The 6th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 208 | invited | Banking | 3 |
| 2 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 401 | invited | Empirical IO | 3 |
| 3 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 211 | invited | Reputation and Monitoring | 3 |
| 4 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 213 | invited | Strategic Marketing and Investment | 3 |
| 5 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 609 | invited | Search, Product Ratings and Advertising | 3 |
| 6 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 204 | invited | R&D Policy | 3 |
| 7 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 309 | invited | Telecommunications and Electricity | 3 |
| 8 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 308 | invited | Market Structure and Welfare | 3 |
| 9 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 403 | invited | Effects of Research and Development and Innovation | 3 |
| 10 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Truland | invited | Plant Size, Market Structure and Entry | 3 |
| 11 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | ball 213 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit II | 4 |
| 12 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 208 | contributed | Trade Policy and Manufacturing Industries | 3 |
| 13 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 309 | invited | Online Auctions | 4 |
| 14 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Truland | invited | Competion Polcy: Non-Collusive Conduct | 4 |
| 15 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 308 | invited | Information in the Workplace | 4 |
| 16 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 401 | contributed | Market Power in Health markets | 4 |
| 17 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 405 | contributed | Financial Institution Regulation and Mergers | 3 |
| 18 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 403 | contributed | Outsourcing and Insourcing | 4 |
| 19 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 505 | invited | Public Policy in Network Markets | 3 |
| 20 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 609 | contributed | Schumpeterian R&D Competition | 3 |
| 21 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 523 | invited | Innovation and R&D: Structural Approaches | 3 |
| 22 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 501 | contributed | Empirical Models of Regulation and Competition | 4 |
| 23 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 211 | contributed | Economics of Media | 4 |
| 24 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 504 | invited | Empirical Transportation Economics | 4 |
| 25 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 521 | invited | Productivity | 4 |
| 26 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 503 | contributed | Empirical Research on Cost and Production in the Healthcare Industry | 4 |
| 27 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 401 | invited | Econometric Methods and Industrial Organization | 4 |
| 28 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 208 | contributed | Technology Adoption and Innovation in the Financial Sector | 4 |
| 29 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 211 | invited | Gasoline Prices: Time-Series Evidence | 4 |
| 30 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Truland | invited | New Perspectives on Competition Policy | 4 |
| 31 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 213 | invited | Structural Econometric Analysis of Procurement Auctions | 4 |
| 32 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 309 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit I | 4 |
| 33 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Empirical Studies of Productivity, FDI, and Trade | 4 |
| 34 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 501 | contributed | Technology Adoption and Transfer | 4 |
| 35 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 504 | contributed | Reforming IP Regimes: Facts and New Ideas | 4 |
| 36 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 521 | invited | Detailing, DTC and Drug Demand | 4 |
| 37 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Aspects of Welfare and Search in Information Econ | 4 |
| 38 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy | 3 |
| 39 | May 17, 2008 10:20-11:10 | Ball 308 | contributed | Issues in Video: Bundling and Platforms | 3 |
| 40 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 505 | contributed | Entry and Exit | 4 |
| 41 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 403 | contributed | Anticompetitive Effects of Vertical Integration | 4 |
| 42 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 405 | invited | Gasoline, Ethanol, and Motor Vehicles | 4 |
| 43 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 405 | contributed | Innovation and Firm Boundaries | 3 |
| 44 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Deterring Price Fixing | 4 |
| 45 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 213 | invited | Theory and Empirics in Two-Sided Markets | 4 |
| 46 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 501 | invited | Competitive Models of Price Discrimination | 4 |
| 47 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Buyer Power | 3 |
| 48 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 521 | contributed | Issues in Telecommunications Economics | 3 |
| 49 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 308 | invited | Differentiated Product Demand Estimation: Econometric Methods | 4 |
| 50 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Auction Experiments | 4 |
| 51 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 403 | contributed | Collusion I | 3 |
| 52 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 208 | invited | Challenges in Restructured Energy Markets | 4 |
| 53 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 309 | invited | Price Formation and Reputation | 4 |
| 54 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 504 | invited | Auction Theory | 4 |
| 55 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 401 | contributed | R&D Process and Productivity | 2 |
| 56 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Regulatory Policy Issues | 4 |
| 57 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 211 | contributed | Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D | 4 |
| 58 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 505 | contributed | Airlines | 4 |
| 59 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 405 | invited | Collusion Experiments | 4 |
