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#	Date/Time	Location	Type	Title	Papers
1	August 31, 2018 13:15-14:30	College Theater	invited	Keynote address I: Jakub Kastl "Auctions in Financial Markets"	0
2	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 120	contributed	Anti-Competitive Pricing Strategies	3
3	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 001	contributed	Applied IO: Industry Studies	2
4	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Behavioral Economics of Firms	2
5	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 007	contributed	Bundling and Foreclosure	3
6	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 013	contributed	Collusion: Vertically Related Markets	3
7	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 002	contributed	Competition in the Market for Cars	3
8	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 118	contributed	Electricity Markets	3
9	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 014	contributed	Environmental Policies	3
10	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 021	contributed	Finance and IO I	3
11	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 011	contributed	Industry Trends in Mark-Up and Concentration	3
12	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 117	contributed	Information Transmission I	3
13	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 010	contributed	Innovation I	3
14	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 012	contributed	Markets for Credence Goods	3
15	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 008	contributed	Quality Provision	3
16	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Auctions and Procurement	3
17	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 113	contributed	Targeted Advertising	3
18	August 31, 2018 14:45-16:15	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO I	3
19	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 008	contributed	Advances in Demand Estimation	3
20	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 012	contributed	Bargaining in Vertical Relationships	3
21	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 113	contributed	Behavioral Firms: Inattention	3
22	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 011	contributed	Collusion: Empirics I	3
23	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 001	contributed	Consumer Privacy in Online Markets	3
24	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 007	contributed	Contests	3
25	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 002	contributed	Contract Design	3
26	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Dynamic Oligopoly	2
27	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 021	contributed	Finance and IO II	3
28	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 120	contributed	Health Economics	3
29	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 023	contributed	Information Transmission II	3
30	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 013	contributed	Innovation II	3
31	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 010	contributed	Mechanism Design	3
32	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 117	contributed	Patents	2
33	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 118	contributed	Price Regulation	2
34	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Platforms	3
35	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 014	contributed	Sequential Search	3
36	August 31, 2018 16:45-18:15	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO II	3
37	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 007	contributed	Captive Consumers	3
38	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 118	contributed	Collusion: The Role of the Firms' Objective Function	3
39	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 008	contributed	Collusion: Theory	3
40	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 117	contributed	Consumer Behavior I	3
41	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 001	contributed	Content Recommendation in Online Markets	3
42	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 002	contributed	Credit Access and Firm Growth	3
43	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 014	contributed	Entry	2
44	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 013	contributed	Environmental Economics I	3
45	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 120	contributed	Hospital Competition	2
46	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 011	contributed	Innovation: Knowledge Creation	3
47	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 113	contributed	Licensing	3
48	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 023	contributed	Mergers I	3
49	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 021	contributed	Price Parity Clauses in Platform Markets	3
50	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 012	contributed	Procurement	3
51	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Finance	3
52	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Roundtable with the IO Journal Editors	0
53	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO III	3
54	September 1, 2018 9:30-11:00	Room 010	contributed	Vertical Integration I	3
55	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 012	contributed	Auctions: Empirics	3
56	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 007	contributed	Collusion: Empirics II	3
57	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Consumer Mistakes and Market Data	2
58	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 120	contributed	Economic Crisis and Firm Performance	3
59	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 118	contributed	Education and Matching	3
60	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 001	contributed	Estimating Dynamic Competition Models	3
61	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 002	contributed	Experimental IO	3
62	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 014	contributed	Finance and IO III	2
63	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 113	contributed	Incomplete and Relational Contracts	3
64	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 010	contributed	Innovation in Oligopoly	3
65	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 011	contributed	Net Neutrality and Zero-Rating	3
66	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 117	contributed	Oligopoly Theory	3
67	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Applied IO and Antitrust	3
68	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 013	contributed	Search: Empirics	3
69	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 008	contributed	Secret Contracting in Vertically Related Industries	3
70	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 021	contributed	Telecom: Entry	3
71	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 023	contributed	The IO of Online Markets I	1
72	September 1, 2018 11:30-13:00	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO IV	3
73	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 008	contributed	Behavioral IO	3
74	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 120	contributed	Collusive Pricing	3
75	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 001	contributed	Consumer Search and Pricing	3
76	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 010	contributed	Division of Profits and Performance	3
77	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 012	contributed	Dynamic Pricing I	3
78	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 013	contributed	Energy Economics	3
79	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 007	contributed	Excessive Entry	3
80	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 002	contributed	Finance and IO IV	3
81	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 014	contributed	Firm Objectives Beyond Profit-Maximization	3
82	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 021	contributed	Gasoline Markets	3
83	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 023	contributed	Impact of Intellectual Property Rights	3
84	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 117	contributed	Information Flow in Organizations	3
85	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 113	contributed	Ownership and Innovation	3
86	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 118	contributed	Platform Economics and Collusion	3
87	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Procurement and Antitrust	2
88	September 1, 2018 14:30-0:00	Room 011	contributed	Reputation	3
89	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO V	3
90	September 1, 2018 14:30-16:00	Room 114	contributed	Vertical Integration II	3
91	September 1, 2018 16:30-17:45	College Theater	invited	Presidential address: Xavier Vives “Common Ownership, Market Power and Innovation”	0
92	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 010	contributed	Advertising and Media Market	2
93	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 120	contributed	Auctions: Theory	3
94	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 011	contributed	Bargaining	3
95	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 113	contributed	Collusion: Cartel Stability	3
96	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 117	contributed	Designing Competition	3
97	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 001	contributed	Finance and IO V	3
98	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 012	contributed	Intermediaton	3
99	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 014	contributed	Learning and Experimentation	3
100	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 007	contributed	Limited Comparability and Pricing	3
101	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 021	contributed	Location Choice	3
102	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 013	contributed	Market Definition	3
103	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 118	contributed	R&D: Patents	3
104	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 008	contributed	Regulation and State Aid	3
105	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Search	3
106	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 002	contributed	Standard Setting	3
107	September 2, 2018 9:00-10:30	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO VI	3
108	September 2, 2018 11:00-12:15	College Theater	invited	Keynote address II: Peter Neary “IO for Export(s)”	0
109	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 113	contributed	Collusion: Communication and Agreements	3
110	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 120	contributed	Dynamic Pricing II	2
111	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 117	contributed	Information Provision and Signalling	3
112	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 001	contributed	Loss Aversion in IO	2
113	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 114	contributed	Payment Choice	3
114	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 115	contributed	Piracy and Product Imitation	3
115	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 008	contributed	Political Economics	3
116	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 010	contributed	Price Discrimination	3
117	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 011	contributed	Productivity Estimation	3
118	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 118	contributed	R&D: Cooperation	3
119	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 007	contributed	Signaling in Applications	3
120	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 013	contributed	Sourcing Decisions	3
121	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 002	contributed	Strategic Capacity Choice	3
122	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 014	contributed	Supermarket Buyer Power	3
123	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 012	contributed	Technology Adoption	3
124	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Trade and IO	2
125	September 2, 2018 13:45-15:15	Room 021	contributed	Urban Economics	3
126	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 117	contributed	Advertising with Externalities	3
127	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 007	contributed	Consumer Behavior II	3
128	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 120	contributed	Environmental Economics II	3
129	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 010	contributed	Market Intermediaries	3
130	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 012	contributed	Media Economics	3
131	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 002	contributed	Mergers II	3
132	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 011	contributed	Monetizing Customer Data	3
133	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 013	contributed	Moral Hazard	3
134	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 014	contributed	Movie Industry	3
135	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 021	contributed	Organization of Team Production	3
136	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 008	contributed	Pharmaceuticals	3
137	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 118	contributed	Public Procurement	3
138	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 113	contributed	R&D: Persistence	3
139	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 114	contributed	Rising Stars: Buyer Power and Revenue Management	3
140	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Choremi Auditorium	invited	Search and Switching Costs	2
141	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 001	contributed	The IO of Online Markets II	3
142	September 2, 2018 15:30-17:00	Room 115	contributed	Trade and IO VII	3

 

142 sessions, 397 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers

45th EARIE Annual Conference
Detailed List of Sessions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Session 1: Keynote address I: Jakub Kastl "Auctions in Financial Markets" August 31, 2018 13:15 to 14:30 College Theater
Session Chair: Xavier Vives, IESE
Session type: invited
Session 2: Rising Stars: Auctions and Procurement August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 114
Session Chair: Serhat Gezer, Bielefeld University
Session type: contributed
1. Robust Bidding in First-Price Auctions: How to Bid without Knowing what Others are Doing
presented by: Bernhard Kasberger, U Vienna
Discussant:   Jozsef Sakovics, The University of Edinburgh
2. Collusion through market sharing agreements: evidence from Québec’s road paving market
[slides]
presented by: Adriano De Leverano, HEC Montréal
Discussant:   Elisabetta Iossa, University of Rome Tor Vergata
3. Optimal pricing of an improving durable good
presented by: Serhat Gezer, Bielefeld University
Discussant:   Luis Cabral, NYU Stern
Session 3: Applied IO: Industry Studies August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 001
Session Chair: Mario Intini, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Session type: contributed
1. Micro-responses to shocks: Pricing, promotion and entry
presented by: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus
2. Pay cycles and gasoline price: when low-cost companies exploit needy consumers
presented by: Mario Intini, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Session 4: Bundling and Foreclosure August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 007
Session Chair: Christine Zulehner, University of Vienna
Session type: contributed
1. Vertical Foreclosure in the Global Production Network
presented by: Johannes Boehm, Princeton University
2. Dynamic Vertical Foreclosure
presented by: Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University
3. How bundling impacts firms' entry decisions: Evidence from broadband internet
presented by: Christine Zulehner, University of Vienna
Session 5: Anti-Competitive Pricing Strategies August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 120
