El Hadi Caoui

Contact :
Department of Management, UTM
3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Canada

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
105 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada

Email: elhadi.caoui at rotman.utoronto.ca
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El Hadi Caoui

I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, appointed at the Department of Management (University of Toronto Mississauga), and cross-appointed at the Rotman School of Management.

I am an economist specializing in Empirical Industrial Organization. My research interests include the study of industry entry and exit dynamics, auction and procurement markets, and topics related to technology/IP and competition policy. I have worked on a variety of industries, including agricultural and natural resources, e-commerce and retail, telecommunications, and entertainment.

How to pronounce my last name? Sa-wee. The short version of my first name is "Hadi."

working papers
Fractional Ownership and Copyright Licensing: Evidence from the Music Industry Nov 2024 · SSRN · CEPR DP
R&R, Management Science
with Alberto Galasso
Dynamic Entry & Spatial Competition: An Application to Dollar Store Expansion Jul 2025 · SSRN
Conditionally Accepted, RAND Journal of Economics
with Brett Hollenbeck and Matthew Osborne
The Impact of Dollar Store Expansion on Local Market Structure and Food Access Jun 2024 · SSRN
with Brett Hollenbeck and Matthew Osborne
publications
Diversification, Market Entry, and the Global Internet Backbone Jun 2025 · SSRN
Review of Economic Studies Accepted
with Andrew Steck
Consumer Demand with Social Influences: Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform Aug 2024 · NBER WP
Management Science Accepted
with Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, and Robert Schultz
Content Providers and the Deployment of Internet Infrastructure Mar 2025 · SSRN
Information Economics and Policy 71, 2025
with Andrew Steck
Bid Rigging and Umbrella Damages Oct 2023
CPI Antitrust Chronicle October, 2023
with John Asker, Vikram Kumar, and Enrico De Magistris
Secret Reserve Prices by Uninformed Sellers Feb 2022 · SSRN
Quantitative Economics 13(3), 1203-1256, 2022
with Pasha Andreyanov
Estimating the Costs of Standardization: Evidence from the Movie Industry Mar 2022 · Online Appendix
Review of Economic Studies 90(2), 597–633, 2023
A Study of Umbrella Damages from Bid-Rigging Feb 2021
Young Economists' Essay Award - EARIE 2019
Journal of Law and Economics 65(2), 239-277, 2022
work in progress
Datacenter Entry and Congestion in US Electricity Markets
with Sophie Calder-Wang, Mert Demirer, and Andrew Steck