Andres Gonzalez-Lira

Andres Gonzalez-Lira is an Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Business School. His research uses Industrial Organization tools to examine the impact of institutional frictions on markets, often combining economic models, large administrative datasets, and modern econometric techniques to address policy-relevant questions. His research spans various topics, such as evaluating the design of procurement policies trading off competition promotion and contract incompleteness, as well as assessing the design of enforcement policies aimed at curbing illegal fish markets. Andres received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business in May 2021 and then spent one year as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Yale University.