INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 217 | Census Data Analyses and the Changing Organization of Retailing | 4 |
| 2 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 2002 | Productivity I | 4 |
| 3 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 129 | International Economic Policy | 4 |
| 4 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1220A | Industry Dynamics | 4 |
| 5 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 211 | Strategic Technology Adoption II | 4 |
| 6 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 113 | Quality and Market Performance | 4 |
| 7 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 111 | Design of Organizations | 4 |
| 8 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 210 | Narrowband and Broadband Access and Subscription | 4 |
| 9 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1220B | Competition and Entry Theory | 4 |
| 10 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1005 | Topics in Financial Services Markets | 3 |
| 11 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 212 | Oligopoly Theory | 4 |
| 12 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1002 | Internet Auctions | 4 |
| 13 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 218A | Energy and Environmental Policies | 3 |
| 14 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 218B | R&D in the pharmaceutical industry | 4 |
| 15 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 115 | Mergers Empirical I | 3 |
| 16 | April 14, 2007 8:00-10:00 | Marriott A | Airline Competition | 3 |
| 17 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 111 | Innovation I | 3 |
| 18 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1005 | Dynamic Empirical Models of Demand | 2 |
| 19 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1220A | Gasoline Pricing | 3 |
| 20 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 129 | Natural Experiments in Non-Price Markets | 3 |
| 21 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 2002 | Digital and Media Piracy | 3 |
| 22 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 217 | Network Externalities and Industry Structure | 3 |
| 23 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 211 | Retail Competition in Media Industries | 3 |
| 24 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | Marriott A | Pharmaceutical Advertising | 3 |
| 25 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1220B | Heterogeneity | 3 |
| 26 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 218A | Political Economy | 3 |
| 27 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 210 | Mergers Empirical II | 2 |
| 28 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1002 | A Dynamic Theory of the Firm | 3 |
| 29 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 113 | Financial Regulation | 3 |
| 30 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 115 | Topics in Information Economics | 3 |
| 31 | April 14, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 212 | Access Pricing and Industry Infrastructure | 2 |
| 32 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 1002 | Product Line and Product Location | 4 |
| 33 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 217 | Vertical Integration and Contracts | 2 |
| 34 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 1220B | Strategic Information Disclosure | 3 |
| 35 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 211 | Empirical Findings on Price Discrimination | 4 |
| 36 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 212 | Auction Empirics | 3 |
| 37 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 113 | Exclusion Through Vertical Practices | 4 |
| 38 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 111 | Structural Estimation in Industrial Organization | 4 |
| 39 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 1005 | Law, Economics, & Organization | 4 |
| 40 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 129 | Payment Card Issues | 4 |
| 41 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 1220A | Two-sided Platforms and Coordination | 3 |
| 42 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 115 | Determinants and Consequences of Innovation: Evidence From Panel Data | 4 |
| 43 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 218A | Contracting Issues in Surface Transposrtation | 4 |
| 44 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 210 | Privatization and Firm Governance | 4 |
| 45 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | Marriott A | Modeling Travel Demand | 4 |
| 46 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 218B | Multinationals, Exporting, and Productivity | 3 |
| 47 | April 14, 2007 14:00-16:00 | 2002 | Modeling Electricity Markets | 4 |
| 48 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | Marriott A | Experiments in Industrial Organization | 3 |
| 49 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 218A | Regulation with Limited Information | 2 |
| 50 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 113 | Networks and innovation | 3 |
| 51 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 129 | Innovation II | 3 |
| 52 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 2002 | Theoretical Price Discrimination I | 3 |
| 53 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 1002 | Multi-Player Bargaining | 3 |
| 54 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 210 | Theoretical Analysis of Bundling Strategies | 3 |
| 55 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 115 | Competition in Financial Services | 3 |
| 56 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 1005 | Private Information About Ability or Motives | 3 |
| 57 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 1220B | Industrial Organization and Policy in Telecommunications Industries | 3 |
| 58 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 218B | Collaboration in Research and Development | 2 |
| 59 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 1220A | Merger Theory I | 2 |
| 60 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 111 | Moral Hazard Models | 3 |
| 61 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 217 | Market power and its sources | 3 |
| 62 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 212 | Dynamic Aspects of Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| 63 | April 14, 2007 16:30-18:00 | 211 | Empirical Analysis of Mergers | 3 |
| 64 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 113 | Auction Theory | 4 |
| 65 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 218A | Empirical Studies of Regulatory Policy | 3 |
| 66 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 111 | Organizational Design and Productivity | 4 |
| 67 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 218B | Empirical Studies of Energy Markets | 3 |
| 68 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1220B | Buyer Power/Vertical Aspects of Competition | 2 |
| 69 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | Marriott A | Media Economics | 4 |
| 70 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 2002 | Entry: Causes and Effects | 4 |
| 71 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 217 | Legal Aspects of R&D: Empirical Studies | 4 |
| 72 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 212 | Empirical Studies of Markets with Private Information | 4 |
| 73 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 210 | Empirical Studies of Tax and Advertising Policy | 4 |
| 74 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 129 | Theory of Collusive Pricing | 3 |
| 75 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 211 | Structural Estimation In Industrial Organization II | 3 |
| 76 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 115 | Empirical Studies in Antitrust Policy | 4 |
| 77 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1005 | Airlines | 4 |
| 78 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1220A | Trade Theory 1 | 2 |
| 79 | April 15, 2007 8:00-10:00 | 1002 | Vertical Product Differentiation | 4 |
| 80 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 111 | Economics of healthcare facilities | 3 |
| 81 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 129 | Dynamic Aspects of Pricing | 3 |
| 82 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 218B | Cartels in action | 2 |
| 83 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 115 | Cartels and Enforcement | 3 |
| 84 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | Marriott A | Determinants of Electricity Production | 3 |
| 85 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1220A | Buyer/Seller Relationships | 3 |
| 86 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 210 | Internet Pricing and Usage | 3 |
| 87 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 211 | Theoretical Price Discrimination 2 | 3 |
| 88 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1005 | Productivity II | 3 |
| 89 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1002 | Cartels -- Theory and Evidence | 3 |
| 90 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 2002 | Quality and Retail Policies | 2 |
| 91 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 113 | Financing R&D | 3 |
| 92 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 1220B | Strategic Technology Adoption I | 3 |
| 93 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 212 | Merger Theory II | 3 |
| 94 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 218A | Human Capital in the Innovation Process | 3 |
| 95 | April 15, 2007 10:30-12:00 | 217 | E-commerce and Retailing | 3 |
95 sessions, 307 papers |
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INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Census Data Analyses and the Changing Organization of Retailing |
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| Session Chair: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| Supersize It: The Growth of Retail Chains and the Rise of the "Big Box" Retail Format |
