INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Summary of All Sessions |
96 sessions, 362 papers |
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INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Auctions I |
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| Session Chair: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| Optimal Selling in Dynamic Auctions: Adaptation versus Commitment |
| By Robert Zeithammer |
| Presented by: Robert Zeithammer, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Auction Hosting Site Pricing and Competition |
| By George Deltas and Thomas Jeitschko |
| Presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Ronald Peeters, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Sequential Auctions with Synergies: The paradox of positive synergies |
| By Kasper Leufkens, Ronald Peeters and Dries Vermeulen |
| Presented by: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| Discussant: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Auctioning Horizontally Differentiated Items |
| By Sarah Parlane |
| Presented by: Sarah Parlane, University College Dublin |
| Discussant: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam |
Session 2: Structural Estimation of Auctions with Applications |
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| Session Chair: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| Multi-Unit, Sealed-Bid, Discriminatory-Price Auctions |
| By James T.E. Chapman, David McAdams, and Harry J. Paarsch |
| Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
| Complementarities and Collusion in an FCC Spectrum Auction |
| By Patrick Bajari, Jeremy T. Fox |
| Presented by: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Leonardo Rezende, University of Illinois |
| nonparametrci identification of risk aversion in first-price auction under exclusion restrictions |
| By E. Guerre, I. Perrigne & Q. Vuong |
| Presented by: Isabelle Perrigne, Penn State University |
| Discussant: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| A Structural Analysis of Wholesale Used-car Auctions: Nonparametric Estimation and Testing of Dealers' Valuations |
| By Kyoo il Kim and Joonsuk Lee |
| Presented by: Joonsuk Lee, UCLA |
| Discussant: Mo Xiao, University of Rochester |
Session 3: Two-Sided Markets |
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| Session Chair: Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| Subscription versus Advertising-Funded Television: The Case of Program Quality |
| By Mark Armstrong (UCL) and Helen Weeds (Essex) |
| Presented by: Helen Weeds, University of Essex |
| Discussant: Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School |
| TV on Mobility : A Two-Sided Market Analysis |
| By Marc Ivaldi and Estelle Malavolti-Grimal |
| Presented by: Marc Ivaldi, University of Toulouse, EHESS, CEPR |
| Discussant: Helen Weeds, University of Essex |
| Competition in Two-Sided Markets: The Wal-Mart v. Visa/MC Antitrust Struggle over Debit Cards and the Honor All Cards Rule |
| By Fusaro, Marc Anthony, Nick Kreisle |
| Presented by: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Does a Platform Owning Monopolist Want Competition? |
| By Andras Niedermayer |
| Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Werner Boente, Max Planck Institute of Economics |
Session 4: Buyer and Countervailing Power |
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| Session Chair: Roman Inderst, LSE |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| Countervailing Power in Wholesale Pharmaceuticals |
| By Sara Fisher Ellison and Christopher M. Snyder |
| Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Leslie Marx, Duke University and FTC |
| The Strategies Behind their Actions: A Method to Infer Repeated-Game Strategies and an Application to Buyer Behavior |
| By Jim Engle-Warnick and Bradley Ruffle |
| Presented by: Jim Engle-Warnick, McGill University |
| Discussant: Roman Inderst, LSE |
| Downstream Concentration and Producer’s Capacity Choice: Why Bake a Larger Pie when Getting a Smaller Slice |
| By Joao Montez |
| Presented by: Joao Montez, University of Lausanne |
| Discussant: Jim Engle-Warnick, McGill University |
| Monopoly and Product Diversity: The Role of Retailer Countervailing Power |
| By Zhiqi Chen |
| Presented by: Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University |
| Discussant: Joao Montez, University of Lausanne |
Session 5: Empirical Investigations of Price Discrimination |
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| Session Chair: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Competition and Price Discrimination in the Market for Mailing Lists |
| By Ron Borzekowski, Raphael Thomadsen and Charles Taragin |
| Presented by: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Steve Thompson, University of Nottingham |
| Quantity-Based Price Discrimination Using Frequency Reward Programs |
| By Wesley R. Hartmann, V. Brian Viard |
| Presented by: Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Christopher Douglas, Michigan State University |
| Price Discrimination in Interest Checking Accounts |
| By Andrew Cohen, Elizabeth Kiser |
| Presented by: Andrew Cohen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Quality-Based Price Discrimination and E-retailers’ Shipping Strategies: Evidence from U.S. Online Book Market |
| By Han Li |
| Presented by: Han Li, University of Houston |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
Session 6: Antitrust Analysis of Mergers |
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| Session Chair: Rene Kamita, US Department of Justice |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| Analysing Market Definition and Power in Multi-Sided Platform Industries |
| By David S. Evans and Michael D. Noel |
| Presented by: David Evans, LECG LLC |
| Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, HBS |
| The Effects of Mergers with Dynamic Capacity Accumulation |
| By Jiawei Chen |
| Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Discussant: Yanhua ZHANG, University of Toulouse |
| An Analysis of Price-based Tests of Antitrust Market Delineation |
| By Patrick Coe and David Krause |
| Presented by: David Krause, Comeptition Bureau Canada |
| Discussant: Rene Kamita, US Department of Justice |
Session 7: Issues in Antitrust Policy |
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| Session Chair: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Punishing Predators |
| By Kai Hueschelrath |
| Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, WHU Graduate School of Management |
| Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Bern |
| Assessing Merger-Specific Efficiencies: The Werden-Froeb-Index |
| By Marie Goppelsroeder, Maarten Pieter Schinkel, Jan Tuinstra |
| Presented by: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, IUI |
| The Efficiencies Defense in Mergers: The Baby-Food Case Reconsidered |
| By Richard Dagen and Dan Richards |
| Presented by: Daniel Richards, Tufts University |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
Session 8: Innovation and International Trade |
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| Session Chair: Alberto Salvo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| Innovation Strategies in Developing Countries |
| By Almeida, rita Fernandes, Ana |
| Presented by: Rita Almeida, world bank |
| Discussant: Alberto Salvo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Backward Linkages and Technology Spillovers in the Presence of Foreign Firms: Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry |
| By Sanja Samirana Pattnayak and Shandre M. Thangavelu |
| Presented by: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Alberto Salvo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Cross Country Differences in Patent Propensity: a Firm-Level Investigation |
| By Francesca Lotti and Fabiano Schivardi |
| Presented by: Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy |
| Discussant: Yi Deng, Southern Methodist University |
| International Trade and Product Variety - a firm level study |
| By Martin Andersson |
| Presented by: martin andersson, Jönköping International Business School |
| Discussant: Yi Deng, Southern Methodist University |
Session 9: Collusive Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Juan-Pablo Montero, Harvard University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| Length of contract and collusion |
| By Richard Green and Chloe Le Coq |
| Presented by: Chloe Le Coq, University of California |
| Discussant: Juan-Pablo Montero, Harvard University |
| Market Segmentation and Collusive Behavior |
| By Qihong Liu and Konstantinos Serfes |
| Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Luca Colombo, I.I.I.S. and Univ. of Bologna |
| Tacit Collusion Facilitated by Constrained Aftermarket Power |
| By Yuk-fai Fong and Jay Surti |
| Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Welfare-enhancing collusion in the presence of a competitive fringe |
| By Juan-Pablo Montero and Juan Ignacio Guzman |
| Presented by: Juan-Pablo Montero, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Jason Lepore, University of California, Davis |
Session 10: Manufacturer-Retailer Contracts |
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| Session Chair: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Slotting Contracts and Consumer Welfare |
| By Joshua D. Wright |
| Presented by: Joshua Wright, George Mason University |
| Discussant: Pierre Dubois, University of Toulouse (INRA, IDEI) |
| The Economics of Retail Distribution |
| By Howard P. Marvel and James Peck |
| Presented by: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Adam Rennhoff, Drexel University |
| Store Heterogeneity and Slotting Allowance Payments |
| By Adam D. Rennhoff and Konstantinos Serfes |
| Presented by: Adam Rennhoff, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Joshua Wright, George Mason University |
| Two-Part Tariffs versus Linear Pricing Between Manufacturers and Retailers: Empirical Tests on Differentiated Products Markets |
| By Céline Bonnet, Pierre Dubois, Michel Simioni |
| Presented by: Pierre Dubois, University of Toulouse (INRA, IDEI) |
| Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University |
Session 11: Issues in Dynamic Pricing: Durable Goods and Consumer Learning |
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| Session Chair: Naoki Kojima, Brunel Business School |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 406 Egan |
| New Product Pricing and Consumer Learning |
| By Ching-to Albert Ma and Deborah F. Minehart |
| Presented by: Deborah Minehart, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Naoki Kojima, Brunel Business School |
| Uncertainty and the Role of Experience in Durable Goods Markets |
| By G. Martin Paredes |
| Presented by: G. Martin Paredes, New York University |
| Discussant: Joel Shapiro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Version compatibility and entry prevention |
| By Naoki Kojima |
| Presented by: Naoki Kojima, Brunel Business School |
| Discussant: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
| Durable Experience Goods |
| By Justin P. Johnson and David P. Myatt |
| Presented by: Justin Johnson, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Pasquale Schiraldi, Boston University |
Session 12: Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry |
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| Session Chair: Paris Cleanthous, Leonard Stern School of Business |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| Empirically testing the informative effects of advertising in the prescription drug market |
| By Matthew Shum and Wei Tan |
| Presented by: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Michelle Goeree, Claremont McKenna College |
| Innovate or Imitate? Pharmaceutical Firms' Strategic Decisions and Patients' Welfare Dynamics |
| By Paris Cleanthous, Wonjoon Kim, Dick Wittink |
| Presented by: Paris Cleanthous, Leonard Stern School of Business |
| Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Welfare: A Structural Model of Consumers and Firms in the Market for Prescription Drugs |
| By Jayani Jayawardhana |
| Presented by: Jayani Jayawardhana, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Competition and Advertising in Specialized Markets : A Study of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry |
| By Amrita Bhattacharyya |
| Presented by: Amrita Bhattacharyya, Boston College |
| Discussant: Jayani Jayawardhana, University of Virginia |
Session 13: Competition in Healthcare Markets |
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| Session Chair: Leemore Dafny, Kellogg Sch of Mgmt, Northwestern Univ |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| Information Technology Implementation and Efficiency in the US Hospital Sector 1997-2001: A Production Function Approach |
| By Brad R Atkinson, Tony Cockerill |
| Presented by: Tony Cockerill, Durham University |
| Discussant: Amy Finkelstein, MIT |
| Market structure and differentiation among substance abuse treatment clinics |
| By Andrew Cohen, Beth Freeborn, and Brian McManus |
| Presented by: Brian McManus, Washington University |
| Discussant: Leemore Dafny, Kellogg Sch of Mgmt, Northwestern Univ |
| Provider Competition in a Dynamic Setting |
| By Marie Allard, Pierre Thomas Léger, Lise Rochaix |
| Presented by: Pierre-Thomas Leger, HEC Montreal (Universite de Montreal) |
| Discussant: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
| Incentives for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety |
| By Alison Cuellar, Richard Lindrooth, Jay Cross |
| Presented by: Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Cory Capps, US Department of Justice |
Session 14: Agricultural Markets |
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| Session Chair: Rachael Goodhue, University of California, Davis |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 220 Behrakis |
| The Emergence of Agricultural Cooperatives |
| By Brent Hueth, Philippe Marcoul |
| Presented by: Philippe Marcoul, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: Roberto Mosheim, Economic Research Service--USDA |
| Milk Price Fluctuations: Who is the Culprit? |
| By Chunxiang Li |
| Presented by: Chunxiang Li, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| Discussant: Rachael Goodhue, University of California, Davis |
| Scale and Structure in the U.S. Dairy Sector: A Shadow Cost Function Approach |
| By Roberto Mosheim |
| Presented by: Roberto Mosheim, Economic Research Service--USDA |
| Discussant: Philippe Marcoul, Iowa State University |
| Marketing Arrangements for Perishable Commodities: Pre-Commitment Contracts and Prices for Fresh Strawberries |
| By Sandeep Mohapatra, Rachael E. Goodhue, Colin A. Carter and James A. Chalfant |
| Presented by: Rachael Goodhue, University of California, Davis |
| Discussant: Yuliya Bolotova, Purdue University |
Session 15: Dynamics of Innovation |
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| Session Chair: korhan gurkan, carnegie mellon university |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 315 Behrakis |
| Process and Product Innovation by a Multiproduct Monopolist: A Dynamic Approach |
| By Luca Lambertini and Andrea Mantovani |
| Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Jianjun Wu, The University of Arizona |
| Market Structure and Profit Complementarity: The Case of SPECT and PET |
| By Justin Lenzo |
| Presented by: Justin Lenzo, Boston University |
| Discussant: korhan gurkan, carnegie mellon university |
| When blocking patents do spur innnovation: R&D competition and patent policy |
| By Yann Meniere and Sarah Parlane |
| Presented by: Yann Meniere, Ecole des mines de Paris |
| Discussant: Patrick Waelbroeck, ENST |
| The determinants of UK Manufacturing Productivity: the role of Geographical R&D |
| By Vania Sena and Dolores Anon Higon |
| Presented by: Vania Sena, Aston University |
| Discussant: Liza JABBOUR, University Paris I TEAM-CNRS |
Session 16: Issues on Vertical Relationships |
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| Session Chair: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 320 Behrakis |
| Downstream Price-Cap Regulation and Upstream Market Power |
| By James D. Reitzes |
| Presented by: James D. Reitzes, The Brattle Group |
| Discussant: Marie-Laure Allain, CRNS Ecole Polytechnique |
| Vertical Foreclosure in the U.S. Cable Television Market: An Empirical Study of Program Network Carriage and Positioning |
| By Dong Chen, David Waterman |
| Presented by: David Waterman, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Reciprocal Buying of Intermediate Goods among Vertically Integrated Firms: The Case of the Cable Television Industry |
| By Jun-Seok Kang |
| Presented by: Jun-Seok Kang, Indiana Univeristy |
| Discussant: Yifan Zhang, Yale University |
| Anti-competitive effects of a legislation: the ban of below-cost pricing for retailers |
| By Allain Marie-Laure and Chambolle Claire |
| Presented by: Marie-Laure Allain, CRNS Ecole Polytechnique |
| Discussant: James D. Reitzes, The Brattle Group |
Session 17: Network Effects and Platform Competition |
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| Session Chair: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| How & When Markets Tip: An Empirical Investigation |
| By Estelle Cantillon & Pai-Ling Yin |
| Presented by: Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Marc Ivaldi, University of Toulouse, EHESS, CEPR |
| Two-Sided Platforms: Pricing and Social Efficiency |
| By Andrei Hagiu |
| Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, HBS |
| Discussant: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard University |
| Competition in the Market for NASDAQ-listed Securities |
| By Michael A. Goldstein, Andriy V. Shkilko, Bonnie F. Van Ness, and Robert A. Van Ness |
| Presented by: Michael Goldstein, Babson College |
| Discussant: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Dynamic Oligopoly with Network Effects |
| By Nicholas Economides, Matt Mitchell and Andrzej Skrzypacz |
| Presented by: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
| Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, University of Bern |
Session 18: Oligopoly Models and Switching Costs |
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| Session Chair: Rune Stenbacka, Swedish School of Economics |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| Price Competition in Asymmetric Duopoly |
| By Maxim Sinitsyn |
| Presented by: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Discussant: Rabah Amir, University of Arizona |
| Extreme Value Theory and the Effects of Competition on Profits |
| By Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson, Hongyi Li |
| Presented by: Hongyi Li, NBER |
| Discussant: Rune Stenbacka, Swedish School of Economics |
| Scale economies, market structure and industry performance |
| By R. Amir |
| Presented by: Rabah Amir, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Two at the Top: Quality Differentiation in Markets with Switching Costs |
| By Thomas Gehrig; Rune Stenbacka |
| Presented by: Rune Stenbacka, Swedish School of Economics |
| Discussant: Hongyi Li, NBER |
Session 19: Structural Estimation of Games with Applications |
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| Session Chair: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| Diversification and the Dynamics of Technology Adoption |
| By Stephen Ryan and Catherine Tucker |
| Presented by: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Discussant: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
| Insurer-Provider Networks in the Medical Care Market |
| By Katherine Ho |
| Presented by: Katherine Ho, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Brian McManus, Washington University |
| Entry, survival and growth in oligopoly retail markets: Explaining cross-industry heterogeneity |
| By Victor Aguirregabiria, Pedro Mira, and Hernan Roman |
| Presented by: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Semiparametric Discrete Choice With Aggregate Data |
| By Stephen Ryan, Patrick Bajari, Jeremy Fox |
| Presented by: Stephen Ryan, MIT |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
Session 20: Empirical Models of Entry and Technology Adoption |
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| Session Chair: Leemore Dafny, Kellogg Sch of Mgmt, Northwestern Univ |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:05 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| Technolgy Adoption from hybrid Corn to Beta Blockers |
| By Jonathan Skinner and Douglas Staiger |
| Presented by: Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Scott Stern, Northwestern University |
| Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care Sector |
| By Daron Acemoglu and Amy Finkelstein |
| Presented by: Amy Finkelstein, MIT |
| Discussant: Robert Huckman, HBS |
| Entry and Regulation - Evidence from Health Care Professions |
| By Catherine Schaumans and Frank Verboven |
| Presented by: Catherine Schaumans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium |
| Discussant: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
Session 21: Explaining Price-Cost Margins |
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| Session Chair: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| Cross-sectional heterogeneity in price-cost margins and the extent of rent sharing at the sector and the firm level in France |
| By Sabien Dobbelaere, Jacques Mairesse |
| Presented by: Sabien Dobbelaere, Ghent University |
| Discussant: Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University |
| The Relationship between Pricing Behavior and Ownership Type in the Wisconsin Nursing Home Industry, 1984-1995 |
| By Jeffrey P. Ballou |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Ballou, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Samuel Kleiner, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Oligopolistic "Agreement" and/or "Superiority?": Not Your Father's Methodologies |
| By George Jakubson, Kap-Young Jeong, DonHun Kim, and Robert T. Masson |
| Presented by: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Mike Scherer, Harvard University |
| Competitive Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from the Colombian Banking System |
| By Jorge Tovar, Christian Jaramillo |
| Presented by: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
| Discussant: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, IUI |
Session 22: Tying and Bundling |
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| Session Chair: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| Intertemporal Bundling and Tacit Collusion |
| By James D. Dana Jr. and Yuk-Fai Fong |
| Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Demand Estimation for Italian Newspapers: The Impact of Bundling |
| By Elena Argentesi |
| Presented by: Elena Argentesi, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Tying, Upgrades, and Switching Costs in Durable Goods Markets |
| By Dennis W. Carlton and Michael Waldman |
| Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Janusz Aleksander Ordover, NYU |
| The Role of Upstream-Downstream Competition on Bundling Decisions: Should Regulators Force Firms to Unbundle? |
| By Adam D. Rennhoff and Konstantinos Serfes |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Kai Hueschelrath, WHU Graduate School of Management |
Session 23: Quality Measures and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Grader Bias in Cattle Markets? Evidence from Iowa |
| By Brent Hueth and Philippe Marcoul and John Lawrence |
| Presented by: Brent Hueth, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Last Minute Feedback |
| By Tobias J. Klein, Christian Lambertz, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Konrad O. Stahl |
| Presented by: Tobias Klein, University of Mannheim |
| Discussant: Henry Schneider, Yale University |
| U.S. News Rankings and College Competition |
| By Ginger Jin and Alex Whalley |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Valerie Meunier, University of Aarhus |
| Referrals in Search Markets |
| By Maria Arbatskaya and Hideo Konishi |
| Presented by: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Discussant: Yi Xu, Penn State University |
Session 24: Property Rights |
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| Session Chair: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| Ownership Structure and the Market for Corporate Control |
| By Daniel Ferreira, Emanuel Ornelas and John L. Turner |
| Presented by: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| Discussant: IRENE VALSECCHI, UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO-BICOCCA |
