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Session 1: Innovation in Healthcare Markets
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chair:
Barton Hamilton, Washington University in St Louis |
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| Combining Complements: Theory and Evidence from Cancer Treatment Innovation |
| Presented by: Rebekah Dix, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University
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| Rewarding Incremental Innovation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Line Extensions |
| Presented by: Ishan Phadke, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
Discussant: Timothy Simcoe, Boston University
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| Pharmaceuticals and Digital Health: How Data-driven Insights May Reshape the Insulin Market |
| Presented by: Lea Bignon, Toulouse School of Economics |
Discussant: Kyle Myers, Harvard Business School
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Session 2: Labor Markets
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Judith Chevalier, Yale University |
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| Multidimensional screening with substitutable attributes |
| Presented by: Orestis Vravosinos, New York University |
Discussant: Frank Yang, Stanford University
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| Network Knowledge on the Move: How Worker Mobility Shapes Firm Connections |
| Presented by: Nurullah Gulec, Duke University |
Discussant: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
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| Mergers and Mismatches in the Labor Market for Creativity |
| Presented by: Ke Shi, California Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Eduardo Azevedo, University of Pennsylvania
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Session 3: Vertical Contracts
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
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| Bargaining over Leasing Contracts amid Shifting Power Balance |
| Presented by: Kei Ikegami, New York University |
Discussant: Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland
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| Nash-in-Nash Equilibrium with Inefficient Contracts |
| Presented by: Diego Cussen, New York University |
Discussant: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
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Session 4: Demand Under Uncertainty
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
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| In Defense of the Middleman: Quality Failures in the Generic Pharmaceutical Market |
| Presented by: Catherine Ishitani, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Natalia Serna, Stanford University
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| Information Distortion in Label Design in Over-the-Counter Drug Market |
| Presented by: Anastasiia Evdokimova, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Sebastian Fleitas, PUC Chile
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| Sanction in credence good markets |
| Presented by: Kenzo Ichikawa, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
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Session 5: Firm Dynamics and Innovation
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University |
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| Technology Choice, Spillovers, and the Concentration of R&D |
| Presented by: Todd Lensman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Charles Hodgson, Yale University
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| How Big Is Too Big? The Competitive Effects of Shipping Technology Innovation |
| Presented by: Anhua Chen, Harvard University |
Discussant: Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
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| Venture Capital and the Dynamism of Startups |
| Presented by: Yang Yu, University of Virginia |
Discussant: Nicholas Vreugdenhil, ASU
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Session 6: Empirical Models of Entry
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 368
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| Session Chair:
Nathan Miller, Georgetown University |
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| Entry and Market(ing) Competition in the U.S. Beer Industry |
| Presented by: Julian Hidalgo, Harvard University |
Discussant: Matthew Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Department of
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| Regulating Firearm Markets: Evidence from California |
| Presented by: Adam Rosenberg, Stanford University |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
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| Distributional Effects of Exclusive Dealing in Retail Real Estate |
| Presented by: Camilla Schneier, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
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Session 7: Industrial Policy
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota |
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| Technology Rivalry and Resilience Under Trade Disruptions: The Case of Semiconductor Foundries |
| Presented by: Weiting Miao, Duke University |
Discussant: Jeff Thurk, University of Georgia
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| Protect or Prepare? Crop Insurance and Adaptation in a Changing Climate |
| Presented by: Marguerite Obolensky, Columbia University |
Discussant: Nahim Bin Zahur, Queen's University
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| Open Source Software Policy in Industry Equilibrium |
| Presented by: Jeff Gortmaker, Harvard University |
Discussant: Thomas Wollmann, University of Chicago Booth School of Bu
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Session 8: Platform Design
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School |
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| Marketplace Leakage with Rival Platforms |
| Presented by: Danhou Li, National University of Singapore |
Discussant: Z. Eddie Ning, University of British Columbia
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| Data Preferences in Firm Learning: Evidence from an Online Auction Platform |
| Presented by: Xiaojie Li, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn
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| Competition and Targeting in Auctions for Online Ads |
| Presented by: Tulio Sousa, Duke University |
Discussant: Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania
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Session 9: Multiproduct Firms
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Christopher Conlon, NYU Stern |
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| Bundled Loyalty Discounts in Healthcare: Evidence from Physician-Administered Vaccines |
| Presented by: Chiara Gardenghi, NYU Stern |
Discussant: Alexander Olssen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsy
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| Cross-Product Compatibility, Lock-In, and Market Power: The Case of Smartphones and Laptops |
| Presented by: Yuval Lidany, Boston College |
Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem
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| Spinoffs and Diseconomies of Scope in the U.S. Medical Laser Industry |
| Presented by: John Shin, Duke University |
Discussant: El Hadi Caoui, University of Toronto
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Session 10: Contract Design and Estimation with Large State Spaces
May 2, 2025 17:00 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Paul Grieco, Penn State |
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| Contract Design in Renewable Energy Auctions: Evidence from India |
| Presented by: Anshuman Bhakri, Boston College |
Discussant: Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
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| Pricing the Right to Renege in Search Markets: Evidence from Trucking |
| Presented by: Richard Faltings, University of Texas at Austin |
Discussant: Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia
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| Model-Adaptive Approach to Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Large State Spaces |
| Presented by: Ertian Chen, University College London |
Discussant: Jason Blevins, The Ohio State University
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Session 11: Supply Chains
Sponsored by Brattle
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 121
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| Session Chair:
Jorge Florez-Acosta, Banco de la Republica |
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| From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth, Input Substitution, and Monopsony |
| Presented by: Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Mert Demirer, MIT
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| Value Creation and Value Capture in Indian Garment Sector Bargaining |
| Presented by: Russell Morton, Yale University |
Discussant: Rosa Ferrer, UPF and BSE
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| Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain |
| Presented by: Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia |
Discussant: Silke Forbes, Tufts University
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| Vertical control and retail price stability: Evidence from the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry |
| Presented by: Jorge Florez-Acosta, Banco de la Republica |
Discussant: Tirza Angerhofer, Duke University
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Session 12: New Tools for Demand Estimation
