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Max Schnidman
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Media Bias and Business Models
Last updated January 2024
This paper examines how differences in business models affects the partisan bias of media companies.
Distributing the Windfall from Transformative Technologies
Last updated January 2024
This paper analyzes how an actor developing a transformative technology can best distribute the resulting windfall in order to benefit humanity at large.
Playing to the Algorithm: How Spotify’s Recommendations Shape Music Production
Last updated August 2025
This paper models how recommender systems on streaming platforms (e.g., Spotify) affect the characteristics of music record labels choose to release.
Costs, Discount Factors, and Coordination in the Airline Industry
Last updated October 2025
This paper proposes an empirical framework to set-identify competitive conduct in a cross-section of airline markets.
The Art of Selling Art: Modeling Demand to Optimize Listings for Emerging Artists on Online Platforms
Last updated January 2026
This paper uses a structural estimation of the demand for novice art to understand causal factors for such demand on digital platforms like Etsy.
teaching
TA Experience
Graduate TA, University of Virginia, Department of Economics, 2020
- Intro to Econometrics
- Econometric Methods
- Mathematical Microeconomics
- AI and the Future of Work
Lecturing Experience
Lecturer, University of Virginia, Department of Economics, 2023
Economics 3010 (Intermediate Microeconomics)