| By Emek Basker, Shawn D. Klimek, and Pham Hoang Van |
| Presented by: Shawn Klimek, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Discussant: Renata Kosova, The George Washington University |
| The Role of Retail Chains: National, Regional, and Industry Results |
| By Ronald S. Jarmin, Shawn D. Klimek, and Javier Miranda |
| Presented by: Ronald Jarmin, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
| Discussant: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University |
| The Evolution of National Retail Chains: How We Got Here |
| By Lucia Foster, John Haltiwanger, and C.J. Krizan |
| Presented by: C.J. Krizan, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Discussant: Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University |
| There's no place like home: The effect of geographical distance on the survival of service and retail businesses |
| By Arturs Kalnins and Francine Lafontaine |
| Presented by: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
Session 2: Productivity I |
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| Session Chair: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| CEO Incentives and Firm Productivity |
| By Laarni Bulan, Paroma Sanyal, and Zhipeng Yan |
| Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Carsten Pohl, ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| The Efficiency of German Universities - Some Evidence from Non-Parametric and Parametric Methods |
| By Carsten Pohl and Gerhard Kempkes |
| Presented by: Carsten Pohl, ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| How do Distribution Losses and Differences in Operating Characteristics Influence Measured Efficiency in Electricity Distribution? |
| By David Saal |
| Presented by: David Saal, Aston Business School |
| Discussant: Robert Cairns, McGill University |
| Measuring Sunk Capital |
| By Robert Cairns |
| Presented by: Robert Cairns, McGill University |
| Discussant: David Saal, Aston Business School |
Session 3: International Economic Policy |
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| Session Chair: Mario Jametti, York University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| Import Competition and Employment Dynamics |
| By Hale Utar |
| Presented by: Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Can Dogan, University of Houston |
| Tariffs versus Anti-dumping Duties |
| By Emin Dinlersoz and Can Dogan |
| Presented by: Can Dogan, University of Houston |
| Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
| Factors Influencing the Incidence of Bribery Payouts by Firms: A Cross-Country Analysis |
| By Yanjing Chen, Mahmut Yasar, and Roderick M. Rejesus |
| Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
| Discussant: Mario Jametti, York University |
| Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Local Taxes? |
| By Marius Brülhart, Mario Jametti, and Kurt Schmidheiny |
| Presented by: Mario Jametti, York University |
| Discussant: Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Session 4: Industry Dynamics |
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| Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| Markov Perfect Industry Dynamics with Many Firms |
| By Gabriel Y. Weintraub, C. Lanier Benkard, and Benjamin Van Roy |
| Presented by: Gabriel Weintraub, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Sunk costs and economies of scope in multiproduct firms' market decisions: The case of the Spanish automobile industry |
| By Varela-Irimia |
| Presented by: Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia, Universidad Carlos III |
| Discussant: Benjamin Atkinson, Competition Bureau |
| Sorting, Selection, and Industry Shakeouts |
| By Peter Thompson and Mihaela Pintea |
| Presented by: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Discussant: Robert McMillan, Federal Trade Commission |
| Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry |
| By Aamir R. Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck |
| Presented by: Johannes Van Biesebroeck, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Kazuko Kano, Queen's University |
Session 5: Strategic Technology Adoption II |
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| Session Chair: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| Licensing interim R&D knowledge |
| By Yossi Spiegel |
| Presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
| Licensing a standard: fixed fee versus royalty |
| By Sarah Parlane and Yann Ménière |
| Presented by: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
| Discussant: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
| Technology adoption deterrence through learning and capacity investment |
| By Ricardo Cabral |
| Presented by: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
| Discussant: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne |
| Start-Up Commercialisation Strategy and Innovative Dynamics |
| By Joshua Gans |
| Presented by: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
Session 6: Quality and Market Performance |
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| Session Chair: Simon Anderson, University of Virginia |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Network Externality, Quality Asymmetry, and Product Line Design |
| By Bing Jing |
| Presented by: Bing Jing, New York University |
| Discussant: Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford |
| Directed Matching with Endogenous Markov Probability: Clients or Competitors? |
| By Emanuela Ciapanna |
| Presented by: Emanuela Ciapanna, Boston University and Banca d'Italia |
| Discussant: Suman Ghosh, Florida Atlantic University |
| Welfare Effects of Scrappage Subsidies in the Presence of Asymmetric Information |
| By Ruhai Wu and Diya B. Mazumder |
| Presented by: Ruhai Wu, Florida Atlantic University |
| Discussant: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Advertising clutter: Shouting to be heard |
| By Simon P. Anderson and Andre de Palma |
| Presented by: Simon Anderson, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northwestern University |
Session 7: Design of Organizations |
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| Session Chair: Florian Englmaier, Harvard Business School |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| On Platforms, Incomplete Contracts, and Open Source Software |
| By Andras Niedermayer |
| Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Florian Englmaier, Harvard Business School |
| Task Assignments and Incentives: Generalists versus Specialists |
| By Suraj Prasad |
| Presented by: Suraj Prasad, Washington University |
| Discussant: Simon Board, University of Toronto |
| Contractual Design of Toll Adjustment Provisions In Infrastructure Concession Contracts |
| By Laure Athias |
| Presented by: Laure Athias, University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne |
| Discussant: Nadav Levy, University at Albany, SUNY |
| When Does Coordination Require Centralization? |
| By Ricardo Alonso, Wouter Dessein, and Niko Matouschek |
| Presented by: Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University (KSM) |
| Discussant: Andreas Roider, University of Bonn, Germany |
Session 8: Narrowband and Broadband Access and Subscription |
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| Session Chair: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| Determinants of the "Digital Divides" in Internet Access |
| By Nicholas Economides, Katja Seim, and V. Brian Viard |
| Presented by: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Stijn Vanormelingen, KU Leuven |
| Broadband access and broadband-based applications: an empirical study of the determinants of adoption among Italian SMEs |
| By Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli |
| Presented by: Luca Grilli, Politecnico di Milano |
| Discussant: Bruce Petersen, Washington University |
| The Impact on Broadband Access to the Internet of the Dual Ownership of Telephone and Cable Networks |
| By Pedro Pereira and Tiago Ribeiro |
| Presented by: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Discussant: José Canals-Cerdá, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Collusion in auctions and contractual length: A theoretical analysis with an application to the French water sector |
| By Eshien Chong |
| Presented by: Eshien Chong, ATOM |
| Discussant: Sanghoo Bae, Clark University |
Session 9: Competition and Entry Theory |
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| Session Chair: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Group Affinity and Collusion |
| By David J. Balan and Manfred Dix |
| Presented by: David Balan, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Thomas Astebro, University of Toronto |
| Price-Increasing Competition |
| By Yongmin Chen and Michael Riordan |
| Presented by: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Joanna Ziolkowska, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Entry Deterrence through Strategic Sourcing |
| By Yutian Chen |
| Presented by: Yutian Chen, SUNY at Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
| Storage and Market Power: The influence of speculation on monopoly. |
| By Sebastien Mitraille and Henry Thille |
| Presented by: Henry Thille, University of Guelph |
| Discussant: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
Session 10: Topics in Financial Services Markets |
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| Session Chair: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| The Determinants of Local Bank Market Entry |
| By Robert M. Adams and Dean F. Amel |
| Presented by: Robert Adams, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Acquisition Targets and Motives in the Banking Industry |
| By Timothy H. Hannan and Steven J. Pilloff |
| Presented by: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Brishti Guha, Singapore Management 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: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| A More Perfect Credit Union: Shared Branch Networks as Two-Sided Markets |
