Howard W Smith

D.Phil., University of Oxford

University Lecturer in Economics

College or Institution: Keble College

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Research Interests

Summary: Industrial Organization, Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconometrics, Differentiated Products.

My current research is in two areas. First, using a detailed panel of 5000 households over two years, I estimate a consumer model of the number of stores visited in any period. The work will analyze the variation in shopping costs across consumers, and the impact of these costs on firm behaviour. Second, I estimate a model of endogenous market structure in the US commercial radio market using a dataset of ownership changes after deregulation in 1996.

Courses Taught at the University

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Undergraduate - Economics of Industry
M.Phil. - Advanced Econometrics
M.Phil. - Econometrics

Research Group(s)

Financial Economics
Industrial Economics
Microeconomic Theory

Recent Working Papers

Upstream Competition and Downstream Buyer Power (2009)
Bargaining Between Retailers and their Suppliers (2008)
Efficiency Gain from Ownership Deregulation: Estimates for the Radio Industry (2008)
Sinking the Internet: Pricing, Sunk Costs, and Market Structure Online (2000)
Entry and Exit in Grocery Retailing: Local Pre-Emption and Social Efficiency (2000)
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