August 28, 2015
11:00 to 13:00	Registration and Snacks
13:00 to 13:15	Opening and Welcome Address
13:15 to 14:30	Keynote Address I
14:30 to 14:45	Break
14:45 to 16:15	Parallel Sessions I
14:45 to 16:15	Invited Session I: Applications in Game Theory
16:15 to 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 to 18:15	Parallel Sessions II
16:45 to 18:15	Invited Session II: Search
18:30 to 22:00	Welcome Reception
August 29, 2015
09:30 to 11:00	Parallel Sessions III
11:00 to 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 to 13:00	Parallel Sessions IV
11:30 to 13:00	Invited Session III: Spectrum Auctions and Market Design
13:00 to 14:30	Buffet Lunch
13:00 to 14:30	Executive Committee Meeting
14:30 to 16:00	Parallel Sessions V
14:30 to 16:00	Invited Session IV: Dynamics
16:00 to 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 to 17:45	Keynote Address II
18:30 to 19:00	Social Event: Nostalgia Bus Trip to Conference Dinner
19:00 to 23:00	Conference Dinner / Award Ceremony
August 30, 2015
09:30 to 11:00	Parallel Sessions VI
11:00 to 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 to 13:00	Parallel Sessions VII
11:30 to 13:00	Invited Session V: Advertising and Voting
13:00 to 14:30	Buffet Lunch
14:30 to 16:00	Parallel Sessions VIII
14:30 to 16:00	Invited Session VI: Merger Policy
16:00 to 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 to 17:45	Keynote Address III
17:45 to 18:15	EARIE General Assembly

Summary of All Sessions
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#	Date/Time	Location	Type	Title	Papers
1	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 015	contributed	Adverse Selection	3
2	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	E 004	invited	Advertising and Voting	0
3	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 015	contributed	Airlines	3
4	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	E 004	invited	Applications in Game Theory	2
5	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 021	contributed	Applied Econometrics	3
6	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 015	contributed	Auctions I	3
7	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 015	contributed	Auctions II	3
8	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 017	contributed	Auctions III	3
9	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 022	contributed	Automobile Industry	3
10	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 110	contributed	Bargaining	3
11	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 017	contributed	Behavioral IO I	3
12	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 015	contributed	Behavioral IO II	3
13	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 101	contributed	Bundling and Information	3
14	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 017	contributed	Cartels and Leniency	3
15	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 017	contributed	Collusion	3
16	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 021	contributed	Competition and Differentiation	3
17	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 014	contributed	Competition and Market Structure	3
18	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 016	contributed	Computational IO	3
19	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 016	contributed	Contract Theory I	3
20	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 017	contributed	Contract Theory II	3
21	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 119	contributed	Contract Theory III	3
22	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 016	contributed	Corporate Finance I	3
23	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 021	contributed	Corporate Finance II	3
24	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 022	contributed	Corporate Governance	3
25	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	E 004	invited	Dynamics	1
26	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 001	contributed	Empirical Studies of Innovation	3
27	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 017	contributed	Empirical Studies of Market Structure	3
28	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 022	contributed	Energy I	3
29	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 016	contributed	Energy II	3
30	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 001	contributed	Entrepreneurship I	3
31	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 021	contributed	Entrepreneurship II	3
32	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 014	contributed	Entry	4
33	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 017	contributed	Entry and Product Choice	3
34	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 015	contributed	Environment and IO	3
35	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 022	contributed	Environmental Regulation	3
36	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 014	contributed	Exclusivity	3
37	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 017	contributed	Experiments and Information	3
38	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 022	contributed	Experiments and Market Structure I	3
39	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 016	contributed	Experiments and Market Structure II	3
40	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 001	contributed	Game Theory	3
41	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	B 006	contributed	Health Care Markets	3
42	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 016	contributed	History and Academic Studies	3
43	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 016	contributed	Information and Welfare	3
44	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 010	contributed	Innovation Policy	3
45	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 022	contributed	Innovation: Theory I	3
46	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 022	contributed	Innovation: Theory II	3
47	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 010	contributed	Inside Organizations	3
48	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 119	contributed	International Trade I	4
49	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 001	contributed	International Trade II	2
50	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 010	contributed	International Trade III	3
51	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 001	contributed	Issues in Innovation	3
52	August 28, 2015 13:15-14:30	N/A	invited	Keynote Address I	0
53	August 29, 2015 16:30-17:45	N/A	invited	Keynote Address II	0
54	August 30, 2015 16:30-17:45	N/A	invited	Keynote Address III	1
55	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	E 006	contributed	Law and Economics	3
56	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 110	contributed	Market Power	3
57	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 010	contributed	Mechanism Design	3
58	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	E 004	invited	Merger Policy	1
59	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 001	contributed	Mergers and Policy	3
60	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 021	contributed	Mergers: Empirics I	3
61	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 014	contributed	Mergers: Empirics II	3
62	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	E 006	contributed	Monopoly Theory	3
63	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 010	contributed	Movie Industry	3
64	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 109	contributed	Net Neutrality	3
65	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 001	contributed	Network Effects and Externalities	3
66	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	E 006	contributed	Oligopoly Theory I	3
67	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	E 006	contributed	Oligopoly Theory II	3
68	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 119	contributed	Online Markets	3
69	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 014	contributed	Organizations I	3
70	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 015	contributed	Organizations II	3
71	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 101	contributed	Patents and Markets: Empirics I	3
72	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	E 006	contributed	Patents and Markets: Empirics II	3
73	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	E 006	contributed	Patents and Standards: Theory	3
74	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	E 006	contributed	Pharmaceutical Market	3
75	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	B 006	contributed	Pharmaceuticals	3
76	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 014	contributed	Platforms	3
77	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 119	contributed	Political Economy and IO	3
78	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 010	contributed	Price Competition I	3
79	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 119	contributed	Price Competition II	3
80	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	E 006	contributed	Price Discrimination	3
81	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	B 006	contributed	Pricing Dynamics	3
82	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 016	contributed	Procurement	3
83	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 109	contributed	Product Differentiation	3
84	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 119	contributed	Product Quality and Consumer Information	2
85	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 110	contributed	Productivity	3
86	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 001	contributed	R&D I	3
87	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 119	contributed	R&D II	3
88	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 109	contributed	R&D: Dynamics and Policy	3
89	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 022	contributed	Regulation	3
90	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 015	contributed	Regulation and Antitrust	3
91	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 119	contributed	Regulation: Empirics	3
92	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 021	contributed	Reputation and Repeated Interaction	3
93	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars I	3
94	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars II	3
95	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars III	3
96	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars IV	3
97	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars V	3
98	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	A 014	contributed	Rising Stars VI	3
99	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	E 004	invited	Search	2
100	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 109	contributed	Search I	3
101	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 109	contributed	Search II	3
102	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 010	contributed	Social Networks	3
103	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	E 004	invited	Spectrum Auctions and Market Design	1
104	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 101	contributed	Structural Estimation	3
105	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 110	contributed	Telecommunications Markets	3
106	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	M 101	contributed	Trade and Policy I	3
107	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 109	contributed	Trade and Policy II	3
108	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 109	contributed	Two-Sided Markets I	3
109	August 29, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 109	contributed	Two-Sided Markets II	3
110	August 28, 2015 14:45-16:15	M 101	contributed	Vertical Integration: Empirics	3
111	August 28, 2015 16:45-18:15	A 014	contributed	Vertical Relations and Bargaining	3
112	August 29, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 110	contributed	Vertical Relations I	3
113	August 29, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 110	contributed	Vertical Relations II	3
114	August 30, 2015 9:30-11:00	M 110	contributed	Vertical Relations III	3
115	August 30, 2015 11:30-13:00	M 101	contributed	Wages, Labor, Employment I	3
116	August 30, 2015 14:30-16:00	M 101	contributed	Wages, Labor, Employment II	3

 

116 sessions, 329 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers

42nd EARIE Annual Conference
Detailed List of Sessions

Session 1: Adverse Selection August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 015
Session Chair: Mehdi Ayouni, U Cergy-Pontoise
Session type: contributed
Adverse Selection, Heterogeneous Beliefs and Evolutionary Learning
presented by: Alberto Palermo, EBS
Funding Real Options under Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
presented by: Gijsbert Zwart, University of Groningen
Biased Expert and Bad News
presented by: Mehdi Ayouni, U Cergy-Pontoise
Session 2: Advertising and Voting August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 E 004
Session Chair: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session type: invited
Session 3: Airlines August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 015
Session Chair: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
Session type: contributed
Strategic Responses to Used Goods Markets: Airbus and Boeing
presented by: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma
Airport Prices in a Two-sided Market Setting: Major US Airports
presented by: Tuba Toru Delibasi, Bahcesehir U
Separating Price Discrimination from Price Dispersion: Evidence from International Airline Markets.