| By Ron Borzekowski, Elizabeth K. Kiser, and Elise B. Tosun |
| Presented by: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez, |
Session 11: Oligopoly Theory |
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| Session Chair: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| Customer Information Sharing: strategic incentives and its new implications |
| By Byung-Cheol Kim and Jay Pil Choi |
| Presented by: Byungcheol Kim, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Switching Costs, Firm Size, and Market Structure |
| By Simon Loertscher and Yves Schneider |
| Presented by: Yves Schneider, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Equilibria in a Capacity-Constrained Differentiated Duopoly |
| By Maxim Sinitsyn |
| Presented by: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Discussant: Yves Schneider, University of Bern |
| When Do Consumers Search? |
| By Matthew S. Lewis and Howard P. Marvel |
| Presented by: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Byungcheol Kim, Michigan State University |
Session 12: Internet Auctions |
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| Session Chair: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Does Market Experience Lead Bidders to Behave More Rationally? Evidence from Internet Auctions |
| By Jeffrey Livingston |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Discussant: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Reputation Source and Timing and Entry into eBay Auctions |
| By David Eaton |
| Presented by: David Eaton, Murray State University |
| Discussant: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Comparing Revenue from Auctions and Posted Prices |
| By Robert G. Hammond |
| Presented by: Robert Hammond, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Mark McCabe, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Reallocation on eBay: Findings from the resale of pre-ordered video game consoles |
| By Christopher Adams and Pai-Ling Yin |
| Presented by: Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Miguel Amaral, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
Session 13: Energy and Environmental Policies |
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| Session Chair: Robert Ritz, Nuffield College, Oxford University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| The Fishery as a Watery Commons: Lessons from the Experiences of Other Public Policy Areas for U.S. Fisheries Policy |
| By Lawrence J. White |
| Presented by: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Discussant: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Pollutant Spillovers and the Effectiveness of Environmental Regulations on Power Plants |
| By Stephen P. Holland |
| Presented by: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Discussant: Paul Sotkiewicz, University of Florida |
| Interfirm and intrafirm switching costs in a vertical differentiation setting: Green versus non-green products |
| By Linda A. Toolsema |
| Presented by: Linda Toolsema, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Robert Ritz, Nuffield College, Oxford University |
Session 14: R&D in the pharmaceutical industry |
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| Session Chair: William Comanor, University of California-Santa Barbara |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 218B |
| The Impacts of Price Controls on the Performance of the Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry |
| By Darren Filson |
| Presented by: Darren Filson, Claremont Graduate University |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| The Economics of Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| By William S. Comanor |
| Presented by: William Comanor, University of California-Santa Barbara |
| Discussant: Bryan Boulier, George Washington University |
| A Shot in the Dark: Uncertainty and Vaccine Demand and Supply |
| By Bryan L. Boulier |
| Presented by: Bryan Boulier, George Washington University |
| Discussant: William Comanor, University of California-Santa Barbara |
| Strategic Patenting and Creative Destruction: Evidence from Drug Patent Citations |
| By Alan C. Marco |
| Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Discussant: Darren Filson, Claremont Graduate University |
Session 15: Mergers Empirical I |
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| Session Chair: Margaret Slade, University of Warwick |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| Merger Simulations of Unilateral Effects: What can we learn from the UK brewing industry? |
| By Margaret Slade |
| Presented by: Margaret Slade, University of Warwick |
| Discussant: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Determinants of Bank Mergers: A Revealed Preference Analysis |
| By Oktay Akkus and Ali Hortacsu |
| Presented by: Oktay Akkus, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Mergers when Firms Compete by Choosing both Price and Promotion |
| By Steven Tenn, Luke Froeb, and Steven Tschantz |
| Presented by: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Discussant: Margaret Slade, University of Warwick |
Session 16: Airline Competition |
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| Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| Domestic Rivalry and Export Performance: Theory and Evidence from International Airline Markets |
| By Joseph A. Clougherty and Anming Zhang |
| Presented by: Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Diego Escobari, Texas A&M University |
| Limited Access to Airport Facilities and Market Power in the Airline Industry |
| By Federico Ciliberto and Jonathan Williams |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia |
| Pricing and Market Structure in the Airline Industry under Costly Capacity and Demand Uncertainty |
| By Diego Escobari |
| Presented by: Diego Escobari, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia |
Session 17: Innovation I |
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| Session Chair: Richard Gilbert, University of California-Berkeley |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| Cumulative Innovation, Sampling and the Hold-Up Problem |
| By Rufus Pollock |
| Presented by: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| Efficient Division of Profits for Complex Innovations |
| By Richard Gilbert and Michael Katz |
| Presented by: Richard Gilbert, University of California-Berkeley |
| Discussant: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Are intellectual property rights detrimental to innovation? |
| By Corinne Langinier and Claude Crampes |
| Presented by: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: Richard Gilbert, University of California-Berkeley |
Session 18: Dynamic Empirical Models of Demand |
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| Session Chair: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| Tariff Choice with Consumer Learning: Sorting-Induced Biases and Illusive Surplus |
| By Ronald Goettler and Karen Clay |
| Presented by: Ronald Goettler, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College |
| Dynamics of Automobile Expenditures |
| By Adam Copeland |
| Presented by: Adam Copeland, BEA, US Dept. of Commerce |
| Discussant: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus |
Session 19: Gasoline Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| Retail Gasoline Price Cycles: Evidence from Guelph, Ontario Using Bi-Hourly, Station-Specific Retail Price Data |
| By Benjamin Atkinson |
| Presented by: Benjamin Atkinson, Competition Bureau |
| Discussant: Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia, Universidad Carlos III |
| Asymmetric Cost Passthrough in Cycling Retail Gasoline Markets: Analysis under the Correct Counterfactual |
| By Michael Noel |
| Presented by: Michael Noel, UC San Diego |
| Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Retail Gasoline Pricing: What Do We Know? |
| By Robert McMillan, Daniel Hosken, and Christopher Taylor |
| Presented by: Robert McMillan, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Emek Basker, University of Missouri |
Session 20: Natural Experiments in Non-Price Markets |
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| Session Chair: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| Testing for Nash Equilibrium in Three-Way Duels |
| By Marco A. Castaneda, Luis Gonzalez, and Frank Scott |
| Presented by: Marco Castaneda, University of Kentucky |
| Discussant: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
| Online Access and Scholarly Communication |
| By Mark McCabe and Christopher Snyder |
| Presented by: Mark McCabe, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Discussant: Frank Scott, University of Kentucky |
| Estimating the Value of "Going For It" (When No One Does) |
| By Christopher P. Adams |
| Presented by: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College |
Session 21: Digital and Media Piracy |
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| Session Chair: Michael Smith, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| Competing With Free: The Impact of Movie Broadcasts on DVD Sales and Internet Piracy |
| By Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang |
| Presented by: Michael Smith, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri |
| Piracy and Digital Rights Management: Impacts on Pricing and Protection Level of Digital Products |
| By Sang Hoo Bae and Pil Sik Choi |
| Presented by: Sanghoo Bae, Clark University |
| Discussant: Johan Stennek, Research Institute of Industrial Economics |
| Teaching Digital Piracy |
| By Michael R. Ward |
| Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
Session 22: Network Externalities and Industry Structure |
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| Session Chair: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| Network Effects, Compatibility Choice, and Industry Dynamics |
| By Jiawei Chen, Ulrich Doraszelski, and Joseph Harrington |
