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Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Energy & Environmental Economics, International Trade, Applied Microeconomics

Curriculum Vitae: CV
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Publications:

1. Salvo, A. and C. Huse (forthcoming). “Build It, But Will They Come? Evidence from Consumer Choice between Gasoline and Sugarcane Ethanol”
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

2. Deltas, G., A. Salvo and H. Vasconcelos (2012). “Consumer-Surplus-Enhancing Collusion and Trade”
RAND Journal of Economics, 43(2), pp. 315-328

3. Deltas, G., A. Salvo and H. Vasconcelos (2012). “Social-Welfare-Enhancing Collusion and Trade”
In: Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation, edited by Joseph E. Harrington, Yannis Katsoulacos, and Pierre Regibeau, pp. 140-160. Elgar Publishing

4. Salvo, A. and C. Huse (2011). “Is Arbitrage Tying the Price of Ethanol to that of Gasoline? Evidence from the Uptake of Flexible-Fuel Technology”
ONLINE APPENDIX: “Further Details on Data and Causality Tests”
Energy Journal, 32(3), pp. 119-148

5. Salvo, A. (2010). “Inferring Market Power under the Threat of Entry: The Case of the Brazilian Cement Industry”
SUPPLEMENT: “Online Appendix to Inferring Market Power under the Threat of Entry”
RAND Journal of Economics, 41(2), pp. 326-350
* An earlier version of this paper won an Antitrust Policy Award from the Brazilian Ministry of the Treasury in November 2007.

6. Salvo, A. (2010). “Trade Flows in a Spatial Oligopoly: Gravity Fits Well, But What Does it Explain?”
Canadian Journal of Economics, 43(1), pp. 63-96
* This paper won the Robert Mundell prize, awarded by the Canadian Economics Association for the best article published in the Canadian Journal of Economics in 2010 written by a young economist.

7. Salvo, A. (2010). “Sequential Cross-Border Mergers in Models of Oligopoly”
Economica, 77(306), pp. 352-383

8. Salvo, A. (2009). “Cut-Throat Fringe Competition in an Emerging Country Market: Tax Evasion or the Absence of Market Power?”
SUPPLEMENT: “Online Appendix to Cut-Throat Fringe Competition in an Emerging Country Market”
Journal of Industrial Economics, 57(4), pp. 677-711
* This paper won a Young Economists’ Essay Award from the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics in September 2007.

9. Huse, C. and A. Salvo (2006). “Estimation and Identification of Demand and Supply”
In: Quantitative Methods Applied to Antitrust and Regulation, edited by Eduardo P. S. Fiuza and Ronaldo Seroa da Motta (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, IPEA), pp. 23-151. Brasília: SDE (Ministry of Justice) [In Portuguese]

10. Salvo, A. and D. F. Spulber (2006). “Cemex: International Market Maker in Cement”
Journal of Strategic Management Education, 3, 1-24

Published Policy Papers:

1. Salvo, A. (2008). “A Cautionary Note on the Applicability of the Bresnahan-Lau Framework”
Revista de Direito da Concorrência, 18 (special edition on cartels), pp. 11-59 [In Portuguese, prepared for the Administrative Council for Economic Defense-CADE, Ministry of Justice]

Working Papers:

1. (Joint with Alon Eizenberg) “Grab Them Before They Go Generic: Habit Formation and the Emerging Middle Class”
[Revise & Resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics]

2. (Joint with Franz M. Geiger, Northwestern Chemistry) “Fuel Mix and Air Quality during the 2009-2011 Natural Experiment in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area”
[Latest version: October 2012, embargoed as per candidate journal policy]

3. “Raising the Salience of Prices across Alternative Motor Fuels: Consumer Experiments at Brazilian Gas Stations”

4. “Social Effects and Alternative Motor Fuels: Consumer Experiments at Brazilian Gas Stations”

Work in Progress:

(Joint with Alon Eizenberg) “Pricing and Entry in the Wake of an Emerging Middle Class”

(Joint with Franz M. Geiger and Mona Shrestha, Northwestern Chemistry, Joel Brito and Paulo Artaxo, Physics Institute at the University of São Paulo) “Fuel Mix and Air Quality, with a Focus on Aerosol Particles” [Supported by Northwestern's ISEN]

(Joint with Jiaxiu He, Northwestern ISEN/Kellogg, Franz M. Geiger, Northwestern Chemistry and Nelson Gouveia, University of São Paulo Preventive Medicine) “Air and Ground Traffic, Meteorology, Air Pollution and Health” [Supported by Northwestern's ISEN, Kellogg's GM Research Center, and Kellogg's CRTI]

“The Consumer Welfare Effect of Ethanol”

(Joint with Tiago Pires) “The Tip of the Iceberg: Actual Trade Flows Understate the Extent of Globalization”

(Joint with George Deltas and Helder Vasconcelos) “Market Allocation Schemes”