Session Chair: Diana Tsai, National Chiao Tung University
Session type: contributed
1. On the Profitability of Interfirm Bundling in Oligopolies
presented by: Sang-Hyun Kim, Yonsei University
2. Is Zero-Pricing in Bundle Offers Anti-Competitive?
presented by: Minsoo Park, Sungkyunkwan U
3. Market Boundary and Network Effects in Evolving Industries
presented by: Diana Tsai, National Chiao Tung University
Session 6: Information Transmission I August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 117
Session Chair: Jonas von Wangenheim, Humboldt Universität Berlin
Session type: contributed
1. Communicating disasters
[slides]
presented by: Romain Bizet, Mines ParisTech
2. Disclosure and Pricing of Attributes
presented by: Alex Smolin, University of Bonn
3. Persuasion against Self-Control Problems
presented by: Jonas von Wangenheim, Humboldt Universität Berlin
Session 7: Competition in the Market for Cars August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 002
Session Chair: Bjørn Gjerde Johansen, University of Oslo
Session type: contributed
1. Deregulation, Consumer Choice and Competition in the Motor Vehicle Inspection Market
presented by: Osmis Habte, U Lund
2. The Impact of Product Recalls on the Secondary Market: Evidence from Dieselgate
presented by: Nir Yosef, Tel Aviv University
3. Measuring substitution patterns for differentiated products: Demand for environmental friendly cars in Norway
presented by: Bjørn Gjerde Johansen, University of Oslo
Session 8: Trade and IO I August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 115
Session Chair: Mariko Watanabe, Gakushuin University
Session type: contributed
1. Prudential Capital Controls, Credit Supply and International Trade: Evidence from Greece
presented by: Antonis Kotidis, University of Bonn
2. Trade, Mixed Market Competition and Credit Constraints
presented by: Chara Vavoura, University of Nottingham
3. Cash can substitute enforcement power: A theory and Evidence from China
[slides]
presented by: Mariko Watanabe, Gakushuin University
Session 9: Environmental Policies August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 014
Session Chair: Giulia Pavan, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Favoritism in Environmental Taxation
presented by: Mathias Reynaert, Toulouse School of Economics
2. Emission Taxes, Firm Relocation, and Quality Differences
presented by: Jan Voßwinkel, NGU | Nuertingen-Geislingen University
3. The Impact of European Carbon Market on Firm Productivity: Evidences from Italian Manufacturing Firms.
presented by: Giulia Pavan, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 10: Targeted Advertising August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 113
Session Chair: Martin Quinn, Telecom Paristech
Session type: contributed
1. Advertising and Price Adjustment for Dropout Consumers
presented by: Dmitry Lubensky, Indiana University
2. Excessive Targeting
presented by: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
3. Targeting Advertising Preferences
presented by: Martin Quinn, Telecom Paristech
Session 11: Markets for Credence Goods August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 012
Session Chair: Sotiris Georganas, City University London
Session type: contributed
1. Credence goods, professional ethics and public campaigns
presented by: Giovanni Ursino, U Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
2. Verifiability and Fraud in a Dynamic Credence Goods Market
presented by: Xiaoxiao Hu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
3. Driving to the Beat: Reputation vs Selection in the Taxi Market
presented by: Sotiris Georganas, City University London
Session 12: Quality Provision August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 008
Session Chair: Xinyu Hua, Hong Kong Univ of Science and Technology
Session type: contributed
1. The Economics of Fraudulent Insurance Companies
presented by: Christian Siemering, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2. Lawsuits, regulation and product quality: A fragile balance
presented by: Limor Hatsor, Bar Ilan University
3. Product Safety, Contracts, and Liability
presented by: Xinyu Hua, Hong Kong Univ of Science and Technology
Session 13: Innovation I August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 010
Session Chair: Christian Kiedaisch, University of Zurich
Session type: contributed
1. Old Dogs or Spring Chicken? Founder Age and Innovation
presented by: Martin Murmann, Universtity of Zurich
2. Fiscal Policy and Transitional Dynamics in a Schumpeterian Model with Step-by-Step Innovation
presented by: Kizuku Takao, Aomori Public University
3. Inequality and Demand-Driven Innovation: Evidence From International Patent Applications
[slides]
presented by: Christian Kiedaisch, University of Zurich
Session 14: Electricity Markets August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 118
Session Chair: Jean-Christophe Poudou, University of Montpellier
Session type: contributed
1. Intertemporal Substitution in Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Dynamic Pricing Experiment for Residential Customers in Japan
presented by: Daiya Isogawa, University of Tokyo
2. Electricity Product Choice with Heterogeneous Environmental Preferences and Consumer Inattention
presented by: Fabian Feger, University of Bern
3. Public Policies against Energy Poverty in Deregulated Markets
presented by: Jean-Christophe Poudou, University of Montpellier
Session 15: Industry Trends in Mark-Up and Concentration August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 011
Session Chair: Sara Calligaris, OECD
Session type: contributed
1. Waiting for Godot: The Failure of SMEs in the Italian Manufacturing Industry to Grow
presented by: Eleonora Bartoloni, ISTAT, National Institute of Statistics, Milan
2. What Has Been Happening to Aggregate Concentration in the U.S. Economy in the 21st Century?
presented by: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University
3. Mark-ups in the digital era
presented by: Sara Calligaris, OECD
Session 16: Finance and IO I August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 021
Session Chair: Hannes Maxin, University of Hannover
Session type: contributed
1. Competition in the Venture Capital Market and the Success of Startup Companies: Theory and Evidence
presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel U
2. Start-up subsidies and innovation in new high-tech ventures: does the policy instrument matter?
presented by: Hanna Hottenrott, Technical University of Munich
3. The Corporate Venture Capital Exit Decision
presented by: Hannes Maxin, University of Hannover
Session 17: Collusion: Vertically Related Markets August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Room 013
Session Chair: Zhiyong Yao, Fudan University, School of Management
Session type: contributed
1. Passive Backward Ownerships and Retail Collusion
presented by: Tim Thomes, DICE
2. An Empirical Study of Upstream Collusion in Vertically Related Industries
presented by: Masato Nishiwaki, Osaka U
3. When is upstream collusion profitable
presented by: Zhiyong Yao, Fudan University, School of Management
Session 18: Behavioral Economics of Firms August 31, 2018 14:45 to 16:15 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Jakub Kastl, Princeton University
Session type: invited
1. Herding in the U.S. Spectrum Auctions
presented by: Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
2. Multilevel Marketing: Pyramid-Shaped Schemes or Exploitative Scams?
presented by: Yair Antler, University of Essex
Session 19: Bargaining in Vertical Relationships August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 012
Session Chair: Clemence Christin, U Caen
Session type: contributed
1. The Impact of “One Stop Shopping”- Induced Purchasing Complementarities in Structural Econometric Models of Retails Competition
presented by: Gordon Klein, University Muenster
2. The Competition Effects of Industry-wide RPM under Two-Part Tariffs
presented by: Helder Vasconcelos, University of Porto and CEF.UP
3. Welfare effects of category captaincy
presented by: Clemence Christin, U Caen
Session 20: Rising Stars: Platforms August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 114
