Mo Xiao, Ph.D.   Assistant Professor  Department of Economics Eller College of Management The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721

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• Contact:

  • Office Phone: 520-6212192

  • Dept. Fax: 520-6218450

  • Email: mxiaoATellerDOTarizonaDOTedu

• Curriculum Vita

• Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

• Research Papers:

  • "Who Thinks about the Competition: Managerial Ability and Strategic Entry in US Local Telephone Markets," (with Avi Goldfarb), full paper (pdf)

  • “Is Your Neighbor Your Enemy: Strategic Entry into the US Broadband Market”, (with Peter F. Orazem), full paper (pdf)

  • "Do Entry Conditions Vary over Time? Entry and Competition in the U.S. Broadband Market: 1999-2003," (with Peter F. Orazem),  full paper (pdf)  

  • "The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Firms’ Entry, Exit, and Quality Choice: The Childcare Market," (with V. Joseph Hotz), abstract, full paper (pdf)

  • "Strategic Information Disclosure: The Case of Multi-Attribute Products with Heterogeneous Consumers," (with V. Joseph Hotz), abstract, full paper (pdf)

  • "Is Quality Certification Effective? Evidence from the Childcare Market,"  abstract, full paper (pdf)

• Ph.D. dissertation: In my Ph.D. dissertation Incentives, Effectiveness and Welfare Impact of Quality Information Supply, I study how and to what extent market-driven and government-enforced information provision on product quality alleviates informational problems that consumers may face. Click here to read a summary.

• Teaching

  • Econ 460: Industrial Organization, University of Arizona

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

  • Econ 519: Mathematics for Economists, University of Arizona

• Personal: my hobbies, fun stuff, and more...

 

          Last Updated: October 2008