Dinesh R Poddaturi, Ph.D.
I am an applied economist specializing in causal inference, marketplace economics, and pricing strategy.
For two and a half years I served as the lead economist at Digonex, a pricing optimization consultancy, managing 20+ ongoing client accounts across the U.S., U.K., and Canada. That work spanned end-to-end pricing systems from demand estimation to implementation in live markets: estimating demand elasticities from transaction data, building revenue optimization frameworks, designing and executing A/B tests, and translating findings into executive strategy. Total client impact: $27M in incremental revenue.
My current research focuses on pricing under uncertainty, marketplace economics, and causal identification. My recent working paper examines why revenue maximization and profit maximization diverge in elastic markets and how implementation constraints shape real-world pricing decisions. The paper integrates demand estimation, cost sensitivity analysis, customer lifetime value modeling, and a complete implementation framework across 110,840 e-commerce transactions.
I enjoy problems where economics, data, and implementation intersect. Whether designing pricing systems, evaluating policy interventions, or estimating marketplace behavior, I am interested in translating rigorous economic analysis into decisions that work in practice.
I regularly write about applied economics, causal inference, pricing strategy, and marketplace economics, with recent posts covering topics such as synthetic controls, difference-in-differences, demand estimation, and two-sided market pricing. Posts are available on the blog and on LinkedIn.
Methods: Causal inference, econometrics, industrial organization, demand estimation, experimental design, counterfactual analysis, antitrust analysis, damages estimation, marketplace economics, discrete choice models, dynamic pricing, propensity modeling.
Tools: Python, R, SQL.
Academic training: PhD Economics (Iowa State University), MS Statistics, MS Information Systems.
Open to economic consulting, marketplace economics, pricing strategy, and applied economist roles. Based in Indianapolis, targeting Chicago and remote opportunities.