Session Chair: Lois Simanjuntak, The University of Manchester
Session type: contributed
1. DIGITAL PLATFORMS: DOES PROMOTING COMPETITORS PROMOTE COMPETITION?
presented by: Xavier Lambin, Toulouse Shool of Economics
Discussant:   Mark Armstrong, University of Oxford
2. Multi-sided platforms and consumer obfuscation
presented by: José Ignacio Heresi, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Jidong Zhou, Yale University
3. Organic social information with heterogeneous buyers
presented by: Lois Simanjuntak, The University of Manchester
Discussant:   Winand Emons, University of Bern
Session 21: Consumer Privacy in Online Markets August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 001
Session Chair: Vincent Lefrere, University Paris Saclay, TEM, IMT, RITM
Session type: contributed
1. Consumer Privacy and the Incentives to Price-Discriminate in Online Markets
presented by: Rodrigo Montes Moreno, Compass Lexecon
2. Competitive Personalized Pricing
presented by: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
3. Economics of free mobile applications: Personal data
presented by: Vincent Lefrere, University Paris Saclay, TEM, IMT, RITM
Session 22: Trade and IO II August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 115
Session Chair: Flavio Toxvaerd, University of Cambridge
Session type: contributed
1. The Performance of Exporting Firms under Import Protection
presented by: Andrea Ciani, DICE - Universität Düsseldorf
2. Multinationals and Domestic TFP: Market Shares, Agglomerations Gains and Competition Effects
presented by: Ioannis Bournakis, Middlesex University
3. REGULATORY COMPETITION
presented by: Flavio Toxvaerd, University of Cambridge
Session 23: Behavioral Firms: Inattention August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 113
Session Chair: Jurre Thiel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
1. When Does Information Determine Market Size? Search and Rational Inattention
presented by: Costas Cavounidis, University of Warwick
2. Full-cost pricing
presented by: Laurent Linnemer, CREST
3. History-based price discrimination and welfare: Evidence from the Dutch mortgage market
presented by: Jurre Thiel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Session 24: Mechanism Design August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 010
Session Chair: Pei Cheng Yu, University of New South Wales
Session type: contributed
1. Government Financing of R&D: A Mechanism Design Approach
presented by: Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University
2. Persuading to Participate: Mechanism Design with Informational Punishment
presented by: Johannes Schneider, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
3. Pay What Your Dad Paid: Commitment and Price Rigidity in the Market for Life Insurance
presented by: Pei Cheng Yu, University of New South Wales
Session 25: Sequential Search August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 014
Session Chair: Alexei Parakhonyak, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
1. Multiproduct Firms, Consumer Search, and Demand Heterogeneity
[slides]
presented by: Yuta Kittaka, osaka university
2. Price Dispersion, Active Search, and the Diamond Paradox
presented by: Martin Obradovits, University of Innsbruck
3. Repeat Consumer Search
presented by: Alexei Parakhonyak, University of Oxford
Session 26: Information Transmission II August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 023
Session Chair: Maria Rosa Battaggion, University of Bergamo
Session type: contributed
1. What makes an opinion leader: expertise versus popularity
presented by: Theodoros Rapanos, Södertörn University
2. Information Aggregation and Countervailing Biases in Organizations
presented by: Saori Chiba, Kyoto University
3. Endogenous interlocking directors
presented by: Maria Rosa Battaggion, University of Bergamo
Session 27: Collusion: Empirics I August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 011
Session Chair: Matthias Hunold, Uni Düsseldorf
Session type: contributed
1. Market structure and cartel duration – Evidence from EU cartel cases
presented by: Sandra Swoboda, University of Münster
2. Excess Capacity and Effectiveness of Policy Interventions: Evidence from the Cement Industry
presented by: Naoki Wakamori, University of Tokyo
3. Competition, collusion and spatial sales patterns - theory and evidence
presented by: Matthias Hunold, Uni Düsseldorf
Session 28: Innovation II August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 013
Session Chair: Diana Terrazas-Santamaria, El Colegio de Mexico
Session type: contributed
1. Silent Financial Interests and Product Innovation in Asymmetric Markets
presented by: Angel Lopez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2. Asset specificity and product market competition
presented by: Simone Boccaletti, University of Milano Bicocca
3. Investment under uncertainty, first mover advantage and uncertain R\&D
presented by: Diana Terrazas-Santamaria, El Colegio de Mexico
Session 29: Health Economics August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 120
Session Chair: Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich
Session type: contributed
1. Competition between For-Profit and Nonprofit Healthcare Providers and Quality
presented by: Mihkel Tombak, U Toronto
2. The Access Motive in Insurance Purchases and Medical Prices
presented by: Gilad Sorek, Auburn University
3. Health Services as Credence Goods: A Field Experiment
presented by: Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich
Session 30: Price Regulation August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 118
Session Chair: Eduardo Fiuza, IPEA
Session type: contributed
1. Direct welfare analysis of relative price regulation
presented by: John Vickers, All Souls College
2. Mark-up regulation in a price cap setting
presented by: Eduardo Fiuza, IPEA
Session 31: Contract Design August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 002
Session Chair: XiaoGang Che, Durham University Business School
Session type: contributed
1. Flexible Contracts to Cope with Uncertainty and Asymmetry of Information in Public-Private-Partnerships
presented by: Marco Buso, University of Padova
2. Advice is Cheap: Information is Not!
presented by: Samuel Häfner, University of Basel
3. Supervisory Efficiency, Collusion, and Contract Design
presented by: XiaoGang Che, Durham University Business School
Session 32: Contests August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 007
Session Chair: Jakub Tecza, University of Arizona
Session type: contributed
1. Winner-Take-All Tournaments
presented by: Mikhail Drugov, New Economic School, Moscow
2. Sequential Round-Robin Tournaments with Multiple Prizes
presented by: Marco Sahm, University of Bamberg
3. The Road Not Taken: Contest Selection and the Effect of Expected Competition.
presented by: Jakub Tecza, University of Arizona
Session 33: Patents August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 117
Session Chair: Moritz Suppliet, Tilburg University
Session type: contributed
1. Knowledge diffusion through the patent system: Evidence from the Invention Secrecy Act
presented by: Gabriele Pellegrino, EPFL
2. Patent Pools and Litigation
presented by: Moritz Suppliet, Tilburg University
Session 34: Finance and IO II August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 021
Session Chair: Zhengqing Gui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Session type: contributed
1. Investor attention and technology salience: Do personal data related innovation boost firm value?
presented by: Heli Koski, Aalto University
2. What if I knew you did it? An Analysis of Preliminary Ratings’ Disclosure under Competition
presented by: Marta Allegra Ronchetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
3. Financial Fraud and Investor Awareness
presented by: Zhengqing Gui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Session 35: Advances in Demand Estimation August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Room 008
Session Chair: Michelle Sovinsky, University of Mannheim
Session type: contributed
1. Identification and Estimation of Differentiated Products Models using Market Size and Cost Data
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presented by: Susumu Imai, Hokkaido University
2. Firm Scope and the Value of One-Stop Shopping in Washington State's Deregulated Liquor Market
presented by: Boyoung Seo, Indiana University
3. Internet (Power) to the People: The Impact of Demand-side Subsidies in Colombia
presented by: Michelle Sovinsky, University of Mannheim
Session 36: Dynamic Oligopoly August 31, 2018 16:45 to 18:15 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles
Session type: invited
1. Global Transport Markets: Impact on Trade and Efficiency
presented by: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard
2. How Efficient is Dynamic Competition? The Case of Price as Investment
presented by: Ulrich Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania
Session 37: Vertical Integration I September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 010
Session Chair: Takanori Adachi, Nagoya University
Session type: contributed
1. Equity Ownership in Vertical Relations
presented by: Nadav Levy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC)
2. Upstream mergers and downstream timing of technology adoption
presented by: Alexis Larousse, CREST - Ecole Polytechnique
3. The Welfare Effects of Incomplete Vertical Integration and Relaxed Price Competition in Common-Distributor Channels: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Carbonated Soft Drink Industry
presented by: Takanori Adachi, Nagoya University
Session 38: Rising Stars: Finance September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 114
Session Chair: Alessio Piccolo, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
1. Connecting Disconnected Markets? An Irrelevance Result
presented by: Milena Wittwer, Stanford University
Discussant:   Toomas Hinnosaar, Collegio Carlo Alberto
2. Collateral and Asymmetric Information in Lending Markets
presented by: Yushi Peng, University of Zürich
Discussant:   Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University
3. Credit Ratings and Competition
presented by: Alessio Piccolo, University of Oxford
Discussant:   Volker Nocke, UCLA
Session 39: Price Parity Clauses in Platform Markets September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 021
Session Chair: Sean Ennis, OECD
Session type: contributed
