Christopher Conlon

Christopher Conlon joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Economics in July 2016.

Professor Conlon's research focuses on industrial organization and econometrics. More specifically, his work examines contractual relationships between manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Important aspects of these relationships include the assortment and availability of products and the dynamics of price competition over time. His recent studies have looked at interactions between taxes, regulations and competition among firms. He has also developed a number of tools for antitrust practitioners. His recent work has examined a variety of industries including LCD televisions, alcoholic beverages and snack foods.

Before joining NYU Stern, Professor Conlon was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University.

He received his A.B. in Applied Mathematics and his A.M. in Statistics from Harvard University, and he holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.

Research Interests

• Industrial organization
• Econometrics
• Contractual relationships

Academic Background

Ph.D., Economics
Yale University

A.M., Statistics
Harvard University

A.B., Applied Mathematics
Harvard University

Publications

• Demand Estimation under Incomplete Product Availability. (2013)
  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. (w/ Julie Mortimer)
• Theory and Measurement of Common Ownership (w/ Matt Backus and Michael Sinkinson)
  AEA Papers and Proceedings (May 2020).
• Discrete Prices and the Incidence and Efficiency of Excise Taxes (with Nirupama Rao)
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (November 2020).
• Best Practices for Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with pyBLP (with Jeff Gortmaker)
  RAND Journal of Economics (November 2020).
• Common Ownership in America 1980-2017 (w/ Matt Backus and Michael Sinkinson)
  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (August 2021).
• All Units Discount: Experimental Evidence from the Vending Industry (w/ J. Mortimer).
  Journal of Political Economy (December 2021).
• Empirical Properties of Diversion Ratios (w/ Julie Mortimer)
  RAND Journal of Economics (Winter 2021)