Contact Information
547 40th Street
Brooklyn, New York
11232
Email: michael.gmeiner@northwestern.edu
Education
Ph.D. Economics (2019) Northwestern University
M.A. Economics (2017) Northwestern University
B.S. (2015) Brigham Young University
Primary Fields of Specialization
Applied Microeconomics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Health Economics
CV: Gmeiner_CV
Job Market Paper: Regulation_Enforcement
This paper compares the effectiveness of two mechanisms of regulation enforcement: (1) the frequency of inspections and (2) penalties for violations. Threat effects of increased penalties and inspection rates, rather than corrective effects upon receiving an inspection or penalty, are the focus of analysis. Mining industry data from 2004-2009 are used to analyze the responses of mines to separate increases in inspections and citation penalties regarding regulations of safety standards. Mines significantly and permanently reduced accidents under increased inspections; however, they did not improve safety in response to increased penalties. The identification strategy results in a local average treatment effect that implies increasing inspection rates from current levels would likely increase social welfare. Results are shown to be robust to bandwidth changes and model specification. The interpretation of the estimated local effect in the context of selection is analyzed. Robustness checks regarding selection exploit staffing changes and restrict to similar samples of treated and non-treated mines, justifying that results are representative.
Publications
- “Trait-Augmented Games with Limited Skill Agents,” with V. Lambson, International Game Theory Review. This paper was accepted in December, 2020.
- “Predicting kidney transplant outcomes with partial knowledge of HLA mismatch,” with C. Manski and A. Tambur, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 116, No. 41, 2019, pp. 20339-20345.
- “Seasonal Demand and Net Entry,” Economics Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2019, pp. 1135-1143.
- “The gender gap in K-12 educator salaries,” with D. Fox and J. Price, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 68, 2019, pp. 23-26.
- “History-Dependent Mixed Strategies: Evidence from Major League Baseball,” Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2019, pp. 371-398.
- “A review of pornography use research: Methodology and results from four sources,” with J. Price and M. Worley, Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research in Cyberspace, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2015.
Working Paper Under Review
Intellectual Property Infringement and International Competition
This paper examines the relationship of intellectual property infringement on international competition and innovation. This paper is joint work with Robert Gmeiner and under review at International Review of Law and Economics.
Teaching Reviews: Evaluations
Research References
Charles Manski
Position: Professor at Northwestern University
Phone: 1-847-491-8200
E-mail: cfmanski@northwestern.edu
Christopher Udry
Position: Professor at Northwestern University
Phone: 1-847-491-8216
E-mail: christopher.udry@northwestern.edu
Anat Roitberg-Tambur
Position: Professor at Northwestern University
Phone: 1-312-503-2949
E-mail: a-tambur@northwestern.edu
Teaching References
Scott Ogawa
Position: Professor at Northwestern University
Phone: 1-847-491-8200
E-mail: sogawa@northwestern.edu
Sergio Rebelo
Position: Professor at Northwestern University
Phone: 1- 847-467-2329
E-mail: s-rebelo@kellogg.northwestern.edu