| Presented by: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: V. Brian Viard, Stanford University |
| An Empirical Analysis of Indirect Network Effects in the Home Video Game Market |
| By James E. Prieger and Wei-Min Hu |
| Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
| Discussant: Matthew Gentzkow, University of Chicago GSB |
| Prices and Network Externalities in Two-Sided Markets: the Belgian Newspaper Industry |
| By Patrick van Cayseele and Stijn Vanormelingen |
| Presented by: Stijn Vanormelingen, KU Leuven |
| Discussant: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
Session 23: Retail Competition in Media Industries |
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| Session Chair: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| The Way Music Died: The Effects of Retail Competition on Variety |
| By Paris Cleanthous, Oded Koenigsberg, and Eitan Muller |
| Presented by: Paris Cleanthous, University of Cyprus |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Product Line Rivalry: How Box Office Revenue Cycles Influence Movie Exhibition Variety |
| By Darlene C. Chisholm and George Norman |
| Presented by: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: David Waterman, Indiana University |
| Time Consistency and Seller Commitment in Intertemporal Movie Distribution: An Empirical Study of the Video Window |
| By David Waterman, Andrew A. Weiss, and Sung-Choon Lee |
| Presented by: David Waterman, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Paris Cleanthous, University of Cyprus |
Session 24: Pharmaceutical Advertising |
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| Session Chair: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| Predatory Advertising: Theory and Evidence in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| By Yutian Chen and Wei Tan |
| Presented by: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Drug Advertising and Health Habit |
| By Toshi Iizuka and Ginger Zhe Jin |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| The Effects of Detailing on Prescribing Decisions under Quality Uncertainty |
| By Andrew Ching and Masakazu Ishihara |
| Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
Session 25: Heterogeneity |
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| Session Chair: Steve Thompson, University of Nottingham |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Cut-throat fringe competition in an emerging country market: Tax evasion or the absence of market power? |
| By Alberto Salvo |
| Presented by: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School |
| Too Many Products: |
| By Catherine Thomas |
| Presented by: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School |
| Discussant: Steve Thompson, University of Nottingham |
| Gray Power: An Empirical Investigation of the Product Market Impact of Parallel Imports |
| By Steve Thompson |
| Presented by: Steve Thompson, University of Nottingham |
| Discussant: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University |
Session 26: Political Economy |
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| Session Chair: Ilan Guedj, University of Texas at Austin |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| Politician Preferences and Caps on Political Lobbying |
| By Ivan Pastine and Tuvana Pastine |
| Presented by: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
| Discussant: Feng Lu, Northwestern University |
| Endogenous coalition formation in the climate change game |
| By Svetlana Ikonnikova |
| Presented by: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Discussant: Jose Luis Marques-dos-Santos, University of York |
| Political Price Cycles in Regulated Industries: Theory and Evidence |
| By Rodrigo Moita and Claudio Paiva |
| Presented by: Rodrigo Moita, IBMEC SAO PAULO |
| Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
Session 27: Mergers Empirical II |
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| Session Chair: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| Mergers & Acquisitions and Innovation Performance in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry |
| By Tseveen Gantumur and Andreas Stephan |
| Presented by: Tseveen Gantumur, European University Viadrina |
| Discussant: Oktay Akkus, University of Chicago |
| Ownership Change, Productivity, and Human Capital: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data |
| By Donald S. Siegel, Kenneth L. Simons, and Tomas Lindstrom |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Tseveen Gantumur, European University Viadrina |
Session 28: A Dynamic Theory of the Firm |
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| Session Chair: Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University (KSM) |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Relational Contracts and the Value of Loyalty |
| By Simon Board |
| Presented by: Simon Board, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University (KSM) |
| A Note on Dynamic Patterns of Implicit Contracts with Imperfect Public Monitoring |
| By Florian Englmaier and Carmit Segal |
| Presented by: Florian Englmaier, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Laure Athias, University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne |
| Principal’s experience and the authority relation |
| By Nadav Levy |
| Presented by: Nadav Levy, University at Albany, SUNY |
| Discussant: Jaideep Shenoy, Georgia State University |
Session 29: Financial Regulation |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Do Well-Capitalized Banks Take More Risk? |
| By Thomas D. Jeitschko and Shin Dong Jeung |
| Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Honesty and Intermediation : Corporate Cheating,Auditor Involvement and the Implications for Takeoff |
| By Brishti Guha |
| Presented by: Brishti Guha, Singapore Management University |
| Discussant: Robert Adams, Federal Reserve Board |
| Focusing More on Outputs and on Markets: What Financial Regulation Can Learn from Progress in Other Policy Areas |
| By Lawrence J. White |
| Presented by: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Discussant: Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough University |
Session 30: Topics in Information Economics |
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| Session Chair: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| Information Disclosure and Unraveling in Matching Markets |
| By Michael Ostrovsky and Michael Schwarz |
| Presented by: Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford |
| Discussant: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University |
| Using Approximations to Competitors' Private Information: An Application of Cognitive Costs and Asymmetric Information to Strategic Behavior |
| By Cynthia Lin and Erich Muehlegger |
| Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Ting Liu, Boston University |
| Two Experts Are Better Than One |
| By Wolfgang Gick |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Anastasia Kartasheva, Georgia State University |
Session 31: Access Pricing and Industry Infrastructure |
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| Session Chair: João Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| The race for telecoms infrastructure investment with bypass: Can access regulation achieve the first-best? |
| By João Vareda and Steffen Hoernig |
| Presented by: João Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Discussant: Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University |
| Did UNE-P Kill the UNE-L Star? An Analysis of U.S. Regulation of Local Telecommunications Markets |
| By Troy Quast |
| Presented by: Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University |
| Discussant: João Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
Session 32: Product Line and Product Location |
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| Session Chair: George Norman, Tufts University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Entrepreneurs, New Markets, and Brand Extension |
| By George Norman, Lynne Pepall, and Dan Richards |
| Presented by: George Norman, Tufts University |
| Discussant: Bing Jing, New York University |
| Fat Products |
| By Alexei Alexandrov |
| Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, Kellogg (Northwestern) |
| Discussant: George Norman, Tufts University |
| Product Line Equilibrium in a Sales Model |
| By Bing Jing and Z. John Zhang |
| Presented by: Bing Jing, New York University |
| Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
| Dynamic Location Games |
| By Simon Loertscher and Gerd Muehlheusser |
| Presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, Kellogg (Northwestern) |
Session 33: Vertical Integration and Contracts |
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| Session Chair: Barbara Alexander, Cornerstone Research |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| The Effects of Vertical Integration on the Release of New Films |
| By Claudio Agostini and Eduardo Saavedra |
| Presented by: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Supplier Switching and Outsourcing |
| By Yukako Ono and Victor Stango |
| Presented by: Yukako Ono, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
| Discussant: Barbara Alexander, Cornerstone Research |
Session 34: Strategic Information Disclosure |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Comparative advertising |
| By Simon P. Anderson and Régis Renault |
| Presented by: Regis Renault, Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
| Discussant: Emanuela Ciapanna, Boston University and Banca d'Italia |
| Signal Accuracy and Informational Cascades |
| By Tuvana Pastine and Ivan Pastine |
| Presented by: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| The Groucho Effect of Uncertain Standards |
| By Rick Harbaugh, John W. Maxwell, and Beatrice Roussillon |
| Presented by: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
| When should firms offer free trials? |
| By Monic Jiayin Sun |
| Presented by: Jiayin Sun, Boston University |