| 60 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 501 | invited | Empirical Patterns of Price Dispersion | 4 |
| 61 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 213 | contributed | Vertical Relations I | 3 |
| 62 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 504 | contributed | Collusion II | 3 |
| 63 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 308 | invited | Spatial Competition and Product Customization | 3 |
| 64 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 208 | contributed | Solutions to the Hold-Up Problem | 4 |
| 65 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 523 | contributed | Using Confidential Economic Census Data to Model Industry Dynamics and Productivity Growth | 3 |
| 66 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 505 | invited | Informational Issues in Contracting | 3 |
| 67 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 309 | invited | Theory approaches to networks and mergers | 4 |
| 68 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Goals, Organization, Outcomes | 4 |
| 69 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 521 | contributed | Firm Behavior in Innovative Markets | 4 |
| 70 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 403 | invited | Empirical Analysis of Auctions: Collusion and Bidding Markets | 4 |
| 71 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 609 | invited | Hospital and Patient Care | 4 |
| 72 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 401 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Theory | 4 |
| 73 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 503 | invited | Competition Among Electricity Fuel Sources | 4 |
| 74 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 403 | invited | Empirical Analyses of Mergers | 4 |
| 75 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 205 | contributed | Vertical Relations II | 3 |
| 76 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 309 | invited | Strategic Information Transmission | 4 |
| 77 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 308 | contributed | Airline Pricing Behavior | 4 |
| 78 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 208 | invited | Licensing and Cross-Licensing: Theory and Evidence | 4 |
| 79 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 213 | invited | Pricing under Demand Uncertainty and Switching Costs | 4 |
| 80 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 201 | contributed | Theoretical Studies of Trade with Market Power | 3 |
| 81 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 503 | invited | Vertical Integration Decisions | 2 |
| 82 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 504 | contributed | Contracts and Competition | 4 |
| 83 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 211 | invited | Empirical Models of Product Characteristics and Pricing | 4 |
| 84 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 521 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Innovation and Technological Change | 3 |
| 85 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Truland | invited | Roundtable of Antitrust Chief Economists | 4 |
| 86 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 401 | contributed | Competition Policy | 3 |
| 87 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 523 | invited | Innovations in Electricity and Environmental Markets | 4 |
| 88 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 609 | contributed | Innovation, Commercialization, and Public Actors | 4 |
| 89 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 501 | invited | Applied Differentiated Product Demand Analysis | 3 |
| 90 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 211 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: The Evolution of Prices | 4 |
| 91 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 201 | contributed | Trade, Markets and Competition | 4 |
| 92 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 504 | invited | Contracting, Tournaments, and Incentives | 3 |
| 93 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 501 | invited | Applying Dynamic Structural Models in Industrial Organization | 4 |
| 94 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 213 | contributed | Patenting & R&D by Firms | 3 |
| 95 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Empirical Studies of Pricing | 4 |
| 96 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 208 | invited | Topics in Empirical IO | 4 |
| 97 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Internet and Agglomeration in Media | 4 |
| 98 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 308 | invited | Mergers, Acquisitions and Policy | 4 |
| 99 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 309 | contributed | Entry: Theory and Evidence | 4 |
| 100 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 205 | invited | Information and Quality | 4 |
| 101 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Organization Design | 4 |
| 102 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 403 | invited | Credit Cards | 3 |
| 103 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 521 | invited | Auctions and Mechanism Design | 4 |
| 104 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Merger Analysis | 4 |
| 105 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 401 | contributed | Airline Markets | 4 |
105 sessions, 382 papers |
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The 6th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Banking |
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| Session Chair: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Competition when Consumers Value Firm Scope |
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| JEL codes: G2, L1, L2 |
| Presented by: Nathan Miller, University of California |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Market Structure, Welfare and Banking Reform in China |
| Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Estimation of the Impact of Mergers in the Banking Industry |
| Presented by: Xiaolan Zhou, Yale University |
| Discussant: Robert Clark, HEC Montreal |
Session 2: Empirical IO |
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| Session Chair: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Discriminatory fees and coordination in shared ATM networks |
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| JEL codes: L10,L50,L89,G21 |
| Presented by: Stijn Ferrari, K.U.Leuven |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Market Structure and Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Solid Waste Industry |