presented by: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
Session 4: Applications in Game Theory August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 E 004
Session Chair: Martin Peitz, U Mannheim
Session type: invited
Naked Exclusion with Private Offers
presented by: Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester
When and How the Punishment Must Fit the Crime
presented by: Lucy White, Harvard Business School
Session 5: Applied Econometrics August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 021
Session Chair: Michael Waterson, U Warwick
Session type: contributed
Returns to Scale in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A General Error Model Approach
presented by: Xi Chen, Statec
The Fear of Being Applied for Review due to Evaluating Quality: Evidence from Procurement Auctions
presented by: Johan Stake, Södertörn U
The Impact of “One Stop Shopping”- Induced Purchasing Complementarities in Structural Econometric Models of Retails Competition
presented by: Gordon Klein, U Düsseldorf
Session 6: Auctions I August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 015
Session Chair: Laurent Linnemer, CREST-LEI
Session type: contributed
Analysis of Mergers in First-price Auctions
presented by: Klaus Gugler, WU Vienna
The Effects of Relaxing Entry Regulations on Price and Quality: Evidence from Public Procurement Auctions
presented by: Tsuruoka Masanori, U Tokyo
Revenues and Welfare in Auctions with Information Release
presented by: Nora Szech, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Session 7: Auctions II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 015
Session Chair: Klaus Gugler, WU Vienna
Session type: contributed
The Scope of Auctions in the Presence of Downstream Interactions and Information Externalities
presented by: Onur Koska, METU
Trading Places: An Experimental Comparison of Reallocation Mechanisms for Priority Queuing
presented by: Sander Onderstal, U Amsterdam
On the Clock of the Combinatorial Clock Auction
presented by: Bernhard Kasberger, U Vienna
Session 8: Auctions III August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 017
Session Chair: Sander Onderstal, U Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Public-Good Contests with Player Identification
presented by: Takeshi Yamazaki, Niigata U
Pro-competitive Rationing in Multi-unit Auctions
presented by: Pär Holmberg, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Second Price Auctions with Participation Costs
presented by: Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez, Yale
Session 9: Automobile Industry August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 022
Session Chair: Renato Seixas, U Sao Paulo
Session type: contributed
Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment
presented by: Gregor Pfeifer, U Hohenheim
The Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks on the Demand for New Automobiles in Colombia between 2001 and 2011
presented by: Juan Esteban Carranza, Banco de la República
Macroeconomic Development and the Life Cycle of the German Automobile Industry, 1886-1939
presented by: Jens Krüger, Darmstadt U of Technology
Session 10: Bargaining August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 110
Session Chair: Winand Emons, U Bern
Session type: contributed
Cheap Talk, Round Numbers, and the Economics of Negotiation
[slides]
presented by: Matthew Backus, Cornell University
Sequencing Bilateral Negotiations with Externalities
presented by: Markus Reisinger, WHU
The Structure of Negotiations: Incomplete Agreements and the Focusing Effect
presented by: Heiko Karle, ETH Zürich
Session 11: Behavioral IO I August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 017
Session Chair: Rune Stenbacka, Hanken School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Mental Accounting and the Demand for Warranties
presented by: Markus Fels, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Deception under Competitive Intermediation
presented by: Takeshi Murooka, LMU Munich
Competition of Talk Show Programs in Taiwan
presented by: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan U
Session 12: Behavioral IO II August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 015
Session Chair: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan U
Session type: contributed
The Timing of Active-Choice Policy
presented by: Marco Schwarz, LMU Munich
Personalized Pricing versus History-based Pricing: Implications for Privacy Policy
presented by: Topi Miettinen, Hanken School of Economics
The Role of Labels in Persuasion Games when Information on Quality is Costly to Acquire
presented by: Ennio Bilancini, U Modena e Reggio Emilia
Session 13: Bundling and Information August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 101
Session Chair: Marco Haan, U Groningen
Session type: contributed
The Impact of Asymmetric Regulation on the Product Bundling: The Case of Fixed Broadband and Mobile Communication in Japan
presented by: Toshifumi Kuroda, Tokyo Keizai U
Buyer Size and Innovation
presented by: Clemence Christin, U Caen
Another Loudness War: How Record Labels Release Singles to Compete for Consumer Attention in the Digital Age
presented by: Johannes Koenen, ifo Institute
Session 14: Cartels and Leniency August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 017
Session Chair: David Genesove, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session type: contributed
Penalizing Cartels: The Case for Basing Penalties on Price Overcharge
presented by: Evgenia Motchenkova, VU Amsterdam
Antitrust Cooperation Decisions with Endogenous Cartel Formation
presented by: Roberto Venturini, U Libre de Bruxelles
Optimal Leniency Programs when Firms Have Cumulative and Asymmetric Evidence
presented by: Winand Emons, U Bern
Session 15: Collusion August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 017
Session Chair: Grega Smrkolj, Newcastle University
Session type: contributed
Nonbinding Advance Price Announcements: An Antitrust Analysis
presented by: Stefan Fruebing, ZEW Mannheim
The Discontent Cartel Member and Cartel Collapse: The Case of the German Cement Cartel
presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, ZEW Mannheim
Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership
presented by: Martin Schmalz, U Michigan
Session 16: Competition and Differentiation August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 021
Session Chair: Regis Renault, Université Paris Dauphine
Session type: contributed
Strategic Positioning of Goods in a Market with a Niche
presented by: Eleftherios Zacharias, Athens U
False Advertising and Consumer Protection Policy
presented by: Chris Wilson, Loughborough U
Labels Battle: Competition between NGOs as Certifiers
presented by: Sylvaine Poret, INRA
Session 17: Competition and Market Structure August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 014
Session Chair: Saul Lach, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session type: contributed
Fast Charging Stations: Simulating Entry and Location in a Game of Strategic Interaction
presented by: Valeria Bernardo, U Barcelona
Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power - A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market
presented by: Robert Germeshausen, ZEW Mannheim