| Discussant: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
Session 35: Empirical Findings on Price Discrimination |
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| Session Chair: Jon Nelson, Pennsylvania State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| Measuring the Impact of Peak-Load Pricing and Consumer Heterogeneities on Airline Pricing |
| By Steven L. Puller, Anirban Sengupta, and Steven Wiggins |
| Presented by: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Adam Copeland, BEA, US Dept. of Commerce |
| On-line Price Discrimination with and without Arbitrage conditions |
| By Claudio Piga and Enrico Bachis |
| Presented by: Claudio Piga, University of Loughborough |
| Discussant: Jon Nelson, Pennsylvania State University |
| Merit Aid and Competition in the University Marketplace |
| By James Daerden, Raj Grewal, and Gary Lilien |
| Presented by: James Dearden, Lehigh University |
| Discussant: Ronald Goettler, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Market Concentration and Nonlinear Pricing: Evidence from Detergent Prices in Six Countries |
| By Sofronis Clerides and Antonis Michis |
| Presented by: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus |
| Discussant: Susan Chen, University of North Dakota |
Session 36: Auction Empirics |
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| Session Chair: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| A Greater Price for a Greater Good? The Charity Premium at eBay Giving Works |
| By Daniel Elfenbein and Brian McManus |
| Presented by: Brian McManus, Washington University |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Does Competition for the Field Improve Cost Efficiency? Evidence from the London Bus Tendering Model |
| By Miguel Amaral, Stéphane Saussier, and Anne Yvrande-Billon |
| Presented by: Miguel Amaral, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Discussant: Robert Hammond, Vanderbilt University |
| Information Acquisition and Entry in Recurring Procurement Auctions |
| By Dakshina G. De Silva and Georgia Kosmopoulou |
| Presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Discussant: Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School |
Session 37: Exclusion Through Vertical Practices |
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| Session Chair: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Market Share Exclusion |
| By Mikko Packalen |
| Presented by: Mikko Packalen, University of Waterloo |
| Discussant: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Competition, Monopoly Maintenance, and Consumer Switching Costs |
| By Hodaka Morita and Michael Waldman |
| Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Exclusive Quality |
| By Cédric Argenton |
| Presented by: Cédric Argenton, Stockholm School of Economics |
| Discussant: Andrea Guenster, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Predatory Buying and the Antitrust Laws |
| By Roger D. Blair and John E. Lopatka |
| Presented by: John Lopatka, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: John Connor, Purdue University |
Session 38: Structural Estimation in Industrial Organization |
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| Session Chair: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| Productivity Dispersion and Plant Selection in the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry |
| By Allan Collard-Wexler |
| Presented by: Allan Collard-Wexler, New York University - Stern School |
| Discussant: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Job Security Does Affect Economic Efficiency: Theory, A New Statistic, and Evidence from Chile |
| By Amil Petrin and Jagadeesh Sivadasan |
| Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
| Identification and Estimation of a Discrete of Complete Information |
| By Patrick Bajari, Han Hong, and Stephen Ryan |
| Presented by: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Chicago |
| Are All Managers Created Equal? |
| By Avi Goldfarb and Botao Yang |
| Presented by: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Allan Collard-Wexler, New York University - Stern School |
Session 39: Law, Economics, & Organization |
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| Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| Bargaining in the shadow of precedent: the surprising irrelevance of asymmetric stakes |
| By Alan C. Marco and Kieran J. Walsh |
| Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Discussant: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University |
| Managerial Compensation and Corporate Fraud with Multiple Managers |
| By Stephen J. Cotten, Rudy Santore |
| Presented by: Stephen Cotten, University of Tennessee |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Products Liability, Signaling and Disclosure |
| By Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum |
| Presented by: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Stephen Cotten, University of Tennessee |
| The Identity of the Generator in the Problem of Social Cost |
| By Rohan Pitchford and Christopher M. Snyder |
| Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, University of Bern |
Session 40: Payment Card Issues |
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| Session Chair: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| Payment Cards, Bank Market Power and Willingness to Pay: Some Empirical Tests |
| By Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Jose Manuel Linares-Zegarra, and Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez |
| Presented by: Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Universidad de Granada |
| Discussant: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Empirical Testing of Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in the Consumer Credit Card Market |
| By Yingyao Hu and Wei Tan |
| Presented by: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough University |
| Payment Card Rewards Programs and Consumer Payment Choice |
| By Andrew Ching and Fumiko Hayashi |
| Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Market Structure and Credit Card Pricing: What Drives the Interchange? |
| By Zhu Wang |
| Presented by: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
Session 41: Two-sided Platforms and Coordination |
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| Session Chair: Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| Coordinating Through Platforms |
| By Wolfgang Gick and Christiaan Hogendorn |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Merchant or Two-Sided Platform? |
| By Andrei Hagiu |
| Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College |
| Too Many Complementors? Evidence on Software Developers |
| By Kevin Boudreau |
| Presented by: Kevin Boudreau, HEC-Paris School of Management |
| Discussant: Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University |
Session 42: Determinants and Consequences of Innovation: Evidence From Panel Data |
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| Session Chair: David Flath, North Carolina State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| Effects of Innovation on Employment: A Dynamic Panel Analysis |
| By Stefan Lachenmaier |
| Presented by: Stefan Lachenmaier, ifo Institute, Munich |
| Discussant: Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley |
| Nothing's Gonna Stop Innovators Now? An Empirical Investigation on the 'Success Breeds Success' Hypothesis |
| By Bettina Peters |
| Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: David Flath, North Carolina State University |
| Employment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Microdata. |
| By Bronwyn H. Hall, Francesca Lotti, and Jacques Mairesse |
| Presented by: Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Industrial Concentration, Pricing, and Innovation: Panel Data Analysis |
| By David Flath |
| Presented by: David Flath, North Carolina State University |
| Discussant: Stefan Lachenmaier, ifo Institute, Munich |
Session 43: Contracting Issues in Surface Transposrtation |
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| Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| Long-Term Contracts and Short-Term Commitment: Price Determination for Heterogeneous Freight Transactions |
| By Scott E. Masten |
| Presented by: Scott Masten, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Testing for Economies of Scope in European railways - an Efficiency Analysis |
| By Christian Growitsch and Heike Wetzel |
| Presented by: Heike Wetzel, University of Lueneburg |
| Discussant: Miguel Urdanoz, Université Toulouse 1 |
| Cost Efficiency and Asymmetric information in the European Railways Industry |
| By Urdanoz Miguel and Vibes Catherine |
| Presented by: Miguel Urdanoz, Université Toulouse 1 |
| Discussant: Scott Masten, University of Michigan |
| Contracting Issues in Rail-Specific Investments |
| By Kenneth D. Boyer |
| Presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Heike Wetzel, University of Lueneburg |
Session 44: Privatization and Firm Governance |
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| Session Chair: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| Management Buyouts During China’s Privatization |
| By Feng Susan Lu |
| Presented by: Feng Lu, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: C.J. Krizan, U.S. Census Bureau |
| The Long-Run Fiscal Impact of Privatisation: An Empirical Assesment of the Brazilian Experience |
| By Jose Luis Eusebio Marques-dos-Santos |
| Presented by: Jose Luis Marques-dos-Santos, University of York |
| Discussant: Laure Athias, University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne |
| CEO Compensation and Director Networks |
| By Ilan Guedj and Amir Barnea |
| Presented by: Ilan Guedj, University of Texas at Austin |
| Discussant: Rodrigo Moita, IBMEC SAO PAULO |
| The More The Merrier ? Number of Bidders, Renegotiation and Winner's Curse in Toll Road Concessions |
| By Athias Laure and Antonio Nuñez |
| Presented by: Laure Athias, University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne |
| Discussant: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Humboldt University of Berlin |
Session 45: Modeling Travel Demand |
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| Session Chair: Daniel Murta, University of Coimbra |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| Estimating Travel Demand with Mixed Logit and Multiple-Index Models |
| By Shuyi Jiang |
| Presented by: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Daniel Murta, University of Coimbra |
| Modeling the Household’s Simultaneous Commuting Decisions |
| By Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver |
| Presented by: Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Fuel Efficiency and Government Tax Incentive Policies |
| By Robert Gagné and Yu-Chen Lin |
| Presented by: Yu-Chen Lin, University of Montreal |
| Discussant: Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver, Suffolk University |
| Modelling land based passenger transport − Overview of three modelling options emphasising vertical differentiation |
| By Daniel Murta and Adelino Fortunato |
| Presented by: Daniel Murta, University of Coimbra |
| Discussant: Yu-Chen Lin, University of Montreal |
Session 46: Multinationals, Exporting, and Productivity |
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| Session Chair: Dolores Anon Higon, Aston University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 218B |
| Vertical integration and ability to export |
| By Gianpaolo Rossini and Laura Vici |
| Presented by: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Jigna Sampat, Emory University |
| Total Factor Productivity and Learning-by-Exporting: Firm-Level Evidence from Indian Manufacturing |
| By Jigna Sampat |
| Presented by: Jigna Sampat, Emory University |
| Discussant: Dolores Anon Higon, Aston University |
| Productivity, Multinationals and Knowledge Spillovers |
| By Anon Higon, Maria Dolores, and Nicholas Vasilakos |
| Presented by: Dolores Anon Higon, Aston University |
| Discussant: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
Session 47: Modeling Electricity Markets |
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| Session Chair: Jun Ishii, University of California, Irvine |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| Restructuring Electricity Markets when Demand is Uncertain: Effects on Capacity Investments, Prices and Welfare |
| By Anette Boom and Stefan Buehler |
| Presented by: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
| Discussant: Nicholas Shunda, University of Connecticut |
| Forward Contracts and Collusion in the Electricity Markets |
| By Yanhua ZHANG |
| Presented by: Yanhua Zhang, University of Toulouse |
| Discussant: Linda Toolsema, University of Groningen |
| Strategic Behavior in Day-Ahead and Real-Time Markets for Electricity: Offer Cost or Payment Cost Minimization? |
| By Nicholas Shunda |
| Presented by: Nicholas Shunda, University of Connecticut |
| Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
| An Equilibrium Model of Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets |
| By James Bushnell and Jun Ishii |
| Presented by: Jun Ishii, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Yanhua Zhang, University of Toulouse |
Session 48: Experiments in Industrial Organization |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Samuel, Calvin College |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| An Experimental Analysis of Monitoring and Collusion with Strategic Effort |
| By Andrew Samuel and Aaron Lowen |
| Presented by: Andrew Samuel, Calvin College |
| Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Horizontal Product Differentiation in Auctions and Multilateral Negotiations |
| By Charles J. Thomas and Bart J. Wilson |
| Presented by: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Discussant: Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University |
| Price Leadership and Firm Size Asymmetry: An Experimental Analysis |
| By Shakun Datta and Emmanuel Dechenaux |
| Presented by: Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University |
| Discussant: Andrew Samuel, Calvin College |
Session 49: Regulation with Limited Information |
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| Session Chair: Eduard Alonso-Pauli, UAB |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentive Implications |
| By Eduard Alonso Pauli |
| Presented by: Eduard Alonso-Pauli, UAB |
| Discussant: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville |
| Regulation with Self-Reporting, Imperfect Monitoring, and Competing Objectives |
| By Lirong Liu, Scott M. Gilpatric, and Mary Evans |
| Presented by: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville |
| Discussant: Eduard Alonso-Pauli, UAB |
Session 50: Networks and innovation |
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| Session Chair: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Does Opening a Platform Generate More Innovation? An Empirical Study |
| By Kevin Boudreau |
| Presented by: Kevin Boudreau, HEC-Paris School of Management |
| Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Privacy, Networks Effects and Electronic Medical Record Technology |
| By Amalia Miller and Catherine Tucker |
| Presented by: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Discussant: Chirantan Chatterjee, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Fundamental Patent Reform and the Private Returns to R&D - The Case of Indian Pharmaceuticals |
| By Ashish Arora, Lee Branstetter, and Chirantan Chatterjee |
| Presented by: Chirantan Chatterjee, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Kevin Boudreau, HEC-Paris School of Management |
Session 51: Innovation II |
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| Session Chair: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| Product Innovation Incentives: Monopoly vs. Competition |
| By Yongmin Chen and Marius Schwartz |
| Presented by: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University |
| Discussant: Thang Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin |
| Venture Capitalists, Asymmetric Information and Ownership in the Innovation Process |
| By Simona Fabrizi, Steffen Lippertm, Pehr-Johan Norback, and Lars Persson |
| Presented by: Simona Fabrizi, Keele University |
| Discussant: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University |
| Technological Progress in Races for Product Supremacy |
| By Thang Nguyen |
| Presented by: Thang Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin |
| Discussant: Simona Fabrizi, Keele University |
Session 52: Theoretical Price Discrimination I |
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| Session Chair: David Gill, University of Oxford |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| Nonlinear Pricing, Contract Variety, and Competition |
| By Huanxing Yang and Lixin Ye |
| Presented by: Lixin Ye, Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Jason Pearcy, University of Colorado |
| Dynamic Pricing: When to Entice Brand Switching and When to Reward Consumer Loyalty |
| By Yongmin Chen and Jason Pearcy |
| Presented by: Jason Pearcy, University of Colorado |
| Discussant: David Gill, University of Oxford |
| The Impact of Bargaining on Markets with Price Takers |
| By David Gill and John Thanassoulis |
| Presented by: David Gill, University of Oxford |
| Discussant: Lixin Ye, Ohio State University |
Session 53: Multi-Player Bargaining |
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| Session Chair: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Supply contracts and the Shapley value: a non-cooperative implementation |
| By João V. Montez and Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg |
| Presented by: Joao Montez, University of Lausanne |
| Discussant: Stephane Caprice, University of Toulouse (INRA) |
| How (not) to negotiate with multiple suppliers |
| By Huseyin Yildirim and Silvana Krasteva |
| Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Discussant: Leonardo Basso, The University of British Columbia |
| Pattern Bargaining as an Equilibrium Outcome |
| By Anthony Creane and Carl Davidson |
| Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Joao Montez, University of Lausanne |
Session 54: Theoretical Analysis of Bundling Strategies |
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| Session Chair: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| Bundle Rebates as Exclusionary, not Predatory |
| By Timothy J. Brennan |
| Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Discussant: Scott Wallsten, AEI-Brookings Joint Center |
| Tying and Freebuys in Two-Sided Markets |
| By Andrea Amelio and Bruno Jullien |
| Presented by: Andrea Amelio, University of Toulouse GREMAQ |
| Discussant: Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland |
| Bundling, Compatibility and Upgrades |
| By Chun-Hui Miao |
| Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
| Discussant: Marie Goppelsroeder, GIIS, Geneva |
Session 55: Competition in Financial Services |
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| Session Chair: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| The Banking Industry Shift from Intermediation to Service Provision: Could $35 NSF Fees Help Consumers and Hurt Banks? |
| By Marc Anthony Fusaro |
| Presented by: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Discussant: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Non-Parametric Analysis of Efficiency Gains from Bank Mergers in India |
| By Adrian Gourlay, Geetha Ravishankar, and Tom Weyman-Jones |
| Presented by: Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough University |
| Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
| The Value of Location in Bank Competition:Examining the Effect of Wal-mart Branches |
| By Robert M Adams, Robert B. Avery, and Ron Borzekowski |
| Presented by: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Universidad de Granada |
Session 56: Private Information About Ability or Motives |