| Presented by: Marie Tomarelli Petkus, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto |
| Promoting the participation of business in foreign companies. An empirical analysis of Outward FDI financial incentives |
| Presented by: Mariasole Bannò, University of Brescia |
| Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
Session 3: Reputation and Monitoring |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| The Impact of Antitrust Policy on Collusion with Imperfect Monitoring |
| JEL codes: L40; L41 |
| Presented by: Jesko Herre, University of Cologne |
| Discussant: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Employee Poaching, Predatory Hiring, and Covenants Not to Compete |
| Presented by: Jin-Hyuk Kim, Cornell University |
| When the Highest Bidder Loses the Auction: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement |
| Presented by: Francesco Decarolis, The University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
Session 4: Strategic Marketing and Investment |
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| Session Chair: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Monopolist's product launching strategy: herd seeking or herd preventing ? |
| JEL codes: D8, L12, M3, |
| Presented by: Ting Liu, Boston University |
| Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Optimal Best-Price Policy |
| Presented by: Frances Xu, Kellogg School of Management, Northweste |
| Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Before Death Do Us Part: On Premature Contract Breakup and Partial Property Rights |
| Presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Zurich |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Session 5: Search, Product Ratings and Advertising |
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| Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Consumer Search on the Internet |
| Presented by: Babur De los Santos, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| The Financing Structure of Corporate R&D - Evidence From Regression Discontinuity Design |
| Presented by: Nicolas Serrano-Velarde, European University Institute |
| Discussant: marc baudry, University of Rennes I & CREM-CNRS |
| Word of Mouth and Recommender Systems: A Theory of the Long Tail |
| Presented by: Andres Hervas-Drane, Harvard / UAB |
| Discussant: Chris Dellarocas, University of Maryland |
Session 6: R&D Policy |
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| Session Chair: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 204 |
| Mixed R&D incentives - the effect of R&D subsidies on patented inventions |
| Presented by: Cédric Schneider, KU Leuven & Copenhagen Business School |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Dynamic R&D and the Effectiveness of Policy Intervention in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| Presented by: Yaroslav Kryukov, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Paris Cleanthous, University of Cyprus |
| R&D Tax Policy and Firm Dynamics |
| Presented by: Orkhan Hasanaliyev, The University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
Session 7: Telecommunications and Electricity |
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| Session Chair: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| Strategic Investments in Telecommunication Infrastructure Quality |
| JEL codes: K23, L43, L96 |
| Presented by: Tobias Veith, ZEW |
| Discussant: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
| Entry Deterrence and New Technology Deployment in Local Cable TV Markets |
| Presented by: Robert Seamans, Haas School of Business |
| Discussant: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
| Consumer Durable Goods and the Long-Run Demand for Electricity |
| Presented by: David Rapson, Boston University |
| Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
Session 8: Market Structure and Welfare |
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| Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| Cournot Oligopoly with Network Effects |
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| JEL codes: D43, L13, L14 |
| Presented by: Natalia Lazzati, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Vertical integration in sequential negotiations |
| Presented by: Sergei Koulayev, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Dan O'Brien, |
| Sunk Costs, Market Structure and Welfare |
| Presented by: Nelson Sa, Duke University |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Session 9: Effects of Research and Development and Innovation |
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| Session Chair: Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| R&D Competition in the Chemicals Industry. |
| JEL codes: L |
| Presented by: Stephen Finger, Duke University |
| Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Mergers and Sequential Innovation: Evidence from Patent Citations |
| Presented by: Jessica Stahl, Boston University |
| Discussant: George Norman, Tufts University |
| The extent of cooperation in R&D and optimal antitrust legislation |
| Presented by: Dmitry Prudnichenko, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
Session 10: Plant Size, Market Structure and Entry |
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| Session Chair: David Sappington, University of Florida |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Truland |
| Relating Productivity Dispersion and Plant Size: The Role of Market Structure |
| JEL codes: L11,L22,L25,L60 |
| Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Yoonsoo Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| Quality Choice and Market Structure: A Dynamic Analysis of Nursing Home Oligopolies |
| Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Boston University |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Strategic interaction between general practitioners and specialists - implications for gatekeeping |
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| Presented by: Catherine Schaumans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium |
| Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
Session 11: Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit II |
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| Session Chair: David Schmidt, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: ball 213 |
| Entry and Exit in the Nonprofit Sector |
| JEL codes: L22, L11, L31 |
| Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
| Assessing the Impact of Credit Ratings and Economic Performance on Firm Default |