Creation of a Low Cost Branch by a Major Retailer: Evidence from the French Gasoline Market
presented by: Etienne Chamayou, CREST and Ecole Polytechnique
Session 18: Computational IO August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 016
Session Chair: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session type: contributed
A Relative Measure of Spatial Preemption in a Dynamic Oligopoly Game
presented by: Limin Fang, U Toronto
Consumer Demand with Unobserved Stockpiling and Intertemporal Price Discrimination
presented by: Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Cash-constrained Households and Product Size
presented by: Tiago Pires, U North Carolina
Session 19: Contract Theory I August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 016
Session Chair: Wolfgang Gick, Free U Bolzano
Session type: contributed
Common Values and the Coase Conjecture: Inefficiencies in Frictionless Contract (Re-)Negotiation
presented by: Vitali Gretschko, U Cologne
The Upside of Implicit Downsizing Costs
presented by: Matthias Fahn, LMU Munich
Strategic Dual Sourcing as a Driver for Free Revealing of Innovation
presented by: Noriaki Matsushima, Osaka U
Session 20: Contract Theory II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 017
Session Chair: Vitali Gretschko, U Cologne
Session type: contributed
Mediated Audits
presented by: Martin Pollrich, Humboldt U Berlin
On Multitasking and Job Design in Relational Contracts
presented by: Akifumi Ishihara, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
A Theory of Delegated Contracting
presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Free U Bolzano
Session 21: Contract Theory III August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 119
Session Chair: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Productivity and Distribution Effects of Codetermination in an Efficient Bargaining Model
presented by: Kornelius Kraft, U Dortmund
Sequential Screening with Privately Known Characteristics of Cost Distribution
presented by: Daniel Danau, U Caen Basse-Normandie
A Dynamic Mechanism Design for Scheduling with Different Use Lengths
presented by: Ryuji Sano, Kyoto University
Session 22: Corporate Finance I August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 016
Session Chair: Kevin Amess, U Nottingham
Session type: contributed
The Optimal Price of Collateral
presented by: Andrea Pozzi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Executive Compensation and the Global Division of Labor - Evidence from Matched Manager-Firm Data
presented by: Jan Schymik, LMU Munich
The Impact of Private Equity on Firms’ Innovation Activity
presented by: Kevin Amess, U Nottingham
Session 23: Corporate Finance II August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 021
Session Chair: Achim Buchwald, Monopolies Commission, Germany
Session type: contributed
Consumer-oriented Firms in a Differentiated Duopoly: A Stakeholder Perspective
[slides]
presented by: Yongying Wang, U Caen Basse-Normandie
Liquidity and the Cost of Market-based Compensation in Informationally Efficient Markets
presented by: Riccardo Calcagno, EM Lyon
The Unintended Consequence of the U.S. Dividend Tax Cut on Non-U.S. Firms
presented by: Tat-kei Lai, Copenhagen Business School
Session 24: Corporate Governance August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 022
Session Chair: Andrea Pozzi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Session type: contributed
Market Competition or Family Ties: Which Prevails on Italian CEOs Pay?
presented by: Clara Graziano, U Udine
CEO's Morality and Incentives
presented by: Thierry Lafay, U Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Competition, Outside Directors and Executive Turnover: Implications for Corporate Governance in the EU
presented by: Achim Buchwald, Monopolies Commission, Germany
Session 25: Dynamics August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 E 004
Session Chair: C. Lanier Benkard, Stanford U
Session type: invited
Computing Price-Cost Margins in a Durable Goods Environment
presented by: Marc Rysman, Boston U
Session 26: Empirical Studies of Innovation August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 001
Session Chair: Simona Mateut, U Nottingham
Session type: contributed
Subsidies, Financial Constraints and Firm Innovative Activities in Developing Economies
presented by: Simona Mateut, U Nottingham
Tacit Knowledge and the Dynamics of Inventor Activity
presented by: Roger Svensson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Retail Payment Innovations and Cash Usage: Accounting for Attrition Using Refreshment Samples
presented by: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada
Session 27: Empirical Studies of Market Structure August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 017
Session Chair: Andres Luengo, U Southampton
Session type: contributed
Market Imperfections, Skills and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence on Belgium and the Netherlands
presented by: Sabien Dobbelaere, VU Amsterdam
Ownership, Market Selection and Firm Survival in China
[slides]
presented by: Xiaodan Guo, Dongbei U of Finance & Economics
Can Cheap Talk Foster Collusion? Theoretical and Experimental Evidence on the Introduction of a Price Transparency Platform
presented by: Alexandra Zaby, U Tübingen
Session 28: Energy I August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 022
Session Chair: Kathleen Nosal, U Mannheim
Session type: contributed
Regulation and Investment Incentives in Electricity Distribution: An Empirical Assessment
presented by: Astrid Cullmann, DIW Berlin
Productivity Growth and its Sources - A StoNED Metafrontier Analyis of the German Electricity Generating Sector
presented by: Stefan Seifert, DIW Berlin
Investment, Sluggish Demand, and Public Support—New Technologies to Fight Market Power?
presented by: Dominik Schober, ZEW Mannheim
Session 29: Energy II August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 016
Session Chair: Astrid Cullmann, DIW Berlin
Session type: contributed
How Do Policies for Efficient Energy Use in the Household Sector Induce Energy Efficiency Innovation? An Evaluation of European Countries
presented by: Martin Woerter, ETH Zürich
From Fossil Fuels to Renewables: The Role of Electricity Storage
presented by: Linda Nøstbakken, Norwegian School of Economics
Productivity in the Electricity Retail Market: Does Ownership Matter? A Structural Production Function Approach for Germany
presented by: Caroline Stiel, DIW Berlin
Session 30: Entrepreneurship I August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 001
Session Chair: Luis Santos-Pinto, U Lausanne
Session type: contributed
The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma: Licensing vs Commercialization by Entry
presented by: Pedro Gonzaga, U Porto
Entrepreneurial Overconfidence and Market Selection
presented by: Karen Khachatryan, Middlesex U
(Crowd)funding Innovation
presented by: David Zvilichovsky, Tel Aviv U
Session 31: Entrepreneurship II August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 021
Session Chair: Pedro Gonzaga, U Porto
Session type: contributed
Competition and Specialization: A Non-Monotonic Relationship
presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel U
Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship: How Do Gender and Race Matter Differently?