Sponsored by Analysis Group
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chairs: |
| 1. Adam Dearing, Cornell University |
| 2. Riccardo Marchingiglio, Analysis Group |
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| Estimating Discrete Choice Demand Models with Sparse Market-Product Shocks |
| Presented by: Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada |
Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine
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| Using Default Recommendations in Demand Estimation |
| Presented by: Jonathon McClure, Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business, Purdue University |
Discussant: Shahryar Doosti, Chapman University
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| Estimating Choice Models with Unobserved Expectations over Attributes |
| Presented by: Hanlin Zhao, Toulouse School of Economics |
Discussant: Marco Duarte, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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| Identification and Estimation of Demand Using Timing and Information Set Assumptions |
| Presented by: Adam Dearing, Cornell University |
Discussant: Robert French, University of Chicago
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Session 13: Industrial Policy and Productivity
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 106 |
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| Session Chair:
Jeff Thurk, University of Georgia |
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| The Productivity Effects of Subsidies on New Firms: Evidence from Global Manufacturing |
| Presented by: Filippo Belloc, University of Siena |
Discussant: Markus Trunschke, Stanford University
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| Complementarities and Optimal Targeting of Technology Subsidies |
| Presented by: Jacob Bradt, The University of Texas at Austin |
Discussant: M Nazim Tamkoc, The World Bank
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| Innovation, Inventor Mobility, and the Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements |
| Presented by: Michael Lipsitz, |
Discussant: Mario Leccese, Boston University
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| Industrial Policy in the Global Semiconductor Sector |
| Presented by: Jeff Thurk, University of Georgia |
Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
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Session 14: Antitrust, Regulation and Procurement
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware |
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| Two Roads Diverged: Two Alternate Strategies for Protecting Captive Freight Shippers in the “Americas” Model of Freight Rail Restructuring |
| Presented by: Russell Pittman, U.S. Department of Justice |
Discussant: Pedro Roje, Central Bank of Chile
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| Should Egress Fees Be Eliminated? An Analysis of Cloud Services and Beyond |
| Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School |
Discussant: Leila Safavi, New York University
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| A Bid Strategy for Earlier Payment: Evidence and Implications of Front-End Loading in Procurement |
| Presented by: Justin Marion, University of California, Santa Cruz |
Discussant: Emmanuel Murray Leclair, University of Chicago
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| Self-bonding and Market Structure in Coal Mining |
| Presented by: Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware |
Discussant: Marco Loseto, Bocconi University
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Session 15: Procurement
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Ruli Xiao, Indiana University |
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| Avoiding the Winner's Curse: Bidding for Tree-Planting Contracts in British Columbia |
| Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida |
Discussant: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma
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| Phoning Home: The Procurement of Telecommunications for Incarcerated Individuals in the United States |
| Presented by: Gretchen Sileo, Temple University |
Discussant: Harim Kim, University of Connecticut
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| Highway Procurement During the Great Recession and Stimulus |
| Presented by: Benjamin Rosa, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
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| Procurement in welfare programs: Evidence and implications from WIC infant formula contracts |
| Presented by: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University |
Discussant: Joshua Higbee, University of Chicago
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Session 16: Vertical Relationships
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Oscar Jara, Norwegian School of Economics |
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| Markups, Markdowns and Superstar Firms: Evidence from the US Energy Drinks Market |
| Presented by: Oscar Jara, Norwegian School of Economics |
Discussant: Zach Brown, University of Michigan
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| Estimating the implications of hybrid platform business model: The case of Amazon |
| Presented by: Senay Sokullu, University of Bristol |
Discussant: Youngjin Hong, Sogang University
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| Popularity or Price: Which Should Determine the Display of Top Firms? |
| Presented by: Cole Williams, Durham University |
Discussant: Jack Berger, Indiana University Bloomington
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Session 17: Information Asymmetry on Platforms
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Gorkem Celik, ESSEC Business School and THEMA Research |
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| Equivalent Mechanisms for Informational Intermediation |
| Presented by: Wenji Xu, City University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Pengfei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas
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| Commitment vs. Flexibility in Information Disclosure: the Case of Kickstarter |
| Presented by: Giorgi Mekerishvili, AlixPartners |
Discussant: Silin Huang, Analysis Group
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| The Relative Welfare Impacts of Text Reviews and Numerical Ratings: Evidence from AirBnb |
| Presented by: Yanli Liu, Towson University |
Discussant: Xuan Teng, University of Munich
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| Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition |
| Presented by: Gorkem Celik, ESSEC Business School and THEMA Research |
Discussant: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Session 18: Platform Supply & Advertising
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Gaurab Aryal, BU |
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| Mechanism Design and Innovation Incentive for an Ad-Funded Platform |
| Presented by: Shota Ichihashi, Queen's University |
Discussant: Gaurab Aryal, BU
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| Estimating Demand with Multi-Homing in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Anatole Cheysson, JRC |
Discussant: Sebastian Valet, ZEW Mannheim
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| Sources of Market Power in Web Search: Evidence from a Field Experiment |
| Presented by: Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Tin Cheuk Leung, Wake Forest University
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| Desirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process |
| Presented by: Gaurab Aryal, BU |
Discussant: Ce Matthew Shi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Session 19: Price Discrimination
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 368
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| Session Chair:
Sridhar Moorthy, University of Toronto |
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| Quantity Discounts and Distortions: Scale Economies and Incomplete Pass-Through |
| Presented by: Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University |
Discussant: Nahim Bin Zahur, Queen's University
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| Price Discrimination Under Minimum Advertised Price Restriction |
| Presented by: Jake Kramer, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Semyon Tabanakov, University of Chicago
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| Retail Pricing and Organizational Structure |
| Presented by: Semyon Tabanakov, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Yuhan FANG, HKUST
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| Odd Pricing in Real Estate Markets |
| Presented by: Sridhar Moorthy, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Session 20: Impact of protectionism
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Xinle Pang, SUNY Buffalo |
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| The Vertical Spillover Effect of Import Liberalization |
| Presented by: Shilong Sun, Queen's University |
Discussant: Sarah Webb, University of Maryland at College Park
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| Energy Transition, Rising Protectionism, and Dynamic Entry in the Global Automobile Industry |
| Presented by: YUCHENG WANG, University of Sydney |
Discussant: Marco Errico, Bank of Italy
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| Can Protective Tariffs Induce Industrial Consolidations? Theory and Evidence from the Great Merger Movement |
| Presented by: Alonso Ahumada-Paras, Boston University |
Discussant: Luis Brandao-Marques, International Monetary Fund