| Network Regulation through Ownership Structure: An Application to the Electric Power Industry |
| By Federico Boffa, Lynne Kiesling |
| Presented by: Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Felix Hoeffler, Max Planck Society |
| File-Sharing, Sampling, and Music Distribution |
| By Martin Peitz and Patrick Waelbroeck |
| Presented by: Patrick Waelbroeck, ENST |
| Discussant: Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Horizontally Differentiated Market Makers |
| By Simon Loertscher |
| Presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Session 25: Sources of Innovation Performance |
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| Session Chair: Josh Lerner, |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence |
| By Peters, Bettina |
| Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Ashish Arora, CMU |
| Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital |
| By Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David Scharfstein |
| Presented by: Josh Lerner, |
| Discussant: Ashish Arora, CMU |
| Ex Ante Consideration of Licensing Terms by Standard Setting Organizations |
| By Tor Winston |
| Presented by: Tor Winston, US Dept of Justice |
| Discussant: Joseph Clougherty, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin |
| Patents and the Performance of Voluntary Standard |
| By Marc Rysma, Tim Simcoe |
| Presented by: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Discussant: Katrin Cremers, ZEW |
Session 26: Collusive Pricing with Nonstationary Demand |
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| Session Chair: Andrea AMELIO, University of Toulouse GREMAQ |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| Sustaining Collusion in Growing Markets |
| By Helder Vasconcelos |
| Presented by: Helder Vasconcelos, IGIER, Università Bocconi |
| Discussant: Andrea AMELIO, University of Toulouse GREMAQ |
| Dynamic Bertrand Competition, Semi-Durable Goods and the role of the Second-Hand Market |
| By Pasquale Schiraldi |
| Presented by: Pasquale Schiraldi, Boston University |
| Discussant: G. Martin Paredes, New York University |
| Tacit Collusion in the Presence of Cyclical Demand and Endogenous Capacity Levels |
| By Christopher R. Knittel and Jason J. Lepore |
| Presented by: Jason Lepore, University of California, Davis |
| Discussant: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
| Price wars and the surprise effect |
| By Luca Colombo, Paola Labrecciosa |
| Presented by: Luca Colombo, I.I.I.S. and Univ. of Bologna |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
Session 27: Empirical Studies in Political Economy |
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| Session Chair: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 220 Behrakis |
| Competition in Religious Markets |
| By Lynne Pepall, John Straub and Michael De Bartolo |
| Presented by: John Straub, Tufts University |
| Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, Kellogg (Northwestern) |
| Does Oversight Reduce Policing? Evidence from the Cincinnati Police Department After the April 2001 Riot |
| By Lan Shi |
| Presented by: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Discussant: Emek Basker, University of Missouri |
| The Dynamics of Endogenous Political Compromise |
| By Alexei Alexandrov |
| Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, Kellogg (Northwestern) |
| Discussant: Matti Liski, Helsinki School of Economics |
| Bid Preference Programs and Participation in Highway Procurement Auctions |
| By Elena Krasnokutskaya, katja Seim |
| Presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant: Sarah Parlane, University College Dublin |
Session 28: Airlines 2 |
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| Session Chair: Steven Morrison, Northeastern University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 315 Behrakis |
| Financial Decisions, Bankruptcy, and Product-Market Competition in the Airline Industry |
| By Federico Ciliberto and Carola Schenone |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Beniamina Buzzo Margari, HERMES - Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto |
| Sequential Peak-load Pricing in a vertical Setting: the Case of Airports and Airlines |
| By Leonardo J. Basso and Anming Zhang |
| Presented by: Leonardo Basso, The University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Daniel Murta, University of Coimbra |
| INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURE CHANGES IN AIR NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONS |
| By Kenneth Button and Glen McDougall |
| Presented by: Kenneth Button, George Mason University |
| Discussant: Steven Morrison, Northeastern University |
| Do prices grow more in Euro-land? Evidence from the Airlines industry |
| By Claudio Piga and Enrico Bachis |
| Presented by: Claudio Piga, University of Loughborough |
| Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University |
Session 29: Pricing Automobiles |
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| Session Chair: Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 320 Behrakis |
| The Response of Prices, Sales, and Output to Temporary Changes in Demand |
| By Adam Copeland and George Hall |
| Presented by: Adam Copeland, Department of Commerce |
| Discussant: Nina Leheyda, CDSEM, University of Mannheim |
| Mileage Drives Used Car Prices |
| By Maxim Engers, Monica Hartmann, and Steven Stern |
| Presented by: Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas |
| Discussant: Kurt Van Dender, University of California, Irvine |
| Differential Pricing in Consumer Markets: Evidence from Automobile Sales Incentives Programs |
| By Kathleen W. Johnson |
| Presented by: Kathleen Johnson, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| On the Road to Perdition? The Future of Europe’s Car Industry and its Implications for EC Antitrust |
| By Sandra Marco Colino |
| Presented by: Sandra Marco Colino, University of Glasgow |
| Discussant: Kathleen Johnson, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 30: Social Capital and Performance |
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| Session Chair: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| Diversity, Social Goods Provision, and Performance in the Firm |
| By Sara Fisher Ellison, Jeffrey Greenbaum, and Wallace Mullin |
| Presented by: Sara Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Discussant: Ilan Guedj, University of Texas at Austin |
| Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Social Networks, Reputational Capital and Vertical Integration |
| By Ricard Gil and Wesley Hartmann |
| Presented by: Ricard Gil, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Discussant: Sara Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Towards and Economic Theory of Leadership |
| By Mark A. Jamison |
| Presented by: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Discussant: Florian Englmaier, University of Munich |
| Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers |
| By Tobias Schmidt and Wolfgang Sofka |
| Presented by: Tobias Schmidt, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Renata Kosova, The George Washington University |
Session 31: Vertical Disintegration in the Electricity Industry |
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| Session Chair: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Divestiture, Vertical Integration, and Efficiency:An Exploratory Analysis of Electric Power Distribution |
| By Sanem I. Ozturk, John E. Kwoka, Michael G. Pollitt |
| Presented by: Sanem Ozturk, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Virtual Divestitures, will make a difference |
| By Bert Willems |
| Presented by: Bert Willems, European University Institute |
| Discussant: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri, St. Louis |
| Determining the Regulatory Impact on Vertical Economies in the Electric Utility Industry |
| By Justin P. Isaacs |
| Presented by: Justin Isaacs, Hampden-Sydney College |
| Discussant: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| VERTICAL SEPARATION, MONOPOLY, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: EVIDENCE FROM TELECOM PRIVATIZATIONS |
| By Bruno Viani |
| Presented by: Bruno Viani, Colgate University |
| Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
Session 32: R&D, Innovation and Technology Adoption |
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| Session Chair: Yi Qian, Harvard University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 406 Egan |
| Entrepreneurial Élites: Industry Structure and Welfare Effects of Incubating New Businesses |
| By Oliver Fabel and Thomas Weber |
| Presented by: OLIVER FABEL, UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ |
| Discussant: Nicholas Vonortas, George Washoington University |
| Effects of Consumer Tastes in Markets with Network Externalities: An Empirical Study of the Competition between IBM PCs and the Apple Macintosh |
| By Kawon Cho, USC |
| Presented by: Kawon Cho, University of Southern California |
| Discussant: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Strategic Networks for Technology Options |
| By Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Sumit Joshi, Nicholas S. Vonortas |
| Presented by: Nicholas Vonortas, George Washoington University |
| Discussant: James Bessen, Boston University |
| Complementarity in IT adoption: The Internet and LANs |
| By Ashish Arora, Christopher M. Forman, William B. Vogt, Jiwoong Yoon |
| Presented by: Jiwoong Yoon, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Elizabeth Kiser, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 33: Issues in Aviation Industry |
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| Session Chair: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| Airline Partnerships and Schedule Coordination |
| By Volodymyr Bilotkach |
| Presented by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Leonardo Basso, The University of British Columbia |
| Retracting a Gift: How Does Employee Effort Respond to Wage Reductions |
| By Darin Lee & Nicholas G. Rupp |
| Presented by: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Discussant: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| Air travel choices in multi-airport markets |
| By Jun Ishii, Sunyoung Jun, Kurt Van Dender |
| Presented by: Kurt Van Dender, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas |
| An Empirical Analysis of Code-Share Decisions in the Continental and Northwest Airlines Alliance |
| By Olivier Armantier, Stephanie Giaume, Oliver Richard |
| Presented by: OLIVIER ARMANTIER, Université de Montréal |
| Discussant: Steven Morrison, Northeastern University |
Session 34: Auctions II |
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| Session Chair: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| Reserve Prices in Repeated Multi-unit Auctions: Theory and Estimation |
| By Octavian Carare |
| Presented by: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Discussant: Leonardo Rezende, University of Illinois |
| The Geography of Trade on eBay |
| By Ali Hortacsu, Asis Martinez-Jerez, Jason Douglas |
| Presented by: Asís Martínez-Jerez, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| Identifying the Source of Misbehavior in First-Price Auctions |
| By Leonardo Rezende |
| Presented by: Leonardo Rezende, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas |
| The Impact of Public Information on Bidding in Highway Procurement Auctions |
| By Dakshina G. De Silva, Timothy Dunne, Anuruddha Kankanamge, & Georgia Kosmopoulou |
| Presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
Session 35: Demand for financial services |
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| Session Chair: Robin Prager, FRB |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| personal bankruptcy and credit market competition |
| By astrid dick and andreas lenhert |
| Presented by: Astrid Dick, Federal reserve bank of new york |
| Discussant: Faye Steiner, Universite Paris I - La Sorbonne |
| Fuzzy Math and Red Ink: Payment/Interest Bias and Borrowing |
| By Victor Stango and Jon Zinman |
| Presented by: Victor Stango, Tuck School at Dartmouth |
| Discussant: Robin Prager, FRB |
Session 36: Firms and Contracts |
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| Session Chair: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| The interaction of implicit and explicit contracts |
