Mohsen Foroughifar

 

Mohsen Foroughifar

Assistant Professor
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University

Email: mforough@andrew.cmu.edu

CV

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor at Tepper School of Business. My primary interests are related to Marketing and Business Technologies from an economic angle. In my research, I have studied Algorithmic Pricing, Sharing Economy platforms (e.g., Airbnb), and Advertising markets.

Research

Working Papers

• The Challenges of Deploying an Algorithmic Pricing Tool: Evidence from Airbnb [SSRN]
  with Nitin Mehta
  

• Communicating Uncertainty Can Increase AI Adoption [SSRN]
  with Rozhina Ghanavi and Avi Goldfarb and Ryan Webb
  

• The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Short-Term Rental Policies on Home-sharing Platforms: Evidence from Airbnb [SSRN]
  with Unnati Narang
  

• The Impact of Word of Mouth Precision and Consumer Sophistication on Firm Pricing and Profit [SSRN]
  with David Soberman
  

• Breaking Barriers: When Should Ads Be Inclusive? [SSRN]
  

• Non-parametric Identification of Posterior and Reasoning Errors in Isolated and Social Environments [SSRN]
  

Work in Progress

• Attention as New Currency: How Should Advertising Markets Reward Consumers for Their Attention?
  with Mengze Shi and Michelle Y. Lu