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Matthew Backus is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on Industrial Organization, with an emphasis on antitrust, auctions, bargaining, productivity, and welfare economics. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan (2012).
Backus’s work explores topics such as common ownership’s impact on market competition, dynamics in online bargaining, and the empirical analysis of consumer behavior. His recent studies address questions about reference point formation in markets, the relationship between productivity and competition, and the implications of search costs in auction markets. He has contributed to debates on corporate governance structures and their effects on economic efficiency.
His research spans theoretical and empirical analyses, leveraging large datasets from digital platforms to understand modern market interactions. Notable contributions include studies on common ownership in industries like cereal production and its antitrust implications, as well as investigations into communication failures in bargaining processes.