| By Kenneth S. Corts |
| Presented by: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
| The Design of Industry |
| By Sharon Novak and Birger Wernerfelt |
| Presented by: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Discussant: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
| Renegotiation, Adaptation, and Vertical Restraints in Electricity Marketing Contracts |
| By Dean V. Williamson |
| Presented by: Dean Williamson, Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Humboldt University |
| Resource Allocation and Firm Scope |
| By Guido Friebel and Michael Raith |
| Presented by: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
| Discussant: Florian Englmaier, University of Munich |
Session 37: Merger Analysis |
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| Session Chair: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Trade Liberalization and Endogenous Mergers: Results from a Dominant-Firm Model |
| By Amrita Ray Chaudhuri |
| Presented by: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, McGill University |
| Discussant: Thitima Puttitanun, San Diego State University |
| Effects of Horizontal Mergers with Entry in Differentiated Oligopolies |
| By Nisvan Erkal and Daniel Piccinin |
| Presented by: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Kaz Miyagiwa, Emory University |
| Anti-competitive versus Pro-competitive Mergers |
| By Sven-Olof Fridolfsson |
| Presented by: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, IUI |
| Discussant: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Acquisition, Market Structure and Multiproduct Strategic Pricing |
| By Kun Huang and Kyle Stiegert |
| Presented by: Kun Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Discussant: Ching-jen Sun, OSU |
Session 38: Networks and Standards Competition |
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| Session Chair: David Blackburn, NERA |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| Network Externalities and Copyright Enforcement |
| By David Blackburn |
| Presented by: David Blackburn, NERA |
| Discussant: Nodir Adilov, Cornell University |
| THE IMPACT OF NETWORK EFFECTS ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE ADOPTION OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES |
| By ADRIAN R. GOURLAY AND ERIC J. PENTECOST |
| Presented by: Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough University |
| Discussant: Tony Cockerill, Durham University |
| Co-opetition in Standard-Setting: The Case of the Compact Disc |
| By Tobias Kretschmer and Katrin Muehlfeld |
| Presented by: Katrin Muehlfeld, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Discussant: Jiwoong Yoon, Carnegie Mellon University |
Session 39: Innovation Incentives |
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| Session Chair: Robert Hunt, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Innovation, Vertical Integration and the Distribution of R&D Outcomes |
| By Korhan Gurkan, Haim Mendelson |
| Presented by: korhan gurkan, carnegie mellon university |
| Discussant: Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University |
| A Dynamic Analysis of Cooperative Research in the Semiconductor Industry |
| By Minjae Song |
| Presented by: Minjae Song, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Discussant: Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University |
| The Democratization of US Researc & Development after 1980 |
| By Robert M. Hunt & Leonard I. Nakamura |
| Presented by: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Entrepreneurs Seeking Gains: Rational Motives in the Commercialization Decisions of Inventors |
| By Thomas Astebro and Kenneth L. Simons |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
Session 40: The Impact of Competition |
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| Session Chair: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| Quantifying the Benefits of Entry into Local Phone Service |
| By Nicholas Economides, Katja Seim, and V. Brian Vaird |
| Presented by: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Inferring Conduct under the Threat of Entry: The Case of the Brazilian Cement Industry |
| By Alberto Salvo |
| Presented by: Alberto Salvo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Competition and quality restoration: Empirical analysis of vendors response to common vulnerabilities |
| By Ashish Arora, Chris Forman, Anand Nandkumar, Rahul Telang |
| Presented by: Anand Nandkumar, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
| The Effect of Digital Technology on the Sales of Copyrighted Goods: Evidence from Napster |
| By Seung-Hyun Hong |
| Presented by: Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Discussant: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
Session 41: Cartel Birth and Death: Theory and Empirics |
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| Session Chair: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| A Stochastic Population Model of Cartel Births and Deaths to Explore the Impact of Antitrust Policy |
| By Joseph E. Harrington, Jr. |
| Presented by: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Rune Stenbacka, Swedish School of Economics |
| On the Fragility of Collusive Arrangements: Evidence from Field Experiments |
| By John A. List and Michael K. Price |
| Presented by: Michael Price, University of Nevada Reno |
| Discussant: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
| Cartel Stability: An Empirical Analysis |
| By Yuliya Bolotova, John Connor, Douglas Miller |
| Presented by: Yuliya Bolotova, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Steffen Brenner, Humboldt University Berlin |
| Do Cartels Last? Determinants of Duration of Contemporary International Cartels |
| By Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow |
| Presented by: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
Session 42: Empirical Analysis of Collusive Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Helder Vasconcelos, IGIER, Università Bocconi |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Analyzing the Impact of Antitrust Immunity: Price Effects Following the Aloha-Hawaiian Antitrust Immunity Agreement |
| By Rene Kamita |
| Presented by: Rene Kamita, US Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Béatrice Dumont, University Rennes I & College of Europe |
| Tacit v. Overt Collusion : Is there a "Yalta" on the French mobile phone market ? |
| By BAUDRY Marc & DUMONT béatrice |
| Presented by: Béatrice Dumont, University Rennes I & College of Europe |
| Discussant: Elena Argentesi, University of Bologna |
| Deterministic Demand Cycles in Cartel Price Data |
| By Patrick Paul Walsh and Franco Mariuzzo |
| Presented by: Patrick Walsh, Trinity College Dublin |
| Discussant: Helder Vasconcelos, IGIER, Università Bocconi |
| Multimarket contact and collusive behaviour: evidence from the automotive industry |
| By Nina Leheyda |
| Presented by: Nina Leheyda, CDSEM, University of Mannheim |
| Discussant: Sencer Ecer, LECG and Georgetown University |
Session 43: Empirical Analysis of Price Dispersion |
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| Session Chair: Saul Lach, The Hebrew University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 406 Egam |
| Immigration and Prices |
| By Saul Lach |
| Presented by: Saul Lach, The Hebrew University |
| Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
| Retail Price Variation and Its Determinants—What Do We Know about Grocery Retailer Pricing Strategies and Retail Competition? |
| By Lan Li, Hoy F. Carman, Richard R. Sexton |
| Presented by: Lan Li, University of California, Davis |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Public Policy and Market Competition: How the Master Settlement Agreement Changed the Cigarette Industry |
| By Federico Ciliberto and Nicolas Kuminoff |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Price levels, price variations and price-matching policies |
| By Qihong Liu |
| Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Saul Lach, The Hebrew University |
Session 44: ECommerce and Digital Products |
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| Session Chair: Sara Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| Are Digital Rights Valuable? Theory and Evidence from eBook Pricing |
| By Gal Oestreicher-Singer, Arun Sundararajan |
| Presented by: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| Discussant: S. Abraham Ravid, Rutgers University |
| The Beginning of Online/Retail Competition and Its Origins: An Application to Personal Computers |
| By Jeffrey T. Prince |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Otto Toivanen, University of Helsinki |
| Demand for mobile internet: Evidence from a real-world experiment |
| By Maija Gao, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen |
| Presented by: Otto Toivanen, University of Helsinki |
| Discussant: Sara Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Price, Price Dispersion and Number of Sellers at a Low Entry Cost Shopbot: |
| By Michelle Haynes & Steve Thompson |
| Presented by: Steve Thompson, University of Nottingham |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
Session 45: Structural Estimation of Models of Competition |
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| Session Chair: Felipe Balmaceda, University of Chile |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| An Empirical Model of Investment Behavior in Dynamic Oligopolies |
| By Erkan Erdem |
| Presented by: Erkan Erdem, The Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University |
| Dynamic Spatial Competition Between Multi-Store Firms |
| By Victor Aguirregabiria and Gustavo Vicentini |
| Presented by: Gustavo Vicentini, Boston University |
| Discussant: Rattanasuda Poolsombat, University of Warwick |
| Hospital Closures and Economic Efficiency |
| By Cory Capps, David Dranove, Richard Lindrooth |
| Presented by: Cory Capps, US Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Entry Threat and Entry Deterrence: The Timing of Broadband Rollout |
| By Mo Xiao, Peter F. Orazem |
| Presented by: Mo Xiao, University of Rochester |
| Discussant: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus |
Session 46: Industry Evolution - theory and evidence |
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| Session Chair: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 220 Behrakis |
| Making Waves: The interplay between market incentives and organizational capabilities in the evolution of industries. |
| By Timothy Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein, Rebecca Henderson |
| Presented by: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Hierarchical Networks and Innovation Failures: Why the New York Garment District Doesn’t Imitate Italy |
| By Peter Doeringer |
| Presented by: Peter Doeringer, Boston University |
| Discussant: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
| An Analysis of Entry under Decentralized Competition |
| By Jeremy Bertomeu |
| Presented by: Jeremy Bertomeu, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda, INSEAD |
| Vertical Specialization of Firms: Evidence from China's Manufacturing Sector |
| By Yifan Zhang |
| Presented by: Yifan Zhang, Yale University |
| Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
Session 47: Market Power in the Electricity Industry |
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| Session Chair: Fuat Oguz, New York University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 315 Behrakis |
| Dynamic Testing of Wholesale Power Market Designs: An Agent-Based Computational Approach |
| By Junjie Sun and Leigh Tesfatsion |
| Presented by: Leigh Tesfatsion, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: Justin Isaacs, Hampden-Sydney College |
| Market Power in Wholesale Electricity Markets following the Restructuring of RAO UES |
| By Russell Pittman and Egor Matveev |
| Presented by: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Discussant: Christian Growitsch, Halle Institute for Economic Research |
| The Politics of Regulation in the Turkish Electricity Market |
| By Fuat Oguz, Visiting Scholar, New York University; Tamer Cetin, Uludag University, Turkey |
| Presented by: Fuat Oguz, New York University |
