Michael Sinkinson

Michael Sinkinson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management, specializing in Applied Microeconomics and Industrial Organization. His research focuses on questions of market structure as they relate to the industries of media, technology, and telecommunications. Specific topics he has worked on in this area include advertising, contracting, product positioning and spectrum allocation. His research has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review. Michael received his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University and Harvard Business School and his undergraduate degree in Commerce from Queen’s University. At Yale, Michael teaches Microeconomics in the MBA and EMBA programs. Prior to Academia, he worked in consulting at McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research, and worked as a researcher at the University of Chicago.

EDUCATION

• PhD , Harvard University | Harvard Business School, 2012
• AM , Harvard University, 2009
• Queen''s University , B.Com, 2004

SELECTED ARTICLES

Ask Your Doctor? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals M. Sinkinson and A. Starc The Review of Economic Studies 2019

Mixed Pricing in Online Marketplaces M. Sinkinson and K. Seim Quantitative Marketing and Economics 2016

Do newspapers serve the state? Incumbent party influence on the US press, 1869-1928 M. Sinkinson, M. Gentzkow, J. M. Shapiro, and N. Petek Journal of the European Economic Association 2015

Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from U.S. Newspapers M. Sinkinson, M. Gentzkow, and J.M. Shapiro American Economic Review 2014

The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics M. Sinkinson, M. Gentzkow, and J.M. Shapiro American Economic Review 2011

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

Common Ownership in America: 1980-2017 M. Sinkinson, M. Backus, and C. Conlon Pricing and Entry Incentives with Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from Smartphones M. Sinkinson

Ownership Concentration and Strategic Supply Reduction M. Sinkinson, U. Doraszelski, K. Seim, and P. Wang

Mixed Pricing in Online Marketplaces M. Sinkinson and K. Seim