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| Trade Liberalization in Oligopsony |
| Presented by: Xinle Pang, SUNY Buffalo |
Discussant: Minuk Kim, Bryn Mawr College
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Session 21: Pharmas: Innovation, Pricing, and Competition
Sponsored by FTI Consulting
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Timothy Simcoe, Boston University |
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| Biosimilar Turf Wars |
| Presented by: Manuel Hermosilla, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Aljoscha Janssen, Singapore Management University
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| When are Patents Traded and Why: A Dynamic Structural Model of Drug Development and Patent Trading |
| Presented by: Jie Fang, McGill University |
Discussant: Tuomas Markkula, Aalto University
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| Cutting Out the Middlemen: Evaluating the Impact of Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company on Pharmaceutical Pricing |
| Presented by: Aljoscha Janssen, Singapore Management University |
Discussant: Hyein Cho, Northwestern University
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| Valuing Secondary Pharmaceutical Patents |
| Presented by: Timothy Simcoe, Boston University |
Discussant: Kelsey Moran, MIT
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Session 22: IO of Retailing
May 3, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
Benjamin Klopack, Texas A&M |
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| Consumer Inference from Inclusive Product Design |
| Presented by: Z. Eddie Ning, University of British Columbia |
Discussant: Stephen Martin, Purdue University
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| Rebuilding After the Storm: Firm Turnover and Consumer Welfare After Hurricane Harvey |
| Presented by: Benjamin Klopack, Texas A&M |
Discussant: Jason Blevins, The Ohio State University
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| Dimensions of Retailer Price Differentiation and Consumer Choice |
| Presented by: Avery Haviv, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University
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| Roles of Intermediaries: Evidence from Used-Car Markets |
| Presented by: Fei Li, University of North Carolina |
Discussant: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University
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Session 23: Spatial Models of Demand
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chair:
Timothy Richards, Arizona State University |
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| Market Power and the Welfare Effects of Institutional Landlords |
| Presented by: Felipe Barbieri, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Hanlin Zhao, Toulouse School of Economics
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| Quantifying the Welfare Effects of Gentrification on Incumbent Low-Income Renters |
| Presented by: Robert French, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Siyi Song, Boston University
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| Financial Frictions and Geographical Diversification of National Homebuilders |
| Presented by: Seohee Kim, Indiana University |
Discussant: Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada
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| Inventory Competition and the Cost of a Stockout |
| Presented by: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University |
Discussant: Jonathon McClure, Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business, Purdue University
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Session 24: Inside organizations
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 121
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| Session Chair:
Yi Chen, Cornell University |
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| Collective vs. Relative Performance Evaluation with Career Concerns |
| Presented by: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University |
Discussant: Alexander Rodivilov, Stevens Institute of Technology
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| Poaching, Raids, and Managerial Compensation |
| Presented by: Thomas Jungbauer, Cornell University |
Discussant: Jorge Florez-Acosta, Banco de la Republica
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| Adversarial Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence on Lawyers' Career Trajectories |
| Presented by: Rosa Ferrer, UPF and BSE |
Discussant: Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia
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| Strategic Referrals among Experts |
| Presented by: Yi Chen, Cornell University |
Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University
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Session 25: Productivity Measurement and Estimation
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 106 |
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| Session Chair:
Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
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| Estimating Gross Output Production Functions |
| Presented by: Markus Trunschke, Stanford University |
Discussant: Aaron Putseys, KU Leuven
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| Firm Productivity and Learning in the Digital Economy: Evidence from Cloud Computing |
| Presented by: Mert Demirer, MIT |
Discussant: Kyle Myers, Harvard Business School
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| Unveiling the J-curve: How Intangibles Drive Productivity Mismeasurement |
| Presented by: Aaron Putseys, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Filippo Belloc, University of Siena
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| Productivity, Competition and Market Outcomes |
| Presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
Discussant: Ana Soares, Banco de Portugal
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Session 26: Drivers of Productivity
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
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| Fading Away Informality by Development |
| Presented by: M Nazim Tamkoc, The World Bank |
Discussant: Allen Peters, University of Connecticut
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| Wage markups and buyer power in intermediate input markets |
| Presented by: Leonard Treuren, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Michael Lipsitz,
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| Peer Effects and Worker Visibility in Team Production: Evidence from NBA Rookies |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Discussant: Pinar Yildirim, Wharton School
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Session 27: Finance
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University (Kellogg) |
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| Macroprudential Policies and Market Competition in Mortgage Lending Markets: Evidence for Chile |
| Presented by: Pedro Roje, Central Bank of Chile |
Discussant: Russell Pittman, U.S. Department of Justice
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| Plan Menus, Retirement Portfolios, and Investors' Welfare |
| Presented by: Marco Loseto, Bocconi University |
Discussant: Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics
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| Bank Deposit Pricing in the Euro Area |
| Presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics |
Discussant: Luis Armona, Harvard University
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| Financial Supermarkets: Cross-selling in Retail Banking |
| Presented by: Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University (Kellogg) |
Discussant: Tianyi Li, University of Minnesota
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Session 28: Auctions I
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Federica Carannante, Princeton University |
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| Identification and Estimation of Auction Models with Dual Risk-Averse Bidders |
| Presented by: Matthew O'Keefe, Vanderbilt University |
Discussant: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University
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| Partial Identification of the Valuation Distribution in Sequential English Auctions with Uncertainty |
| Presented by: Pallavi Pal, Stevens Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Gretchen Sileo, Temple University
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| Learning and Information Design on an Auction Platform |
| Presented by: Joshua Higbee, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Benjamin Rosa, University of Michigan
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| Adaptive Reserve Prices in Repeated Auctions |
| Presented by: Federica Carannante, Princeton University |
Discussant: Pallavi Pal, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Session 29: Testing Conduct
Sponsored by NERA
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Matthew Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Department of |
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| An Instrumental Variables Approach to Testing Firm Conduct |
| Presented by: Youngjin Hong, Sogang University |
Discussant: Alex Gross, U.S. Department of Justice
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| Costs, Discount Factors and Coordination in the Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia |
Discussant: Adam Dearing, Cornell University
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| Output Signaling in Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Joseph Harrington, The Wharton School, University of Pennsy