| Discussant: Waldemar Karpa, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Session 48: Energy Policy |
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| Session Chair: Sanem Ozturk, Northeastern University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:05 |
| Location: 320 Behrakis |
| Market Power in a Storable-Good Market: Theory and Applications to Carbon and Sulfur Trading |
| By Matti Liski and Juan-Pablo Montero |
| Presented by: Matti Liski, Helsinki School of Economics |
| Discussant: Chloe Le Coq, University of California |
| The Changing Structure of the Nonfederal Hydroelectric Power Industry |
| By Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik |
| Presented by: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri, St. Louis |
| Discussant: Rodrigo Moita, University of Illinois |
| Solar Activity and California’s Perfect Storm |
| By Kevin F Forbes and Chris St. Cyr |
| Presented by: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Session 49: The Value of Innovation and Market Structure |
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| Session Chair: Michael Meurer, Boston University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| The Market for Intellectual Property: Evidence from the Transfer of Patents |
| By Carlos J. Serrano |
| Presented by: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| The Value of U.S. Patents by Owner and Patent Characteristics |
| By James Bessen |
| Presented by: James Bessen, Boston University |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Entry, Exit and Patenting in the Software Industry |
| By Iain Cockburn, Megan MacGarvie |
| Presented by: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University School of Management |
| Discussant: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Two Faces of Learning in the New-Firm Survival |
| By Jung-Ho Kim , Jong-Il Jeon , Chang-Yang Lee |
| Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST |
| Discussant: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
Session 50: Markets and Geography |
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| Session Chair: Douglas West, Univ. of Alberta |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| Entry and Exit in Geographic Markets |
| By Timothy Dunne, University of Oklahoma; Shawn Klimek, Center of Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau; Mark J. Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER; Yi Xu, The Pennsylvania State University |
| Presented by: Yi Xu, Penn State University |
| Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University |
| Radius Restrictions and the Similarity of Neighboring Shopping Centers |
| By Andrew Eckert and Douglas S. West |
| Presented by: Douglas West, Univ. of Alberta |
| Discussant: Raphael Thomadsen, UCLA |
| Benefits from Branch Networks: Theory and Evidence from the Summary of Deposits Data |
| By Patrycja Grzelonska |
| Presented by: Patrycja Grzelonska, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Douglas West, Univ. of Alberta |
| Global and local players in a model of spatial competition |
| By Simon Loertscher and Gerd Muehlheusser |
| Presented by: Gerd Muehlheusser, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough University |
Session 51: Competitive Dynamics |
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| Session Chair: Stefan Buehler, University of Zurich |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict |
| By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David B. Yoffie |
| Presented by: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Katrin Muehlfeld, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| The Strategic Role of Asset Specificity in Shaping Industry Structure |
| By Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda |
| Presented by: Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda, INSEAD |
| Discussant: Stefan Buehler, University of Zurich |
| Credible Capacity Preemption in a Duopoly Market under Uncertainty |
| By Jianjun Wu |
| Presented by: Jianjun Wu, The University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Asymmetric Duopoly in a Differential Game of Capacity Accumulation |
| By Bertrand VILLENEUVE and Yanhua ZHANG |
| Presented by: Yanhua ZHANG, University of Toulouse |
| Discussant: Jason Lepore, University of California, Davis |
Session 52: Advertising Theory and Practice |
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| Session Chair: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Advertising and price signaling of quality in a duopoly with endogenous locations |
| By Philippe Bontems and Valérie Meunier |
| Presented by: Valerie Meunier, University of Aarhus |
| Discussant: Jaejoon Han, Univ. of Texas at Austin |
| Advertising: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly |
| By Lynne Pepall, Dan Richards and Liang Tan |
| Presented by: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Was Mr. Hewlett Right? Mergers, Advertising and the PC Industry |
| By Michelle Sovinsky Goeree |
| Presented by: Michelle Goeree, Claremont McKenna College |
| Discussant: Mark Frank, Sam Houston State University |
| Media Substitution in Liquor Advertising |
| By Mark W. Frank and Edward F. Blackburne |
| Presented by: Mark Frank, Sam Houston State University |
| Discussant: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
Session 53: Optimal Patent Policy |
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| Session Chair: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| Incentives of the PTO examiners |
| By Corinne Langinier |
| Presented by: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| The Design of Post-Grant Patent Challenges |
| By Jing-Yuan CHIOU |
| Presented by: Jing-Yuan CHIOU, Universite de Toulouse 1 |
| Discussant: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| Sustaining Monopoly Power via Strategic Product Development Delays |
| By Maggie X. Chen and Murat F. Iyigun |
| Presented by: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Celestine Chukumba, Penn State University |
| Patents and Licensing In an Asymmetric Dynamic R&D Race |
| By Chaim Fershtman and Sarit Markovich |
| Presented by: SARIT Markovich, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY |
| Discussant: Celestine Chukumba, Penn State University |
Session 54: Collusion and Antitrust |
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| Session Chair: John Connor, Purdue Univ. |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Trust and recidivism; the partial success of corporate leniency programs in the laboratory |
| By Jeroen Hinloopen, Adriaan Soetevent |
| Presented by: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Michael Price, University of Nevada Reno |
| Multimarket Contact and Collusion across Vertically Related Industries |
| By Sencer Ecer and Talat Genc |
| Presented by: Sencer Ecer, LECG and Georgetown University |
| Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Trust and Antitrust |
| By Steffen Brenner |
| Presented by: Steffen Brenner, Humboldt University Berlin |
| Discussant: John Connor, Purdue Univ. |
| THE GREAT GLOBAL VITAMINS CONSPIRACY |
| By John M. Connor |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue Univ. |
| Discussant: David Sibley, University of Texas |
Session 55: Consumer Information: Theory and Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Daniel Richards, Tufts University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| When does cheap information harm consumers? |
| By Heski Bar-Isaac, Guillermo Caruana, Vicente Cuñat |
| Presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Discussant: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
| A Model of Target Marketing |
| By Michael R. Ward |
| Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Daniel Richards, Tufts University |
| Pricing and Marketing Impacts of Entry by Counterfeiters and Imitators |
| By Yi Qian |
| Presented by: Yi Qian, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Victor Stango, Tuck School at Dartmouth |
Session 56: Pricing under Demand Uncertainty |
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| Session Chair: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods |
| By Marc Rysman, Gautam Gowrisankaran |
| Presented by: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Discussant: Deborah Minehart, University of Maryland |
| Profiting from Partial Allowance of Ticket Resale |
| By Xianjun Geng, Ruhai Wu, Andrew B. Whinston |
| Presented by: Ruhai Wu, University of Texas at Austin |
| Discussant: Ching-jen Sun, OSU |
| Bertrand-Edgeworth Competition under Demand Uncertainty |
| By Ching-jen Sun |
| Presented by: Ching-jen Sun, OSU |
| Discussant: Michael Grubb, Stanford University |
| Screening Overconfident Consumers |
| By Michael D. Grubb |
| Presented by: Michael Grubb, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Ruhai Wu, University of Texas at Austin |
Session 57: Mergers, Foreign Investment, and Collusion |
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| Session Chair: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Exporting, foreign investment, and joint ventures: the role of cost uncertainty |
| By Anthony Creane and Kaz Miyagiwa |
| Presented by: Kaz Miyagiwa, Emory University |
| Discussant: ROBERT REYNOLDS, The Brattle Group |
| Time of Rent Extraction and Entry Mode Decision by Multinational Enterprises |
| By Galina An and Thitima Puttitanun |
| Presented by: Thitima Puttitanun, San Diego State University |
| Discussant: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Remedy for Now but Prevent for Tomorrow: The Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy Tools |
| By Jo Seldeslachts, Joseph A. Clougherty & Pedro Barros |
| Presented by: Joseph Clougherty, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin |
| Discussant: David Krause, Comeptition Bureau Canada |
| Sustaining collusion under economic integration |
| By Luca Colombo, Paola Labrecciosa |
| Presented by: Paola Labrecciosa, Trinity College Dublin and University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
Session 58: Experimental Economics |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 406 Egan |
| Differentiated Product Markets: An Experimental Test of Two Equilibrium Concepts |
| By Ronald Peeters and Martin Strobel |
| Presented by: Ronald Peeters, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Discussant: Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia, Universidad Carlos III |
| Post My Prices, Or Hide Them? --An Experiment on Market Structure with Endogenous Search Costs |
| By Binglin Gong |
| Presented by: Binglin Gong, UMCP |
| Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| The Chopstick Auction: A Study of the Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions |
| By Florian Englmaier, Pablo Guillén, Loreto Llorente, Sander Onderstal, and Rupert Sausgruber |
| Presented by: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| A Field Experiment to Measure Agency Problems in Auto Repair |
| By Henry Schneider |
| Presented by: Henry Schneider, Yale University |
| Discussant: Andrew Samuel, Calvin College |
Session 59: Incentive Contracting: Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| A Welfare Comparison of Ordinal and Cardinal Tournament Games: Evidence from Production Contracts Payroll Data |
| By Xiaoyong Zheng and Tomislav Vukina |
| Presented by: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
| Discussant: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Strategic Forecasting in Rank-Order Tournaments: Evidence from Horse-Racing Tipsters |
| By Bruno Deschamps, Olivier Gergaud |
| Presented by: Olivier Gergaud, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne |
| Discussant: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
| An Adaptation Theory of Franchising |
| By Giorgio Zanarone |
| Presented by: Giorgio Zanarone, Pompeu Fabra and MIT (visiting) |
| Discussant: Joshua Wright, George Mason University |
Session 60: Modeling Industry Dynamics |
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| Session Chair: Gustavo Vicentini, Boston University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| The Impact of Cost-Reducing R&D Spillovers on the Ergodic Distribution of Market Structures |
| By Christopher A. Laincz and Ana Rodrigues |
| Presented by: Christopher Laincz, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Minjae Song, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Cross-Border Merger Waves |
