David A. Smith

Phone: 909-***-**** http://home.uchicago.edu/~davidsmith

abpa9o@r.postjobfree.com 222 E. Pearson St., Apt. 1504, Chicago, IL 60611

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL 2009-Present

Ph.D. in Economics June 2013 (expected)

M.A. in Economics 2012

Job Market Paper: The Effects of Minimum Resale Price Maintenance on Prices and Output (with Alex MacKay)

This paper analyzes the empirical effects of minimum resale price maintenance (RPM) across a broad variety of household goods.

Using state-by-state variation in antitrust law in the wake of the 2007 Leegin Supreme Court decision, we find that prices increased

in states where minimum RPM is treated under the rule of reason. Moreover, we find evidence supporting procompetitive theories

of minimum RPM, as price increases were more often combined with quantity increases. We perform a welfare analysis, and we

conclude that minimum RPM was welfare-enhancing for consumers in the rule of reason states.

Fields of Specialization: Law & Economics, Industrial Organization, Financial Economics, Forensic Economics

POMONA COLLEGE, Claremont, CA 2002-2006

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England Fall 2004

B.A. in Economics and Philosophy, with distinction

Academic Experience

Lecturer: Microeconomics 2: Theory of the Firm (undergraduate) expected, Winter 2013

Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics 2 (undergraduate); Intro to Microeconomics (undergraduate); Statistics (MBA)

Presentations: Illinois Economic Assoc. Annual Meeting (2012); Eastern Economic Assoc. Conference (2008)

Publications

Smith, Stan V.; Smith, David A.; and Uhl, Stephanie R. (2011) Credit damage: Causes, Consequences and

Valuation, Forensic Rehabilitation & Economics 4(1): 27-32

Smith, David A.; Smith, Stan V.; and Uhl, Stephanie R. (2010) Estimating the Value of Family Household

Management Services: Approaches and Markups, Forensic Rehabilitation & Economics 3(2): 85-94

Smith, Stan V.; Zaloshnja, Eduard; Miller, Ted; Smith, David A.; and Spicer, Rebecca S. (2008) "Jury Verdicts in

Drunken Driving Cases," Review of Law & Economics 4(1): 475-498

Professional Experience

L.E.K. CONSULTING, SUMMER CONSULTANT, Chicago, IL Summer 2010

Managed team of two associates in the valuation of a public company

Assessed and researched targets for acquisition by a major food mill distributor

ANALYSIS GROUP INC., SENIOR ANALYST, Boston, MA January 2008 June 2009

Assisted in preparing billion-dollar damage assessments for expert testimony in litigation

Developed complex financial modeling of credit card partnership agreements for antitrust class action lawsuits

Modeled economic and financial debt market events using econometric specifications for damage estimates

Analyzed and reported market trends and other factors in connection with multibillion-dollar mergers

JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC., ANALYST, SECURITIZED PRODUCTS GROUP, New York, NY July 2006 December 2007

Managed and assisted in marketing over $40 billion in aircraft, auto, government and equipment securities

transactions as a member of asset-backed securities team

Stratified collateral, modeled loss and delinquency performance of managed portfolios, and assisted in presenting

these results to rating agencies and investors

Provided structural optimizations, comparable transaction analysis, and market updates for new and existing clients;

produced and presented marketing materials to clients

Interests and Activities

Technical: Proficient in Stata, Matlab, SAS, MS Office, Spanish (conversational)

Interests: Hiking, ethical and legal theory, yoga, Ayn Rand and Kurt Vonnegut novels

References

Steven Levitt 773-***-**** abpa9o@r.postjobfree.com

Dennis Carlton 773-***-**** abpa9o@r.postjobfree.com

Chad Syverson 773-***-**** abpa9o@r.postjobfree.com

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