Policy experience

Under Chief Economist Richard O'Neill, I prepared a paper outlining the theory and assumptions underlying models of oligopoly. I generated an original oligopoly model based upon asymmetric firm. I assessed the applicability of these models to market power monitoring and mitigation in the electricity sector and summarized empirical findings. Additionally, I co-authored a paper with Dick O'Neill and others on bilateral market power. I was presented with the Agency's Award for Quality Service for my work.

My internship began by researching, compiling, and analyzing data on state and local tax referenda in Massachusetts in search of evidence for the Tiebout hypothesis. Later that summer, I worked with a team of interns to conduct a contingent valuation survey of Cape Cod residents and tourists. The survey was part of a larger study of the economic and environmental impacts of siting windmills in Nantucket Sound. The following summer, I performed a comparative analysis of the efficiency of northeastern highway systems in response to Governor Mitt Romney's proposal to merge the Highway Department and the Turnpike Authority.