Scanner Data & Price Elasticity Experts

Potential Unjournal evaluators for methodological review of observational vs. experimental elasticities

Target Paper

"Observational price variation in scanner data cannot reproduce experimental price elasticities"

SSRN 4899765 | Methodology: Comparing scanner data identification with RCT results

Pivotal Question: "How much do plant-based products substitute for animal products and improve welfare?"

Obs vs Exp Methods
Scanner/Demand Estimation
Plant-Based/Animal Welfare
Multi-domain Overlap

🔬 Methodological Experts (Obs vs Exp)

  • Steven T. Berry econ.EM
    "Nonparametric Identification of Differentiated Products Demand Using Micro Data"
  • Lars Roemheld stat.AP
    "Interference Produces False-Positive Pricing Experiments"
  • Alberto Abadie stat.ME
    "Synthetic Controls in Action" - causal inference pioneer
  • John K.-H. Quah econ.TH
    "Price Heterogeneity as a source of Heterogenous Demand"
  • François Gardes stat.AP
    "Panel and Pseudo-Panel Estimation of Food Consumption Elasticities"

🛒 Scanner Data / Demand Estimation

  • Rob Donnelly cs.LG
    "Counterfactual Inference for Consumer Choice Across Many Product Categories"
  • Francisco J. R. Ruiz stat.ML
    "SHOPPER: A Probabilistic Model of Consumer Choice with Substitutes"
  • Giovanni Compiani econ.GN
    "Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data"
  • Jacek Białek stat.AP
    "Scanner data in inflation measurement: from raw data to price indices"
  • Lauri Valkonen stat.AP
    "Price Optimization Combining Conjoint Data and Purchase History"

🌱 Plant-Based / Animal Welfare (EA Forum)

  • Jacob Peacock EA Forum
    "Price-, Taste-, and Convenience-Competitive Plant-Based Meat Would Not Currently Replace Meat" (score: 242)
  • Seth Ariel Green EA Forum
    "Meaningfully reducing meat consumption is an unsolved problem: meta-analysis" (score: 233)
  • Tom Bry-Chevalier EA Forum
    "Cultivating doubt: why I no longer believe cultivated meat is the answer"
  • Samara Mendez EA Forum
    "Inconsistent evidence for price substitution between butter and margarine"
  • saulius EA Forum
    "Corporate campaigns affect 9 to 120 years of chicken life per dollar"

⭐ Key Overlaps (Recommended for Review)

  • david_reinstein Unjournal
    Author of the pivotal question post; understands both methodology and application
  • Samara Mendez EA + Methods
    Wrote on butter/margarine substitution - directly relevant methodology + domain
  • Karolina Sarek EA Forum
    "RCTs in Development Economics, Their Critics and Their Evolution" - methods focus
  • Steven T. Berry + Rob Donnelly
    Combined: Berry's identification theory + Donnelly's scanner data implementation

📚 Most Relevant arXiv Papers

Paper Authors Relevance
Nonparametric Identification of Differentiated Products DemandSteven T. BerryCore identification theory
Interference Produces False-Positive Pricing ExperimentsLars RoemheldExperimental validity
Counterfactual Inference for Consumer ChoiceRob DonnellyScanner data methods
SHOPPER: Probabilistic Consumer Choice ModelFrancisco J. R. RuizSubstitution modeling
Synthetic Controls in ActionAlberto AbadieCausal inference methods
Panel Estimation of Food Consumption ElasticitiesFrançois GardesFood demand elasticity