Mohsen Foroughifar

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Mohsen Foroughifar

Assistant Professor of Business Technologies
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University

Email: mforough@andrew.cmu.edu

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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

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

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

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

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

Papers in Progress

  • Are Short-Term Rental Poicies Effective? Evidence from Airbnb
    with Unnati Narang