presented by: Takanori Adachi, Nagoya U
Entrepreneurial Optimism and the Market for New Issues
presented by: Luis Santos-Pinto, U Lausanne
Session 32: Entry August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 014
Session Chair: Gianluca Capone, IUSS Pavia
Session type: contributed
Competition among the Big and the Small with Different Product Substitution
presented by: Lijun Pan, Nagoya U
Entry Deterrence by Timing Rather than Overinvestment in a Strategic Real Options Framework
presented by: Herbert Dawid, U Bielefeld
Entry and Patenting in the Pharmaceutical Industry
presented by: Maria Letizia Giorgetti, U Milan
How Far from the Tree Does the (Good) Apple Fall? Spinout Generation and the Survival of High-tech Firms
presented by: Lorenzo Zirulia, U Bologna
Session 33: Entry and Product Choice August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 017
Session Chair: Maria Letizia Giorgetti, U Milan
Session type: contributed
Spinoffs in Contexts: Entry and Performance across Industries
presented by: Gianluca Capone, IUSS Pavia
Returns to Investments in New Ski Lifts: The Importance of Weather Conditions and Elevation
presented by: Martin Falk, WIFO
Entry Limiting Agreements for Pharmaceuticals: Pay-to-delay and Authorized Generic Deals
presented by: Farasat Bokhari, University of East Anglia
Session 34: Environment and IO August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 015
Session Chair: Allard van der Made, U Groningen
Session type: contributed
Strategic Activism in an Uncertain World
presented by: Allard van der Made, U Groningen
Offset Credits in the EU Emissions Trading System: A Firm-Level Evaluation of Transaction Costs
presented by: Helene Naegele, DIW Berlin
Farmers Cooperatives and Competition: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
presented by: Stephen King, Monash U
Session 35: Environmental Regulation August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 022
Session Chair: Joanna Piechucka, U Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Session type: contributed
Abatement Strategies and the Cost of Environmental Regulation: Emission Standards on the European Car Market
presented by: Mathias Reynaert, Mathias Reynaert
To Rebate or Not to Rebate: Fuel Economy Standards vs. Feebates
presented by: Isis Durrmeyer, University of Mannheim
Kill Two Birds with One Stone? Environmental Policy Design with Multiple Targetsin the Swedish Car Market
presented by: Claudio Lucinda, U Sao Paulo
Session 36: Exclusivity August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 014
Session Chair: Matthew Backus, Cornell University
Session type: contributed
Competing Buyers, Rent Extraction and Inefficient Exclusion
presented by: Simen Ulsaker, Norwegian School of Economics
Opportunism and risk-sharing in vertical contracting
presented by: Teis Lømo, U Bergen
On Exclusive Pre-auction Negotiations
presented by: Laurent Linnemer, CREST-LEI
Session 37: Experiments and Information August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 017
Session Chair: Ayse Mermer, U Manchester
Session type: contributed
Insurance, Risk aversion, and Loss Manipulation: An Experiment
presented by: Adriaan Soetevent, U Groningen
How Information about Competitors' Actions Affects Cartel Stability in Experimental Oligopolies
presented by: Francisco Gomez Martinez, University of Amsterdam
The Mechanics of Reputational Cheap Talk: An Experiment with Crystal Balls
presented by: Marco Ottaviani, U Bocconi
Session 38: Experiments and Market Structure I August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 022
Session Chair: Adriaan Soetevent, U Groningen
Session type: contributed
Wholesale Competition and Open Access Regimes: Experimental Evidence
presented by: Daniel Schnurr, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cooperation in Infinitely Repeated Games of Strategic Complements and Substitutes
presented by: Ayse Mermer, U Manchester
Oligopoly Competition in Continuous Time
presented by: Niklas Horstmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Session 39: Experiments and Market Structure II August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 016
Session Chair: Marco Ottaviani, U Bocconi
Session type: contributed
Competing for Market Shares: Why the Order of Moves Matters Even When It Shouldn't
presented by: Rudi Stracke, LMU Munich
Bubbles, Experience, and Success
presented by: Natalia Shestakova, U Vienna
An Experimental Study of Competition between Physicians
presented by: Burkhard Hehenkamp, U Paderborn
Session 40: Game Theory August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 001
Session Chair: Yong Chao, University of Louisville
Session type: contributed
Costly Location in Hotelling Duopoly
presented by: Jeroen Hinloopen, U Amsterdam
Should Brand Firms Always Take Pioneering Position?
presented by: Cong Pan, Osaka U
Three Equivalent Salop Models and their Normative Representative Consumer
presented by: Steffen Hoernig, U Nova de Lisboa
Session 41: Health Care Markets August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 B 006
Session Chair: Mats Bergman, Södertörn U
Session type: contributed
Physician Market Power and Insurance Networks: Evidence from Medicare Advantage
presented by: Kathleen Nosal, U Mannheim
Does Quality Disclosure Improve Quality? Responses to the Introduction of Nursing Home Report Cards in Germany
presented by: Annika Herr, U Düsseldorf
Competition between For-Profit and Nonprofit Healthcare Suppliers and Quality
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presented by: Mihkel Tombak, U Toronto
Session 42: History and Academic Studies August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 016
Session Chair: Jens Krüger, Darmstadt U of Technology
Session type: contributed
Public and Private Sector Consulting and Academic Research Performance
presented by: Roman Fudickar, University Düsseldorf
History in the Study of Industrial Organization
presented by: David Genesove, Hebrew U Jerusalem
On Publication, Refereeing, and Working Hard
presented by: Sergey Popov, Queen's University Belfast
Session 43: Information and Welfare August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 016
Session Chair: Marco Haan, U Groningen
Session type: contributed
Market Demand of Smart but Uninformed Consumers Rotates Counter-clockwise with Better Information: Surprising Welfare effects
presented by: Tarcisio da Graca, U Québec
Compatibility, Intellectual Property, Innovation and Welfare in Durable Goods Markets with Network Effects
presented by: Athanasios Athanasopoulos, U Warwick
Price Advertising and Directed Consumer Search
presented by: Marco Haan, U Groningen
Session 44: Innovation Policy August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 010
Session Chair: Giuliana Battisti, Warwick Business School
Session type: contributed
Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program
presented by: Hanna Hottenrott, U Düsseldorf
Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure
presented by: Van Anh Vuong, U Cologne
On the Cyclicality of R&D Investments in the Presence of Financial Constraints and R&D Subsidies
presented by: Tianyu Zhang, U Düsseldorf
Session 45: Innovation: Theory I August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 022
Session Chair: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U
Session type: contributed
Duopolistic Competition and Innovation with an Endogenous Hazard Rate
presented by: Michel Keoula, U Bielefeld
Standing on the Shoulders of Midgets: Dominant Firms and Innovation Incentives
presented by: Luis Cabral, NYU Stern
Evolution of Standards and Innovation
presented by: Reiko Aoki, Kyushu U
Session 46: Innovation: Theory II August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 022
Session Chair: Jeroen Hinloopen, U Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Credible Signals of the Release of New Versions
presented by: William Caylor, Southern Methodist U
Push or Pull? Grants, Prizes, and Information
presented by: David Rietzke, Lancaster U
Cost-reducing Investments under Partial Cross-ownership
presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U
Session 47: Inside Organizations August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 010
Session Chair: Marco Sahm, U Bamberg
