Selected Bibliography for Chad Syverson

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Published Works  

"Marketing Investment and Intangible Brand Capital." Bart J. Bronnenberg, Jean-Pierre Dubé and Chad Syverson; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36(3), pp. 53-74.

"An Industrial Organization Perspective on Productivity," Jan De Loecker and Chad Syverson, in Handbook of Industrial Organization. K. Ho, A. Hortaçsu and A. Lizzeri, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2021, pp. 141-223.

"The Productivity J-Curve: How Intangibles Complement General Purpose Technologies." Erik Brynjolfsson, Daniel Rock and Chad Syverson; American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2021, 13(1), pp. 333-72.

"Product Innovation, Product Diversification, and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan's Early Industrialization." Serguey Braguinsky, Atsushi Ohyama, Tetsuji Okazaki and Chad Syverson; American Economic Review, 2021, 111(12), pp. 3795-826.

"Fear, Lockdown, and Diversion: Comparing Drivers of Pandemic Economic Decline 2020." Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson; Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, pp. 104311.

"Enhancing Regulatory Decision Making for Postmarket Drug Safety." Vishal Ahuja, Carlos A. Alvarez, John R. Birge and Chad Syverson; Management Science, 2021, 67(12), pp. 7493-510.

"Comment on 'from Good to Bad Concentration? US Industries over the Past 30 Years'." Chad Syverson; NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2020, 34, pp. 55-61.

"Macroeconomics and Market Power: Context, Implications, and Open Questions." Chad Syverson; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33(3), pp. 23-43.

"How Wide Is the Firm Border?*." Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortaçsu, Mary Jialin Li and Chad Syverson; The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134(4), pp. 1845-82.

"Challenges to Mismeasurement Explanations for the US Productivity Slowdown." Chad Syverson; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31(2), pp. 165-86.

"Does Mismeasurement Explain Low Productivity Growth?" Chad Syverson; Business Economics, 2017, 52(2), pp. 99-102.

"Audit Firms Face Downward-Sloping Demand Curves and the Audit Market Is Far from Perfectly Competitive." Joseph Gerakos and Chad Syverson; Review of Accounting Studies, 2017, 22(4), pp. 1582-94.

"The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning About Demand?" Lucia Foster, John Haltiwanger and Chad Syverson; Economica, 2016, 83(329), pp. 91-129.

"Productivity Dispersion in Medicine and Manufacturing." Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny and Chad Syverson; American Economic Review, 2016, 106(5), pp. 99-103.

"Health Care Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the US Health Care Sector." Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny and Chad Syverson; American Economic Review, 2016, 106(8), pp. 2110-44.

"Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry." Serguey Braguinsky, Atsushi Ohyama, Tetsuji Okazaki and Chad Syverson; American Economic Review, 2015, 105(7), pp. 2086-119.

"Competition in the Audit Market: Policy Implications." Joseph Gerakos and Chad Syverson; Journal of Accounting Research, 2015, 53(4), pp. 725-75.

"Geographic Variation in Rosiglitazone Use Surrounding Fda Warnings in the Department of Veterans Affairs." Vishal Ahuja, Min-Woong Sohn, John R. Birge, Chad Syverson, Elly Budiman-Mak, Nicholas Emanuele, Jennifer M. Cooper and Elbert S. Huang; Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 2015, 21(12), pp. 1214-34.

"The Ongoing Evolution of US Retail: A Format Tug-of-War." Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2015, 29(4), pp. 89-112.

"Vertical Integration and Input Flows." Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson; American Economic Review, 2014, 104(4), pp. 1120-48.

"Toward an Understanding of Learning by Doing: Evidence from an Automobile Assembly Plant." Steven D. Levitt, John A. List and Chad Syverson; Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 121(4), pp. 643-81.

"Will History Repeat Itself? Comments." Chad Syverson; International Productivity Monitor, 2013, (25), pp. 37-40.

"Indirect Costs of Financial Distress in Durable Goods Industries: The Case of Auto Manufacturers." Ali Hortaçsu, Gregor Matvos, Chad Syverson and Sriram Venkataraman; Review of Financial Studies, 2013, 26(5), pp. 1248-90.

"Online Versus Offline Competition," Ethan Lieber and Chad Syverson, in The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy. M. Peitz and J. Waldfogel, Oxford Handbooks. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 189-223.

"Is an Automaker's Road to Bankruptcy Paved with Customers' Beliefs?" Ali Hortaçsu, Gregor Matvos, Chaehee Shin, Chad Syverson and Sriram Venkataraman; American Economic Review, 2011, 101(3), pp. 93-97.

"What Determines Productivity?" Chad Syverson; Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49(2), pp. 326-65.

"Technological Change and the Growing Inequality in Managerial Compensation." Hanno Lustig, Chad Syverson and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh; Journal of Financial Economics, 2011, 99(3), pp. 601-27.

"E-Commerce and the Market Structure of Retail Industries." Maris Goldmanis, Ali Hortaçsu, Chad Syverson and Önsel Emre; The Economic Journal, 2010, 120(545), pp. 651-82.

"Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency: Selection on Productivity or Profitability?" Lucia Foster, John Haltiwanger and Chad Syverson; The American Economic Review, 2008, 98(1), pp. 394-425.

"Markets: Ready-Mixed Concrete." Chad Syverson; The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22(1), pp. 217-34.

"Market Distortions When Agents Are Better Informed: The Value of Information in Real Estate Transactions." Steven D. Levitt and Chad Syverson; Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90(4), pp. 599-611.

"Antitrust Implications of Outcomes When Home Sellers Use Flat-Fee Real Estate Agents." Steven D. Levitt and Chad Syverson; Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2008, 2008, pp. 47-93.

"How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines." Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123(4), pp. 1611-33.

"Prices, Spatial Competition and Heterogeneous Producers: An Empirical Test*." Chad Syverson; The Journal of Industrial Economics, 2007, 55(2), pp. 197-222.

"Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices." Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson; Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115(2), pp. 250-301.

"Market Structure and Productivity: A Concrete Example." Chad Syverson; Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112(6), pp. 1181-222.

"Product Substitutability and Productivity Dispersion." Chad Syverson; Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86( 2), pp. 534.

"Product Differentiation, Search Costs, and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study of S&P 500 Index Funds." Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119(2), pp. 403.

Output Market Structure and Productivity Heterogeneity; Chad W. Syverson; Ph.D Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2001.