1. The dynamics of online hotel prices and the EU Booking.com case
presented by: Carlo Reggiani, University of Manchester
2. Steering by Information Intermediaries
presented by: Tat-How Teh, National University of Singapore
3. Price-Parity-Clauses on Hotel Room Booking: Empirical Evidence from Industry Data
presented by: Sean Ennis, OECD
Session 40: Collusion: Theory September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 008
Session Chair: Yasuhiro Shirata, Otaru University of Commerce
Session type: contributed
1. Big data, price discrimination, and collusion
presented by: Alexander Rasch, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf
2. Endogenous Cartel Formation with Differentiated Products and Price Competition
presented by: Tyra Merker, University of Oslo
3. Evolution of a Collusive Price in a Networked Market
presented by: Yasuhiro Shirata, Otaru University of Commerce
Session 41: Content Recommendation in Online Markets September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 001
Session Chair: Fabrizio Germano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Session type: contributed
1. Streaming Platform and Strategic Recommendation Bias
presented by: Marc Bourreau, Telecom ParisTech
2. Quality Provision in a Search Engine Environment
presented by: Georgios Petropoulos, MIT and Bruegel
3. Opinion Dynamics via Search Engines (and Other Algorithmic Gatekeepers)
presented by: Fabrizio Germano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Session 42: Entry September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 014
Session Chair: Emil Palikot, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Predatory Capacity Responses to Entry: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry
presented by: Yannis Kerkemezos, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2. Does reputation hinder entry? Study of statistical discrimination on a platform
presented by: Emil Palikot, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 43: Credit Access and Firm Growth September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 002
Session Chair: Marek Giebel, TU Dortmund
Session type: contributed
1. Heterogeneity and firms' access to credit expectations
presented by: Gianluca Antonecchia, Erasmus School of Economics
2. Breaking the Shackles: Zombie Firms, Weak Banks and Depressed Restructuring in Europe
presented by: Filippos Petroulakis, European Central Bank
3. Bank credit supply and firm innovation
presented by: Marek Giebel, TU Dortmund
Session 44: Trade and IO III September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 115
Session Chair: Cong Pan, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Session type: contributed
1. Serving Abroad: Export, M&A, and Greenfield Investment
presented by: Ekaterina Kazakova, University of Mannheim
2. Migration and the location choices of FDI. Evidence from Italian provinces
presented by: Anna D'Ambrosio, Politecnico di Torino
3. Multichannel Distribution under International Oligopoly
presented by: Cong Pan, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Session 45: Consumer Behavior I September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 117
Session Chair: Marit Hinnosaar, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Session type: contributed
1. More is Better, or Not? An Empirical Analysis of Buyer Preferences for Variety on the E-Market
presented by: Senay Sokullu, University of Bristol
2. Why Less can be More: Choice Overload in a Sequential Screening Model
presented by: Nima Jouchaghani,
3. How long do healthy habits last? The role of prices
presented by: Marit Hinnosaar, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Session 46: Hospital Competition September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 120
Session Chair: Keaton Miller, University of Oregon
Session type: contributed
1. Hospital competition in the Netherlands - An empirical investigation
presented by: Rob van der Noll, ACM Authority for Consumers and Markets
2. A structural model of hospital competition
presented by: Lionel Wilner, INSEE-CREST
Session 47: Collusion: The Role of the Firms' Objective Function September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 118
Session Chair: Mariana Cunha, Católica Porto Business School and CEGE, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Session type: contributed
1. Welfare-Improving Mixed Collusion
presented by: Filipa Mota, CEF.UP
2. Can Collusion Promote Sustainable Consumption and Production? Not Beneficially Beyond Duopoly
presented by: Leonard Treuren, University of Amsterdam
3. Coordination effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
presented by: Mariana Cunha, Católica Porto Business School and CEGE, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Session 48: Environmental Economics I September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 013
Session Chair: Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University
Session type: contributed
1. Incentives to Invest, Storable Permits, and Transaction Costs in Market-Based Environmental Regulation
presented by: Yuta Toyama, Northwestern University
2. Taxation, tax incentives or public financing. How to successfully incentivize firms' green behavior?
presented by: Kinga Tchorzewska, University of Barcelona
3. "Green" Innovation under Uncertainty - Cooperation and Information Sharing
presented by: Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University
Session 49: Captive Consumers September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 007
Session Chair: Johannes Johnen, Université catholique de Louvain and CO
Session type: contributed
1. Competition With Captive Customers
presented by: Mark Armstrong, University of Oxford
2. Bait and Ditch: Consumer Naiveté and Salesforce Incentives
presented by: Antonio Rosato, Cambridge Judge Business School
3. Dynamic Competition in Deceptive Markets
presented by: Johannes Johnen, Université catholique de Louvain and CO
Session 50: Innovation: Knowledge Creation September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 011
Session Chair: Tao Wang, UCL/Harvard University
Session type: contributed
1. Knowledge Creation and Diffusion with Limited Appropriation
presented by: Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles
2. A new queen of science? Interdiciplinary spillovers and the evolution of specialisation in high performing universities
presented by: Russell Thomson, Swinburne University
3. Learning and Innovating: An Exploration of Stage Learning from Drug Development
presented by: Tao Wang, UCL/Harvard University
Session 51: Licensing September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 113
Session Chair: Benjamin Anderson, Colgate University
Session type: contributed
1. Licensing and early mover advantage post patent
presented by: Johannes Muthers, University of Linz, JKU
2. Licensing with Patent Competition
presented by: Chiu Yu Ko, National University of Singapore
3. Endogenous Market Structure and Innovation under Licensing
presented by: Benjamin Anderson, Colgate University
Session 52: Mergers I September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 023
Session Chair: Colin von Negenborn, Humboldt University Berlin
Session type: contributed
1. Market Power Absent Merger Review. Brewing in Peru
presented by: Maria Delfino, Universidad de los Andes
2. The Effects of Mergers on Markups, Productivity, and Innovation of Rivals
presented by: Florian Szuecs, WU Vienna
3. The More the Merrier? On the Optimality of Market Size Restrictions
presented by: Colin von Negenborn, Humboldt University Berlin
Session 53: Procurement September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Room 012
Session Chair: Jozsef Sakovics, The University of Edinburgh
Session type: contributed
1. Strategic Delegation in Procurement
presented by: Eduard Alonso-Pauli, UIB
2. Procurement with bilateral commitment
presented by: Roberto Burguet, IAE-CSIC and Barcelona GSE
3. Block sourcing
presented by: Jozsef Sakovics, The University of Edinburgh
Session 54: Roundtable with the IO Journal Editors September 1, 2018 9:30 to 11:00 Choremi Auditorium
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell (JEMS); Alessandro Gavazza (JIE); Kathleen Mullen (RJE); Armin Schmutzler (IJIO); Larry White (RIO)
Session Chair: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University
Session type: invited
Session 55: Rising Stars: Applied IO and Antitrust September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 114
Session Chair: Jan Schäfer, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Session type: contributed
1. Vertical Financial Interest and Control
presented by: Frank Schlütter, Heinrich-Heine Universität
Discussant:   Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
2. Price Dynamics of Swedish Pharmaceuticals
presented by: Aljoscha Janssen, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant:   Michelle Sovinsky, University of Mannheim
3. Brand proliferation and entry deterrence: Empirical evidence from the German interurban bus industry
presented by: Jan Schäfer, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Discussant:   Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 56: Secret Contracting in Vertically Related Industries September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 008
Session Chair: Marco Pagnozzi, Universita' di Napoli Federico II
Session type: contributed
1. The Effect of Intermediate Price Discrimination on Retail Prices: Theory and Evidence from France
presented by: Claire Chambolle, INRA & CREST
2. Disclosure Regime and Bargaining in Vertical Markets
presented by: Panagiotis Skartados, University of Crete
3. Vertical Contracting with Endogenous Market Structure
presented by: Marco Pagnozzi, Universita' di Napoli Federico II
Session 57: Collusion: Empirics II September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 007
Session Chair: Iwan Bos, Maastricht U
Session type: contributed
1. An Experiment on Partial Cross-Ownership in Oligopolistic Markets
presented by: Johannes Odenkirchen, University of Düsseldorf
2. Unprofitable cartels
presented by: George Symeonidis, University of Essex
3. Industry Impact of Cartels: Evidence from the Stock Market
presented by: Iwan Bos, Maastricht U
Session 58: Telecom: Entry September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 021
Session Chair: Simon Georges-Kot, Insee and Paris School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Does Data Portability Facilitate Entry?
