Maryam Saeedi

Assistant Professor of Economics

Tepper School of Business

Carnegie Mellon University

Publications


"Reputation and Regulations: Evidence from eBay," with Xiang Hui, Neel Sundaresan and Zeqian Shen, Management Science, 2016

"Adverse Selection or Moral Hazard: An Empirical Study," with Xiang Hui and Neel Sundaresan, The Journal of Industrial Economics, 2018

"Reputation and Adverse Selection: Theory and Evidence from eBay," Rand Journal of Economics, 2019

"Raising the Bar: Certification Thresholds and Market Outcomes," with Xiang Hui, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Steven Tadelis, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2023 Online Appendix

"Optimal Information Disclosure and Market Outcomes," with Hugo Hopenhayn, Theoretical Economics, 2023



Working Papers


"Optimal Simple Ratings," with Hugo Hopenhayn

"Equivalent Certain Values and Dynamic Irreversibility," with Hugo Hopenhayn

"Optimal Rating Design Under Moral Hazard," with Ali Shourideh, slides

"(Dis)information Wars," with Adrian Casillas, Maryam Farboodi, Layla Hashemi, Steven Wilson

"Optimal Communication Design," with James Best, Daniel Quigley, Ali Shourideh, slides

"Optimal Dynamic Engagement: Gradual, Abrupt, or Catered to the Bias," with Yikang Shen and Ali Shourideh, slides

"Information Disclosure in Matching Markets," with Hugo Hopenhayn and Ali Shourideh, slides

"Impact of Increasing Hospital Price Transparency: Collusion, Search, and Equilibrium Price," with Elena Prager, Robert Town, Shruthi Vankatesh, Draft Coming Soon




Work in Progress


"Market Power in Complex Networks: The Case of Natural Gas Pipelines," with Majid Mahzoon, Ali Shourideh, Thomas Youle