Session type: contributed
Who Benefits most from Interconnectivity? A View on Productivity Effects of Innovative IT Systems
presented by: Katharina Candel-Haug, ifo Institute
A Formal Theory of Distance within Firms
presented by: Yusuke Mori, Tokyo International U
Microeconomic Investment Hazards and Firm Characteristics: Empirical Evidence from the UK
presented by: Thomas Pope, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Session 48: International Trade I August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 119
Session Chair: Marco de Pinto, U Trier
Session type: contributed
Multi-Dimensional Effects of International Trade: The Experience of Chinese Manufacturers
presented by: Shengyu Li, Durham U
Monotone Comparative Statics for the Industry Composition
presented by: Anders Laugesen, Aarhus U
Unionization, Information Asymmetry and the De-location of Firms
presented by: Jörg Lingens, U Münster
Sell Deep? Sell Wide? Or Both? Perceived Quality and Product Scope of Chinese Exporters of Electrical Products
presented by: Luhang Wang, Xiamen University
Session 49: International Trade II August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 001
Session Chair: Laura Birg, U Göttingen
Session type: contributed
Finding Opportunities for Cooperation in Removing Prohibitive Trade Barriers
presented by: David DeRemer, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Trade Liberalization and Markup Divergence: A General Equilibrium Approach
presented by: Sergey Kichko, NRU, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Session 50: International Trade III August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 010
Session Chair: Shengyu Li, Durham U
Session type: contributed
Reimbursement Regulation and Parallel Trade
presented by: Laura Birg, U Göttingen
The Sources of Sharing Externalities: Specialization versus Competition
[slides]
presented by: Philipp Ushchev, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Production Scale and the Gains from Trade - A U-turn
presented by: Justin Tumlinson, ifo Institute
Session 51: Issues in Innovation August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 001
Session Chair: Michael Kuhn, Vienna Institute of Demography
Session type: contributed
Mobility of Ideas for Innovation: The Role of Inventor-specific Knowledge Flows
presented by: Heli Koski, ETLA
Sequential Complementarity: The Case of CAD and CNC
presented by: Giuliana Battisti, Warwick Business School
Asymmetric Information in the Regulation of the Access to Markets
presented by: Michael Kuhn, Vienna Institute of Demography
Session 52: Keynote Address I August 28, 2015 13:15 to 14:30
Session Chair: John Sutton, London School of Economics
Session type: invited
Session 53: Keynote Address II August 29, 2015 16:30 to 17:45
Session Chair: Otto Toivanen, KU Leuven
Session type: invited
Session 54: Keynote Address III August 30, 2015 16:30 to 17:45
Session Chair: Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: invited
Prior-free Bayesian Optimal Double-Clock Auctions
presented by: Leslie Marx, Fuqua School of Business
Session 55: Law and Economics August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 E 006
Session Chair: Justin Tumlinson, ifo Institute
Session type: contributed
The Determinants of Investments in Patent Litigation
presented by: Steffen Juranek, Norwegian School of Economics
The Right to Counsel: Benefits and Costs
presented by: Oren Rigbi, Ben-Gurion U
Copyright Enforcement in Stockphotography
presented by: Hong Luo, Harvard Business School
Session 56: Market Power August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 110
Session Chair: Luca Lambertini, U Bologna
Session type: contributed
Competition among Coalitions in a Cournot Industry: A Validation of the Porter Hypothesis
presented by: Luca Lambertini, U Bologna
A (Partial) Test of the Theory of Nonrenewable Resources - Controlling for Exploration and Market Power
presented by: Raimund Malischek, U Cologne
Profitable Competition: A Multi-Product Firm Case
presented by: Kentaro Inomata, Osaka U
Session 57: Mechanism Design August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 010
Session Chair: Marco Ottaviani, U Bocconi
Session type: contributed
Strategic Outsourcing and Optimal Procurement
presented by: Frank Rosar, U Bonn
Optimal Structure and Dissolution of Partnerships
presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Managing a Conflict - Mediation, Litigation and Informational Punishment
presented by: Johannes Schneider, U Mannheim
Session 58: Merger Policy August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 E 004
Session Chair: Luis Cabral, NYU Stern
Session type: invited
Merger Policy in a Quantitative Model of International Trade
presented by: Nicolas Schutz, U Mannheim
Session 59: Mergers and Policy August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 001
Session Chair: Hans Friederiszick, E.CA Economics
Session type: contributed
Competitors in Merger Control: Shall They Be Merely Heard or also Listened To?
presented by: Thomas Giebe, Technical U Berlin
A Theory of Conglomerate Mergers
presented by: Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
Is EU Merger Policy Less Stringent After Its 2004 Reform?
presented by: Anh Mai, Södertörn U
Session 60: Mergers: Empirics I August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 021
Session Chair: Frode Steen, Norwegian School of Economics
Session type: contributed
The Triggers and Clustering Properties of Merger Waves
presented by: Florian Szuecs, WU Vienna
New Firm Formation in the Wake of Mergers and Acquisitions: Are Employees Pushed or Pulled into Entrepreneurship?
presented by: Anders Broström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
The Dynamics of Market-Targeted Drug Development in Post-M&A Environments
presented by: Hendrik Meder, KU Leuven
Session 61: Mergers: Empirics II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 014
Session Chair: Florian Szuecs, WU Vienna
Session type: contributed
Market Power and Cost Efficiencies in Banking
presented by: Pradeep Kumar, U Exeter
Merger Induced Changes of Innovation: Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Firms
presented by: Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir, Western U, Huron College
The Effect of Campaign Contributions on State Banking Regulation and Bank Expansion in the U.S.
presented by: Hector Perez Saiz, Bank of Canada
Session 62: Monopoly Theory August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 E 006
Session Chair: Luca Lambertini, U Bologna
Session type: contributed
Cost Reduction can Reduce Profit and Welfare in a Monopoly
presented by: Ryoma Kitamura, Kwansei Gakuin U
Non-Binding Retail Price Recommendations and Quality Signaling with Intermediation
presented by: Johannes Muthers, U Würzburg
Monopoly Pricing with Dual Capacity Constraints
presented by: Robert Somogyi, Ecole Polytechnique
Session 63: Movie Industry August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 010
Session Chair: Raffaele Fiocco, U Mannheim
Session type: contributed
The Effect of the Floating Population on Movie Theater Revenues
presented by: In Kyung Kim, Nazarbayev U
Strategic Promotion and Release Decisions in the Movie Market
presented by: Dimitri Paolini, U Sassari
Exploring Niche Competition and the Timing of Entry: The Case of the Motion Picture Industry
presented by: Niklas Duerr, ZEW Mannheim
Session 64: Net Neutrality August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 109
Session Chair: Axel Gautier, U Liege, HEC Management School
Session type: contributed
Net Neutrality and Inflation of Traffic
presented by: Martin Peitz, U Mannheim
Net Neutrality, Vertical Integration, and Competition between Content Providers
presented by: Juliane Fudickar, Free U Berlin
Competing One-Way Essential Complements: The Forgotten Side of Net Neutrality
presented by: Axel Gautier, U Liege, HEC Management School
Session 65: Network Effects and Externalities August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 001
Session Chair: Roman Chuhay, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Session type: contributed
Is Exclusionary Pricing Anticompetitive in Two-Sided Markets?
presented by: Helder Vasconcelos, U Porto
Should Dark Pools Be Banned from Regulated Exchanges?
