Michael C. Wang

I am an applied microeconomic theorist and PhD candidate at Yale University. My research focuses on how information and dynamic learning shape the design of products and prices, with a particular interest in digital markets. I am on the 2026–27 job market.

Research CV Email
Michael C. Wang

Research

Working Papers

A Coasian Theory of Coarse Product Lines (Job Market Paper)
Optimal Pricing of Cloud Services: Committed Spend under Demand Uncertainty
with Dirk Bergemann

Publications

Screening and Segmenting: A Consumer Surplus Perspective
with Dirk Bergemann and Tibor Heumann
American Economic Review, vol. 116, no. 10 (2026): 3768-3801

Conference Proceedings

A Unified Approach to Second and Third Degree Price Discrimination
with Dirk Bergemann and Tibor Heumann
Extended Abstract, Proceedings of the 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (2024)

Works in Progress

Censorship and Steering in Platform Duopolies
with Kyungho Lee
Revised draft in progress
Effects of Recommender Systems with Strategic Sellers