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, leading pricing strategy across 20+ client engagements in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. That work spanned end-to-end pricing systems from demand estimation to implementation: 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 solving 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 including synthetic controls, difference-in-differences, demand estimation, and two-sided market pricing. Writing is available on the blog and on LinkedIn.
Methods: Causal inference, industrial organization, econometrics, experimental design, demand estimation, counterfactual analysis, marketplace economics, discrete choice models, dynamic pricing, propensity modeling, antitrust analysis, damages estimation.
Tools: Python, R, SQL.
Academic training: PhD Economics (Iowa State University), MS Statistics, MS Information Systems.
I am interested in opportunities in economic consulting, marketplace economics, pricing strategy, and applied economics. Based in Indianapolis, I am open to Chicago-based and remote roles.