[slides]
presented by: Nathalie Oriol, U Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Alexandra Rufini, U Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Network Formation among Rivals
presented by: Wouter Vergote, KU Leuven
Session 66: Oligopoly Theory I August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 E 006
Session Chair: Aleix Calveras, U Illes Balears
Session type: contributed
Capturing Direct and Cross Price Effects in a Differentiated Products Duopoly Model
presented by: Michael Kopel, U Graz
On Pure-Strategy Nash Equilibria in Price-Quantity Games
presented by: Iwan Bos, Maastricht U
Bertrand and the Long Run
presented by: Roberto Burguet, Institute of Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Session 67: Oligopoly Theory II August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 E 006
Session Chair: Roberto Burguet, Institute of Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Session type: contributed
Dealership Equilibria in Oligolopy
presented by: Tina Kao, Australian National U
Price Competition with Costly Product Returns
presented by: Vaiva Petrikaite, IAE Barcelona
Quality Externalities in Spatial Competition
presented by: Aleix Calveras, U Illes Balears
Session 68: Online Markets August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 119
Session Chair: Dimitri Paolini, U Sassari
Session type: contributed
Price Comparison Websites
presented by: David Ronayne, U Warwick
Product Offering and Price Promotion at an Online Two-sided Market - Evidence from eBay
presented by: Wen Cao, Fudan U
Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure
presented by: Christian Peukert, U Zürich
Session 69: Organizations I August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 014
Session Chair: Eleonora Bartoloni, ISTAT
Session type: contributed
Winners and Losers of Corporate Tournaments
presented by: Ian Gregory-Smith, U Sheffield
Hidden Interactions and Organizational Cultures
presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara U
Persistent Product Innovation and Market-oriented Behavior: The Impact on Firms’ Performance
[slides]
presented by: Eleonora Bartoloni, ISTAT
Session 70: Organizations II August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 015
Session Chair: Ian Gregory-Smith, U Sheffield
Session type: contributed
Information Acquisition, Decision Making, and Implementation in Organizations
presented by: Hideshi Itoh, Hitotsubashi U
Incentives for Learning from Failure in Organizations
presented by: Kimiyuki Morita, Hitotsubashi U
Status in Organizations
presented by: Wing Man Wynne Lam, U Liege
Session 71: Patents and Markets: Empirics I August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 101
Session Chair: Ian Gregory-Smith, U Sheffield
Session type: contributed
Deferred Patent Examination
presented by: Sebastian Stoll, MPI for Innovation and Competition
Use of Grace Period and Its Impact on Knowledge Flow: Evidence from Japan
presented by: Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University
Effects of Early Patent Disclosure on Knowledge Dissemination: Evidence from the Impacts of Introducing Pre-Grant Publication System in the United States
presented by: Yoshimi Okada, Hitotsubashi U
Session 72: Patents and Markets: Empirics II August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 E 006
Session Chair: Carlos Serrano, U Pompeu Fabra
Session type: contributed
Interlocking Directorships and Patenting Coordination
presented by: Ian Gregory-Smith, U Sheffield
Patent Collateral, Investor Commitment, and the Market for Venture Lending
presented by: Carlos Serrano, U Pompeu Fabra
What to Buy when Forum Shopping - Determinants of Court Selection in Patent Litigation
presented by: Fabian Gaessler, MPI for Innovation and Competition
Session 73: Patents and Standards: Theory August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 E 006
Session Chair: Bernhard Ganglmair, U Texas at Dallas
Session type: contributed
Strategic Secrecy of Pending Patents
[slides]
presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, U Texas at Dallas
Licensing Standard Essential Patents with Costly Enforcement
presented by: Rafael Campelo de Melo Ferraz, Télécom ParisTech
Patents and Pools in Pyramidal Innovation Structures
presented by: Hodaya Lampert, Ben-Gurion U
Session 74: Pharmaceutical Market August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 E 006
Session Chair: Mihkel Tombak, U Toronto
Session type: contributed
Reference Pricing with Endogenous Generic Entry
presented by: Odd Rune Straume, U Minho
Price, Concentration, and Split-Award Contracting. An Empirical Study of Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing
presented by: Mats Bergman, Södertörn U
Hospital Pharmaceutical Market as an Investment?
presented by: Markku Siikanen, Aalto U
Session 75: Pharmaceuticals August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 B 006
Session Chair: Odd Rune Straume, U Minho
Session type: contributed
Dynamic Price Competition in Allergy Pharmaceutical Markets
presented by: Renato Seixas, U Sao Paulo
Patent Breadth, Length and Costly Imitation: Evidence from the U.S. Pharmaceutical Market
presented by: Tuomas Takalo, Hanken School of Economics
Pharmacy Incentives and Competition with Parallel Trade
presented by: Morten Sæthre, Norwegian School of Economics
Session 76: Platforms August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 014
Session Chair: Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez, VU Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Marketmaking Middlemen
presented by: Bo Hu, VU Amsterdam
Platform Pricing and Consumer Foresight: The Case of Airports
presented by: Alberto Iozzi, U Roma Tor Vergata
Private Contracts in Two-sided Markets
presented by: Gaston Llanes, Catholic U of Chile
Session 77: Political Economy and IO August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 119
Session Chair: Burkhard Hehenkamp, U Paderborn
Session type: contributed
On the Positive Role of Negative Political Campaigning
presented by: Mariya Teteryatnikova, U Vienna
Voting for Inefficiency
presented by: Maria Nieswand, DIW Berlin
A Rent-seeking Contest with Private Information and Delegation
presented by: Lambert Schoonbeek, U Groningen
Session 78: Price Competition I August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 010
Session Chair: Valeria Bernardo, U Barcelona
Session type: contributed
Market Response to Firm-Specific Shocks: The Arab Boycott of Danish Dairy Products
presented by: Sofronis Clerides, U Cyprus
Healthy Competition to Support Healthy Eating? An Investigation of Fruit and Vegetable Pricing in UK Supermarkets
presented by: Hao Lan, U East Anglia
Retail Prices in a City: An Empirical Analysis
presented by: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session 79: Price Competition II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 119
Session Chair: Sofronis Clerides, U Cyprus
Session type: contributed
Price Competition and the Allocation of Limited Attention
presented by: Andreas Hefti, U Zürich
Empirical Evidence on Price Dispersion and Store Heterogeneity in the Spanish Grocery Markets
presented by: Xulia Gonzalez, U Vigo
Digging Deep to Compete: Vertical Integration, Product Market Competition and Prices
presented by: Daniel McGowan, University of Nottingham
Session 80: Price Discrimination August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 E 006
Session Chair: Juan Esteban Carranza, Banco de la República
Session type: contributed
Allocations under Second-Degree Price Discrimination without the Spence-Mirrlees Condition
[slides]
presented by: Babu Nahata, U Louisville
Imperfect Competition, Information, and Privacy
presented by: Rodrigo Montes Moreno, Toulouse School of Economics
Advance-Purchase Financing of Projects with Few Buyers
presented by: Marco Sahm, U Bamberg
Session 81: Pricing Dynamics August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 B 006
Session Chair: Tuba Toru Delibasi, Bahcesehir U
Session type: contributed
Inflation and Penny Drops: Obfuscation or Competition?
presented by: Michael Waterson, U Warwick
Pricing in an Uncertain Market
presented by: Florian Artinger, MPI for Human Development
Asymmetric Price Adjustments: A Supply Side Approach
presented by: Raffaele Fiocco, U Mannheim
Session 82: Procurement August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 016
Session Chair: Fabian Herweg, U Bayreuth
Session type: contributed
Free-Riding and Synergies in Procurement Design
presented by: Klenio Barbosa, Sao Paulo School of Economics
Auctions vs. Negotiations: The Effects of Inefficient Renegotiation
presented by: Fabian Herweg, U Bayreuth
Strategic Sourcing in Procurement
presented by: Lluis Bru, U Illes Balears
Session 83: Product Differentiation August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 109
Session Chair: Anna Rita Bennato, Oxford Brookes U
Session type: contributed
Cannibalization within the Single Vertically Differentiated Duopoly
presented by: Tetsuya Shinkai, Kwansei Gakuin U
Pharmaceutical Growth in the UK
presented by: Anna Rita Bennato, Oxford Brookes U
Switching Costs and Network Compatibility
presented by: Jiawei Chen, U California, Irvine
Session 84: Product Quality and Consumer Information August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 119
Session Chair: Nikolaos Vettas, Athens U of Economics and Business
Session type: contributed
Too Much Attention on Low Prices? Loss Leading in a Model of Sales with Salient Thinkers
presented by: Martin Obradovits, Goethe University Frankfurt
Does the Hygiene Score Improve Hygiene Quality?