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| Ohio Rock Salt Procurement Auctions, Bid Preferences, and Competition |
| Presented by: Matthew Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Department of |
Discussant: Jo Seldeslachts, KU Leuven, DIW-Berlin & University of Amsterdam
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Session 30: Market segmentation
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
Nahim Bin Zahur, Queen's University |
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| Uncharted Waters: Selling a New Product Robustly |
| Presented by: Kun Zhang, University of Queensland |
Discussant: Nicolas Pastrian, University of Turin
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| Market Segmentation Under Costly Information Acquisition |
| Presented by: Irfan Tekdir, Penn State University |
Discussant: Caio Lorecchio, Universitat de Barcelona
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| Second-degree Price Discrimination: Theoretical Analysis, Experiment Design, and Empirical Estimation |
| Presented by: Soheil Ghili, Yale University |
Discussant: Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University
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| Market Power and Spatial Price Discrimination in the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry |
| Presented by: Nahim Bin Zahur, Queen's University |
Discussant: Sarah Waldfogel, University of South Carolina
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Session 31: Physical Network Design
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University |
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| Route Network Dynamics in the U.S. Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Kasra Khademorezaian, SUNY New Paltz |
Discussant: Giorgi Mekerishvili, AlixPartners
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| Equilibria in the Decentralized Freight Network |
| Presented by: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University |
Discussant: Ozge Demirci, Imperial College London
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| Price Discrimination and Regulation on a Network: the Case of US Rail Freight Industry |
| Presented by: Jin Yang, |
Discussant: Jeremie Haese, University of Lausanne
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| Making the Equity-Oriented Incentives Work: The Case of the Divvy Bikeshare Market in Chicago |
| Presented by: Silin Huang, Analysis Group |
Discussant: Yanli Liu, Towson University
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Session 32: Sustainable Transportation and Energy
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
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| Assessing the Environmental Impact of Fast Shipping: Towards Sustainable Ranking Solutions |
| Presented by: Malika Korganbekova, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
Discussant: Giulia Tani, Toulouse School of Economics
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| Will New Driving Technologies Change the Value of Public Transportation Investments? |
| Presented by: Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University |
Discussant: Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future
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| Encouraging Renewable Investment: Risk Sharing Using Auctions |
| Presented by: Konan Hara, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Joshua Linn, University of Maryland
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| Green Subsidies and Information Provision in the Automobile Market |
| Presented by: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
Discussant: Nicholas Vreugdenhil, ASU
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Session 33: Regulatory Oversight and Policy Counterfactuals in Healthcare
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 368
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| Session Chair:
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
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| Federal Oversight and Strategic Choices of Kidney Transplant Centers |
| Presented by: Han Ng, Academia Sinica |
Discussant: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University
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| Provider-Insurer Integration and Healthcare Delivery |
| Presented by: Hyein Cho, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Manuel Hermosilla, Johns Hopkins University
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| Diet quality and affordability of healthy food over time |
| Presented by: Ezgi Cengiz, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
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| Diffusing Innovations Under Market Competition: Evidence from Drug-Eluting Stents |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Discussant: Pierre Bodéré, Yale University
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Session 34: Digital Platforms
Sponsored by Charles River Associates
May 3, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Peter Newberry, University of Georgia |
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| Free Entry and Inefficiency in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University |
Discussant: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
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| The Personalization Paradox: Welfare Effects of Personalized Recommendations in Two-Sided Digital Markets |
| Presented by: Aaron Kaye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Ben Casner, FTC
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| Entry and Advertising on Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Large E-Commerce Experiment |
| Presented by: Yizhou Jin, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Paola Bordon, Universidad de Chile
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| The Impact of Return Policies in e-Commerce |
| Presented by: Peter Newberry, University of Georgia |
Discussant: Avery Haviv, University of Rochester
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Session 35: Contracts and Organizational form
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 106 |
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| Session Chair:
Silke Forbes, Tufts University |
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| Enforceability v.s. Flexibility: When Do Smart Contracts Outperform Traditional Contracts? |
| Presented by: Tong Wang, University of Edinburgh |
Discussant: Flavio Toxvaerd, University of Cambridge
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| Information Alliance in Common Agency |
| Presented by: Alexander Rodivilov, Stevens Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Gaetano Alfredo Minerva, University of Bologna
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| The Balance of Power in Franchising |
| Presented by: Marshall Steinbaum, University of Utah |
Discussant: Russell Morton, Yale University
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| Organizational Form and the Impact of Local Shocks: Evidence from the Hotel Industry |
| Presented by: Silke Forbes, Tufts University |
Discussant: Chuan Yu, Harvard Business School
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Session 36: Invited Session: Industrial Organization and the Energy Transition
Sponsored by Compass Lexecon
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 033
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| Session Chairs: |
| 1. Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago |
| 2. Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University |
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| Investment, Emissions, and Reliability in Electricity Markets |
| Presented by: Jonathan Elliott, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets |
| Presented by: Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University |
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| The Dynamics of Emissions Pricing and Technology Adoption |
| Presented by: Sarah Armitage, Boston University |
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| The End of Oil |
| Presented by: Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago |
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Session 37: IO+Public Economics
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine |
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| Who is Most Affected by Soda Taxes? Evidence from Purchases At-Home and Away-From-Home |
| Presented by: Xirong Lin, Emmanuel College |
Discussant: Jake Kramer, University of Maryland
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| Welfare Analysis of WIC Subsidy Program in the Infant Formula Market |
| Presented by: Diana Li, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Francisco Scott, Federal Reserve of Kansas City
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| Dynamic Demand Under Stockouts: Toilet Paper Run in the US |
| Presented by: Siyi Song, Boston University |
Discussant: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University
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| Substitution Patterns and Welfare Implications of Local Taxation: Empirical Analysis of a Soda Tax |
| Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine |
Discussant: Seohee Kim, Indiana University
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Session 38: R&D, Science and Technology
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Kyle Myers, Harvard Business School |
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| R&D, innovation and markups |
| Presented by: Ana Soares, Banco de Portugal |
Discussant: Jeff Thurk, University of Georgia
