Kevin R. Williams
Associate Professor of Economics
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Kevin Williams’ research is in the areas of industrial organization and applied microeconomics. Some of his recent research investigates the consumer benefits of increasing product variety due to online retail, the strategies of brick-and-mortar retailers tailoring prices and products to local markets, and the impact of dynamic airline pricing on firm revenue and consumer welfare. Professor Williams obtained his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
Education
- PhD, University of Minnesota, 2014
- MA, University of Minnesota, 2011
- BA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Selected Works
Articles
- The Welfare Effects of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from Airline Markets
K. R. Williams
Econometrica
March 2022, Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 831-858
Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Sequential Quantity-Price Games
J. D. Dana, Jr. and K. R. Williams
Marketing Science
February 2022
JUE Insight: Distributional Impacts of Retail Vaccine Availability
J. A. Chevalier, J. L. Schwartz, Y. Su, and K. R. Williams
Journal of Urban Economics
January 2022, Volume 127 - JUE Insight: Measuring movement and social contact with smartphone data: a real-time application to COVID-19
V. Coulture, J. I. Dingel, A. Green, J. Handbury, and K. R. Williams
Journal of Urban Economics
January 2022, Volume 127 - Zone Pricing in Retail Oligopoly
B. Adams and K. R. Williams
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
February 2019, Volume 11, Number 1, Pages 124-56 - Product variety, across-market demand heterogeneity, and the value of online retail
T. W. Quan and K. R. Williams
The RAND Journal of Economics
September 2018, Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 877-913
Working Papers
- Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence From a Large U.S. Airline
A. Hortasçu, O. R. Natan, H. Parsley, T.Schwieg, and K. R. Williams
2021 - Incorporating Search and Sales Information in Demand Estimation
A. Hortasçu, O. R. Natan, H. Parsley, T.Schwieg, and K. R. Williams
2021 - Aiming for the Goal: Contribution Dynamics of Crowdfunding
J. Deb, A. Öry, and K. R. Williams
2021