| By Eileen Fumagalli and Helder Vasconcelos |
| Presented by: Eileen Fumagalli, Università Bocconi |
| Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Innovation Dynamics and the Scope of Technology |
| By Matthew Mitchell and Andrzej Skrzypacz |
| Presented by: Matthew Mitchell, University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Ciara Whelan, UCD |
| Convenants not to Compete, Labor Mobility, and Industry Dynamics |
| By April Mitchell Franco and Matthew Mitchell |
| Presented by: April Franco, University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Patrick Walsh, Trinity College Dublin |
Session 61: Empirical Models of Industry Demand |
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| Session Chair: Leonardo Alencar, Central Bank of Brazil |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 220 Behrakis |
| Is Price Dispersion a Sign of Competition? |
| By Matthew Lewis |
| Presented by: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Jeremy Verlinda, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Demand for bank services and market power in Brazilian banking |
| By Márcio I. Nakane, Leonardo S. Alencar and Fabio Kanczuk |
| Presented by: Leonardo Alencar, Central Bank of Brazil |
| Discussant: Andrew Cohen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| The Choice at the Checkout: Quantifying Demand Across Payment Instruments |
| By Ron Borzekowski, Elizabeth K. Kiser |
| Presented by: Elizabeth Kiser, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Astrid Dick, Federal reserve bank of new york |
| Timber appraisal from French public auctions: How to set the reserve price when there are unsold lots? |
| By Raphaële PRÉGET, Patrick WAELBROECK |
| Presented by: Raphaële Préget, INRA |
| Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
Session 62: Antitrust Policy: A Roundtable Discussion by Senior Government Economists |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| A View from the FCC |
| By |
| Presented by: Leslie Marx, Duke University and FTC |
| A View from the FTC |
| By |
| Presented by: Michael Salinger, Boston University and FTC |
| A view from the Department of Justice |
| By |
| Presented by: Kenneth Heyer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Division |
| A View from the European Commission |
| By |
| Presented by: Oliver Stehmann, DG Competition |
Session 63: Interconnection in Electricity Markets |
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| Session Chair: Bruno Viani, Colgate University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 315 Behrakis |
| Netting in interconnector auctions |
| By FELIX HOEFFLER and Tobias Wittmann |
| Presented by: Felix Hoeffler, Max Planck Society |
| Discussant: Bruno Viani, Colgate University |
| Entry and Externality: Hydroelectric Generators in Brazil |
| By Rodrigo Menon Moita |
| Presented by: Rodrigo Moita, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Alleged Transmission Undersupply: Is Restructuring the Cure or the Cause? |
| By Timothy Brennan |
| Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Discussant: Ryan Kellogg, University of California |
| Security of Supply and Forward Price Premia: Evidence from Natural Gas Pipeline Rates |
| By Severin Borenstein, Meghan Busse, Ryan Kellogg |
| Presented by: Ryan Kellogg, University of California |
| Discussant: Leigh Tesfatsion, Iowa State University |
Session 64: Regulation and Corporate Governance |
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| Session Chair: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin, Harvard University |
| Date: April 8, |
| Time: 16:25 - 18:15 |
| Location: 320 Behrakis |
| Is There Room for Growth? Capital Structure and the Deregulation of US Electric Utilities |
| By Laarni T. Bulan and Paroma Sanyal |
| Presented by: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Francesc Trillas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| After Price Caps |
| By Stanford L. Levin and Stephen R. Schmidt |
| Presented by: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
| Discussant: Troy Quast, Univ. of Florida |
| What is Motivating Liberalization Induced Mergers? Entry and Opportunity Costs Reexamined |
| By Guy Ben-Ishai |
| Presented by: Guy Ben-Ishai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Discussant: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
Session 65: Contract Efficiency, Information, and Competitive Dynamics in Motion-Pictures Markets |
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| Session Chair: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| Coming Soon to a Theater Near You? A Proposal for Simplifying Movie Exhibition Contracts |
| By Darren Filson, Portia Besocke and David Switzer |
| Presented by: Darren Filson, Claremont Graduate University |
| Discussant: Nalanda Matia, Suffolk University |
| Soft Information, Hard Sell: The Role of Soft Information in the Pricing of Intellectual Property -- Evidence from Screenplays Sales |
| By William N. Goetzmann, Vicente Pons-Sanz, S. Abraham Ravid |
| Presented by: S. Abraham Ravid, Rutgers University |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Vertical Integration and Disintegrationin the Motion Picture Business |
| By Ricard Gil (UC-Santa Cruz), Andy Hanssen (Montana State University) |
| Presented by: Ricard Gil, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Discussant: Torsten Schmidt, University of New Hampshire Durham |
| Dynamic Product Re-Design: A Duration Analysis of Movie Exhibition |
| By Darlene C. Chisholm and George Norman |
| Presented by: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
Session 66: Patent Litigation |
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| Session Chair: Michael Meurer, Boston University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| Learning by Suing: Structural Estimates of Court Errors in Patent Litigation |
| By Alan C. Marco |
| Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Discussant: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| Uniformity and Forum Shopping in US Patent Litigation |
| By Scott Atkinson, Alan Marco and John L. Turner |
| Presented by: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| Discussant: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| The Costs of Patent Litigation |
| By James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer |
| Presented by: Michael Meurer, Boston University |
| Discussant: Jing-Yuan CHIOU, Universite de Toulouse 1 |
| Settlement during patent litigation trials. An Empirical Analysis for Germany |
| By Katrin Cremers |
| Presented by: Katrin Cremers, ZEW |
| Discussant: Jing-Yuan CHIOU, Universite de Toulouse 1 |
Session 67: Hospital Efficiency and Antitrust |
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| Session Chair: Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| A Structural Model for Market Definition: An Application to Hospitals |
| By Martin Gaynor, Samuel Kleiner, William B. Vogt |
| Presented by: Samuel Kleiner, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Raphael Thomadsen, UCLA |
| Price Dispersion in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: Product Differentiation, Market Structure, and Search Incentives |
| By Oded Bizan |
| Presented by: Oded Bizan, Lexecon, Inc. |
| Discussant: Paris Cleanthous, Leonard Stern School of Business |
| Regulatory Exploitation and the Market for Corporate Control |
| By Leemore Dafny and David Dranove |
| Presented by: Leemore Dafny, Kellogg Sch of Mgmt, Northwestern Univ |
| Discussant: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
| A competition Index for Differentiated Product Oligopoly with an Application to Hospitals |
| By Yaa Akosa Antwi, Martin Gaynor , William B Vogt |
| Presented by: Yaa Owusua Akosa Antwi, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University |
Session 68: Loyalty Discounts: Views and Discussion |
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| Session Chair: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| Loyalty Discounts: View 1 |
| By Dennis Carlton |
| Presented by: Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago |
| Loyalty Discounts: View 2 |
| By David Sibley |
| Presented by: David Sibley, University of Texas |
| Loyalty Discounts: View 3 |
| By Rick Warren-Boulton |
| Presented by: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
| Loyalty Discounts: View 4 |
| By Janusz Ordover |
| Presented by: Janusz Aleksander Ordover, NYU |
Session 69: Markets for Intermediate Goods |
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| Session Chair: Lucy White, Harvard Business School |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Competition for Scarce Resources |
| By Peter Eso, Volker Nocke, Lucy White |
| Presented by: Lucy White, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University |
| Bilateral Bargaining with Externalities |
| By Catherine de Fontenay and Joshua Gans |
| Presented by: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Roman Inderst, LSE |
| Slotting Allowances and Scarce Shelf Space |
| By Leslie M. Marx and Greg Shaffer |
| Presented by: Leslie Marx, Duke University and FTC |
| Discussant: Lucy White, Harvard Business School |
| Large Buyer Discount or Large Buyer Premium? |
| By Roman Inderst |
| Presented by: Roman Inderst, LSE |
| Discussant: David Waterman, Indiana University |
Session 70: Dynamic Incentive Contracts |
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| Session Chair: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| Information Acquisition and Optimal Project Management |
| By Dongsoo Shin |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Regulation under Imperfect Observability: The Dynamics of Incentive Contracts Revisited |
| By Thomas D. Jeitschko |
| Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Robert Zeithammer, University of Chicago |
| Strategic Reorganizations |
| By Marco A. Castaneda and Ivan Jeliazkov |
| Presented by: Marco Castaneda, University of Kentucky |
| Discussant: Jeremy Bertomeu, Carnegie Mellon University |
| The Two Forms of Auditing Under Delegated Contracting |
| By Wolfgang Gick |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Robert Ritz, Oxford University |
Session 71: Explaining Differences in Firm Productivity |
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| Session Chair: Oleg Badunenko, European University Viadrina |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Structural change in German chemical manufacturing industry during the 1990's. An analysis at the micro-level |
| By Oleg Badunenko |
| Presented by: Oleg Badunenko, European University Viadrina |
| Discussant: martin andersson, Jönköping International Business School |
| WHAT DETERMINES TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS? EVIDENCE FROM A REPRESENTATIVE PANEL OF GERMAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS |
| By Oleg Badunenko, Michael Fritsch, Andreas Stephan |
| Presented by: Andreas Stephan, European University Viadrina |
| Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-Level Data |
| By Amil Petrin and James Levinsohn |
| Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Katrin Hussinger, Catholic University Leuven |
| Productive Efficiency Measurement and Recent Developments in The Theory of Regulation: The Case of Vehicle Inspection Concessions |
| By Francesc Trillas, Daniel Montolio, Néstor Duch |
| Presented by: Francesc Trillas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Discussant: Shireen Alazzawi, American University in Cairo |
Session 72: Asymmetries in Gasoline Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Erich Muehlegger, Kennedy School of Government |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| Rockets and Feathers. Understanding Asymmetric Pricing |
| By Mariano Tappata |
| Presented by: Mariano Tappata, UCLA |
| Discussant: Erich Muehlegger, Kennedy School of Government |
| Rockets and Feathers: Competition in the Gasoline Retail Market |
| By Felipe Balmaceda and Paula Soruco |
| Presented by: Felipe Balmaceda, University of Chile |
| Discussant: Adam Copeland, Department of Commerce |
| Gasoline Price Spikes and Regional Gasoline Content Regulations: A Structural Approach |
| By Erich J. Muehlegger |
| Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Kennedy School of Government |
| Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Dynamic Pricing and Asymmetries in Retail Gasoline Markets |
| By Christopher Douglas and Ana Maria Herrera |
| Presented by: Christopher Douglas, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
Session 73: Innovation, Entry, and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Yi Deng, Southern Methodist University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| Green Management and the Nature of Technical Innovation |
| By George Deltas, Donna R. Harrington and Madhu Khanna |
| Presented by: Donna Theresa Harrington, University of Guelph |
| Discussant: Gustavo Vicentini, Boston University |
| The Implicit R&D Subsidy from European Patent Protection |
| By Yi Deng |
| Presented by: Yi Deng, Southern Methodist University |
| Discussant: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto |
| TFP in Indian Manufacturing: Is there evidence of Creative Destruction? |
| By Jigna Sampat |
| Presented by: Jigna Sampat, Emory University |
| Discussant: Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal |
Session 74: Issues in Financial Services Markets |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Quantifying Discrimination in Home Mortgage Lending: Estimation of Loan Price Elasticites Across Products and Races |
| By Faye Steiner |
| Presented by: Faye Steiner, Universite Paris I - La Sorbonne |
| Discussant: Luigi Benfratello, Universita' di Torino |
| Good Intentions Gone Awry:A Policy Analysis of the SEC's Regulation of the Bond Rating Industry |
| By Lawrence J. White |
| Presented by: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Discussant: Edward Kane, Boston College |
| Network Competition and Merchant Discount Fees |
| By Fumiko Hayashi |
| Presented by: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Do Payday Lenders Avoid or Embrace Bank Branches? Evidence from Oregon |
| By H. Evren Damar |
| Presented by: Evren Damar, Pacific Lutheran University |
| Discussant: Robin Prager, FRB |
Session 75: Effects of Vertical Integration |
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| Session Chair: Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 406 Egan |
| Ownership vs. Contract: How Vertical Integration Affects Investment Decisions in Pharmaceutical R&D |
| By Ilan guedj |
| Presented by: Ilan Guedj, University of Texas at Austin |
| Discussant: Scott Stern, Northwestern University |
| Survival in the Motion-Pictures Exhibition Market |
| By Claudio A. Agostini and Eduardo Saavedra |
| Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| Discussant: Julie Mortimer, Harvard University |
| Leasing and Secondary Markets: Theory and Evidence from Commercial Aircraft |
| By Alessandro Gavazza |
| Presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, Yale University |
| Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
Session 76: Product Quality: Signaling, Disclosure, and Policy |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| Imperfect Competition and Quality Signaling |
| By Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum |
| Presented by: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley |
| The Optimal Choice of Pre-Launch Reviewer |
| By David Gill, University of Oxford; Daniel Sgroi, University of Cambridge |
| Presented by: David Gill, University of Oxford |
| Discussant: Andrew Stivers, Oregon State University |
| Symmetric Regulation of Price and Quality of an Input Monopolist |
| By James Reitzes, Glenn Woroch |
| Presented by: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley |
| Discussant: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Regulating Language: Market Failure and Competition in Descriptive signals |
| By Andrew Stivers |
| Presented by: Andrew Stivers, Oregon State University |
| Discussant: David Gill, University of Oxford |
Session 77: Determinants of Firm-Level R&D |
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| Session Chair: Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| Is Demand-pulled Innovation Equally Important in Different Groups of Firms? |
| By Piva, M. - Vivarelli, M. |
| Presented by: Marco Vivarelli, Universita' Cattolica S. Cuore |
| Discussant: Justin Lenzo, Boston University |
| Market R&D and the Nature of Product Market |
| By Michele Cincera and Patrick Waelbroeck |
| Presented by: Patrick Waelbroeck, ENST |
| Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
| Impact of Credit Constraints on Industry Structure: Effects and Evidence |
| By James Costantini |
| Presented by: James Costantini, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
| R&D Outsourcing Decision and Implications on the Technological Performance |
| By Liza Jabbour, Maria Pluvia Zuniga |
| Presented by: Liza JABBOUR, University Paris I TEAM-CNRS |
| Discussant: Vania Sena, Aston University |
Session 78: Efficiency in Railroads and Public Transportation |
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| Session Chair: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 102 West G |
| Horizontal Differentiation and the survival of Train and Coach modes in medium range passenger transport, a welfare analysis comprising economies of scope and scale |
| By Fortunato, Adelino;Murta, Daniel |
| Presented by: Daniel Murta, University of Coimbra |
| Discussant: Rosella Nicolini, Insituto de Analisis Economico - CSIC |
| An Analysis of Entry and Exit in the European Airline Markets |
| By Claudio Piga and Maria Gil-Molto |
| Presented by: Claudio Piga, University of Loughborough |
| Discussant: Diego Escobari, Texas A&M University |
| Restructuring Public Transit Systems: Evidence on Cost Properties and Optimal Network Configuration from Medium and Large-Sized Companies |
| By Carlo Cambini, Massimiliano Piacenza, Davide Vannoni |
| Presented by: davide Vannoni, University of Torino |
| Discussant: Kenneth Button, George Mason University |
| Regulatory and Environmental Effects on Public Transit Efficiency: A Mixed DEA-SFA Approach |
| By Beniamina Buzzo Margari, Fabrizio Erbetta, Carmelo Petraglia, Massimiliano Piacenza |
| Presented by: Carmelo Petraglia, Università Federico II di Napoli |
| Discussant: Claudio Piga, University of Loughborough |
Session 79: Regulation and Universal Access |
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| Session Chair: Matthew Nagler, Lehman College |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 104 West G |
| Sharing, Hoarding or Looting? The Distribution of Regulatory Windfall under Carrier-of-Last-Resort Obligations |
| By Matthew G. Nagler |
| Presented by: Matthew Nagler, Lehman College |
| Discussant: Amrita Bhattacharyya, Boston College |
| Participation in Florida’s Lifeline Program |
| By Janice A. Hauge, Mark A. Jamison, R. Todd Jewell |
| Presented by: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Ballou, Northeastern University |
| Policies for Universal Access to Telecommunications in rural areas of Developing Countries - A Comparative Analysis |
| By Thorsten Scherf |
| Presented by: Thorsten Scherf, University Marburg |
| Discussant: Ricardo Lopez, Indiana University |
Session 80: Measuring Market Power |
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| Session Chair: Maurizio Iacopetta, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 106 West G |
| Entry, Costs Reduction, and Competition in the Portuguese Mobile Telephony Industry |
| By Philippe Gagnepain, Pedro Pereira |
| Presented by: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Do Firms Interact Strategically?: An Empirical Analysis of Investment Timing Decisions in Offshore Petroleum Production |
| By C.-Y. Cynthia Lin |
| Presented by: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Stephen Ryan, MIT |
| Entry and Exit in the Nonprofit Sector |
| By Teresa D. Harrison & Christopher A. Laincz |
| Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Katherine Ho, Columbia University |
| Alternating Monopoly and Tacit Collusion |
| By Andrea Amelio and Sara Biancini |
| Presented by: Andrea AMELIO, University of Toulouse GREMAQ |
| Discussant: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
Session 81: Analysis of Network Industries |
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| Session Chair: Ibrahiim Bayaan, Emory University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 8:15 - 10:05 |
| Location: 108 West G |
| A Simple Simulation Analysis of Network Industry: the Case of the Japanese Mobile Telecommunications Market |
| By Mitsuru SUNADA |
| Presented by: Mitsuru SUNADA, JFTC |
| Discussant: Ralf Dewenter, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg |
| Estimating Network Effects in Mobile Telephony in Germany |
| By Toker Doganoglu and Lukasz Grzybowski |
| Presented by: Lukasz Grzybowski, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Discussant: Mitsuru SUNADA, JFTC |
| Two-Sided Markets with a Negative Network Effect: Radio, Advertisers, and Audiences |
| By Sheila M. Campbell |
| Presented by: Sheila Campbell, Boston College |
| Discussant: Kawon Cho, University of Southern California |
| Technology and the Music Industry: The Free-Rider Paradise |
| By Ibrahiim Bayaan |
| Presented by: Ibrahiim Bayaan, Emory University |
| Discussant: Sheila Campbell, Boston College |
Session 82: The Evolution of the Banking Industry |
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| Session Chair: Robin Prager, FRB |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 215 Shillman |
| The Effects of Large, Multimarket Banks on the Profitability of Single Market Banks |
| By Timothy H. Hannan and Robin A. Prager |
| Presented by: Robin Prager, FRB |
| Discussant: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Level Playing Field? Are Credit Unions a Competitive Threat to Community Banks? |
| By Ron Borzekowski and Ken Brevoort |
| Presented by: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Evren Damar, Pacific Lutheran University |
| How Have Borrowers Fared in Banking Mega-mergers? |
| By Kenneth A. Carow, Edward J. Kane, Rajesh P. Narayanan |
| Presented by: Edward Kane, Boston College |
| Discussant: Faye Steiner, Universite Paris I - La Sorbonne |
| Banks and Innovation: microeconometric evidence on Italian firms |
| By Luigi Benfratello, Fabio Schiantarelli, Alessandro Sembenelli |
| Presented by: Luigi Benfratello, Universita' di Torino |
| Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
Session 83: Delegation and Commitment |
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| Session Chair: IRENE VALSECCHI, UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO-BICOCCA |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 220 Shillman |
| Strategic incentives for market share |
| By Robert Ritz |
| Presented by: Robert Ritz, Oxford University |
| Discussant: Eloic Peyrache, HEC School of Management |
| Moral Hazard, Collusion, and Learning |
| By Andrew Samuel |
| Presented by: Andrew Samuel, Calvin College |
| Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| A Strategic Rationale for Having Overconfident Managers |
| By Florian Englmaier |
| Presented by: Florian Englmaier, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Bert Willems, European University Institute |
| The role of instructions |
| By Irene Valsecchi |
| Presented by: IRENE VALSECCHI, UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO-BICOCCA |
| Discussant: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
Session 84: Technological Change: Theory |
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| Session Chair: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 315 Shillman |
| Putting a Smiley Face on the Dragon: Wal-Mart as Catalyst to U.S.-China Trade |
| By Emek Basker and Pham Hoang Van |
| Presented by: Emek Basker, University of Missouri |
| Discussant: Guy Ben-Ishai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Socially optimal dissemination |
| By Anthony Creane |
| Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College |
| Knowledge Transfer in Buyer-Supplier Relationships - when it (not) occurs |
| By Werner Boente; Lars Wiethaus |
| Presented by: Werner Boente, Max Planck Institute of Economics |
| Discussant: Yi Qian, Harvard University |
| On the Theory of Product Market Characteristics and the Industry Life Cycle |
| By Kenneth L. Simons |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Yann Meniere, Ecole des mines de Paris |
