Andrew T Sweeting, Assistant Professor

For recent working papers, please visit my personal website

Contact Info:

Office Location:	220A Social Sciences
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 1883
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://econ.duke.edu/~atsweet/

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• ECON 461.01, HOW MARKETS WORK Synopsis

  TBA, Tu 11:45 AM-02:15 PM

• ECON 881.07, TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECON Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM

• ECON 881.08, TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECON Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM

• ECON 951S.03, APPLIED MICRO RESEARCH Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, W 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Office Hours:

Tuesday 1:30-2:30 or by appointment

Specialties:

Industrial Organization
Econometrics

Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Antitrust, Marketing, Applied Econometrics

Professor Sweeting's research has looked at a number of applied topics in empirical industrial organization and antitrust, including the effects of mergers in media and retail industries, the role of product repositioning in ameliorating the effects of mergers, market power in energy markets and the pricing and design of markets for perishable goods. He is also active in the design of appropriate empirical methods for estimating static games with multiple equilibria, entry models with selection and static and dynamic games with unobserved heterogeneity.

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Lawrence J. Mazur  
• Chris Geissler  
• Merve Akbas  
• Kyle Mangum  
• Chung-Ying Lee  
• Christoph Bauner  
• Yair Taylor  
• Ralph A. Mastromonaco  
• Emily Wang  
• Elisheba Spiller  
• Elliot Anenberg  
• Edward C. Kung  

Working Papers

1. A.T. Sweeting, J. W. Roberts, When Should Sellers Use Auctions? (December, 2010)  [abs]
2. A.T. Sweeting, J. W. Roberts, Entry and Selection in Auctions (2010)  [abs]
3. A.T. Sweeting, Dynamic Product Repositioning in Differentiated Product Industries: The Case of Format, revise and resubmit, Econometrica (2007)
4. A.T. Sweeting, The Wholesale Market for Electricity in England and Wales: Recent Developments and Future Reforms, available as MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research WP 2000-07 (2000)

Recent Publications

1. A.T. Sweeting, The Effects of Mergers on Product Positioning: Evidence from the Music Radio Industry, RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 41 no. 2 (Summer, 2010), pp. 372-97
2. A.T. Sweeting, The Timing of Radio Commercials: An Empirical Analysis Using Multiple Equilibria, RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 40 no. 4 (Winter, 2009), pp. 710-742
3. A.T. Sweeting, Price Dynamics in Perishable Goods Markets: The Case of Secondary Markets for Major League Baseball Tickets (Submitted, 2009)
4. A.T. Sweeting, Market Power in the England and Wales Wholesale Electricity Market, Economic Journal, vol. 117 no. 520 (April, 2007), pp. 654-685
5. A.T. Sweeting, Coordination, Differentiation and the Timing of Radio Commercials, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 15 no. 4 (Winter, 2006), pp. 909-942