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| The Rising Returns to R&D |
| Presented by: Yoshiki Ando, Boston University |
Discussant: Mert Demirer, MIT
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| Strategic Investment in Competitors: Theory and Evidence from Technology Startups |
| Presented by: Mario Leccese, Boston University |
Discussant: Leonard Treuren, KU Leuven
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| Productivity Beliefs and Efficiency in Science |
| Presented by: Kyle Myers, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota
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Session 39: Utility Regulation and Pricing
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Leopold Monjoie, Aalto University |
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| Long-Term Contracts and Secondary Markets: Evidence from Natural Gas Pipelines |
| Presented by: Emmanuel Murray Leclair, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Justin Marion, University of California, Santa Cruz
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| Stranded Gassets: Utility Regulation and Investment in Fossil Fuel Infrastructure |
| Presented by: Leila Safavi, New York University |
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School
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| Distributional Effects of a Non-Linear Price Scheme in Public Utilities. |
| Presented by: Manuel Felipe Rojas Echeverri, |
Discussant: Chunyu Guo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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| Self-Selection in Retail Electricity Contracts: Competition, Regulation, and Welfare Implications |
| Presented by: Leopold Monjoie, Aalto University |
Discussant: R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University
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Session 40: Common Ownership
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 121
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| Session Chair:
David Stillerman, American University, Kogod School of Bus |
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| Common Ownership, Premium and Insurance Enrollment: Evidence from Medicare Part D |
| Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY |
Discussant: Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology
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| Estimating Oligopoly with Shareholder Voting Models |
| Presented by: Ricardo Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
Discussant: Tove Forsbacka, Norwegian School of Economics
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| The Proxy Advice Industry and Common Owners’ Coordination |
| Presented by: Tove Forsbacka, Norwegian School of Economics |
Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY
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| Non-Profit Competition in Lending Markets: Evidence from Credit Unions |
| Presented by: David Stillerman, American University, Kogod School of Bus |
Discussant: John Kwoka, Northeastern University
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Session 41: Algorithms
Sponsored by Cornerstone Research
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Zach Brown, University of Michigan |
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| Hub-and-Spoke Collusion with a Third-Party Pricing Algorithm |
| Presented by: Joseph Harrington, The Wharton School, University of Pennsy |
Discussant: Nathan Miller, Georgetown University
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| Algorithmic Pricing in Multifamily Rentals: Efficiency Gains or Price Coordination |
| Presented by: Gi Heung Kim, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Matthew Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Department of
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| Algorithmic Pricing, Price Wars and Tacit Collusion: Evidence from E-Commerce |
| Presented by: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn |
Discussant: Senay Sokullu, University of Bristol
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| Algorithmic Coercion with Faster Pricing |
| Presented by: Zach Brown, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland
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Session 42: Data Protection and Privacy
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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| Data protection regulation: Implications for online labor market intermediaries in the U.S. and Canada |
| Presented by: Vera Brencic, University of Alberta |
Discussant: Regina Seibel, University of Toronto
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| Do Privacy Policies Increase Data Sharing in Digital Platforms? |
| Presented by: Ozge Demirci, Imperial College London |
Discussant: Jin Yang,
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| Mind the Gaps: Platforms and (Cyber)Security |
| Presented by: Pengfei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas |
Discussant: Wynne Lam, University of Edinburgh
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| Cross-industry Acquisition by Digital Platforms |
| Presented by: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Discussant: Gorkem Celik, ESSEC Business School and THEMA Research
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Session 43: Pricing and Networks
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chair:
Kan Kuno, University of Tokyo |
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| Peak-Load Pricing in Platform Markets |
| Presented by: Takeaki Sunada, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania
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| Evaluating the Efficiency of Cap-Based Regulation in Matching Markets with Distributional Disparities |
| Presented by: Kyohei Okumura, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Hailey Hayeon Joo, Sogang University
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| Differential Pricing of Internet Traffic: Theory and Empirical Analysis |
| Presented by: Ce Matthew Shi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Markus Kinateder, Universidad de Navarra
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| Buyer Commitment in Bilateral Bargaining: The Case of Online Japanese C2C Market |
| Presented by: Kan Kuno, University of Tokyo |
Discussant: Tai Lam, University of California, Los Angeles
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Session 44: Search Behavior and Beliefs
Sponsored by Amazon
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Andrey Fradkin, Boston University |
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| Consumer Inferences from Product Rankings: The Role of Beliefs in Search Behavior |
| Presented by: Jessica Fong, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Hisayuki Yoshimoto, University of Glasgow
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| Search Cost Estimation and Search without Priors |
| Presented by: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
Discussant: David Ronayne, ESMT
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| Platform-Generated Quality Ratings: Theory, Empirics and Welfare Implications |
| Presented by: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Weijia (Daisy) Dai, Purdue University
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| Data Sharing and Website Competition: The Role of |
| Presented by: Andrey Fradkin, Boston University |
Discussant: Soheil Ghili, Yale University
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Session 45: Electricity Pricing and Pollution
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Nicholas Vreugdenhil, ASU |
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| How Do Residential Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies Affect Electricity Prices and Consumer Welfare? |
| Presented by: Joshua Linn, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Stephanie Weber, University of Colorado Boulder
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| Optimal Production of Coal in China |
| Presented by: Tianshi Mu, Tsinghua University |
Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem
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| Optimal Second-best Menu Design: Evidence from Residential Electricity Plans |
| Presented by: Nicholas Vreugdenhil, ASU |
Discussant: Konan Hara, University of Chicago
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| Dragon's Roar: Unveiling Pollution Abatement Costs in Chinese Manufacturing Sector using a By-production Approach |
| Presented by: Yulu Wang, Binghamton University |
Discussant: Juan Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la República
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Session 46: Physician behavior and provider incentives
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University |
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| Costs of Technological Frictions: Evidence from EHR (Non-)Interoperability |
| Presented by: Kelsey Moran, MIT |
Discussant: Timothy Simcoe, Boston University
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| Housing Wealth Shocks and Physician Treatment Choices: Evidence from Childbirth |
| Presented by: Yanhao Wang, University of Alberta |
Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park
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| Designing Incentives for Multitasking Agents: Evidence from Payments to Physicians in England |
| Presented by: Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University |
Discussant: Jorge Ale-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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| The Impact of Information Systems on Experts’ Decisions: Evidence from Physicians |
