I am a 2009-2010 Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In my dissertation, I examine the effect of quality differentiation on the commitment problem a durable goods monopolist faces. My study establishes that quality differentiation may enhance market power of a durable goods monopolist and alleviate the commitment problem, and suggests that when the innate durability of a good is high, the monopolist will damage a portion of the goods and produce a lower quality good to credibly commit to high future prices for the higher quality good.

My research interests are in game theory, bargaining theory, economics of information and uncertainty, industrial organization and political economics.