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| Session Chair: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| Hidden Talents: Complementarity and Pareto-Improving Private Information |
| By Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum |
| Presented by: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
| Share the Fame or Share the Blame? The Reputational Implications of Partnerships |
| By Luis Vasconcelos and Luis Almeida Costa |
| Presented by: Luis Vasconcelos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Credence Goods Markets with Conscientious and Selfish Experts |
| By Ting Liu |
| Presented by: Ting Liu, Boston University |
| Discussant: Regis Renault, Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
Session 57: Industrial Organization and Policy in Telecommunications Industries |
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| Session Chair: Adam Rennhoff, Drexel University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Estimating the Effects of a la Carte Pricing: The Case of Cable Television |
| By Adam D. Rennhoff and Kostas Serfes |
| Presented by: Adam Rennhoff, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Getting What You Pay For: Analyzing the Net Neutrality Debate |
| By Mark Jamison and Janice Hauge |
| Presented by: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Discussant: Catherine Mooney, The University of Virginia |
| Competition vs Regulation in Mobile Telecom |
| By Johan Stennek and Thomas Tangerås |
| Presented by: Johan Stennek, Research Institute of Industrial Economics |
| Discussant: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
Session 58: Collaboration in Research and Development |
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| Session Chair: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 218B |
| RJVs and Welfare with Knowledge Spillovers: A Dynamic Non-Tournament Model |
| By Gianluca Femminis and Gianmaria Martini |
| Presented by: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Discussant: Matthieu Manant, ENST Paris |
| Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness - Where it Hurts |
| By Wolfgang Sofka |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
| Discussant: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle |
| R&D cooperation is never anything but looking for a(n) (in)competent partner |
| By Manant Matthieu |
| Presented by: Matthieu Manant, ENST Paris |
| Discussant: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
Session 59: Merger Theory I |
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| Session Chair: Helen Weeds, University of Essex |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| Merger Policy, Entry, and Entrepreneurship |
| By Robin Mason and Helen Weeds |
| Presented by: Helen Weeds, University of Essex |
| Discussant: Wen Zhou, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech |
| On Mergers in Consumer Search Markets |
| By Maarten C. W. Janssen and Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez |
| Presented by: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Hugo Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
Session 60: Moral Hazard Models |
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| Session Chair: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| Monitoring an Information Gathering Agent: Hidden Action vs. Hidden Information |
| By Chifeng Dai and Dongsoo Shin |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Delegating a Risky Project to a Risk-Averse Agent |
| By Andreas Roider |
| Presented by: Andreas Roider, University of Bonn, Germany |
| Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| Moral Hazard and Contracting At-Will: Why Improved Outside Options |
| By Florian Englmaier,Gerd Muehlheusser, and Andreas Roider |
| Presented by: Florian Englmaier, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Suraj Prasad, Washington University |
Session 61: Market power and its sources |
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| Session Chair: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| Testing Static Oligopoly Models: The Two-Price System in the Copper Industry |
| By Claudio Agostini |
| Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| Discussant: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| Opening Secondary Markets: A Durable Goods Oligopoly with Transaction Costs |
| By Jiawei Chen, Susanna Esteban, and Matthew Shum |
| Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Discussant: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| Price Elasticities and Pricing Power in Emerging Markets: The case of Petrochemicals Derived Plastics in South Africa |
| By Johannes Fedderke and Witness Simbanegavi |
| Presented by: Witness Simbanegavi, University of Cape Town |
| Discussant: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
Session 62: Dynamic Aspects of Consumer Behavior |
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| Session Chair: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| Does Buying High Mean Buying Often? Quality Choice and Replacement Cycles for a Vertically Differentiated, Rapidly Improving Durable Good |
| By Jeffrey T. Prince |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Johannes Van Biesebroeck, University of Toronto |
| Search with Learning: Understanding Asymmetric Price Adjustments |
| By Huanxing Yang and Lixin Ye |
| Presented by: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Do Switching Costs Make Markets Less Competitive? |
| By Jean-Pierre Dube, Guenter J. Hitsch, and Peter E. Rossi |
| Presented by: Guenter Hitsch, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Gabriel Weintraub, Columbia University |
Session 63: Empirical Analysis of Mergers |
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| Session Chair: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Date: April 14, 2007 |
| Time: 16:30 - 18:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| The Price Effects of Eliminating Potential Competitors: Evidence from Mergers in the Airline Industry |
| By John Kwoka and Evgenia Shumilkina |
| Presented by: Evgenia Shumilkina, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Mika Goto, Central Research Institute of Electric P |
| What does Willingness-to-Pay reveal about hospital market power? |
| By Gary M. Fournier and Yunwei Gai |
| Presented by: Gary Fournier, Florida State University |
| Discussant: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| An Evaluation of Merger Simulations |
| By Matthew Weinberg |
| Presented by: Matthew Weinberg, University of Georgia |
| Discussant: David Eaton, Murray State University |
Session 64: Auction Theory |
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| Session Chair: Zhiyong Yao, UCLA |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Gambling by Auctions |
| By Yaron Raviv and Gabor Virag |
| Presented by: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College |
| Discussant: Brian McManus, Washington University |
| How Should an Art Dealer Compete with an Unidentified Bidder |
| By Yuk-fai Fong |
| Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Jennifer Lamping, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| The Value of Information in Auctions with Default Risk |
| By Jennifer Lamping |
| Presented by: Jennifer Lamping, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Zhiyong Yao, UCLA |
| Sequential First-Price Auctions with Multi-Unit Demands |
| By Zhiyong Alex Yao |
| Presented by: Zhiyong Yao, UCLA |
| Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
Session 65: Empirical Studies of Regulatory Policy |
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| Session Chair: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| Minimum quality standards: the case of the U.S. nursing homes |
| By Haizhen Lin |
| Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Boston University |
| Discussant: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: A Study of Diesel Fuel Tax Evasion |
| By Justin Marion and Erich Muehlegger |
| Presented by: Justin Marion, University of California - Santa Cruz |
| Discussant: Haizhen Lin, Boston University |
| Regulatory outcomes and capital structure: does ownership matter? |
| By Bernardo Bortolotti, Carlo Cambini, Laura Roondi, and Yossi Spiegel |
| Presented by: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Discussant: Justin Marion, University of California - Santa Cruz |
Session 66: Organizational Design and Productivity |
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| Session Chair: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| Vertical Integration and Production: Some Plant Level Evidence |
| By Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson |
| Presented by: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Organizational Form and Performance: Evidence from the Hotel Industry. |
| By Renata Kosova, Francine Lafontaine, and Rozenn Perrigot |
| Presented by: Renata Kosova, The George Washington University |
| Discussant: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University |
| Productivity Effect of Piece Rate Contracts: Evidence from Two Small Randomized Field Experiments |
| By Lan Shi |
| Presented by: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Discussant: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| An examination of motives and wealth effects of vertical takeovers |
| By Jaideep Shenoy |
| Presented by: Jaideep Shenoy, Georgia State University |
| Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago |
Session 67: Empirical Studies of Energy Markets |
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| Session Chair: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 218B |
| Innovation and Electricity Market Restructuring in the US |
| By Paroma Sanyal and Arindam Ghosh |
| Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Gasoline Prices and the Demand for New Vehicles: Evidence from Monthly Sales Data |
| By Joshua Linn and Thomas Klier |
| Presented by: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Coalitional Games under the Holdup in the Eurasian gas supply network |