| Presented by: Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
| Discussant: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University |
| Firm Size Dynamics: Age Effects and Financial Frictions |
| Presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University |
| Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Initial Conditions and Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Duration of Entrants" |
| Presented by: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: David Schmidt, Federal Trade Commission |
Session 12: Trade Policy and Manufacturing Industries |
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| Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Ireland’s Industrial Development Path 1972–2003: Building Capabilities through Creative Destruction |
| Presented by: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
| Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
| ARE UNFAIR IMPORT LAWS UNFAIR TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? The experience of U.S. Antidumping 1990-2004 |
| Presented by: Lien Tran, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. |
| Discussant: Sourafel Girma, Nottingham University |
| Trade Policy and Exit in the Steel Industry |
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| Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Discussant: Robert Blecker, American University |
Session 13: Online Auctions |
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| Session Chair: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| An Empirical Analysis of Advertising via Search Engine Auctions |
| JEL codes: C33, C51, D12, |
| Presented by: Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business |
| Discussant: Gregory Lewis, Harvard University |
| Revenue non-equivalence between auctions with soft and hard closing mechanisms: new evidence from Yahoo! |
| Presented by: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Statistical Discrimination in On-line Auctions |
| Presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concocrdia University |
| Tests of the sealed-bid abstraction in online auctions |
| Presented by: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
| Discussant: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
Session 14: Competion Polcy: Non-Collusive Conduct |
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| Session Chair: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Truland |
| Allocating Costs in Ninth Circuit Predatory Pricing Cases: Marsann Co. v. Brammall, Inc. and its Problematic Progeny, Inglis v. Continental Baking and Thales v. Matsushita* |
| JEL codes: L12, L41, L93.M |
| Presented by: H. Frech, |
| Discussant: John Connor, Purdue University |
| On the optimal enforcement of anti-predation rules |
| Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Discussant: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
| "Why Tie a Product Consumers do not Use" |
| Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Øystein Daljord, Norwegian Competition Authority |
| The Control of Porting in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: James Langenfeld, LECG, LLC |
Session 15: Information in the Workplace |
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| Session Chair: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, C7 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| (Mis)selling through Agents |
| JEL codes: D18, D83, M31, |
| Presented by: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
| Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Poker Faces in Races |
| Presented by: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
| Discussant: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Transparency, Career Concerns, and Incentives for Acquiring Expertise |
| Presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Discussant: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
| On the Incentive of Strategic Information spillover under Relative Performance Evaluation |
| Presented by: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Discussant: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
Session 16: Market Power in Health markets |
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| Session Chair: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Collusion in a One-Period Insurance Market with Adverse Selection |
| JEL codes: L41, I11 |
| Presented by: Manuel Willington, ILADES - Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| Discussant: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan |
| Collusion in the Private Health Insurance Market: Empirical Evidence for Chile |
| Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Paying a Premium on your Premium? Consolidation in the US Health Insurance Industry |
| Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Discussant: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| An Application of the Bayesian Panel Probit: Entry and Diversification in the Pharmaceutical Sector |
| Presented by: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan |
| Discussant: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
Session 17: Financial Institution Regulation and Mergers |
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| Session Chair: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| Effectiveness of Regulation and Bank Performance: The Turkish Experience |
| JEL codes: G18, G21, K23 |
| Presented by: Ayhan Alguner, |
| Discussant: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Evidence of differences in the effectiveness of safety-net management in European Union countries |
| Presented by: Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez, |
| Discussant: Evren Damar, SUNY College at Brockport |
| What Makes Banks Merge? An Empirical Roommates Model of Consolidation in the Banking Industry |
| Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Discussant: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
Session 18: Outsourcing and Insourcing |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Outsourcing to Limit Rent Extraction |
| JEL codes: L2, L24 |
| Presented by: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Vertical Mergers in Procurement Markets |
| Presented by: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Discussant: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
| Outsourcing Induced by Strategic Competition |
| Presented by: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
| Discussant: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
| Vertical integration and outsourcing: the benefits of operational flexibility |
