Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Chicago. Next, I will be a postdoctoral fellow at the Mansueto Institute of Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago. In summer 2026, I will join the Department of Markets, Public Policy & Law at Boston University as an assistant professor.
My research focuses on industrial organization and urban economics, primarily in commercial real estate and retail.
You can find my CV here.
Distributional Effects of Exclusive Dealing in Retail Real Estate (JMP)
Buck Wild: The Impact of the Dollar Store on Households and Local Retail Competition
Presented at: Food Access at Dollar Stores (FADS) Workshop (2022), Urban Economics Association European Meeting (2023)
Vertical Integration in Commercial Real Estate (with J. Yue)
Monopoly and Monopsony Power in Meatpacking (with J. Battles and C. Palandri)
The Effect of Slaughterhouses on Water Quality (with J. Battles and C. Palandri)
Scalable Production of Molybdenum Disulfide Based Biosensors C. H. Naylor, N. J. Kybert, C. Schneier, J. Xi, G. Romero, J. G. Saven, R. Liu, and A. T. C. Johnson ACS Nano 2016 10 (6), 6173-6179.
Math Camp Lecturer (Ph.D., MA). Summer 2022.
Industrial Organization (Undergraduate) -- TA for Michael Dinerstein. Spring 2022.
Labor Economics (Ph.D.) -- TA for Thibaut Lamadon. Fall 2021.
Econometrics (Undergraduate) -- TA for Oscar Volpe. Fall 2021.
Classical Mechanics (Undergraduate) -- TA for Bill Ashmanskas. Fall 2015.
You can email me at cschneier AT uchicago DOT edu.