Michael C. Wang

I am an applied microeconomic theorist and PhD candidate at Yale University. My research focuses on how information and dynamic learning shape the design of products and prices, with a particular interest in digital markets. I am on the job market in 2026-27.

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Michael C. Wang

Research

Working Papers

A Coasian Theory of Coarse Product Lines
JMPDraft available upon request
Optimal Pricing of Cloud Services: Committed Spend under Demand Uncertainty
with Dirk Bergemann

Publications

Screening and Segmenting: A Consumer Surplus Perspective
with Dirk Bergemann and Tibor Heumann
Forthcoming, American Economic Review

Conference Proceedings

A Unified Approach to Second and Third Degree Price Discrimination
with Dirk Bergemann and Tibor Heumann
Extended Abstract, Proceedings of the 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation

Works in Progress

Censorship and Steering in Platform Duopolies
with Kyungho Lee
Effects of Recommender Systems with Strategic Sellers