Vaarun Vijairaghavan

Vaarun Vijairaghavan is a Visiting Scholar at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. He holds a PhD in Business Technology Management from the University of Calgary, an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune, India.

His research centers on the Economics of Information Systems, with a focus on data regulation, platform dynamics, and IT productivity. Key interests include data portability, data ownership, GDPR's impact on competition, and how platforms influence firm investment and profitability.

He employs analytical modeling and econometric methods to study how IT affects energy productivity, firm costs, and financial reporting metrics such as accrual size and precision. His work bridges technology, economics, and policy, particularly in digital platform ecosystems.

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