William Brasic

Doctoral Student in Economics

The University of Arizona

About Me

Hi! My name is Will Brasic, and I am a fourth-year doctoral student in economics at The University of Arizona.

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Interests

Industrial Organization
Digital Economics and AI
Health Economics
Antitrust and Competition Policy

Education

Ph.D., Economics (2027)
The University of Arizona
M.S., Data Intelligence and Applied Economics
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
B.A., Economics
University of Nevada - Las Vegas

📚 My Research

My research uses tools from industrial organization to answer questions within artificial intelligence, health economics, and antitrust and competition policy.

Working Papers and Works in Progress

Industrial Organization

A Dynamic Structural Model of Rational Addiction: Evaluating Tobacco Product Flavor Bans and Nicotine Caps

I construct and estimate a dynamic structural model of rational addiction to evaluate the long-run effects of tobacco product flavor bans and nicotine caps.

Jul 25, 2025

Industrial Organization

Algorithmic Pricing, Recommendation Systems, and Competition

I study a platform’s ability to mitigate algorithmic collusive tendencies via the use of an AI-based recommendation system.

Jul 24, 2025

Industrial Organization

When Asymmetric Pricing Algorithms Collide

I investigate algorithmic heterogeneity to assess whether asymmetric reinforcement learning-based pricing algorithms can effectively learn to engage in tacit collusion.

Jul 23, 2025

Health Economics

Financial Literacy and Senior-Aged Food Insecurity

We study the causal effect of financial literacy on food insecurity for the senior population using original survey data collect in Clark County Nevada.

Dec 18, 2024