Nicole Scholz
Curriculum Vitae
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Email: Nicole dot Scholz at warwick dot ac dot uk
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I am a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Warwick and recipient of the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership.
In my research I study topics in industrial organisation with a focus on policy-relevant applications grounded in solid theoretical foundations and the development of practical methods for researchers and policymakers.Research Interests
- Industrial Organisation
- Econometric Theory
- Microeconomic Theory and Mechanism Design
Job Market Paper
Estimating Multi-Product Production Functions: What Can We Learn Without Demand Assumptions? [paperLink opens in a new window]
Abstract: I prove that, when the demand side is unrestricted, production functions for multi-product firms are unidentified, except in population if the conditional time-series variance of inputs is unbounded. This result calls into question the robustness of existing demand-side-based estimators. I develop a novel identification strategy that does not rely on demand-side assumptions. Instead, by imposing the weaker assumption that the productivity distribution is in stationary equilibrium, I show that the production function parameters are set-identified. This approach avoids the need for instruments and is easy to scale with the number of outputs, providing a widely applicable method for estimation and conduct testing.
Work in Progress
- "Testing for Non-Jointness and Homogeneity with Non-Separable Production Frontiers"
- "Partition Dependent Expected Utility" (with Agustin Troccoli MorettiLink opens in a new window)
Professional Experience
I have spent a year working in the Competition and Markets Authority's Microeconomics Research Unit. During this time I have worked on the report on "Competition and Market Power in UK Labour Markets" (2024) and the "State of Competition Report" (2024) using the Annual Business Survey and Lightcast's UK vacancy dataset.
The "State of Competition Report" (2024) was a runner up of the UK Government Economic Service's 2025 John Hoy award for impactful analysis.