Javier D. Donna

Howard P. Marvel Scholar Assistant Professor of Economics
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Contact Information:

Department of Economics
The Ohio State University
1945 N High St
425 Arps Hall
Columbus, OH 43210-1120, USA

Phone: 614-688-0364
Fax:      614-292-3906
E-mail: donna.1@osu.edu

Fields of Research Interest:

  • Industrial Organization
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Empirical Auctions
  • Computational Economics

Teaching:

  • Ph.D. Empirical IO
  • Undergraduate IO
  • Undergraduate Government and Business

Welcome

I am the Howard P. Marvel Scholar Assistant Professor of Economics at The Ohio State University. 

I received my PhD from the Economics' Department of Northwestern University. I joined the Economics' Department at Ohio State in 2012. I was born in Mendoza, Argentina.

My fields of research interest are industrial organization, applied microeconomics, empirical auctions, public finance, and computational economics.

My research focuses on investigating the efficiency of market and non-market institutions, demand estimation, and their implications for price competition and market power. It is centered on models of strategic interactions such as auctions, networks, and discrete choice models.

I teach industrial organization both at the undergraduate and Ph.D. levels.

Here you will find my research page, vita, and contact information.  

Enjoy your visit!

Submitted and Working Papers:

1. “The Illiquidity of Water Markets: Efficient Institutions for Water Allocation in Southeastern Spain.” (with J. Espin-Sanchez), revision requested by Econometrica (third round resubmitted).

- Awarded the Public Utility Research Prize for the Best Paper in Regulatory Economics at the IIOC, April 2016. Some photos of the dinner and the conference. 
- Summarized in Global Water Forum, VOX EU, and News and Updates.


(with P. Pereira, T. Pires, and A. Trindade)

- Awarded Best Paper in the competition "Concorrência nos mercados" by Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos (GEE), May 2018.

- This paper was recently accepted for presentations at IIOC, SED, and Barcelona GSE Summer Forum: Consumer Search and Switching Costs.





(with P. Schenone and G. Veramendi). Updated version submitted.
- A version of this paper was presented at the 2017 NBER Summer Institute Micro and Macro Perspectives.

- An updated version of this paper, with an empirical application, is available upon request.




5. “Travel Demand, Hysteresis, and Price Elasticities: Evidence from Chicago.”

- An updated preliminary draft of this paper is available upon request.




6. “Let the Punishment Fit the Criminal: Punishment Progressivity in a Self-governed Community in Southeastern Spain” (with J. Espin-Sanchez) 
Submitted.



7. “Quantifying the Welfare Effects in Networked Markets.”
(with J. Boehnke, D. Masterov, and G. Veramendi)

- Extended abstract.




Research in Progress:


8. “Consideration Sets and Price Dispersion: Evidence from eBay.”
(with J. Boehnke, D. Masterov, and G. Veramendi)

- Slides of this paper are available upon request.


9. “Estimating the Network Structure of Labor Markets: The Effect of Job Search Assistance.” (with R. Vejlin and G. Veramendi)


10. “Quantity Discounts, Price Discrimination, and Incentive Compatibility Constraints.” (with T. Pires)

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

11. “Complements and Substitutes in Sequential Auctions: The Case of Water Auctions," (with J. Espin-Sanchez), RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 87–127, 2018.

- A version of this paper was my job market paper in 2012, and it was awarded the Best Paper Award at EARIE (2012) and JEI (2012).


12. “Frictions in Internet Auctions with Many Traders: a Counterexample.” (with P. Schenone and G. Veramendi), Economics Letters, 138, 81-84, 2016.


13. “Crime and Beliefs: Evidence from Latin America.” (with R. Di Tella and R. MacCulloch), Economics Letters, 99, 566–569, 2008.


14. “Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility, and Crime in the Determination of Beliefs in Venezuela.” (with R. Di Tella and R. MacCulloch), In: Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse, chapter 13, edited by Ricardo Hausmann, and Francisco R. Rodríguez, Penn State University Press, 2014.