| Presented by: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
Session 19: Public Policy in Network Markets |
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| Session Chair: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis |
| Presented by: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| A SSNIP test for two-sided markets |
| Presented by: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
| Discussant: Christos Genakos, Cambridge University |
| Non-linear pricing for a two-sided monopoly |
| Presented by: Guillaume Roger, The University of Southern California |
| Discussant: Gal Oestreicher-Singer, NYU |
Session 20: Schumpeterian R&D Competition |
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| Session Chair: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Creative Destruction at the industry Level |
| JEL codes: L16 |
| Presented by: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
| Discussant: Talia Bar, Cornell University |
| Product and process innovations in differential games with managerial firms |
| Presented by: Roberto Cellini, University of Catania |
| Discussant: Fernando Leiva Bertran, University of Iowa |
| The Relationship between R&D and Market Share: The Schumpeterian Hypothesis Revisited and Its Implications |
| Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
| Discussant: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
Session 21: Innovation and R&D: Structural Approaches |
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| Session Chair: John Dillbary, University of Alabama |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Patents, Imitation and Licensing In an Asymmetric Dynamic R&D Race |
| Presented by: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| Patent Rights Pending: Court Error and the Litigation of Intellectual Property |
| Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| The Impact of Market Structure on R&D Competition with Learning |
| Presented by: Jianjun Wu, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University |
Session 22: Empirical Models of Regulation and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| Wholesale regulation and capital structure in european telecommunications industry |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: L51 G31 G32 L96 |
| Presented by: Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino |
| Discussant: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
| Conflict of Interest? The Impact of Dual Agency on the Price and Speed of Residential Real Estate Transactions |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Analyzing the Relationship between Regulation and Investment in the Telecom Sector |
| Presented by: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and Technology |
| Discussant: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
| Yardstick Competition to Elicit the Private Information: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese gas distribution industry |
| Presented by: Ayako Suzuki, Osaka University |
| Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC |
Session 23: Economics of Media |
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| Session Chair: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: L82 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Advertising, Elasticity, Inequality and Savings |
| JEL codes: L16, M37 |
| Presented by: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Discussant: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
| The Dutch Radio Broadcasting Industry: Market Expansion or Business Stealing |
| Presented by: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Market Size, Preference Externalities, and the Availability of Foreign Language Radio Programming in the U.S. |
| Presented by: Xiaofei Wang, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Comparative Advertising in the US Analgesics Industry |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, |
| Discussant: Xiaofei Wang, Indiana University |
Session 24: Empirical Transportation Economics |
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| Session Chair: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Internet Penetration and Capacity Utilization in the US Airline |
| JEL codes: L0,L93 |
| Presented by: Eugene Orlov, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: Massimiliano Piacenza, University of Torino - Faculty of Economics |
| The Impact of Integrated Tariff Systems on Public Transport Demand: Evidence from Italy |
| Presented by: Massimiliano Piacenza, University of Torino - Faculty of Economics |
| Discussant: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Diversification strategies and scope economies: Evidence from a sample of Italian regional bus transportation providers |
| Presented by: Marina Di Giacomo, University of Turin |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Some boundary estimates for the long run elasticity of demand for freight transportation |
| Presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Marina Di Giacomo, University of Turin |
Session 25: Productivity |
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| Session Chair: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Directors, Outsiders and Efficiency: An Analysis of How Board Characteristics Influence Firm Productivity |
| JEL codes: G34, G30, L2, O |
| Presented by: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Is Learning by Exporting Important? Micro-econometric Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms |
| Presented by: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| The effect of industrial policy on corporate performance: Evidence from panel data |
| Presented by: Ralf Martin, London School of Economics |
| Discussant: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Firm to Industry: Sources of Productivity Growth in Chilean Manufacturing |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Discussant: Ralf Martin, London School of Economics |
Session 26: Empirical Research on Cost and Production in the Healthcare Industry |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Buchmueller, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Hospital Ownership Status and Cost Shocks: Evidence from California’s Seismic Retrofit Requirements |
| JEL codes: L2, L38, I11 |
| Presented by: Mireille Jacobson, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Thomas Buchmueller, University of Michigan |
| Analysis of Hospital Production: An Output Index Approach |
| Presented by: William Vogt, RAND Corp |
| Discussant: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