presented by: Jialiang Zhu, George Washington U
Session 85: Productivity August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 110
Session Chair: Caroline Stiel, DIW Berlin
Session type: contributed
Substitutability of Foreign and Native Labour in Production: The Case of Three Labour Inputs
presented by: Tatiana Plotnikova, STATEC
R&D Dynamics and Its Impact on Productivity and Export Demand in Swedish Manufacturing
presented by: Florin Maican, U Gothenburg
Temporary Worker Educational Mismatch and Firm Productivity
presented by: Agata Maida, U Milan
Session 86: R&D I August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 001
Session Chair: Paul Huenermund, ZEW Mannheim
Session type: contributed
Welfare Effects of European R&D Support Policies
presented by: Otto Toivanen, KU Leuven
Patents as Collateral: The Financing of Start-up R&D
presented by: Filomena Garcia, Indiana University
A New Approach to Estimation of the R&D-Innovation-Productivity Relationship
presented by: Hans Lööf, Royal Institute of Technology
Session 87: R&D II August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 119
Session Chair: Hans Lööf, Royal Institute of Technology
Session type: contributed
Information Ambiguity and the Market Value of Innovative Assets
presented by: Katrin Hussinger, U Luxembourg
Estimating the Local Average Treatment Effect of R&D Subsidies in a Virtual Common Pot
presented by: Paul Huenermund, ZEW Mannheim
Agency, Entry Threat, and Contract Design: Evidence from R&D Agreements
presented by: Xinyu Hua, Hong Kong U of Science and Technology
Session 88: R&D: Dynamics and Policy August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 109
Session Chair: Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir, Western U, Huron College
Session type: contributed
Research Joint Ventures and Technological Proximity
presented by: Alexandra Zaby, U Tübingen
Equilibrium Patent Pricing in a Duopoly with R&D Spillovers
presented by: Espen Stokkereit, U Oslo
Research Among Copycats: R&D, Spillovers, and Feedback Strategies
presented by: Grega Smrkolj, Newcastle University
Session 89: Regulation August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 022
Session Chair: Jean-Christophe Thiebaud, Sorbonne Business School
Session type: contributed
Final vs. Intermediate Price Regulation in the Presence of Demand-Enhancing Investments
presented by: Olga Rozanova, Toulouse School of Economics
A Welfare Analysis of Subsidy Regulation in the Mobile Telecommunications Market
presented by: Minsoo Park, Sungkyunkwan U
Pro-Consumer Price Ceilings under Uncertainty
presented by: Ioana Chioveanu, Brunel U
Session 90: Regulation and Antitrust August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 015
Session Chair: Gregory Crawford, U Zürich
Session type: contributed
EU-Accession, Domestic Market Competition and Allocative Efficiency: Firm Level Evidence
presented by: Klaus Friesenbichler, Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Leniency and Damages
presented by: Catarina Marvao, Stockholm School of Economics
Substitution between Fixed, Mobile and Voice over IP Telephony - Evidence from the European Union
presented by: Mirjam Lange, U Düsseldorf
Session 91: Regulation: Empirics August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 119
Session Chair: Ioana Chioveanu, Brunel U
Session type: contributed
Vertical Separation in Rail Transport: How do Prices Influence Coordination?
presented by: Jean-Christophe Thiebaud, Sorbonne Business School
Regulatory Contracts and Cost Efficiency: The French Urban Public Transport Case
presented by: Joanna Piechucka, U Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Multi-product Firm Pricing and Cost Pass-through: A Theory and an Empirical Application
presented by: Özlem Bedre-Defolie, ESMT
Session 92: Reputation and Repeated Interaction August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 021
Session Chair: Evgenia Motchenkova, VU Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Reputation and the Value of Information in a Trust Game
presented by: Emilia Oljemark, U Konstanz
Certifier Competition and Product Quality
presented by: Jacopo Bizzotto, U Oslo
Repeated Interaction in Standard Setting
presented by: Florian Schuett, Tilburg U
Session 93: Rising Stars I August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 A 014
Session Chair: Otto Toivanen, KU Leuven
Session type: contributed
Gateway Products in the DSLR Camera Market: Dynamic Demand, Consumer Learning and Switching Costs
presented by: Jiaxuan Li, Boston U
Discussant:   Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics
Dynamic Competition in Deceptive Markets
presented by: Johannes Johnen, ESMT
Discussant:   Marc Rysman, Boston U
Evaluating an Investment Subsidy Policy through a Structural Econometric Model using Micro-data from Greece
presented by: Alexandros Fakos, ITAM
Discussant:   Otto Toivanen, KU Leuven
Session 94: Rising Stars II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 014
Session Chair: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U
Session type: contributed
What Do They Advertise?
presented by: Tsz Kin Leung, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester
Discount Competition
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presented by: Tadas Bruzikas, U Groningen
Discussant:   Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U
Search, Differentiated Products, and Obfuscation
presented by: Tobias Gamp, U Bonn
Discussant:   Volker Nocke, U Mannheim
Session 95: Rising Stars III August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 014
Session Chair: Jacob Goeree, University of Technology Sydney
Session type: contributed
Collusion in Multi-unit Auction with Ex Ante Asymmetric Bidders: Uniform vs Discriminatory
presented by: Yun Liu, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant:   Vladimir Karamychev, Erasmus U Rotterdam
Auction Cartels and the Absence of Efficient Communication
presented by: Gyula Seres, Tilburg U
Discussant:   Jacob Goeree, University of Technology Sydney
Nonlinear Pricing with Local Network Effects
presented by: Arne Gramstad, U Oslo
Discussant:   Nicolas Schutz, U Mannheim
Session 96: Rising Stars IV August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 A 014
Session Chair: Brett Gordon, Northwestern
Session type: contributed
Multiproduct Retailing and Consumer Shopping Patterns: The Role of Shopping Costs
presented by: Daniel Herrera, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Brett Gordon, Northwestern
Do Vertical Contracts Affect Product Availability? An Empirical Study of the Grocery Industry
presented by: Sylvia Hristakeva, Boston College
Discussant:   Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
Deadlines and Matching
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presented by: Garth Baughman, U Pennsylvania
Discussant:   Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 97: Rising Stars V August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 A 014
Session Chair: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Princeton
Session type: contributed
Incentives to Innovate, Compatibility and Efficiency in Durable Goods Markets with Network Effects
presented by: Athanasios Athanasopoulos, U Warwick
Discussant:   Luis Cabral, NYU Stern
The Relationship Between Competition and Innovation: How Important are Firms' Financial Constraints?
presented by: Georgios Petropoulos, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Lucy White, Harvard Business School
The Effect of Entry and Merger in an Innovative Market
presented by: Georges Vivien Houngbonon, Paris School of Economics
Discussant:   Myrto Kalouptsidi, Princeton
Session 98: Rising Stars VI August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 A 014
Session Chair: Sofronis Clerides, U Cyprus
Session type: contributed
Clicks and Editorial Decisions: How does Popularity Shape Online News Coverage?
presented by: Ananya Sen, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford
Should Google Profit like a Taxi Driver?
