Kenneth Rios Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc

Senior Statistician at Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics• Conducting research in industrial organization and antitrust with staff economists and economics professors to study the economic impact of mergers and divestitures in various industries• Independently working on various structural and statistical projects (e.g., structural modeling of oligopolistic price coordination, BLP random coefficients nested logit demand estimation, difference-in-difference design with… Show more Senior Statistician at Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics• Conducting research in industrial organization and antitrust with staff economists and economics professors to study the economic impact of mergers and divestitures in various industries• Independently working on various structural and statistical projects (e.g., structural modeling of oligopolistic price coordination, BLP random coefficients nested logit demand estimation, difference-in-difference design with staggered treatment adoption, etc.) included in research papers• Providing theoretical and empirical input during team research discussions• Coauthored the competitiontoolbox R package web interface for antitrust practitioners• Supervising FTC interns and providing guidance on economic concepts and programming• Managing and testing upgrades to the Bureau's computational infrastructure• Contributing to the FTC's mission of protecting American consumers and competition Show less

New York, Ny

Teaching Assistant for Prof. Edward SteinbergECON-UA 2 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Washington, Dc

Research Analyst at U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division• Worked on antitrust investigations involving mergers, acquisitions, and other anticompetitive practices under the supervision of DOJ economists• Cleaned, webscraped, and analyzed economic data using various programming languages including R, Python, Stata, and MATLAB• Calculated statistics, estimated econometric models (using MLE, 2SLS, GMM, etc.), and calibrated merger simulations to estimate anticompetitive… Show more Research Analyst at U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division• Worked on antitrust investigations involving mergers, acquisitions, and other anticompetitive practices under the supervision of DOJ economists• Cleaned, webscraped, and analyzed economic data using various programming languages including R, Python, Stata, and MATLAB• Calculated statistics, estimated econometric models (using MLE, 2SLS, GMM, etc.), and calibrated merger simulations to estimate anticompetitive effects• Communicated results to economists and attorneys using various types of data visualizations, including detailed graphs and maps generated using R and ArcGIS• Vetted code sent from third-party economic consulting firms Show less

Cambridge, Ma

Undergraduate Researcher at MIT Department of EconomicsSenior Thesis - "Unemployment and Voter Turnout in US Elections"• Collected and analyzed large sets of US individual-level and state-level unemployment, voting, and demographic data• Performed econometric analyses studying the effect of unemployment on voting participation patterns, including a probit model that controlled for voter characteristics• Presented research for an audience of colleagues and instructors•… Show more Undergraduate Researcher at MIT Department of EconomicsSenior Thesis - "Unemployment and Voter Turnout in US Elections"• Collected and analyzed large sets of US individual-level and state-level unemployment, voting, and demographic data• Performed econometric analyses studying the effect of unemployment on voting participation patterns, including a probit model that controlled for voter characteristics• Presented research for an audience of colleagues and instructors• Published in the MIT undergraduate economics journalResearcher in Macroeconomics - "An Economic History of Colombia and Chile - A Comparison"• Collected macroeconomic data and performed growth accounting analyses for South American countries• Detailed an economic history of those countries using growth accounting and neoclassical growth models as motivation Show less

Cambridge, Ma

Research Assistant for Prof. Louis Bucciarelli

Cambridge, Ma

Lecturer at MIT Splash InitiativeCreated an introductory economics curriculum aimed at high school students and gave lectures on introductory economics.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics

Activities and Societies: MIT Educational Council, MIT Alumni Advisors Hub, Undergraduate Economics Association, Concourse Learning.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Economics

Activities and Societies: NYU Graduate Society of Politics and Economics Master's Thesis - Forecasting the 10-Year US Treasury: Machine.

High School Diploma, Da Vinci Math And Science Program

Activities and Societies: Arista National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, International Chemistry Olympiad, Award for Excellence.