Mo Xiao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics Eller College of Management The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Office Phone: 520-621-2192 Dept. Fax: 520-6218450  Email: mxiao [at] eller.arizona.edu

Research

• Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
• Publications:
  • “Who Thinks about the Competition: Managerial Ability and Strategic Entry in US Local Telephone Markets,” (with Avi Goldfarb), working paper version, code, forthcoming, American Economic Review.
  • “The Impact of Regulation on Supply and Quality of Care in the Childcare Market,” (with V. Joseph Hotz), working paper version, table appendix, American Economic Review, 2011, 101(5), 1775-1805.
  • “Behavioral Models of Managerial Decision Making,” (with Avi Goldfarb, Teck-Hua Ho, and others), forthcoming, working paper version, Marketing Letters.
  • “Does the Fourth Entrant Make Any Difference? Entry and Competition in the Early U.S. Broadband Market,” (with Peter F. Orazem), working paper version, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, vol. 29: 547-561.
  • “Strategic Information Disclosure: The Case of Multi-Attribute Products with Heterogeneous Consumers,” (with V. Joseph Hotz), working paper version, forthcoming, Economic Inquiry.
  • Here is an older version for those who are interested in a case referred by the new version.
  • “Is Quality Certification Effective? Evidence from the Childcare Market,” working paper version, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, vol. 28: 708–721.
• Working Papers:
  • “Entry under Subsidy: the Competitive U.S. Local Telephone Industry,” (with Ying Fan), working paper.
  • “Is Your Neighbor Your Enemy? Strategic Entry into the US Broadband Market”, (with Peter F. Orazem), working paper.

Curriculum Vita

Teaching

• Econ 460: Industrial Organization, the University of Arizona
• Econ 696Q: Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization, the University of Arizona