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Tom Chang
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-1135
tychang@usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, BS, MIT
Personal Website: 
http://www.nber.org/~changt/

Overview

Tom Chang's research interests include industrial organization, behavioral economics, corporate finance and applied microeconomics. His current research focuses on better understanding individual decision making, and its implications for firm behavior. Professor Chang's current research is supported by grants from the George and Obie Schultz Fund, the Kauffman Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the USDA.

Research

Judge Specific Difference in Chapter 11 and Firm Outcomes • 2012
How Many Pears Would a Pear Packer Pack if a Pear Packer Could Pack Pears at Quasi-Exogenously Varying Piece Rates? • 2012
Going to Pot? Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime • 2012
Eyes Upon the Street: Do Busy Places Have Less Crime • 2012
What Do Not-For-Profit Hospitals Maximize? Evidence from California's Seisemic Retrofit Mandate • 2012
Natural Disaster Management: Earthquake Risk and Hospitals' Provision of Essential Services in California • 2011
Experiments in Choice: An Experimental Evaluation of Discrete-Choice Models of Product Differentiation • 2009
Categorical Consideration: Evidence and Market Implications • 2008