| Hospital Clinical Informational Technology and Market Structure |
| Presented by: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
| Discussant: Nathan Wilson, University of Michigan |
| THE COST STRUCTURE OF HOSPICE PROVIDERS |
| Presented by: Bradley Killaly, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Sabina Ohri, Public Policy Institute of California |
Session 27: Econometric Methods and Industrial Organization |
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| Session Chair: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| More Power to You |
| JEL codes: L00 |
| Presented by: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Entry and Inefficiency in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry |
| Presented by: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Discussant: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Estimating the Demand for Credit Card: A Regression Discontinuity Approach |
| Presented by: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Br |
| Discussant: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Sharp Identification Regions in Games |
| Presented by: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Discussant: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Br |
Session 28: Technology Adoption and Innovation in the Financial Sector |
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| Session Chair: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Strategic Online-Banking Adoption |
| JEL codes: O31 G21 L1 C41 |
| Presented by: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Discussant: Elizabeth Kiser, Federal Reserve Board |
| Credit Union Membership and Use of Internet Banking Technology |
| Presented by: Evren Damar, SUNY College at Brockport |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Innovation in High-tech Entrepreneurship: Does It Depend on the Provision of Smart Money? |
| Presented by: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Elizabeth Klee, Federal Reserve Board |
| Market Concentration and the Diffusion of Electronic Banking |
| Presented by: Robert Clark, HEC Montreal |
| Discussant: Ken Brevoort, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 29: Gasoline Prices: Time-Series Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Temporary Wholesale Gasoline Price Spikes have Long-lasting Retail Effects: The Aftermath of Hurricane Rita |
| Presented by: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Asymmetric price adjustments under ever - increasing costs: Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market in Colombia |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
| Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Edgeworth Cycles Revisited |
| Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| Is the Wholesale Market for Gasoline Globally Unified: Some Evidence from a COintegration Analysis of International Spot Markets |
| Presented by: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Discussant: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
Session 30: New Perspectives on Competition Policy |
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| Session Chair: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Truland |
| GLOBAL ANTITRUST PROSECUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CARTELS: FOCUS ON ASIA |
| JEL codes: L41, L44, L65, |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Mergers Among Firms that Manage Revenue: The Curious Case of Hotels |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Discussant: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
| Substitutes or Complements for Subscribers: Print Newspapers with Overlapping Market Areas |
| Presented by: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| MEASURING THE TRUE HARM FROM PRICE-FIXING TO BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT PURCHASERS |
| Presented by: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile |
| Discussant: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
Session 31: Structural Econometric Analysis of Procurement Auctions |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Procurement Contracting with Time Incentives: Theory and Evidence |
| Presented by: Gregory Lewis, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
| Investigating Bid Preferences at Low-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions with Endogenous Participation |
| Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| A Dynamic Procurement Auction with Persistent Backlog and Capacity Constraints |
| Presented by: Viplav Saini, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Rasim Ozcan, ERS Group |
| What model for entry in first-price auctions? A nonparametric approach |
| Presented by: Artyom Shneyerov, Concocrdia University |
| Discussant: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
Session 32: Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit I |
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| Session Chair: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| A Dynamic Analysis of Lottery Competition among States |
| JEL codes: L11,L13,H71,H72 |
| Presented by: Emin Dinlersoz, Cornerstone Research |
| Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Government policy and the dynamics of market structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals |
| Presented by: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| The Persistence of First-Mover Advantages |
| Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
| Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Stars and Misfits: A Theory of Occupational Choice |
| Presented by: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Discussant: Brett Gordon, Columbia University |
Session 33: Empirical Studies of Productivity, FDI, and Trade |
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| Session Chair: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Bodyshopping versus Offshoring: Determinants of Outsourcing Behavior by Indian Software and Information Technology Firms |
| JEL codes: L23,L86,M55,L22 |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Lien Tran, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. |
| Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms |
| Presented by: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Services FDI and Manufacturing Productivity Growth: There is a Link |
| Presented by: Ana Fernandes, World Bank |
| Discussant: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
| The effects of foreign acquisition on domestic and export markets dynamics in China |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Sourafel Girma, Nottingham University |
| Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
Session 34: Technology Adoption and Transfer |
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| Session Chair: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| The Unilateral Incentives for Technology Transfers: Predation by Proxy |
| JEL codes: D4, L1, L41 |
| Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Knowing What You Can Implement Matters: A Life-cycle Theory of R&D and Markets for Knowledge |
| Presented by: Masako Ueda, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Discussant: Jianjun Wu, University of Arizona |
| Technology Adoption and Risk Preferences |
| Presented by: Hüseyin Doluca, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, University at Buffalo (SUNY) |
| Endogenous Location Leadership |
| Presented by: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
Session 35: Reforming IP Regimes: Facts and New Ideas |
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| Session Chair: Gwendolyn Ball, University of Illinois |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: O34 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Transaction Costs and Trolls: the Behavior of Individual Inventors, Small Firms and Entrepreneurs in Patent Litigation |
| JEL codes: 034; K41; |
| Presented by: Gwendolyn Ball, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Riskiness of R&D and its Impact on Intellectual Property Laws |
| Presented by: Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University |
| Discussant: Wonjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and |
| Forever Minus a Day? Theory and Empirics of Optimal Copyright Term |
| Presented by: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: Cédric Schneider, KU Leuven & Copenhagen Business School |
| Prior Art - To Search or Not to Search |
| Presented by: Vidya Atal, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
Session 36: Detailing, DTC and Drug Demand |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Effect of DTC, Media Coverage, and FDA Regulatory Actions on Pharmaceutical Use |
| JEL codes: I18, M37 |
| Presented by: Andrew Kleit, Penn State University |
| Discussant: Brett Wendling, Federal Trade Commission |
| The Impact of Prescription Drug Insurance on the Demand for Anti-Cholesterol Drugs |
| Presented by: Abe Dunn, Antitrust Division |
| Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| The Relationship Between Direct-To-Consumer Advertising,Detailing and Prescription Drug Expenditures |
| Presented by: Brett Wendling, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Andrew Kleit, Penn State University |
| Measuring the Informative and Persuasive Roles of Detailing on Prescribing Decisions |
| Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Abe Dunn, Antitrust Division |
Session 37: Aspects of Welfare and Search in Information Econ |
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| Session Chair: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, L1 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient? |
| JEL codes: L15 |
| Presented by: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
| Discussant: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| Efficiency, Welfare and Ownership of Private Information |
| Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Strategic complementarities and search market equilibrium |
| Presented by: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Search, availability, and competition in product ranges |
| Presented by: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Discussant: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
Session 38: Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy |
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| Session Chair: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| The Economic Impact of Wireless Number Portability |
| JEL codes: L50, L96, L10 |
| Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Miguel Montoya, ITESM Guadalajara |
| The Rules of the Road or Roadblocks on the Information Highway? Regulation and Innovation in Telecommunications |
| Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
| Discussant: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and Technology |
| Subsidies and distorted markets: Do telecom subsidies affect competition? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Discussant: Ayako Suzuki, Osaka University |
Session 39: Issues in Video: Bundling and Platforms |
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| Session Chair: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 11:10 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| Market Power and Product Bundling: The Case of the Cable Television Industry |
| Presented by: Nodir Adilov, Indiana University-Purdue University |
| Discussant: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| The Ownership Structure of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Foreclosure of Piracy |
| Presented by: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Discussant: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
| The Welfare Effects of Bundling in Multi-Channel Television Markets |
| Presented by: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Nodir Adilov, Indiana University-Purdue University |
Session 40: Entry and Exit |
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| Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| On the Geographic and Cultural Determinants of Bankruptcy |
| JEL codes: C41, R10, Z10 |
| Presented by: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
| Discussant: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Regional Opportunities and Policy Implications |
| Presented by: Enrico Santarelli, Universita' di Bologna |
| Discussant: C. Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| An Empirical Model of New Product Introduction and Brand Proliferation in the Beer Industry |
| Presented by: Vera Holovchenko, University of Texas |
| Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| The Effects on Entry of Bundling by Publishers of Scientific Journals |
| Presented by: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
Session 41: Anticompetitive Effects of Vertical Integration |
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| Session Chair: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Innovation in Vertically Related Markets |
| JEL codes: L1 |
| Presented by: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Hans Normann, Max Planck Institute (Bonn) |
