Karam Kang

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Curriculum Vitae E-mail

Lobbyists as Gatekeepers: Theory and Evidence

with Alexander V. Hirsch, B. Pablo Montagnes, and Hye Young You

Journal of Politics (2023) 85 (2): 731-748.

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Winning by Default: Why is There So Little Competition in Government Procurement?

with Robert A. Miller

The Review of Economic Studies (2022) 89 (3): 1495-1556.

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Understanding Disparities in Punishment: Regulator Preferences and Expertise

with Bernardo S. Silveira

Journal of Political Economy (2021) 129 (10): 2947-2992.

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Policy Influence and Private Returns from Lobbying in the Energy Sector

The Review of Economic Studies (2016) 83 (1): 269-305.

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Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market

with Giulia Brancaccio

NBER Working Paper 30775, forthcoming at Econometrica

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Policy Deterrence: Strategic Investment in U.S. Broadband

with Mo Xiao

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Inefficiencies in Local Infrastructure: Evidence from Drinking Water in California

with Pierre Bodere and Giulia Brancaccio

Managing Competition in Government Procurement

with Anh H. Nguyen

At UW-Madison:

• PhD: Industrial Organization, Research Seminar in Applied Economics
• Masters: Market Structure and Competition
• Undergraduate: Application of Empirical Methods in Microeconomics

At Carnegie Mellon:

• PhD: Econometrics II
• Undergraduate: Economics and Data Science, Econometrics I, Environmental Policy and Economics, Senior Project, Intermediate Microeconomics

At Washington University in St. Louis:

• Undergraduate: Microeconomics