Harvard Business School

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The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu.

The postdoctoral fellows will work under the direct supervision of faculty Principal Investigators and the Senior Associate Director, Lab Operations. They will work closely with the lab manager and research associate(s) at each lab. D^3 is looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or new perspectives. There are no teaching requirements for these open positions.

As part of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), The Pricing Lab, led by Professors Alberto Cavallo and Alexander MacKay, is seeking two Postdoctoral Fellows: one in macroeconomics and one in microeconomics. The mission of the Pricing Lab is to conduct research on firm-level pricing decisions, underlying pricing capabilities, and the impacts of pricing on firm performance and the overall economy. An ideal candidate will be interested in the study of current policies and technologies and comfortable working directly with data.

A typical empirical project involves refining a research question, designing an experiment or survey, analyzing historical and experimental data, and writing targeted at peer reviewed social science journals. Candidates should have some familiarity with:
• Economic theory about prices;
• Programming/scripting knowledge suitable for processing raw data for analysis (e.g., text manipulation);
• Econometric analysis of processed data;
• One or more computational environments for statistical analysis (e.g., Stata, R, or Python);
• Writing papers for management and economics journals;
• Working with partner organizations or companies.

Basic Qualifications:
• A Ph.D. in economics. PLEASE NOTE: If you have obtained your Ph.D. in the past 12 months you must be able to provide a certificate of completion from the degree-granting institution OR a letter from the institute’s registrar stating all requirements for the degree have been successfully completed and should verify the date the degree has been conferred. No exceptions.
• Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills

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