Ksenia Shakhgildyan

Ksenia Shakhgildyan is an Adjunct Professor at Bocconi University and a Research Affiliate at CEPR and IGIER. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research integrates econometric and game theory methods to analyze competition within digital markets, with a particular focus on online advertising. Her work also explores nonparametric estimation of auction models.

The Apple-Amazon Brand-Gating Agreement Raised Prices for Consumers Without Improving Quality

In new research, Muxin Li and Ksenia Shakhgildyan examine the 2018 “brand gating” agreement between Apple and Amazon and how it impacted competition and consumer welfare on Amazon’s platform.

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