| Presented by: Jorge Ale-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile |
Discussant: Yanhao Wang, University of Alberta
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Session 47: Entry and Market Structure
May 3, 2025 14:30 to 16:30
Location: ROOM 368
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| Session Chair:
Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University |
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| Retention by Leniency |
| Presented by: Michal Hodor, Tel Aviv University |
Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University
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| Leveraging Uniformization and Sparsity for Computation of Continuous Time Dynamic Discrete Choice Games |
| Presented by: Jason Blevins, The Ohio State University |
Discussant: Aaron Kaye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Hotelling's Main Street Model: Undercut-Proof Equilibrium as a Constrained Optimization Problem |
| Presented by: Stephen Martin, Purdue University |
Discussant: Alon Rubinstein, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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| Signaling and Dynamic Inconsistency in a Durable Good Market |
| Presented by: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University |
Discussant: Yizhou Jin, University of Toronto
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Session 48: Digital Frontiers: Product Discovery, Platform Power, and Open Innovation
Sponsored by Keystone Strategy
May 3, 2025 17:15 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 033
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| Session Chairs: |
| 1. Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School |
| 2. Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota |
| 3. Keler Marku, Keystone Strategy |
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Session 49: Industrial Policy from an IO Perspective
Sponsored by Econic Partners, LLC
May 3, 2025 17:15 to 18:30
Location: ROOM 031 |
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| Session Chairs: |
| 1. Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University |
| 2. Daniel Xu, Duke |
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Session 50: Competition and vertical markets
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 106 |
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| Session Chair:
Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim |
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| Integration versus Outsourcing with Vertical Linkages |
| Presented by: Gaetano Alfredo Minerva, University of Bologna |
Discussant: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
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| Inviting Competition to Discriminate Prices |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Discussant: Yi Chen, Cornell University
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| Bundling and Streaming in Video Entertainment |
| Presented by: Chuan Yu, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Jacob Dorn, University of Pennsylvania
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| Dual Pricing in a Model of Sales |
| Presented by: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim |
Discussant: Thomas Jungbauer, Cornell University
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Session 51: Demand and Firm Conduct
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chair:
Volker Nocke, University of Mannheim |
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| Industry Associations and Pricing Co-ordination: Estimating Market Conduct Bounds for IATA in Transatlantic Aviation |
| Presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
Discussant: Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
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| Conduct and Scale Economies: Evaluating Tariffs in the US Automobile Market |
| Presented by: Marco Duarte, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
Discussant: Samir Mamadehussene, University of Texas at Dallas
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| Oligopoly, Complementarities, and Transformed Potentials |
| Presented by: Volker Nocke, University of Mannheim |
Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois
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| Firm-level Pass-through of Supply Chain Disruptions: Insights from the US Beef Market |
| Presented by: Francisco Scott, Federal Reserve of Kansas City |
Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University
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Session 52: Intellectual Property
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota |
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| Open(?) AI |
| Presented by: Matthew Leisten, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University
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| Fractional Ownership and Copyright Licensing: Evidence from the Music Industry |
| Presented by: El Hadi Caoui, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Yoshiki Ando, Boston University
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| Licensing high-quality technologies: auctions vs pre-set fees in oligopolistic markets |
| Presented by: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University
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| The Benefits of Gender-Inclusive Innovation: Evidence from US Patents |
| Presented by: Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: El Hadi Caoui, University of Toronto
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Session 53: Price and Supply Regulation
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Arie Beresteanu, University of Pittsburgh |
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| Dynamic Effects of Price Controls and Deregulation Policies: Evidence from the Indian Cement Industry |
| Presented by: Shresth Garg, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Pello Aspuru, CEMFI
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| Who Benefits from Anti-Gouging Laws During Times of Scarcity? The Case of Personal Cleaning Products During the Covid Pandemic |
| Presented by: Tianyi Li, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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| Second-Best Amendment: Market Power and Tax Design in the Firearms Industry |
| Presented by: Luis Armona, Harvard University |
Discussant: Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware
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| Regulating the Boom: Strategic Behavior in Louisiana’s Fracking Industry |
| Presented by: Arie Beresteanu, University of Pittsburgh |
Discussant: Adam Dearing, Cornell University
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Session 54: New Approaches to Merger Simulation
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Alex Gross, U.S. Department of Justice |
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| Instrument Choice in Merger Simulations |
| Presented by: Adam Dearing, Cornell University |
Discussant: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
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| Enhancing the Merger Simulation Toolkit with ML/AI |
| Presented by: Jack Collison, University of Wisconsin Madison |
Discussant: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn
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| A Retrospective Study of Recent U.S. Airline Mergers |
| Presented by: Germán Bet, University of Florida |
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
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| Using Policy Functions to Estimate Merger Impacts: an Application to JetBlue-Spirit |
| Presented by: Alex Gross, U.S. Department of Justice |
Discussant: Ricardo Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Session 55: Auctions II
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Guoxuan Ma, University of International Business and Economics University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) |
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| Strategic Uncertainty, Competition, and Asymmetric Pass-Through |
| Presented by: Harim Kim, University of Connecticut |
Discussant: Guoxuan Ma, University of International Business and Economics University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
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| Beyond Value: Investigating Reputation Effect on Resale Prices in NFT Auctions |
| Presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Matthew O'Keefe, Vanderbilt University
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| When the Seller Can’t Commit: Bidder Response and Revenue Implications |
| Presented by: Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University |
Discussant: Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida
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| The Value of Information about Bidders’ Identities: Insights from a Common-Value First-Price Auction |
| Presented by: Guoxuan Ma, University of International Business and Economics University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) |
Discussant: Federica Carannante, Princeton University
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Session 56: Entry and Growth in Digital Platforms
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Wynne Lam, University of Edinburgh |
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| The Cost Of The Cold-Start Problem on Airbnb |
| Presented by: Regina Seibel, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Vera Brencic, University of Alberta
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| Entry Effects of Commission Rates: Evidence from Mobile Applications in China |
