Research Interests for Arie Beresteanu

Arie Beresteanu came to Duke in the Fall, 2001, after receiving his Ph.D from Northwestern University. He received his B.S. in Mathematics (1994) and M.A. in Economics (1997) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His specialty is cross-sectional econometrics and, in particular, estimation under shape restrictions and partially identified models. He is interested both in theoretical issues and in applying the theory to fields like industrial organization and public finance. Professor Beresteanu's current research focuses on (1) estimation and testing for partially identified models (2) imposing restrictions coming from economic theory on nonparametric estimators and on testing. Professor Beresteanu's interests in applied Industrial Organization include the telecommunications industry and estimating dynamic models of entry and exit for retail industries.

Keywords:

Nonparametric Methods, Partially Identified Models, Sieve methods , Applied Industrial Organization, Entry and Exit, Telecommunications Industry

Current projects:

Asymptotics for partially identified models

Testing shape restrictions on nonparametric regressions

Competition in oligopolistic markets

Areas of Interest:

Econometrics
Applied Industrial Organization

Recent Publications

1. A. Beresteanu and F. Molinari, Asymptotic Properties for a Class of Partially Identified Models (Submitted, 2006)
2. Arie Beresteanu, Nonparametric analysis of cost complementarities in the telecommunications industry, RAND journal of economics (Accepted, Winter, 2005)
3. A. Beresteanu and F. Molinari, Asymptotic Properties for a Class of Partially Identified Models (Submitted, 2005) [author's comments]
4. Arie Beresteanu, Nonparametric estimation of regression function under restriction on partial derivatives (Submitted, 2004) [author's comments]
5. Arie Beresteanu, Momy Dahan, An optimal shape of income tax: evidence from Zero income tax countries - Paraguay and Uruguay (Submitted, 2004) [abs] [author's comments]