Ariel Pakes

Professor at Economics, Harvard University10 Followers

Ariel Pakes is a renowned economics professor at Harvard University. He specializes in empirical industrial organization, focusing on market responses to environmental and policy changes. Pakes has made significant contributions in demand systems, productivity analysis, and incentive schemes. His research has been applied to various industries, including auto, healthcare, and telecommunications. He has mentored many doctoral students and collaborated with government agencies and private firms. Additionally, he has received numerous awards, including the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society and the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize.

Research Interests

Empirical industrial organization demand systems environmental and policy changes incentive schemes productivity analysis

Publications

1 - THE PURE CHARACTERISTICS DEMAND MODEL*,International Economic Review

Steven Berry , Ariel Pakes ,

, 1193-1225, 2007-11-01

2 - Parag Pathak: Winner of the 2018 Clark Medal,Journal of Economic Perspectives

Ariel Pakes , Joel Sobel ,

, 231-246, 2019-02-01

3 - A Helicopter Tour of Some Underlying Issues in Empirical Industrial Organization,Annual Review of Economics

, 397-421, 2021-08-05

4 - The impact of artificial intelligence design on pricing,Journal of Economics & Management Strategy

John Asker , Chaim Fershtman , Ariel Pakes ,

, 276-304, 2023-04-13

5 - How to Count Patents and Value Intellectual Property: The Uses of Patent Renewal and Application Data,The Journal of Industrial Economics

Jean O. Lanjouw , Ariel Pakes , Jonathan Putnam ,

, 405-432, 1998-12-01

6 - Moment inequalities for multinomial choice with fixed effects,Quantitative Economics

Ariel Pakes , Jack Porter ,

, 1-25, 2024-01-01

7 - Inference for Linear Conditional Moment Inequalities,Review of Economic Studies

Isaiah Andrews , Jonathan Roth , Ariel Pakes ,

, 2763-2791, 2023-01-20

8 - A computational framework for analyzing dynamic auctions: The market impact of information sharing,The RAND Journal of Economics

John Asker , Chaim Fershtman , Jihye Jeon , Ariel Pakes ,

, 805-839, 2020-08-18

9 - Hospital Choices, Hospital Prices, and Financial Incentives to Physicians,American Economic Review

Kate Ho , Ariel Pakes ,

, 3841-3884, 2014-12-01

10 - Physician Payment Reform and Hospital Referrals,American Economic Review

Kate Ho , Ariel Pakes ,

, 200-205, 2014-05-01

11 - Artificial Intelligence, Algorithm Design, and Pricing,AEA Papers and Proceedings

John Asker , Chaim Fershtman , Ariel Pakes ,

, 452-456, 2022-05-01

12 - Dynamic Games with Asymmetric Information: A Framework for Empirical Work*,The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Chaim Fershtman , Ariel Pakes ,

, 1611-1661, 2012-11-01

13 - Simple estimators for the parameters of discrete dynamic games (with entry/exit examples),The RAND Journal of Economics

Ariel Pakes , Michael Ostrovsky , Steven Berry ,

, 373-399, 2007-06-01

14 - An Experimental Component Index for the CPI: From Annual Computer Data to Monthly Data on Other Goods,American Economic Review

Tim Erickson , Ariel Pakes ,

, 1707-1738, 2011-08-01

15 - A Reconsideration of Hedonic Price Indexes with an Application to PC’s,American Economic Review

, 1578-1596, 2003-11-01

16 - Environmental change and hedonic cost functions for automobiles,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Steven Berry , Samuel Kortum , Ariel Pakes ,

, 12731-12738, 1996-11-12

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