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Robert Evan Sanders

Assistant Professor of Marketing and Analytics

Robert Evan Sanders conducts policy-relevant research at the intersection of pricing and sustainability. On the sustainability side, his research focuses on the problem of excess food waste. On the pricing side, he applies new technology and field interventions to study classic consumer- and firm-side frictions that cause market inefficiencies. His work combines marketing, operations research, and economics. Sanders has won multiple grants and awards for his work, including an MSI grant, the Clayton Dissertation Proposal Competition, and an Industrial Organization Research grant from the Becker Friedman Institute. Sanders earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2018 and his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. 

Publications

Of the first five US states with food waste bans, Massachusetts alone has reduced landfill waste. Science, 385:1236–1240, 2024; with Ioannis Stamatopoulos and Fiori Anglou.
Inventory information frictions explain price rigidity in perishable groceries. Marketing Science (Forthcoming); with Ioannis Stamatopoulos and Naveed Chehrazi.
Uninformed choices in perishables. Marketing Science, 43(4):751–777, 2024; with Karsten Hansen and Kanishka Misra.
Consumer misinformation and the brand premium: A private label blind taste test. Marketing Science, 39(2):382–406, 2020; with Jean-Pierre Dubé and Bart Bronnenberg.

Working Papers 

  • Field Experiments in Pricing
  • Dynamic Pricing 
  • Food Waste
  • Public Policy
  • Perishable Inventory Management