presented by: Jin Huang, CEMFI
Discussant:   Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U
Estimating an Equilibrium Model of the ACA Health Insurance Exchanges
presented by: Pietro Tebaldi, Stanford
Discussant:   Sofronis Clerides, U Cyprus
Session 99: Search August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 E 004
Session Chair: Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: invited
Search with Learning
presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U
A Quantitative Analysis of the Retail Market for Illicit Drugs
presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics
Session 100: Search I August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 109
Session Chair: Andrew Rhodes, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
The Double Diamond Paradox
presented by: Maarten Janssen, U Vienna
Prices, Product Differentiation, and Heterogeneous Search Costs
presented by: Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez, VU Amsterdam
Search Direction
presented by: Régis Renault, U Paris-Dauphine
Session 101: Search II August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 109
Session Chair: Nikolaos Vettas, Athens U of Economics and Business
Session type: contributed
Consumer Search with Observational Learning
presented by: Sandro Shelegia, University of Vienna
Intermediary Search for Suppliers in Procurement Auctions
presented by: Jun Honda, WU Vienna
A Search Theory of Retail Market Structure
presented by: Andrew Rhodes, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 102: Social Networks August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 010
Session Chair: Wouter Vergote, KU Leuven
Session type: contributed
Susceptibility and Influence in Social Media Word-of-Mouth
presented by: Jörg Claussen, Copenhagen Business School
Thanks, but no Thanks: Companies’ Response to R&D Tax Credits
presented by: Daniel Neicu, KU Leuven
Strategic Diffusion of Information in Social Networks with Homophily
presented by: Roman Chuhay, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Session 103: Spectrum Auctions and Market Design August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 E 004
Session Chair: Roberto Burguet, Institute of Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Session type: invited
Spiteful Bidding and Gaming in Combinatorial Clock Auctions
presented by: Vladimir Karamychev, Erasmus U Rotterdam
Session 104: Structural Estimation August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 101
Session Chair: Limin Fang, U Toronto
Session type: contributed
Estimating Consumer Substitution Patterns and Welfare Loss under Retail Stockouts
presented by: Junichi Suzuki, U Toronto
Policy Evaluation using Structural Estimation of Production Functions: the Payroll Tax Exemption in Brazil
presented by: Leandro Meyer, U Sao Paulo
A Microeconometric Dynamic Structural Model of Copper Mining Decisions
presented by: Andres Luengo, U Southampton
Session 105: Telecommunications Markets August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 110
Session Chair: Steffen Hoernig, U Nova de Lisboa
Session type: contributed
Facility- and Service-based Competition and Investment in Fixed Broadband Networks: Lessons from a Decade of Access Regulations in the European Union Member States
presented by: Wolfgang Briglauer, ZEW Mannheim
Mobile Penetration under CPP and RPP
presented by: Sjaak Hurkens, Institute of Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Mobile Telephony in Emerging Markets: The Importance of Multi-simming Customers
presented by: Daniel Göller, U Agder
Session 106: Trade and Policy I August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 M 101
Session Chair: Luis Aguiar, European Commission
Session type: contributed
presented by:
Global versus Local Patents: Economic Integration and Strategic Interaction of International Firms
presented by: Jan Guldager Jorgensen, U Southern Denmark
Dynamic Adverse Selection with Many Types
presented by: Gabor Virag, U Toronto
Session 107: Trade and Policy II August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 109
Session Chair: Gabor Virag, U Toronto
Session type: contributed
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility by Multinational Enterprises
presented by: Constantine Manasakis, U Crete
Quantifying Adaptation Costs in Sequential FDI Location Choices: Evidence from German Firms
presented by: Aiyong Zhu, Wuhan U
Digitization, Copyright, and the Welfare Effects of Music Trade
presented by: Luis Aguiar, European Commission
Session 108: Two-Sided Markets I August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 109
Session Chair: Maria Rosa Battaggion, U Bergamo
Session type: contributed
Advertising Competition in the French Free-to-air Television Broadcasting Industry
presented by: Jiekai Zhang, MINES ParisTech
Optimal Cartel Prices in Two-Sided Markets
presented by: Federico Boffa, Free U Bolzano
Making Sense of (Ultra) Low Cost Flights: Vertical Differentiation in Two-Sided Markets
presented by: Giovanni Ursino, U Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
Session 109: Two-Sided Markets II August 29, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 109
Session Chair: Federico Boffa, Free U Bolzano
Session type: contributed
Exclusionary Practices in Two-sided Markets: The Effect of Radius Clauses on Competition between Shopping Centers
presented by: Tim Brühn, U Giessen
Broadcasters Competition on Quality: A Welfare Perspective
presented by: Maria Rosa Battaggion, U Bergamo
Double Internalization and Interchange Fee Bias
presented by: Marianne Verdier, U Paris 2
Session 110: Vertical Integration: Empirics August 28, 2015 14:45 to 16:15 M 101
Session Chair: Thomas Triebs, ifo Institute
Session type: contributed
A Comparison of the Wholesale Structure and the Agency Structure in Differentiated Markets
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presented by: Liang Lu, U East Anglia
Vertical Integration and Downstream Collusion
presented by: Sara Biancini, U Caen
Does Vertical Integration Facilitate Upstream Collusion? An Empirical Study
presented by: Masato Nishiwaki, Waseda U
Session 111: Vertical Relations and Bargaining August 28, 2015 16:45 to 18:15 A 014
Session Chair: Toker Doganoglu, U Würzburg
Session type: contributed
On Vertical Relations and Technology Adoption Timing
presented by: Maria Alipranti, U Düsseldorf
Pass-Through along the Supply Chain
presented by: Germain Gaudin, U Düsseldorf
Multi-plant Firms, Production Shifting, and Countervailing Power
presented by: Hamid Aghadadashli, U Düsseldorf
Session 112: Vertical Relations I August 29, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 110
Session Chair: Sara Biancini, U Caen
Session type: contributed
Multiproduct Competition in Vertically Related Industries
presented by: Shohei Yoshida, Osaka U
Picking a Partner among Competitors when Size Matters
presented by: Oystein Foros, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Exclusive Dealing under Asymmetric Information about Entry Barriers
presented by: Liliane Giardino-Karlinger, U LUISS Guido Carli, Rome
Session 113: Vertical Relations II August 29, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 110
Session Chair: Gordon Klein, U Düsseldorf
Session type: contributed
Determinants of Formation and Duration of Territorial Exclusivity Agreements: Empirical Evidence from the Global Distribution of the Apple iPhone
presented by: Tim Burnett, Bangor U
Competition, Vertical Relationship and Countervailing Power: Empirical Evidence from the UK Airport Industry
presented by: Anna Bottasso, U Genova
The Direct Costs and Benefits of US Electric Utility Divestitures
presented by: Thomas Triebs, ifo Institute
Session 114: Vertical Relations III August 30, 2015 9:30 to 11:00 M 110
Session Chair: Liliane Giardino-Karlinger, U LUISS Guido Carli, Rome
Session type: contributed
Upstream Competition and Complexity of Contracts
presented by: Toker Doganoglu, U Würzburg
Organizational Decisions in Multistage Production Processes
presented by: Verena Nowak, U Düsseldorf
All-Units Discounts as a Partial Foreclosure Device
presented by: Yong Chao, University of Louisville
Session 115: Wages, Labor, Employment I August 30, 2015 11:30 to 13:00 M 101
Session Chair: Bettina Peters, ZEW Mannheim
Session type: contributed
Mobile and More Productive? Firm-Level Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Mobile Internet Use
presented by: Irene Bertschek, ZEW Mannheim
Talent Competition, Labor Mobility, and Anti-Poaching Agreements
presented by: Rune Stenbacka, Hanken School of Economics
Knowledge Fit and Productivity Gains from Employee Mobility
presented by: Karin Hoisl, MPI for Innovation and Competition
Session 116: Wages, Labor, Employment II August 30, 2015 14:30 to 16:00 M 101
Session Chair: Rune Stenbacka, Hanken School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Unemployment and Volunteering: Does Unemployment Affect Content Generation on Wikipedia?
presented by: Olga Slivko, ZEW Mannheim
Returns to ICT Skills
presented by: Alexandra Heimisch, ifo Institute
Employment Effects of Innovation over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries
presented by: Bettina Peters, ZEW Mannheim