presented by: Wing Man Wynne Lam, University of East Anglia
2. Market Entry and Fighting Brands: The Case of the French Mobile Telecommunications Market
presented by: Yutec Sun, KU Leuven
3. Entry and Strategic Reactions in a Deregulated Industry: Evidence from French Broadband Internet
presented by: Simon Georges-Kot, Insee and Paris School of Economics
Session 59: Trade and IO IV September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 115
Session Chair: Vasiliy Goncharenko, Higher School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Shipping the good apples under strategic competition
presented by: Anthony Creane, University of Kentucky
2. The Structure of Multinational Sales under Demand Risk
presented by: Francesco Conteduca,
3. Monopolistic Competition under Additive Separable Utilities and Demand Uncertainty
presented by: Vasiliy Goncharenko, Higher School of Economics
Session 60: Search: Empirics September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 013
Session Chair: Alessandro Gavazza, LSE
Session type: contributed
1. Market Liberalization: Price Dispersion, Price Discrimination and Consumer Search in German Electricity Markets
presented by: Klaus Gugler, WU Vienna
2. Search and Equilibrium Prices: Theory and Evidence from Retail Diesel
presented by: Luis Cabral, NYU Stern
3. Regulatory Intervention in Consumer Search Markets: The Case of Credit Cards
presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, LSE
Session 61: Auctions: Empirics September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 012
Session Chair: Sebastian Schwenen, Technical University of Munich
Session type: contributed
1. Dealer Networks in the World of Art
presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma
2. Bidder Asymmetries in Procurement Auctions: Efficiency vs. Information
presented by: Christoph Wolf, Bocconi University
3. Statistical Learning in Demand Estimation: An Application to Multi-Unit Auction Markets
presented by: Sebastian Schwenen, Technical University of Munich
Session 62: Education and Matching September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 118
Session Chair: Yun Pu, The Ohio State University
Session type: contributed
1. Same sex marriage, the great equalizer
presented by: Sergey Popov, Cardiff University
2. How does Graduate Education Affect Inventive Performance? Evidence from Undergraduates’ Choices during Recessions
presented by: Sadao Nagaoka, Tokyo Keizai University
3. College Admission in Three Chinese Provinces: Boston Mechanism vs. Deferred Acceptance Mechanism
presented by: Yun Pu, The Ohio State University
Session 63: Incomplete and Relational Contracts September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 113
Session Chair: Akifumi Ishihara, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Session type: contributed
1. Courts' Decisions, Cooperative Investments, and Incomplete Contracts
presented by: Alessandro De Chiara, Central European University
2. Relational contracting, negotiation and external enforcement
presented by: Trond Olsen, Norwegian School of Economics
3. Managing Information and Incentives for Choice and Execution in Relational Contracts
presented by: Akifumi Ishihara, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Session 64: Net Neutrality and Zero-Rating September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 011
Session Chair: Steffen Hoernig, U Nova de Lisboa
Session type: contributed
1. Bit-by-Bit Towards Unlimited: An Analysis of Zero Rating and Sponsored Data Practices of Internet Service Providers
presented by: Daniel Schnurr, University of Passau
2. Prioritization vs zero-rating: Discrimination on the internet
presented by: Axel Gautier, U Liege, HEC Management School
3. Zero-Rating, Network Effects, and Capacity Investments
presented by: Steffen Hoernig, U Nova de Lisboa
Session 65: Estimating Dynamic Competition Models September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 001
Session Chair: Claudio Piga, Keele University, UK
Session type: contributed
1. Aggregation Methods for Markovian Games: an application to the hotel industry
presented by: Carlos Santos, Nova SBE
2. A Two-Stage Model of Airline Competition
presented by: Kevin Remmy, Toulouse School of Economics
3. Uniform, dynamic and discriminatory pricing
presented by: Claudio Piga, Keele University, UK
Session 66: Oligopoly Theory September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 117
Session Chair: Ramon Caminal, INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, CSIC
Session type: contributed
1. Price-match guarantees in duopoly competition
presented by: Mishal Ahmed, Georgia Tech
2. Oligopoly Game: Price Makers Meet Price Takers
presented by: Dávid Kopányi, University of Amsterdam
3. The dynamic provision of product diversity under duopoly
presented by: Ramon Caminal, INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, CSIC
Session 67: Innovation in Oligopoly September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 010
Session Chair: Gaston Llanes, Catholic University of Chile
Session type: contributed
1. Asymmetric Competition, Brand Loyalty and Product Innovation
presented by: Christian Oertel, University of Zurich
2. Verifying High Quality: Entry for Sale
presented by: Lars Persson, Research Institute of Industrial Economi
3. Competitive strategy for open and user innovation
presented by: Gaston Llanes, Catholic University of Chile
Session 68: Economic Crisis and Firm Performance September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 120
Session Chair: Apoorva Gupta, University of Nottingham
Session type: contributed
1. New Firm Survival During the Great Recession: Productivity vs. Financial State
presented by: Marcel Voia, Carleton University
2. A Half-Century of Stagnation: Labour Productivity in Ontario's Gold Mining Industry
presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead Universtiy
3. R&D and firm growth during bad times
presented by: Apoorva Gupta, University of Nottingham
Session 69: The IO of Online Markets I September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 023
Session Chair: Matthew Backus, Columbia University
Session type: contributed
1. Sequential Bargaining in the Field: Evidence from Millions of Online Bargaining Interactions
presented by: Matthew Backus, Columbia University
Session 70: Experimental IO September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 002
Session Chair: Aurora Garcia-Gallego, Universitat Jaume I
Session type: contributed
1. Signalling in Auctions: Experimental Evidence
presented by: Olivier Bos, Panthéon-Assas University
2. Secret contracts and risk aversion: Experimental evidence
presented by: Nicolas Pasquier, Grenoble-Alpes University
3. Catalog Competition: Equilibrium characterization and experimental evidence
presented by: Aurora Garcia-Gallego, Universitat Jaume I
Session 71: Finance and IO III September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Room 014
Session Chair: Milena Wittwer, Stanford University
Session type: contributed
1. Learning by Trading: The Case of the U.S. Market for Municipal Bonds
presented by: Giulia Brancaccio, Princeton
2. Identifying Dependencies in the Demand for Government Securities
presented by: Milena Wittwer, Stanford University
Session 72: Consumer Mistakes and Market Data September 1, 2018 11:30 to 13:00 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Paul Heidhues, University of Düsseldorf
Session type: invited
1. Sending out an SMS: The Impact of Automatically Enrolling Consumers into Overdraft Alerts
presented by: Michael Grubb, Boston College
2. What Do Consumers Consider Before They Choose? Identification from Asymmetric Demand Responses
presented by: Jason Abaluck, Yale University
Session 73: Vertical Integration II September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 114
Session Chair: Marco Castellani, University of Udine
Session type: contributed
1. Regulatory risk, vertical integration, and upstream investment
presented by: Dongyu Guo, University of Duisburg-Essen
2. Vertical integration with upstream production capacity constraint
presented by: Ioannis Pinopoulos, University of Macedonia
3. Vertical integration and social capital: Evidence from European countries
presented by: Marco Castellani, University of Udine
Session 74: Information Flow in Organizations September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 117
Session Chair: Pedro Ortín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Session type: contributed
1. Optimality of Straight Talk: Feedback and Human Capital Acquisition
presented by: Kimiyuki Morita, Osaka University of Economics
2. Aggregate Information and Organizational Structures
presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara U
3. Firm-Provided Training, Selection and Education
presented by: Pedro Ortín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Session 75: Reputation September 1, 2018 14:30 Room 011
Session Chair: Christoph Weiss, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Session type: contributed
1. The Incentive Properties of Collective Reputation
presented by: Pierre Fleckinger, MINES ParisTech & Paris School of Econom
2. Dealing With Uncertainty: Seller Reputation in the Online Market for Illegal Drugs
presented by: Nicolas Eschenbaum, University of St. Gallen
3. Experts, Reputation and the Price of Wine
presented by: Christoph Weiss, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Session 76: Trade and IO V September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 115
Session Chair: Shamil Sharapudinov, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. A Simple Model of Brexit under Oligopoly
presented by: David Collie, Cardiff University
2. Transfer Pricing and the Arm's Length Principle under Imperfect Competition
presented by: Jota Ishikawa, Hitotsubashi University
3. Globalization, Multidimensional Sorting, and Inequality in a Heterogeneous World
presented by: Shamil Sharapudinov, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Session 77: Impact of Intellectual Property Rights September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 023
Session Chair: Kyogo Kanazawa, The University of Tokyo
Session type: contributed
1. Do you want to steal my songs? The importance of diffusion in the music industry
presented by: Maria Martin, Nagoya University
2. Intellectual Property Rights, Multinational Firms and Technology Transfers
presented by: Sara Biancini, U Caen
3. Crowding-out Effects of Public Libraries and the Public Lending Right
presented by: Kyogo Kanazawa, The University of Tokyo
Session 78: Gasoline Markets September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 021
Session Chair: Xulia Gonzalez, Universidad de Vigo
Session type: contributed
1. What prompts consumers to search? Evidence from retail gasoline markets
presented by: Jia Sheen Nah, University of Melbourne
2. Learning Collusion: Theory and Evidence from the Shell Price Matching Guarantee
presented by: Dominik Schober, University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim
3. Effects of antitrust prosecution on retail fuel prices
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presented by: Xulia Gonzalez, Universidad de Vigo
Session 79: Behavioral IO September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 008
Session Chair: Florian Peiseler, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf
Session type: contributed
1. Vertical Probabilistic Selling under Competition: the Role of Consumer Anticipated Regret
presented by: Dongyuan Zhan, University College London
2. Consumer Resistance
presented by: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen
3. Motivated Beliefs and Socially Responsible Consumption
presented by: Florian Peiseler, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf
Session 80: Dynamic Pricing I September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 012
Session Chair: Keiichi Kawai, University of New South Wales
Session type: contributed
1. Upgrading Heterogeneous Consumers
presented by: Chiu Yu Ko, National University of Singapore
2. Simultaneous search for differentiated products
presented by: Jose Luis Moraga Gonzalez, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3. Robust Pricing with Refunds
presented by: Keiichi Kawai, University of New South Wales
Session 81: Consumer Search and Pricing September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 001
Session Chair: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona G
Session type: contributed
1. Strategic Inattention in Product Search
presented by: Adrian Hillenbrand, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
2. Informational Cycles in Search Markets
presented by: Eeva Mauring, University of Vienna
3. Upstream and Downstream Competition in a Search Marke
presented by: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona G
Session 82: Collusive Pricing September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 120
Session Chair: Marco Marini, University of Rome
Session type: contributed
1. Price Staggering in Cartels
presented by: Lan Nguyen, Columbia University
2. Screening for collusion – using the shape of prices
presented by: Armando Jose Garcia Pires, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
3. Price Collusion under Quality Differentiation
presented by: Marco Marini, University of Rome
Session 83: Division of Profits and Performance September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 010
Session Chair: Jan Philip Schain, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Servitisation and performance of Belgian manufacturing firms:is there a paradox?
