Associate Professor Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 2013), M.A. (Shanghai University of Finance and Eco, 2008), B.S. (Wuhan, 2006) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 322. Phone: 416-946-5288. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: Personal website: http://sites.google.com/site/luo8yao Research fields: Industrial organization, Applied econometrics

Selected research

• Yao Luo and Ruli Xiao, "Identification of Auction Models Using Order Statistics", Journal of Econometrics 236 (1) (2023), 105457–105457. (Freely available.)
• Daniel Ackerberg, Garth Frazer, Kyoo il Kim, Yao Luo, Yingjun Su, "Under-Identification of Structural Models Based on Timing and Information Set Assumptions", Journal of Econometrics 237 (1) (2023), 105463–105463. (Freely available.)
• Victor Aguirregabiria, Jiaying Gu, Yao Luo, "Sufficient Statistics for Unobserved Heterogeneity in Dynamic Structural Logit Models", Journal of Econometrics 223 (2) (2021), 280–311. (Freely available.)
• Yao Luo, Isabelle Perrigne, Quang Vuong, "Structural Analysis of Nonlinear Pricing", Journal of Political Economy 126 (6) (2018), 2523–2568. (Freely available.)
• Yao Luo and Hidenori Takahashi, "Bidding for Contracts under Uncertain Demand: Skewed Bidding and Risk Sharing", Rand Journal of Economics, forthcoming. (Freely available.)

Courses taught 2024–2025

• Fall

• ECO2905H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • The Economics of Algorithms • T2-4
• ECO418H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Empirical Applications of Economic Theory • T10-1

• Winter

• ECO418H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Empirical Applications of Economic Theory • F11-2