| Competitive Effects of Vertical Integration with Downstream Oligopsony and Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Pedro Mendi, Universidad de Navarra |
| Backward Integration and Collusion in a Duopoly Model with Asymmetric Costs |
| Presented by: Pedro Mendi, Universidad de Navarra |
| Discussant: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Vertical Integration, Raising Rivals' Cost and Upstream Collusion |
| Presented by: Hans Normann, Max Planck Institute (Bonn) |
| Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
Session 42: Gasoline, Ethanol, and Motor Vehicles |
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| Session Chair: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| Gasoline Prices, Government Support, and the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the U.S. |
| JEL codes: L50 L90 Q85 |
| Presented by: Shanjun Li, SUNY - Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| CAFE Regulation, New Vehicle Technology and Consumer Welfare |
| Presented by: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Discussant: Shanjun Li, SUNY - Stony Brook |
| The Demand for Ethanol as a Gasoline Substitute |
| Presented by: Soren Anderson, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Greenhouse Gas Reductions under Low Carbon Fuel Standards? |
| Presented by: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Discussant: Soren Anderson, University of Michigan |
Session 43: Innovation and Firm Boundaries |
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| Session Chair: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| THE FIT BETWEEN COOPETITION AND OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES – AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION FOR GERMANY |
| Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Jan Eilhard, Cerna |
| Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing – Mix and Match |
| Presented by: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Firms on SourceForge: Loose Contracts and Tight Control? |
| Presented by: Jan Eilhard, Cerna |
| Discussant: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
Session 44: Competition Policy: Deterring Price Fixing |
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| Session Chair: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Truland |
| A Critique of Cartel Fine Discounting |
| JEL codes: K21, K14, L41, |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
| On the Overcharge as an Estimator for Total Chain Antitrust Damages |
| Presented by: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile |
| Cartel Sanctions: An Empirical Analysis |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
| Discussant: Keith Brand, FTC |
| Cartels, Price-Fixing, and Corporate Leniency Policy:What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger |
| Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Discussant: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
Session 45: Theory and Empirics in Two-Sided Markets |
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| Session Chair: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies |
| JEL codes: L1, L2, L4, L8 |
| Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Lock-in and unobserved preference in server operating system adoption: a case of linux vs. windows |
| Presented by: Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Discussant: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
| Leveraging monopoly power by limiting interoperability: Theory and Evidence from Computer Markets |
| Presented by: Christos Genakos, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Recommendation Networks and Social Effects in Electronic Markets |
| Presented by: Gal Oestreicher-Singer, NYU |
| Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
Session 46: Competitive Models of Price Discrimination |
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| Session Chair: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| Price Discrimination in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
| Assessing the Anticompetitive Effects of Multiproduct Pricing |
| Presented by: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Customer Poaching, Coupon Trading and Consumer Arbitrage |
| Presented by: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Optimal Strategy of Multi-Product Retailers with Relative Thinking and Reference Prices |
| Presented by: Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Session 47: Buyer Power |
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| Session Chair: David Mills, University of Virginia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Information Disclosure and Endogenous Sequencing in Bilateral Negotiations |
| JEL codes: C70,L23 |
| Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Discussant: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Endogenous Maximum RPM, Recommended Retail Prices and the Role of Buyer Power |
| Presented by: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Discussant: Patrick Herbst, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| Buyer Power through Producers' Differentiation |
| Presented by: Claire Chambolle, INRA & Ecole Polytechnique |
| Discussant: Roman Inderst, Univ. Frankfurt and LSE |
Session 48: Issues in Telecommunications Economics |
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| Session Chair: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| A Model of Mobile Telephony with Policy Applications |
| JEL codes: L13, L43, L93 |
| Presented by: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Network Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Mobile Telephone Industry |
| Presented by: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
| Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Subscription Choices and Switching Costs in Mobile Telephony |
| Presented by: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Discussant: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
Session 49: Differentiated Product Demand Estimation: Econometric Methods |
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| Session Chair: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| A Simple Nonparametric Estimator for the Distribution of Random Coefficients in Discrete Choice Models |
| Presented by: Kyoo Il Kim, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| A control function approach to estimate markups |
| Presented by: Jan De Loecker, New York University |
| Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
| Control Function Corrections for Unobserved Factors in Differentiated Pr |