presented by: Catherine Fuss, National Bank of Belgium
2. Strategic profit-sharing in a unionized differentiated goods duopoly
presented by: Emmanuel Petrakis, University of Crete
3. Productivity and Foreign Institutional Ownership
presented by: Jan Philip Schain, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Session 84: Excessive Entry September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 007
Session Chair: Ruochen Li, Loughborough University
Session type: contributed
1. Welfare-reducing entry in a differentiated Cournot oligopoly without costs
presented by: Shohei Yoshida, The University of Tokyo
2. Cost Uncertainty and the Welfare Effects of Market Power
presented by: Marco de Pinto, IAAEU, Trier University
3. Consumer Stockpiling and Market Entry
presented by: Ruochen Li, Loughborough University
Session 85: Platform Economics and Collusion September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 118
Session Chair: Yusuke Zennyo, Kobe University
Session type: contributed
1. Reward disclosure policy and incentives in innovation contests - an empirical analysis of bug bounty programs
presented by: Arrah-Marie Jo,
2. Sweet Lemons: on Collusion in Hierarchical Agency
presented by: Colin von Negenborn, Humboldt University Berlin
3. Platform Most-Favored-Customer Clauses and Investment Incentives
presented by: Yusuke Zennyo, Kobe University
Session 86: Ownership and Innovation September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 113
Session Chair: Shiva Shekhar, Dusseldorf Institute of Competition Econ
Session type: contributed
1. From central planning toward a market economy: The role of ownership and competition in Vietnamese firms’ productivity
presented by: Enrico Zaninotto, University of Trento
2. Corporate Governance and Innovation Success
presented by: Tim Grünebaum, University of Dortmund
3. Supply Chain Innovation and Partial Backward Ownership
presented by: Shiva Shekhar, Dusseldorf Institute of Competition Econ
Session 87: Energy Economics September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 013
Session Chair: Andre Cardoso, Carnegie Mellon University
Session type: contributed
1. Vertical Structure and the Risk of Rent Extraction in the Electricity Industry
presented by: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School
2. Investment Under Uncertainty in Electricity Generation
presented by: Mario Liebensteiner, University of Kaiserslautern
3. Should Energy Labels Be Mandatory?Evidence from the Brazilian Energy Label Program
presented by: Andre Cardoso, Carnegie Mellon University
Session 88: Firm Objectives Beyond Profit-Maximization September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 014
Session Chair: Aleix Calveras, Universitat de les Illes Balears CIF ESQ0718001A
Session type: contributed
1. Envy in Mission-Oriented Organizations
presented by: Francesca Barigozzi, University of Bologna
2. The Competitive Conduct of Consumer Cooperatives
presented by: Camilla Roncoroni, University of Warwick
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Product Quality
presented by: Aleix Calveras, Universitat de les Illes Balears CIF ESQ0718001A
Session 89: Finance and IO IV September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Room 002
Session Chair: Bo Pan, University of Sheffield
Session type: contributed
1. The impact of corporate governance on the firms' risk-taking and growth
presented by: Daniela Baluțel, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași
2. Efficiency Effects of Independent Boards: Evidence from China
presented by: Tianyu Zhang, U Düsseldorf
3. Chinese Firms’ Innovation Hurdle: Competition and Finance
[slides]
presented by: Bo Pan, University of Sheffield
Session 90: Procurement and Antitrust September 1, 2018 14:30 to 16:00 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Reiko Aoki, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Session type: invited
1. Merger Review for Markets with Buyer Power
presented by: Leslie Marx, Duke University
2. Procurement with Unforeseen Contingencies
presented by: Fabian Herweg, U Bayreuth
Session 91: Presidential address: Xavier Vives “Common Ownership, Market Power and Innovation” September 1, 2018 16:30 to 17:45 College Theater
Session Chair: John Vickers, All Souls College
Session type: invited
Session 92: Rising Stars: Search September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 114
Session Chair: Daniel Savelle, The University of Virginia
Session type: contributed
1. Information Frictions on an Online Services Market
presented by: Milena Petrova, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
2. Market transparency and consumer search - Evidence from the Austrian retail gasoline market
presented by: Simon Martin, University of Vienna
Discussant:   David Genesove, Hebrew U Jerusalem
3. Discrete Choices with (and without) Ordered Search
presented by: Daniel Savelle, The University of Virginia
Discussant:   Maarten Janssen, U Vienna
Session 93: Intermediaton September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 012
Session Chair: Jun Honda, University of Innsbruck
Session type: contributed
1. Measuring the Welfare of Intermediation in Vertical Markets
presented by: Andre Trindade, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
2. Intermediary Commissions in a Regulated Market with Heterogeneous Customers
presented by: Pilar Alcalde, Universidad de Los Andes, Chile
3. Nonlinear Incentives and Advisor Bias
presented by: Jun Honda, University of Innsbruck
Session 94: Designing Competition September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 117
Session Chair: David Salant, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Organising competition for the market
presented by: Michael Waterson, U Warwick
2. Project Competition and Innovation Policy: the Case for Public Procurement
presented by: Elisabetta Iossa, University of Rome Tor Vergata
3. Allocating Essential Inputs
presented by: David Salant, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 95: Trade and IO VI September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 115
Session Chair: Angelos Theodorakopoulos, KU Leuven
Session type: contributed
1. Language as a Trade Barrier: Evidence from Georgian Public Procurement
presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois
2. Intersectoral linkages: Good shocks, bad outcomes?
presented by: Sergey Kichko, National Research University Higher School of Economics
3. Like Father like Son: Technology Transfers and Productivity Effects from Firm Ownership
presented by: Angelos Theodorakopoulos, KU Leuven
Session 96: Limited Comparability and Pricing September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 007
Session Chair: Ioana Chioveanu, Brunel University London
Session type: contributed
1. Complex pricing and consumer-side transparency
presented by: Christian Fischer, University of Bayreuth
2. Confusion, Polarization and Competition
presented by: Andreas Hefti, University of Zurich; Zurich University of Applied Sciences
3. A More General Model of Price Complexity
presented by: Ioana Chioveanu, Brunel University London
Session 97: Auctions: Theory September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 120
Session Chair: Takeharu Sogo, Osaka University of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Common-Value Auctions With an Uncertain Number of Bidders
presented by: Andre Speit, University of Bonn
2. Sequential Search Auctions with a Deadline
[slides]
presented by: Daniel Z. Li, Durham University Business School
3. Costly Entry and the Optimality of Asymmetric Auction Designs
presented by: Takeharu Sogo, Osaka University of Economics
Session 98: Bargaining September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 011
Session Chair: Niccolo Lomys, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Bargaining under Dynamic Regulation on Reimbursement: Evidence from Cardiac Pacemakers
presented by: Hiroshi Ohashi, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
2. Communication and Bargaining Breakdown: An Empirical Analysis
[slides]
presented by: Matthew Backus, Columbia University
3. Learning while Trading: Experimentation and Coasean Dynamics
presented by: Niccolo Lomys, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 99: Collusion: Cartel Stability September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 113
Session Chair: Koki Arai, Shumei University
Session type: contributed
1. Cartel Stability by a Margin
presented by: Timo Klein, University of Amsterdam
2. The Legal Standing of Antitrust Victims: Cartel Deterrence and Cartel Stability
presented by: Dominik Welter, University of Bayreuth
3. Firm Behavior during a Cartel Period
[slides]
presented by: Koki Arai, Shumei University
Session 100: Advertising and Media Market September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 010
Session Chair: Ioannis Branikas, Princeton University
Session type: contributed
1. Collusion and Antitrust Enforcement in Media Markets
presented by: Konstantinos Charistos, University of Macedonia
2. Advertising Exposure and Portfolio Choice: Estimates Based on Sports Sponsorships
[slides]
presented by: Ioannis Branikas, Princeton University
Session 101: Regulation and State Aid September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 008
Session Chair: Mattia Nardotto, KU Leuven
Session type: contributed
1. Differentiating permit allocations across areas
presented by: Jean-Philippe Nicolai, ETH Zurich
2. Estimating Intensive and Extensive Margin Responses Using Bunching with an Application to Subsidies for Solar Energy
presented by: Stefan Pollinger, Toulouse School of Economics
3. A retrospective Study of State Aid Control in the German Broadband Market
presented by: Mattia Nardotto, KU Leuven
Session 102: Standard Setting September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 002
Session Chair: Clemens Fiedler, Tilburg University
Session type: contributed
1. Strategic Open Source Licensing and Software Market Entry
presented by: Vidya Atal, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University
2. Strategic Declaration of Standard Essential Patents
presented by: Reiko Aoki, Japan Fair Trade Commission
3. Standards and the Common Good: How Competition Fosters Cooperation
presented by: Clemens Fiedler, Tilburg University
Session 103: R&D: Patents September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 118
Session Chair: Farasat Bokhari, University of East Anglia
Session type: contributed
1. How Redeployable are Patent Assets? Evidence from Failed Startups
presented by: Carlos Serrano, U Pompeu Fabra
2. Entry and Patents: Evidence from the US cardiovascular sector
presented by: Maria Letizia Giorgetti, U Milan
3. Entry limiting agreements: Frst mover advantage, authorized generics and pay-for-delay deals
presented by: Farasat Bokhari, University of East Anglia
Session 104: Learning and Experimentation September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 014
Session Chair: Thomas Peeters, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Session type: contributed
