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Associate Professor Department of Economics Texas A&M University Email: puller@econmail.tamu.edu
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3046 Allen College Station, TX 77843-4228 Phone: (979) 845-7349
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FIELDS OF INTEREST
PUBLICATIONS
(Google Scholar Listing)
"The Effect of Auction Format on Efficiency and Revenue in Divisible Goods Auctions: A Test Using Korean Treasury Auctions" with Boo-Sung Kang, Journal of Industrial Economics, 56(2): 290-332, June 2008. Paper in PDF
“Understanding Strategic Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions: A Case Study of the Texas Electricity Spot Market” with Ali Hortacsu, RAND Journal of Economics, 39(1): 86-114, Spring 2008. Paper in PDF
“The Old Boy (and Girl) Network: Social Network Formation on University Campuses” with Adi Mayer, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92, pp. 329-347, February 2008. Paper in PDF.
“The Effects of Government Transfers on Monthly Cycles in Drug Abuse, Hospitalization and Mortality” with Carlos Dobkin, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, pp. 2137-2157, December 2007. Paper in PDF
"Estimation of Competitive Conduct When Firms are Efficiently Colluding: Addressing the Corts Critique", Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming. Paper in PDF
"Pricing and Firm Conduct in California's Deregulated Electricity Market", Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(1): 75-87, February 2007. Paper in PDF
"The Strategic Use of Innovation to Influence Regulatory Standards", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 52, pp. 690-706, November 2006. Paper in PDF.
"A Primer on Electricity and the Economics of Deregulation" with James M. Griffin, Electricity Deregulation: Choices and Challenges, Griffin and Puller, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Draft
"Household Adjustment to Gasoline Price Change: An Analysis Using Nine Years of U.S. Survey Data" with Lorna Greening, Energy Economics, Vol. 21, pp. 37-52, February 1999. Paper in PDF
WORKING PAPERS
“Testing Theories of Price Dispersion and Scarcity Pricing in the Airline Industry” with Anirban Sengupta and Steve Wiggins. Abstract
“Do More Diverse Environments Increase the Diversity of Subsequent Interaction? Evidence from Random Dorm Assignment” with Sara Baker and Adi Mayer, revise and resubmit, Economics Letters. Abstract
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Do Firms Respond to Market Based Environmental Instruments? Evidence from Bidding Behavior in Electricity Markets” with Erin Mansur. Abstract
"Switching Costs and Competition: Evidence from Retail Electricity Deregulation in Texas" with Ali Hortacsu.