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Avinash (Avi) Collis is an Assistant Professor at the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT Sloan School of Management and is a digital fellow at MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy and Stanford's Digital Economy Lab. His research focuses on the economic implications of information technologies, particularly in the digital economy, consumer welfare, and policy. He co-created GDP-B, a novel measure of welfare and growth in digital economies.
Education: Ph.D. from MIT Sloan School of Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Research Interests: Examines how digitization impacts economies and societies. Key topics include valuing free digital goods, regulating platform monopolies, and understanding social media network effects. He explores these through lenses of consumer surplus, data valuation, and policy implications.
Policy Engagement: Advises the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC), influencing agencies like BEA and BLS. His work has been featured in major media outlets (NYT, WSJ, BBC) and policy reports by the US White House, Federal Reserve, and UK Treasury.
Roles: Active presenter at OECD, European Commission, IMF, and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Focuses on bridging academic research with practical policy solutions.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates through MIT and Stanford digital economy initiatives, contributing to interdisciplinary projects on digital welfare metrics and platform governance.