1. Social Learning and Monopoly Pricing with Forward Looking Buyers
presented by: Tuomas Laiho, University of Oslo
2. How to pick a Winner: Betting, Screening, or Learning?
presented by: Fabio Michelucci, CERGE-EI
3. The inefficient advantage of experience in the market for football managers
presented by: Thomas Peeters, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Session 105: Location Choice September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 021
Session Chair: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
1. Optimal Product Design
presented by: Levent Celik, NRU Higher School of Economics
2. Product Repositioning and Competition
presented by: Wen Zhou, University of Hong Kong
3. Multi-Party Competition: A Simultaneous Location Game with Entry
presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Session 106: Market Definition September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 013
Session Chair: Biliana Yontcheva, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Session type: contributed
1. Market definition for broadband internet: need boundaries be drawn along bandwidth?
presented by: Valentin Lindlacher, ifo Institute
2. Market definition in the pharmaceutical industry: a case of drugs hoping antitrust markets?
presented by: Georges Siotis, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
3. How to Draw the Line: Local Market Definition in Entry Threshold Models
presented by: Biliana Yontcheva, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Session 107: Finance and IO V September 2, 2018 9:00 to 10:30 Room 001
Session Chair: Daniel Streitz, Copenhagen Business School
Session type: contributed
1. An Empirical Analysis of the Propagation of Corporate Bankruptcy
presented by: Yoshiyuki Arata, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2. Bailout policies when banks compete with switching costs
presented by: Noé Ciet, Paris II Pantheon-Assas University
3. Common Lenders and Product Market Competition
presented by: Daniel Streitz, Copenhagen Business School
Session 108: Keynote address II: Peter Neary “IO for Export(s)” September 2, 2018 11:00 to 12:15 College Theater
Session Chair: Nikos Vettas, Athens University of Economics and Business
Session type: invited
Session 109: Sourcing Decisions September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 013
Session Chair: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Salento
Session type: contributed
1. (Internal) agency conflicts and a firm's sourcing strategy
presented by: Michael Kopel, U Graz
2. Outsource to or Compete with a More Efficient Input Supplier? Strategic Outsourcing versus Strategic Competition
presented by: Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
3. The endogenous choice of delegation in a duopoly with input outsourcing to the rival
presented by: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Salento
Session 110: Supermarket Buyer Power September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 014
Session Chair: Fabio Antoniou, University of Ioannina
Session type: contributed
1. Fairness and Bargaining Power
presented by: Mayra Rebolledo Rivera, University of Münster
2. Prices and Product Variety in Models of Vertical Relationships. Empirical Evidence from the Biscuit Market
presented by: Céline Bonnet, Toulouse School of Economics, INRA
3. Strategic Inventories under Limited Commitment
presented by: Fabio Antoniou, University of Ioannina
Session 111: Piracy and Product Imitation September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 115
Session Chair: Tatsuo Tanaka, Keio University
Session type: contributed
1. Content providers in a multi-piracy ecosystem
presented by: Leonardo Madio, University of York
2. Product imitation in the field: The case of tribute acts
presented by: Hendrik Sonnabend, FernUniversität in Hagen
3. The Effects of Internet Book Piracy: Case of Comics
presented by: Tatsuo Tanaka, Keio University
Session 112: Loss Aversion in IO September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 001
Session Chair: Kosuke Hirose, Osaka University of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. Loss aversion on the phone
presented by: Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School
2. Reference Dependence and Product Differentiation
presented by: Kosuke Hirose, Osaka University of Economics
Session 113: Signaling in Applications September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 007
Session Chair: Anthi Chondrogianni, University of Bristol
Session type: contributed
1. Industry Costs and Research Aggregation in Dynamic Competition
presented by: Greg Kubitz, NYU, Stern School of Business
2. Auctions with Signaling Concerns: Second-price or English Auction?
[slides]
presented by: Olivier Bos, Panthéon-Assas University
3. Career concerns in Venture Capital markets between different industries
presented by: Anthi Chondrogianni, University of Bristol
Session 114: Collusion: Communication and Agreements September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 113
Session Chair: Benjamin Leyden, University of Virginia
Session type: contributed
1. Signaling Collusion, Fines and Bonuses
presented by: Hamid Aghadadashli, Université libre de Bruxelles
2. Collusive commitments
presented by: Ari Hyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla
3. Public Communication and Collusion in the Airline Industry
presented by: Benjamin Leyden, University of Virginia
Session 115: Information Provision and Signalling September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 117
Session Chair: Lars Persson, Research Institute of Industrial Economi
Session type: contributed
1. A Model of Sales on Online Platforms
presented by: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2. Firm responses to status quo bias: Pharmaceutical prices and alphabetic ordering
presented by: Anders Munk-Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
3. Who becomes the ultimate superstar? The educated underdog
presented by: Lars Persson, Research Institute of Industrial Economi
Session 116: Urban Economics September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 021
Session Chair: Angela Bergantino, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Session type: contributed
1. Price competition in the housing market
presented by: Pedro Garcês, Universidade do Algarve
2. Spillover effects and city development
presented by: Roxana Fernandez, CREST-ENSAE
3. Spatial dependence, contextual factors and pricing behaviour of gas stations: evidence from the city of Rome
presented by: Angela Bergantino, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Session 117: Price Discrimination September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 010
Session Chair: Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna
Session type: contributed
1. Intrapersonal price discrimination and horizontal subcontracting in a dominant firm model
presented by: Lluis Bru, Universitat de les Illes Balears
2. Retention Strategies in a Switching Cost Model
presented by: Andreia Amorim, University of Minho
3. Price-cost tests and loyalty discounts
presented by: Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna
Session 118: Productivity Estimation September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 011
Session Chair: Amparo Sanchis, Universidad de Valencia and ERI-CES
Session type: contributed
1. Nonparametric identification of unobserved technological heterogeneity in production
presented by: Marijn Verschelde, IESEG School of Management, LEM
2. Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Productivity Distributions and Trade Costs
presented by: Ayse Pehlivan, Bilkent University
3. The determinants of firms’ convergence to the European TFP frontier
presented by: Amparo Sanchis, Universidad de Valencia and ERI-CES
Session 119: Technology Adoption September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 012
Session Chair: David Genesove, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session type: contributed