| Presented by: Xuan Teng, University of Munich |
Discussant: Kasra Khademorezaian, SUNY New Paltz
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| Building Two-Sided Platforms: Advertising, Network Effects and Early-Stage Dynamics |
| Presented by: Jeremie Haese, University of Lausanne |
Discussant: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
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| Innovation and Platform Information Disclosure |
| Presented by: Wynne Lam, University of Edinburgh |
Discussant: Wenji Xu, City University of Hong Kong
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Session 57: Platform Market Power and Competition
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 368
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| Session Chair:
Sebastian Valet, ZEW Mannheim |
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| Prices and mergers in a general model of multi-sided markets |
| Presented by: Markus Kinateder, Universidad de Navarra |
Discussant: Shota Ichihashi, Queen's University
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| Selling on Platforms: Demand Boost versus Customer Migration |
| Presented by: Marcel Preuss, Cornell University |
Discussant: Jessie Liu, Johns Hopkins University
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| Competition among digital services: Evidence from the Meta outage 2021 |
| Presented by: Sebastian Valet, ZEW Mannheim |
Discussant: Takeaki Sunada, University of Rochester
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Session 58: Consumer information
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 121
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| Session Chair:
Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
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| Sources of consumer information |
| Presented by: Régis Renault, CY Cergy Paris Université |
Discussant: Carl-Christian Groh, University of Bonn
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| Multilateral Bargaining with Information Spillovers |
| Presented by: Caio Lorecchio, Universitat de Barcelona |
Discussant: Laurenz Marstaller, University of Bonn
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| Data sharing or analytics sharing? |
| Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School |
Discussant: Kun Zhang, University of Queensland
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| Disclosing Effort in Dynamic Team Contests with Effort Complementarity |
| Presented by: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
Discussant: Jessica Fong, University of Michigan
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Session 59: Carbon Policy
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Juan Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la República |
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| Undervaluation of Future Fuel Savings and Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks |
| Presented by: Stephanie Weber, University of Colorado Boulder |
Discussant: Tianshi Mu, Tsinghua University
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| The Geography of Fuel Tax Incidence |
| Presented by: Giulia Tani, Toulouse School of Economics |
Discussant: Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University
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| Impact of Flight Emissions Information on Consumer Demand: Evidence from the US Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future |
Discussant: Yulu Wang, Binghamton University
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| Carbon tax pass-through: incidence with vertical integration and price regulation |
| Presented by: Juan Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la República |
Discussant: Malika Korganbekova, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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Session 60: Choice Frictions and Wait Time
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
Jorge Ale-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile |
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| The Impact of Limited Consideration on Market Outcomes in the Hospital Industry |
| Presented by: Jack Berger, Indiana University Bloomington |
Discussant: Ezgi Cengiz, North Carolina State University
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| Cutting the Queue to the Dentist: Waiting Time, Public-Private Interaction and Consumer Surplus |
| Presented by: Tuomas Markkula, Aalto University |
Discussant: Jie Fang, McGill University
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| Choice Frictions in Pharmaceutical Markets: The Case of Hormonal Contraceptives |
| Presented by: Natalia Serna, Stanford University |
Discussant: Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University
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| Wait Times for Surgery in the U.S.: Measurement and Allocative Efficiency in Private Insurance |
| Presented by: Michael Dickstein, Stern School of Business |
Discussant: Han Ng, Academia Sinica
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Session 61: Entry and Regulation
May 4, 2025 8:00 to 10:00
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Sebastian Fleitas, PUC Chile |
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| Is the Customer Always Right? Customer Taste-Based Discrimination and Competition |
| Presented by: Alon Rubinstein, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Z. Eddie Ning, University of British Columbia
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| The Long Run Economic Effects of Increased Copyright Protection: An Event Study of the Film Industry |
| Presented by: Afif Mazhar, UT Dallas |
Discussant: Leshui He, Bates College
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| Distributional Consequences of Privacy Regulation |
| Presented by: Ben Casner, FTC |
Discussant: Michal Hodor, Tel Aviv University
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| Regulation by Public Options: Evidence from Pension Funds |
| Presented by: Sebastian Fleitas, PUC Chile |
Discussant: Benjamin Klopack, Texas A&M
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Session 62: Bargaining
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 027 |
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| Session Chair:
Tirza Angerhofer, Duke University |
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| The Nash-in-Kalai Model for Estimation with Dynamic Bargaining and Nontransferable Utility |
| Presented by: Jacob Dorn, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Tong Wang, University of Edinburgh
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| Welfare Effects of Buyer and Seller Power |
| Presented by: Mert Demirer, MIT |
Discussant: Marshall Steinbaum, University of Utah
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| Bilateral Monopoly Revisited: Price Formation, Efficiency and Countervailing Powers |
| Presented by: Flavio Toxvaerd, University of Cambridge |
Discussant: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
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| Oligopsony and Collective Bargaining |
| Presented by: Tirza Angerhofer, Duke University |
Discussant: Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Session 63: Invited Session: Frontiers in Industrial Organization Theory
Sponsored by Bates White
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 033
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| Session Chairs: |
| 1. Laura Doval, Columbia University |
| 2. Jacopo Perego, Columbia University |
| 3. Prerna Rakheja, Bates White |
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| Non-Discriminatory Personalized Pricing |
| Presented by: Kai Hao Yang, Yale University |
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| Digital Ecosystems and Data Regulation |
| Presented by: Jidong Zhou, Yale University |
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| The market for attention |
| Presented by: Daniel Chen, Princeton |
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| Nested Bundling |
| Presented by: Frank Yang, Stanford University |
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Session 64: Bundling and Price Discrimination
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 108 |
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| Session Chair:
Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H |
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| Retailer's Bundling of Competing Products: Should Manufacturers Worry? |
| Presented by: Samir Mamadehussene, University of Texas at Dallas |
Discussant: Volker Nocke, University of Mannheim
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| Consumer Awareness and Entry in Upgrade Auctions |
| Presented by: Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi |
Discussant: Felipe Barbieri, University of Pennsylvania
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| Netflix and Chilling Effect? The Impact of Streaming Video Licenses on Paid Digital Downloads |
| Presented by: Shahryar Doosti, Chapman University |
Discussant: Diana Li, Northeastern University
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Session 65: Social and Economic Impact of Technology
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 106 |
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| Session Chair:
Pinar Yildirim, Wharton School |
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| Human-Machine Interactions in Pricing: Evidence from Two Large-Scale Field Experiments |
| Presented by: Tobias Werner, DICE, University of Duesseldorf |
Discussant: Matthew Leisten, Federal Trade Commission
