Debi Prasad Mohapatra Shares in Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize

A paper co-authored by Debi Prasad Mohapatra, assistant professor of resource economics, has been awarded the Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for best paper in antitrust economics at the International Industrial Organizational Conference.

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The paper, “Welfare Effects of Trade Associations: The Case of the Chilean Salmon Export Industry,” examines the welfare consequences of a trade association in an exporting country on consumers in destination countries.

Mohapatra collaborated on the paper with Manuel Estay, who earned a doctorate in resource economics from UMass Amherst in 2021 and is now an assistant professor at the University of Concepción in Chile, and Thomas Eisenberg of the University of Delaware.

The winning paper was selected by a committee of experts from the relevant papers accepted for presentation at the conference. The prize was awarded at the 21st Annual International Industrial Organization Conference April 21-23 in Washington, D.C.