1. Technology Adoption In A Hierarchical Network: A Structural Empirical Approach
presented by: Lei Xu, Toulouse School of Economics
2. Which Factors Determine the Adoption of the Internet of Things in Firms?
presented by: Miruna Sarbu, University of Kaiserslautern
3. The Adoption of Offset Presses in the Daily Newspaper Industry in the United States
presented by: David Genesove, Hebrew U Jerusalem
Session 120: Political Economics September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 008
Session Chair: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute
Session type: contributed
1. Corruption and the Regulation of Innovation
presented by: Ester Manna, Universitat de Barcelona
2. Voters' Information, Corruption, and the Efficiency of Local Public Services
presented by: Federico Boffa, Free U Bolzano
3. The Political Economy of an Optimal Congestion Tax: An Empirical Investigation
presented by: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute
Session 121: R&D: Cooperation September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 118
Session Chair: Malgorzata Knauff, Warsaw School of Economics
Session type: contributed
1. R&D Cooperation in Italy and Human Capital
presented by: Iacopo Grassi, University of Naples, Federico II
2. Spillovers, Product Innovation and R&D Cooperation: a Theoretical Model
presented by: Carlo Capuano, University of Naples FEDERICO II
3. R&D Competition and Cooperation in Markets with Network Effects
presented by: Malgorzata Knauff, Warsaw School of Economics
Session 122: Dynamic Pricing II September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 120
Session Chair: Florin Maican, KU Leuven
Session type: contributed
1. Pricing and Diffusion of Durables with Network Externalities
presented by: Keisuke Hattori, Osaka University of Economics
2. Inventory Dynamics and Store Performance in Retailing
presented by: Florin Maican, KU Leuven
Session 123: Strategic Capacity Choice September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 002
Session Chair: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
Session type: contributed
1. The role of capacity building on technology adoption under imperfect competition
presented by: Thomas Fagart, Stellenbosch University
2. Bertrand-Edgeworth Competition with Capacity Uncertainty - Feasting on Leftovers
presented by: Robert Somogyi, Universite catholique de Louvain
3. All-Pay Oligopolies: Price Competition with Unobservable Inventory Choices
presented by: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
Session 124: Payment Choice September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Room 114
Session Chair: Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrência
Session type: contributed
1. Cash Versus Card: Payment Discontinuities and the Burden of Holding Coins
presented by: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada
2. Payment Choice with Consumer Panel Data
presented by: Krzysztof Wozniak, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
3. Issues in the Specification and Estimation of Payment Cards Models
presented by: Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrência
Session 125: Trade and IO September 2, 2018 13:45 to 15:15 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Peter Neary, University of Oxford
Session type: invited
1. A Theory of New Trade Agreements
presented by: Mathieu Parenti, ECARES
2. Oligopoly in International Trade: An Aggregative Games Approach
presented by: Volker Nocke, UCLA
Session 126: Rising Stars: Buyer Power and Revenue Management September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 114
Session Chair: Ao Wang, CREST
Session type: contributed
1. An Empirical Investigation of Store Brands and their Role to Mitigate Brand Manufacturer Price Increases
presented by: Marco Kotschedoff, Goethe University Frankfurt
Discussant:   Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School
2. Buyer Alliances in Vertically Related Markets
presented by: Hugo Molina, Ecole polytechnique
Discussant:   Emmanuel Petrakis, University of Crete
3. Estimating the Gains (and Losses) of Revenue Management
presented by: Ao Wang, CREST
Discussant:   Carlos Santos, Nova SBE
Session 127: Moral Hazard September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 013
Session Chair: Masahiro Watabe, Rissho University
Session type: contributed
1. Dynamic Moral Hazard with Sequential Tasks
presented by: Basak Altan, Ozyegin University
2. Incentive Contracts and Manager Choice in Family Firms: A Multitask Model with Economic and Non-Economic Tasks
presented by: Alberto Palermo, IAAEU
3. On the Performance of Quota-based Compensation Scheme for Heterogeneous Salesforces
presented by: Masahiro Watabe, Rissho University
Session 128: Monetizing Customer Data September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 011
Session Chair: Yann Balgobin,
Session type: contributed
1. Data brokers co-opetition
presented by: Yiquan Gu, University of Liverpool
2. Selling Strategic Information in Digital Competitive Markets
presented by: Patrick Waelbroeck, Telecom ParisTech
3. Financial privacy, screening and payment instruments
presented by: Yann Balgobin,
Session 129: Market Intermediaries September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 010
Session Chair: Ryoko Oki, Hosei University
Session type: contributed
1. User innovation and network effects. The case of video games
presented by: Anna Menozzi, Universita' del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro"
2. Superstars in two-sided markets: exclusives or not?
presented by: Elias Carroni, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
3. Asymmetric Product Line and Multi-homing
presented by: Ryoko Oki, Hosei University
Session 130: Advertising with Externalities September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 117
Session Chair: Azamat Valei, Ural Federal University
Session type: contributed
1. Consumers’ Bayesian Learning and Misleading Advertising
presented by: Giuseppe Pignataro, University of Bologna
2. Word of Mass: The Relationship between Mass Media and Word-of-Mouth
[slides]
presented by: Roman Chuhay, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
3. Informative Advertising in a Monopoly with Network Externalities in Consumption
presented by: Azamat Valei, Ural Federal University
Session 131: Organization of Team Production September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 021
Session Chair: Lorenzo Zirulia, U Bologna
Session type: contributed
1. Duration of control and corporate culture
presented by: Oyvind Aas, Universite libre de Bruxelles
2. Partnerships with Asymmetric Information: The Benefits of Sharing Equally Amongst Unequals
presented by: Marc Moeller, University of Bern
3. DOUBLE DISCLOSURES AND THE NEGOTIATION OF SCIENTIFIC CREDIT IN RESEARCH TEAMS
presented by: Lorenzo Zirulia, U Bologna
Session 132: Pharmaceuticals September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 008
Session Chair: Jan Tichem, Authority for Consumers & Markets
Session type: contributed
1. Price cycling and market fundamentals: Evidence from generic drug prices
presented by: Frederik Hauschultz, University of Copenhagen
2. Parallel Imports and Manufacturer Discounts
presented by: Laura Birg, U Göttingen
3. Lower drug prices can improve innovation
presented by: Jan Tichem, Authority for Consumers & Markets
Session 133: Consumer Behavior II September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 007
Session Chair: Yuka Ohno, Hokkaido University
Session type: contributed
1. The Effect of Interest Rate Normalization on Mortgage Delinquencies in Hungary: A Structural Approach
presented by: Tamas Briglevics, Magyar Nemzeti Bank
2. The Effect of Car Sharing on Car Sales
presented by: Peter Schmidt, Bocconi University
3. A Structural Study of Brands using the Wine-Tasting Experiment
presented by: Yuka Ohno, Hokkaido University
Session 134: Trade and IO VII September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 115
Session Chair: Juan A. Sanchis Llopis, University of Valencia
Session type: contributed
1. The Extent of the Market and Integration Through Factor Markets: Evidence from Wholesale Electricity
presented by: Andrew Butters, Indiana University
2. Sunk Exporting Costs and Export Market Coverage
presented by: Yevgeniya Shevtsova, University of Liverpool
3. TRADING ACTIVITIES, PRODUCTIVITY AND MARKUPS: EVIDENCE FOR SPANISH MANUFACTURING
presented by: Juan A. Sanchis Llopis, University of Valencia
Session 135: Media Economics September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 012
Session Chair: Vardges Levonyan, ETH Zurich
Session type: contributed
1. Social Impacts of New Radio Markets in Ghana: A Dynamic Structural Analysis
presented by: Christoph Walsh, Tilburg University
2. Correlation neglect and optimal media bias
presented by: Boris Ginzburg, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
3. Media Bias in Public Service Broadcasting: Evidence from the BBC
presented by: Vardges Levonyan, ETH Zurich
Session 136: R&D: Persistence September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 113
Session Chair: Ester Martinez-Ros, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Session type: contributed
1. R&D Persistence: sunk costs, learning or both? An analysis for Spanish manufacturing firms
presented by: Juan Máñez, Universitat de València and ERI-CES
2. The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
presented by: Maria Garcia-Vega, Nottingham University
3. Firms’ persistence in R&D tax credits and innovation results
presented by: Ester Martinez-Ros, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Session 137: Public Procurement September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 118
Session Chair: Gyula Seres, Humboldt U, Tilburg U
Session type: contributed
1. Green Public Procurement: An empirical analysis of the effect of organic food policy on farmland.
presented by: Hanna Lindström, Umeå University
2. Bureaucratic Competence and Procurement Outcomes
[slides]
presented by: Leonardo M. Giuffrida, ZEW Mannheim
3. Bid Rejection and Litigation in Public Procurement: Evidence from Poland
presented by: Gyula Seres, Humboldt U, Tilburg U
Session 138: Movie Industry September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 014
Session Chair: Christophe Bellégo, CREST and Université Paris 1
Session type: contributed
1. Competition and Retailer Product Choice: Evidence from the Movie Theater Market
presented by: In Kyung Kim, Nazarbayev University
2. The Impact of Social Media Buzz on Box Office Performance
presented by: Lachlan Deer, University of Zurich
3. Decomposition of seasonal sales into underlying demand, competition, weather variation, and price promotion effects in the movie industry
presented by: Christophe Bellégo, CREST and Université Paris 1
Session 139: The IO of Online Markets II September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 001
Session Chair: Stefano Comino, Università di Udine
Session type: contributed
1. International Price Differences in Online Markets – Evidence from Portable Computers
presented by: André Romahn, University of Düsseldorf
2. The Scale and Scope of Online Retail
presented by: Alex Chernoff, Bank of Canada
3. Updates Management in Mobile Applications: iTunes vs Google Play
presented by: Stefano Comino, Università di Udine
Session 140: Environmental Economics II September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 120
Session Chair: Michael Polemis, University of Piraeus
Session type: contributed
1. Scraps collection for recycling, how far should we go?
presented by: Thuc Huan Ha, CORE - Universite Catholique de Louvain
2. Time-consistent carbon pricing
presented by: Olga Chiappinelli, DIW Berlin
3. The impact of market structure on environmental efficiency in the USA: A quantile approach
presented by: Michael Polemis, University of Piraeus
Session 141: Mergers II September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Room 002
Session Chair: Albert Banal-Estañol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE
Session type: contributed
1. The impact of ownership changes in higher education: Is the faculty worse off?
presented by: Carolina Policarpo Garcia, EESP-FGV
2. Merger efficiencies: benefit or detriment? The role of product choice in a mixed market structure
presented by: Lijun Pan, Nanjing University
3. A retrospective evaluation of the GDF/Suez merger: Effects on gas hub prices
presented by: Albert Banal-Estañol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE
Session 142: Search and Switching Costs September 2, 2018 15:30 to 17:00 Choremi Auditorium
Session Chair: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
Session type: invited
1. Search and Vertical Relations
presented by: Maarten Janssen, U Vienna
2. Multiproduct Intermediaries
presented by: Jidong Zhou, Yale University