Ana Antolin

I am a PhD Candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School.  

My research examines how firms actively shape the “rules of the game” governing markets. Rather than treating regulation and institutional constraints as fixed, I study how firms strategically construct and reshape these structures, and how these efforts affect performance, competition, and broader social outcomes. I combine formal modeling with quantitative analysis, leveraging distinctive empirical contexts that make difficult questions about institutions, strategy, and market structure tractable. 

Before starting my PhD, I worked at the Tufts University Labor Lab studying buyer–supplier relationships and labor conditions in global garment supply chains. I earned a B.S. in Quantitative Economics and International Relations from Tufts University.

I will be on the 2026-2027 Job Market.

Committee: Dennis Yao, Rem Koning, Maria Roche, and Chiara Farronato

Contact: aantolin@hbs.edu