Faculty : Gautam Gowrisankaran

	Associate Professor of Economics McCoy-Rogers Fellow
	Industrial Organization, Health Economics and Applied Econometrics
	Phone:	520.621.2529
	Fax:	520.621.8450
	Email:	gowrisankaran@eller.arizona.edu
	Website	http://www.u.arizona.edu/~gowrisan/
	Office:	McClelland Hall, Room 401HH

Current Research

Prof. Gowrisankaran's research focuses on industrial organization, health economics and applied econometrics. His recent research has examined the dynamics of pricing for durable goods industries as well as a variety of issues related to competition among hospitals and health care providers.

Recent Research Papers

• “Electoral Design and Voter Welfare from the U.S. Senate: Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model,” with Matthew F. Mitchell and Andrea Moro (2007). Review of Economic Dynamics, forthcoming.
• "Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods," with Marc Rysman (2007).
• “Quantifying Equilibrium Network Externalities in the ACH Banking Industry,” with Daniel A. Ackerberg (2006). RAND Journal of Economics 37: 738-61.
• “Mergers and the Evolution of Industry Concentration: Results from the Dominant Firm Model,” with Thomas J. Holmes (2004). RAND Journal of Economics 35: 561–82.

Other Selected Publications

• “Bayesian Inference For Hospital Quality in a Selection Model,” with John Geweke and Robert J. Town (2003). Econometrica 71: 1215 – 1238.
• “A Dynamic Model of Endogenous Horizontal Mergers,” (1999). RAND Journal of Economics 30: 56 – 83.
• “Dynamic Equilibrium in the Hospital Industry,” with Robert J. Town (1997). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 6: 45 – 74.
• “Quality and Employers' Choice of Health Plan,” with Michael Chernew, Catherine McLaughlin and Teresa Gibson (2004). Journal of Health Economics 23: 471–92.