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| On the Estimation of Clean Technology using Firm-level Production and Emission Data |
| Presented by: Ohyun Kwon, Drexel University |
Discussant: Jacob Bradt, The University of Texas at Austin
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| Beached Assets? Capital Turnover and Emissions in Shipping |
| Presented by: Allen Peters, University of Connecticut |
Discussant: Ohyun Kwon, Drexel University
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| Effects of Online Dating Platforms on Marriage and Health Outcomes |
| Presented by: Pinar Yildirim, Wharton School |
Discussant: Tobias Werner, DICE, University of Duesseldorf
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Session 66: Infrastructure Investment
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 109 |
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| Session Chair:
Pierre Bodéré, Yale University |
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| Delaying the Coal Twilight: Local Mines, Regulators, and the Energy Transition |
| Presented by: Pello Aspuru, CEMFI |
Discussant: Shresth Garg, University of Pennsylvania
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| Regulator Preference and Underinvestment in Drinking Water Infrastructure |
| Presented by: Chunyu Guo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Discussant: Manuel Felipe Rojas Echeverri,
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| Charging into the Future: Intermittency and the Role of Energy Storage in the Transition to a Renewable Electric Grid |
| Presented by: R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University |
Discussant: Leopold Monjoie, Aalto University
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| Inefficiencies in Environmental Infrastructure: Evidence from Drinking Water in California |
| Presented by: Pierre Bodéré, Yale University |
Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, University of Pittsburgh
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Session 67: Merger and Divestiture Retrospectives
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 121
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| Session Chair:
Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
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| Are MAs spurring or stifling innovation? Evidence from antidiabetic drug development |
| Presented by: Jo Seldeslachts, KU Leuven, DIW-Berlin & University of Amsterdam |
Discussant: Germán Bet, University of Florida
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| Evaluating Substitutes for Antitrust: The Case of COPA Laws |
| Presented by: Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Chun Yi, Hunan University
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| How Does Consumer Voice Respond to Antitrust Policy? Evidence from Supermarket Divestitures |
| Presented by: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Oscar Jara, Norwegian School of Economics
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| Confronting Consummated Mergers |
| Presented by: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Jack Collison, University of Wisconsin Madison
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Session 68: Side Effects of Digital Tech
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 209
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| Session Chair:
Tin Cheuk Leung, Wake Forest University |
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| Generative AI in Equilibrium: Evidence from a Creative Goods Marketplace |
| Presented by: Tai Lam, University of California, Los Angeles |
Discussant: Anatole Cheysson, JRC
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| How Moderation Shapes Engagement Amid Online Toxicity |
| Presented by: Jessie Liu, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Marcel Preuss, Cornell University
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| External Costs of Digital Platforms: Evidence from On-Demand Food Delivery Services |
| Presented by: Hailey Hayeon Joo, Sogang University |
Discussant: Kyohei Okumura, Northwestern University
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| Social Network Addiction |
| Presented by: Tin Cheuk Leung, Wake Forest University |
Discussant: Kan Kuno, University of Tokyo
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Session 69: Advertising and platforms
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 406
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| Session Chair:
Weijia (Daisy) Dai, Purdue University |
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| Median Voters in the Metaverse |
| Presented by: Sarah Waldfogel, University of South Carolina |
Discussant: Sridhar Moorthy, University of Toronto
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| Estimating the Value of Retargeting in the Online Advertising Market |
| Presented by: Yuhan FANG, HKUST |
Discussant: Cole Williams, Durham University
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| Oligopoly Competition in Fake Reviews |
| Presented by: Hisayuki Yoshimoto, University of Glasgow |
Discussant: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
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| The Effect of Search Platforms on Retail Locations: Evidence from Yelp |
| Presented by: Weijia (Daisy) Dai, Purdue University |
Discussant: Andrey Fradkin, Boston University
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Session 70: Trade and IO
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 408
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| Session Chair:
Minuk Kim, Bryn Mawr College |
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| Anti-Dumping Reaches the Grocery Store |
| Presented by: Sarah Webb, University of Maryland at College Park |
Discussant: YUCHENG WANG, University of Sydney
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| A Bitter Aftertaste: How State Aid Affects Recipient Firms and Their Competitors in Europe |
| Presented by: Luis Brandao-Marques, International Monetary Fund |
Discussant: Xinle Pang, SUNY Buffalo
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| Oligopolies in Trade and Transportation: Implications for the Gains from Trade |
| Presented by: Marco Errico, Bank of Italy |
Discussant: Alonso Ahumada-Paras, Boston University
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| The Differential Impact of Tariffs by Quality: Estimates from Scotch Whisky |
| Presented by: Minuk Kim, Bryn Mawr College |
Discussant: Shilong Sun, Queen's University
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Session 71: Consumer search
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 409
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| Session Chair:
David Ronayne, ESMT |
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| Privacy in Search Markets |
| Presented by: Laurenz Marstaller, University of Bonn |
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School
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| Tracking and Price Discrimination in Sequential Search |
| Presented by: Carl-Christian Groh, University of Bonn |
Discussant: Irfan Tekdir, Penn State University
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| Product Line Design with Frictions |
| Presented by: Nicolas Pastrian, University of Turin |
Discussant: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University
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| Finding a Good Deal: Stable Prices, Costly Search, and the Effect of Entry |
| Presented by: David Ronayne, ESMT |
Discussant: Régis Renault, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Session 72: Health Insurance
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 208
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| Session Chair:
Michael Dickstein, Stern School of Business |
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| Risk Adjustment, Self-Selection, and Plan Design in Medicare Advantage |
| Presented by: ZHU LIANG, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Natalia Serna, Stanford University
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| Quantifying the Heterogeneous Impact of Recent FDA Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label |
| Presented by: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto |
Discussant: ZHU LIANG, Stony Brook University
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| Community Rating and Distortions of Relative Prices in Insurance Menus |
| Presented by: Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University |
Discussant: Michael Sullivan, Western University (UWO)
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| Approaches to Encouraging Health Insurance Take-up |
| Presented by: Michael Sullivan, Western University (UWO) |
Discussant: Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University
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Session 73: Nonprofits, Education, and Media
May 4, 2025 10:15 to 12:15
Location: ROOM 205
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| Session Chair:
Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
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| Spreading Some Exciting News |
| Presented by: Leshui He, Bates College |
Discussant: Sebastian Fleitas, PUC Chile
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| Market Structure in Vocational Higher Education |
| Presented by: Paola Bordon, Universidad de Chile |
Discussant: Peter Newberry, University of Georgia
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| Information in the Nonprofit Sector: What do Donors Value? |
| Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Discussant: Afif Mazhar, UT Dallas
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