. Levinsohn
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Michigan
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Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium: Part I and Ii

NBER Working Paper No. w4264
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Carwars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets

A1.159 WP 389
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Feb 1998
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
Downloads 154 (401,085)
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Carwars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w5349
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
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Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid

NBER Working Paper No. w11384
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of CommerceSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Michigan and Columbia University - Law School
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Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-Level Data

NBER Working Paper No. w11887
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Amil Petrin and James A. Levinsohn
University of Minnesota - Duluth and University of Michigan
Downloads 145 (420,945)
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Monopolistic Competition and International Trade: Reconsidering the Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w4389
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
David L. Hummels and James A. Levinsohn
Purdue University - Department of Economics and University of Michigan
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Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Strategic Tradepolicy

NBER Working Paper No. w5235
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Strategic Trade Policy

WP 393
Posted: 20 Jan 1998
Steven Berry, James A. Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes
Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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12.

Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w13167
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of Michigan, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health and University of Cape Town - Faculty of Commerce - School of Economics
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Competition Policy and International Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w4972
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
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14.

Fooling Ourselves: Evaluating the Globalization and Growth Debate

NBER Working Paper No. w10244
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Juan Carlos Hallak and James A. Levinsohn
University of San Andres (UMSA) - Department of Economics and University of Michigan
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Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis: Price Changes and the Poor

NBER Working Paper No. w7194
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Sep 1999 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
James A. Levinsohn, Steven Berry and Jed Friedman
University of Michigan, Yale University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?: The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries Since 1972

NBER Working Paper No. w8348
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
James A. Levinsohn and Wendy Petropoulos
University of Michigan and Compass Lexecon
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When Knowledge is Not Enough: Hiv/Aids Information and Risky Behavior in Botswana

NBER Working Paper No. w12418
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
Taryn Dinkelman, James A. Levinsohn and Rolang Majelantle
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Import Competition and the Stock Market Return to Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w2420
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Gene M. Grossman and James A. Levinsohn
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and University of Michigan
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Testing the Imports-as-Market-Discipline Hypothesis

NBER Working Paper No. w3657
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
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When Industries Become More Productive, Do Firms?

NBER Working Paper No. w6893
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 May 1999 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
James A. Levinsohn and Amil Petrin
University of Michigan and University of Minnesota - Duluth
Downloads 67 (705,385)
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Individual Migration and Household Incomes

NBER Working Paper No. w22326
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of EconomicsYale University, Department of Economics - Students, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of CommerceSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit and University of Michigan
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Merger Policies and Trade Liberalization

NBER Working Paper No. w6077
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
Henrik Horn and James A. Levinsohn
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Michigan
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Distance, Demand, and Oligopoly Pricing

NBER Working Paper No. w3076
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Robert C. Feenstra and James A. Levinsohn
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics and University of Michigan
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Globalization and the Returns to Speaking English in South Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w10985
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2022
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
Downloads 50 (812,299)
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Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia

NBER Working Paper No. w11048
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2022
James A. Levinsohn and Margaret McMillan
University of Michigan and Tufts University - Department of Economics
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Taxes, Tariffs, and the Global Corporation

NBER Working Paper No. w3500
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
James A. Levinsohn and Joel B. Slemrod
University of Michigan and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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A Simple, Consistent Estimator for Disturbance Components in Financial Models

NBER Working Paper No. t0080
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
James A. Levinsohn and Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason
University of Michigan and UC Berkeley
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Fifteen Years on: Household Incomes in South Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w16661
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Murray Leibbrandt, Murray Leibbrandt and James A. Levinsohn
University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of CommerceSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit and University of Michigan
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Firm Heterogeneity, Jobs, and International Trade: Evidence from Chile

NBER Working Paper No. w5808
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan
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Firm Heterogeneity, Jobs, and International Trade: Evidence from Chile

University of Michigan Working Paper No. 390
Posted: 01 Feb 1998
James A. Levinsohn
University of Michigan

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Prospective Analysis of a Wage Subsidy for Cape Town Youth

NBER Working Paper No. w17248
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
James A. Levinsohn and Todd Pugatch
University of Michigan and State University of New York (SUNY) - University at Buffalo
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HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w16901
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
James A. Levinsohn, Zoe McLaren, Olive Shisana and Khangelani Zuma
University of Michigan, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
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