Research Staff

Lars Nesheim

cemmap and UCL

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). He teaches industrial organization, econometrics and urban economics. His research interests focus on structural econometrics, computational economics, industrial organization, urban economics, economic dynamics and hedonic models. He is an academic advisor to the Competition Commission, to OFCOM, and to KPMG.

Selected Publications

Reserve price effects in auctions: estimates from multiple regression-discontinuity designs

We present evidence from 260,000 online auctions of second-hand cars to identify the impact of public […]

Syngjoo Choi, Lars Nesheim, Imran Rasul
31 January 2016 | Journal Article
Modelling the demand for housing over the lifecycle

We model individual demand for housing over the life-cycle, and show the aggregate implications of this […]

Orazio Attanasio, Renata Bottazzi, Hamish Low, Lars Nesheim, Matthew Wakefield
1 January 2012 | Journal Article
Nonparametric estimation of nonadditive hedonic models

We analyze equilibria in hedonic economies and study conditions that lead to identification of structural preference […]

James Heckman, Rosa Matzkin, Lars Nesheim
30 September 2010 | Journal Article

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Nonparametric estimation of nonadditive hedonic models
James Heckman, Rosa Matzkin, Lars Nesheim
1 March 2005 | CWP03/05
Hedonic price equilibria, stable matching, and optimal transport: equivalence, topology, and uniqueness

Hedonic pricing with quasilinear preferences is shown to be equivalent to stable matching with transferable utilities […]

Pierre-André Chiappori, Robert McCann, Lars Nesheim
1 February 2010 | Journal Article

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Hedonic price equilibria, stable matching, and optimal transport: equivalence, topology, and uniqueness
Pierre-André Chiappori, Robert McCann, Lars Nesheim
28 September 2007 | CWP23/07
Identification and estimation of hedonic models
Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 January 2004 | Journal Article

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Identification and estimation of hedonic models
Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 January 2002 | CWP07/02
Identification and estimation of hedonic models

This paper considers the identification and estimation of hedonic models. We establish that technology and preferences […]

Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 January 2004 | Journal Article
Identifying hedonic models
Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 May 2002 | Journal Article

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Identifying hedonic models
Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 January 2002 | CWP06/02
Identifying hedonic models

Economic models for hedonic markets characterize the pricing of bundles of attributes and the demand and […]

Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman, Lars Nesheim
1 May 2002 | Journal Article