Matthew Chesnes

Economist
Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission



RESEARCH  





Papers  

Asymmetric Pass-Through in U.S. Gasoline Prices. Working Paper. Updated: June, 2010.
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    Also @ SSRN.

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Online Search (With Ginger Jin). Working Paper. Updated: May, 2010.
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Sequential Automobile Auctions (With Sung-Jin Cho and John Rust). Work in Progress.

Capacity and Utilization Choice in the U.S. Oil Refining Industry. Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Applied Econometrics. March, 2009.
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    Data:
       Plant Capacity
       Utilization Rates
       Gasoline Prices
       Distillate Prices
       Crude Oil Prices

Asymmetric Pass-Through and Supply-Side Factors. Work in Progress.

Publication Success of Economics PhDs: The Role of Affiliation (With Doug Herman). Work in Progress.

Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization. Dissertation, The University of Maryland, August 4, 2009.
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Course Notes  

Ph.D. Economics Course Notes. The University of Maryland, August 2004 - August 2009.
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Maryland Mathematics Seminar. The University of Maryland, August 2004.
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M.Sc. Economics Course Notes. LSE, 2001 - 2002.
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Other Documents  

CV. July, 2010.
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Research Statement. January, 2009.
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Paper and Memos. The Federal Reserve Board, 2002 - 2004.
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Auction Theory and Implementation: The Case of Telecom Licenses. M.Sc. Thesis, LSE, May, 2002.
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Mathematics Review Sheet. LSE, September, 2001
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Statistics Review Sheet. LSE, September, 2001
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Online Book Sales and Oil Prices. Comprehensive exam in Economics, Kenyon College, January, 2001
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Dynamical Systems and Chaos: The Mathematics and Economic Applications. Comprehensive exam in Mathematics, Kenyon College, January, 2001
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The Effects of Minimum Wage Policy on Employment and Poverty Levels. Paper for Poverty and Discrimination in America, Kenyon College, May, 2001
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Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems. Review Sheet, Kenyon College, May, 2001
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Bootstrapping. Linear Regression Models Final Exam, Kenyon College, May, 2001
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LaTex Guide. A Not-So-Short Guide to Typesetting in LaTex
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