Claudia Allende Santa Cruz

Claudia Allende Santa Cruz is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Her research focuses on Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Market Design, and Development Economics. She uses empirical tools from industrial organization to study markets with public and private providers, subsidies, and regulation. Allende Santa Cruz holds a PhD in Economics and Education from Columbia University and has been affiliated with Stanford since 2021. Her work includes examining the effects of public policies in equilibrium and collaborating with governments, NGOs, and private companies to implement data-driven research.

Claudia Allende Santa Cruz is an economist whose research focuses on the intersection of education markets and industrial organization. Her work examines how information affects school choice, competition, and public procurement. She investigates the equilibrium effects of informed decision-making in education systems and the role of digital tools in enhancing equity and efficiency. Her studies also explore the drivers of public procurement prices, particularly in pharmaceutical markets, and the impact of biased beliefs on market outcomes. Her research contributes to understanding how policy interventions can shape market dynamics and improve resource allocation.