Session 85: Technological Motivations for Mergers |
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| Session Chair: Sophie Claeys, Ghent University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 320 Shillman |
| The Impact of Technological Relatedness on the Choice of the M&A Partner |
| By Katrin Hussinger |
| Presented by: Katrin Hussinger, Catholic University Leuven |
| Discussant: Paola Labrecciosa, Trinity College Dublin and University of Bologna |
| The Role of Knowledge Flows and Knowledge Assets in High-Technology Mergers and Acquisitions |
| By Shireen AlAzzawi |
| Presented by: Shireen Alazzawi, American University in Cairo |
| Discussant: Francesc Trillas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Acquisition versus greenfield: The impact of the mode of foreign bank entry on information and bank lending rates. Theory and evidence. |
| By Sophie Claeys and Christa Hainz |
| Presented by: Sophie Claeys, Ghent University |
| Discussant: Ciara Whelan, UCD |
| Technological progress and inequality: An ambiguous relationship |
| By Maurizio Iacopetta |
| Presented by: Maurizio Iacopetta, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Discussant: Jungho Kim, KAIST |
Session 86: Expansion and Entry in Oligopolies |
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| Session Chair: Nodir Adilov, Cornell University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 325 Shillman |
| Forward Markets, Market Power, and Capacity Investment |
| By Nodir Adilov |
| Presented by: Nodir Adilov, Cornell University |
| Discussant: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| Brand Stretching |
| By JaeJoon Han |
| Presented by: Jaejoon Han, Univ. of Texas at Austin |
| Discussant: Daniel Richards, Tufts University |
| Entry and profitability in differentiated product markets: The Spanish car industry |
| By Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia |
| Presented by: Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia, Universidad Carlos III |
| Discussant: Donna Theresa Harrington, University of Guelph |
| Oligopoly limit-pricing in the lab |
| By Wieland Muller, Yossi Spiegel, and Yaron Yehezkel |
| Presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Dean Williamson, Department of Justice |
Session 87: The University-Industry Divide: Science Parks and Scientific Productivity |
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| Session Chair: Scott Stern, Northwestern University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 415 Shillman |
| How Do Communication Costs Affect Scientific Collaboration? Exploring the Effect of Bitnet |
| By Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb |
| Presented by: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University School of Management |
| Do Science Parks Encourage Innovation? Evidence from the Tenants’ Patenting Activity - A Duration Model |
| By Mariagrazia Squicciarini |
| Presented by: Mariagrazia Squicciarini, VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University School of Management |
| Top Research Productivity and its Persistence. A Survival Time Analysis for a Panel of Belgian Scientists. |
| By Kelchtermans, Stijn and Veugelers, Reinhilde |
| Presented by: Stijn Kelchtermans, KULeuven |
| Discussant: Scott Stern, Northwestern University |
| Faculty Disclosures, University Invention and Entrepreneurship |
| By Celestine Chukumba |
| Presented by: Celestine Chukumba, Penn State University |
| Discussant: Scott Stern, Northwestern University |
Session 88: Theoretical Models of Price Discrimination |
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| Session Chair: Simon Board, University of Toronto |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 440 Egan |
| Monopolistic Group Design with Peer Effects. |
| By Simon Board |
| Presented by: Simon Board, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Selling to Consumers with Endogenous Types |
| By Jan Boone and Joel Shapiro |
| Presented by: Joel Shapiro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Discussant: Simon Board, University of Toronto |
| Personalized Pricing and Quality Design |
| By Anindya Ghose and Ke-Wei Huang |
| Presented by: Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business |
| Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
Session 89: Productivity and Trade |
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| Session Chair: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 420 Shillman |
| Outsourcing, Productivity, and Input Composition at the Plant Level |
| By Catherine J. Morrison Paul and Mahmut Yasar |
| Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
| Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Productivity Spillovers from Exporting through Vertical and Horizontal Linkages |
| By Ricardo Lopez and Roberto Alvarez |
| Presented by: Ricardo Lopez, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Renata Kosova, The George Washington University |
| Establishment-level Effects of Labor Regulations: A Cross-country Study |
| By Francine Lafontaine and Jagadeesh Sivadasan |
| Presented by: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
| Input Specificity and Global Sourcing |
| By Ari Van Assche and Galina Schwartz |
| Presented by: Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal |
| Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
Session 90: Refusal to Deal and the Trinko Decision |
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| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 425 Shillman |
| Vertical Leverage and the Sacrifice Principle: Why The Supreme Court Got Trinko Wrong |
| By Nicholas Economides |
| Presented by: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
| Discussant: Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago |
| Trinko v. Baxter: The Demise of U.S. v. AT&T |
| By Tim Brennan |
| Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Discussant: Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University |
Session 91: Empirical Studies of Demand |
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| Session Chair: Roger Betancourt, U of Maryland |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 340 Egan |
| The demand for and the supply of distribution services: A Basis for the Analysis of Customer Satisfaction in Retailing |
| By Roger R. Betancourt, Monica Cortinas, Margarita Elorz and Jose Miguel Mugica |
| Presented by: Roger Betancourt, U of Maryland |
| Discussant: Lan Li, University of California, Davis |
| Demand for Durable Goods and the Dynamics of Quality |
| By Juan Esteban Carranza |
| Presented by: Juan Esteban Carranza, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Discussant: Justin Johnson, Cornell University |
| Advertising and Labour Supply:Why Do Americans Work Such Long Hours? |
| By Keith Cowling and Rattanasuda Poolsombat |
| Presented by: Rattanasuda Poolsombat, University of Warwick |
| Discussant: Roger Betancourt, U of Maryland |
| Identifying Demand from eBay Prices |
| By Christopher Adams |
| Presented by: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
Session 92: Airlines 3 |
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| Session Chair: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 206 Egan |
| Are Airlines Price Discriminating? Tourist versus Business Travelers |
| By Diego A. Escobari |
| Presented by: Diego Escobari, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Aerotropolis: an aviation-linked urban space |
| By Ricardo Flores Fillol - Rosella Nicolini |
| Presented by: Rosella Nicolini, Insituto de Analisis Economico - CSIC |
| Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
| The Effect of Market Structure on the Empirical Distribution of Airline Fares |
| By Jeremy Verlinda |
| Presented by: Jeremy Verlinda, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Discussant: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| A Dynamic Oligopoly Game of the US Airline Industry: Estimation and Policy Experiments |
| By Victor Aguirregabiria and Chun-Yu Ho |
| Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University |
| Discussant: davide Vannoni, University of Torino |
Session 93: Vertical Integration and contracting: Theory |
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| Session Chair: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 306 Egan |
| Intimidating Competitors - Endogenous Vertical Integration and Downstream Investment in Successive Oligopoly |
| By Stefan Buehler, Armin Schmutzler |
| Presented by: Stefan Buehler, University of Zurich |
| Discussant: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Star Wars: Exclusive Superstars and Collusive Outcomes |
| By Mariano Selvaggi and Luis Vasconcelos |
| Presented by: Mariano Selvaggi, London School of Economics |
| Discussant: April Franco, University of Iowa |
| Quality as Commitment to Exclusivity |
| By Johan Stennek |
| Presented by: Johan Stennek, IUI |
| Discussant: Mariano Selvaggi, London School of Economics |
| Dual Distribution in Franchising as an Efficient Monitoring Device under Asymmetric Information |
| By thierry Pénard, Emmanuel Raynaud, Stéphane Saussier |
| Presented by: Emmanuel RAYNAUD, INRA |
| Discussant: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
Session 94: Efficiency and Productivity in Electricity Market |
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| Session Chair: Christian Growitsch, Halle Institute for Economic Research |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 406 Egan |
| Quality of Service, Efficiency, and Scale in Network Industries: An Analysis of European Electricity Distribution |
| By Christian Growitsch, Tooraj Jamasb, Michael Pollitt |
| Presented by: Christian Growitsch, Halle Institute for Economic Research |
| Discussant: Carmelo Petraglia, Università Federico II di Napoli |
| Regulation and Performance of Electricity Distribution Utilities: The Case of Poland |
| By Waldemar Karpa |
| Presented by: Waldemar Karpa, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Discussant: Andreas Kuhlmann, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| What is the X-Factor in the German Electricity Industry? |
| By Andreas Kuhlmann |
| Presented by: Andreas Kuhlmann, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| Discussant: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
Session 95: Regulatory Schemes |
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| Session Chair: Kristin Linnerud, Norwegian School of Economics and Busine |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 102 West G |
| Yardstick competition, Franchise bidding and collusive incentives |
| By Eshien CHONG and Fréddy HUET |
| Presented by: Eshien Chong, ATOM |
| Discussant: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
| Regulation Through a Revenue Contest |
| By Haldun Evrenk, E. Unal Zenginobuz |
| Presented by: Haldun Evrenk, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Eshien Chong, ATOM |
| Regulation of Energy Multi-Utilities |
| By Kristin Linnerud |
| Presented by: Kristin Linnerud, Norwegian School of Economics and Busine |
| Discussant: Haldun Evrenk, Suffolk University |
Session 96: Competition in Telecommunications Market |
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| Session Chair: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Date: April 9, |
| Time: 10:25 - 12:15 |
| Location: 104 West G |
| Fixed-Mobile Telephone Subscription Substitution in the U.S. |
| By Michael R. Ward & Glenn A. Woroch |
| Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Thorsten Scherf, University Marburg |
| Usage and Diffusion of Cellular Telephony, 1998-2004 |
| By Michal Grajek and Tobias Kretschmer |
| Presented by: Michal Grajek, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) |
| Discussant: OLIVER FABEL, UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ |
| Calling Party Pays or Receiving Party Pays? The Diffusion of Mobile |
| By Ralf Dewenter (HSU Hamburg) and Joern Kruse (HSU Hamburg) |
| Presented by: Ralf Dewenter, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg |
| Discussant: Matthew Nagler, Lehman College |
| An Analysis of the Extent and the Means of Entry into Local Telecommunications Markets |
| By Troy Quast |
| Presented by: Troy Quast, Univ. of Florida |
| Discussant: Michal Grajek, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) |