| By Svetlana Ikonnikova |
| Presented by: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Discussant: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Session 68: Buyer Power/Vertical Aspects of Competition |
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| Session Chair: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Upstream competition and buyer merger |
| By Stephane Caprice |
| Presented by: Stephane Caprice, University of Toulouse (INRA) |
| Discussant: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Competitive Effects of Territorial Exclusives and Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from the U.S. Brewing Industry |
| By Christian Rojas |
| Presented by: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Discussant: Kevin Boudreau, HEC-Paris School of Management |
Session 69: Media Economics |
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| Session Chair: Matthew Gentzkow, University of Chicago GSB |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from US Newspapers |
| By Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro |
| Presented by: Matthew Gentzkow, University of Chicago GSB |
| Discussant: Luca Grilli, Politecnico di Milano |
| The Effect of Editorial Competition on Newspaper Circulation |
| By Charles J. Romeo, Russell Pittman, and Norman Familant |
| Presented by: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Adam Rennhoff, Drexel University |
| An Empirical Model of Television Advertising and Viewing Markets |
| By Kenneth C Wilbur |
| Presented by: Kenneth Wilbur, University of Southern California |
| Discussant: Andres Hervas-Drane, Harvard Business School and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| The Determinants and Effects of Market Structure in the Broadcasting Industry |
| By Catherine Tyler Mooney |
| Presented by: Catherine Mooney, The University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Philip Gayle, Kansas State University |
Session 70: Entry: Causes and Effects |
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| Session Chair: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| Does it pay to be a jack of all trades? |
| By Thomas Astebro |
| Presented by: Thomas Astebro, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Research Universities and Regional High-Tech Firm Entry and Exit |
| By Dakshina G. De Silva and Robert McComb |
| Presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University |
| Discussant: Yutian Chen, SUNY at Stony Brook |
| Price Impacts of Small Firm Entry in US Manufacturing |
| By Robert M. Feinberg |
| Presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Discussant: Henry Thille, University of Guelph |
| Public Entrants, Public Equity Finance and Creative Destruction in the High-Tech Sector |
| By James R. Brown and Bruce C. Petersen |
| Presented by: Bruce Petersen, Washington University |
| Discussant: David Balan, Federal Trade Commission |
Session 71: Legal Aspects of R&D: Empirical Studies |
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| Session Chair: Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| Patent Damages and Spatial Competition |
| By Matthew D. Henry and John L. Turner |
| Presented by: John Turner, University of Georgia |
| Discussant: Michelle Goeree, Claremont McKenna College |
| An Empirical Analysis of Non-Rival Patent Litigation |
| By Bronwyn H. Hall and Rosemarie H. Ziedonis |
| Presented by: Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley |
| Discussant: Sreedevi Gummuluri, North Carolina State University |
| Research Joint Ventures and Leniency Policy |
| By Michelle S. Goeree and Eric Helland |
| Presented by: Michelle Goeree, Claremont McKenna College |
| Discussant: Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley |
| Drug research and development incentives under a changing exclusivity environment: An event study approach |
| By Sreedevi Gummuluri |
| Presented by: Sreedevi Gummuluri, North Carolina State University |
| Discussant: John Turner, University of Georgia |
Session 72: Empirical Studies of Markets with Private Information |
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| Session Chair: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| Consumers' perception of a warranty as a signal of quality: an empirical study of the automobile industry |
| By Busik Choi and Jun Ishii |
| Presented by: Bu Sik Choi, UC Irvine |
| Discussant: Ruhai Wu, Florida Atlantic University |
| Does competition improve ratings? |
| By Neil. A Doherty, Anastasia Kartasheva, and Richard D. Phillips |
| Presented by: Anastasia Kartasheva, Georgia State University |
| Discussant: Bing Jing, New York University |
| Job Characteristics and Labor Market Discrimination in Promotions: New Theory and Empirical Evidence |
| By Jed DeVaro, Suman Ghosh, and Cindy Zoghi |
| Presented by: Suman Ghosh, Florida Atlantic University |
| Discussant: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Information, Learning and Drug Diffusion: the case of Cox-2 inhibitors |
| By Pradeep Chintagunta, Renna Jiang, and Ginger Zhe Jin |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Simon Anderson, University of Virginia |
Session 73: Empirical Studies of Tax and Advertising Policy |
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| Session Chair: James Dearden, Lehigh University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| A Structural Model of the Irish Differentiated Automobile Industry: the Incidence of Differentiated Taxation |
| By Franco Mariuzzo and Patrick Paul Walsh |
| Presented by: Franco Mariuzzo, Trinity College of Dublin |
| Discussant: Claudio Piga, University of Loughborough |
| Structural Estimation of Cross Border Sales: An Application to Cigarette Taxes |
| By Lesley Chiou and Erich Muehlegger |
| Presented by: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College |
| Discussant: James Dearden, Lehigh University |
| Alcohol Advertising Bans, Consumption, and Control Policies in Seventeen OECD Countries, 1975-2000 |
| By Jon P. Nelson |
| Presented by: Jon Nelson, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
| Are Low-Price Guarantees Anti-Competitive? An Analysis Through a Natural Experiment |
| By Jihui Chen and Qihong Liu |
| Presented by: Susan Chen, University of North Dakota |
| Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo, Trinity College of Dublin |
Session 74: Theory of Collusive Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| Tracing the Base: A Topographic Test for Collusive Basing-Point Pricing |
| By Iwan Bos and Maarten Pieter Schinkel |
| Presented by: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Endogenous Product Differentiation with Price Collusion |
| By Michael S. Rimler |
| Presented by: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
| Discussant: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
| Price Fixing and Non-Price Competition |
| By Marco Haan and Bastiaan Overvest |
| Presented by: Marco Haan, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
Session 75: Structural Estimation In Industrial Organization II |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Sweeting, Northwestern University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| The Costs of Product Repositioning: The Case of Format Switching in the Commercial Radio Industry |
| By Andrew Sweeting |
| Presented by: Andrew Sweeting, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Todor Gradev, Trinity College Dublin |
| Productivity and Privatization: A Structural Econometrics Approach |
| By Todor Gradev and Patrick Paul Walsh |
| Presented by: Todor Gradev, Trinity College Dublin |
| Discussant: Stephen Ryan, MIT |
| Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Random Utility Models |
| By Patrick Bajari, Jeremy Fox, and Stephen Ryan |
| Presented by: Stephen Ryan, MIT |
| Discussant: Andrew Sweeting, Northwestern University |
Session 76: Empirical Studies in Antitrust Policy |
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| Session Chair: Evgenia Shumilkina, Northeastern University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| The Shifting Appeal of Sham Litigation: Evidence from Appellate Decisions 1971-2006 |
| By Christopher C. Klein |
| Presented by: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Discussant: Mikko Packalen, University of Waterloo |
| Is it worth all the trouble? - Estimating the costs and benefits of antitrust enforcement |
| By Kai Hüschelrath |
| Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| European Antitrust Policy: An Analysis of Commission Decisions during 1964-2002 |
| By Maarten Pieter Schinkel, Martin Carree, and Andrea M. Guenster |
| Presented by: Andrea Guenster, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Discussant: Cédric Argenton, Stockholm School of Economics |
| Optimal Deterrence and Private International Cartels |
| By John M. Connor |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Discussant: John Lopatka, Pennsylvania State University |
Session 77: Airlines |
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| Session Chair: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| Airport Noise Regulation, Airline Service Quality, and Social Welfare |
| By Jan K. Brueckner and Raquel Girvin |
| Presented by: Jan Brueckner, UC Irvine |
| Discussant: Andrew Yuen, University of British Columbia |
| Airline Competition and Network Structure |
| By Ricardo Flores-Fillol |
| Presented by: Ricardo Flores-Fillol, UAB |
| Discussant: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Strategic Investment and Pricing in a Congestible Intermodal Transport System |
| By Andrew Yuen and Anming Zhang |
| Presented by: Andrew Yuen, University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Ricardo Flores-Fillol, UAB |
| Investigating the Causes of Flight Delays |
| By Nicholas G. Rupp |
| Presented by: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Discussant: Jan Brueckner, UC Irvine |
Session 78: Trade Theory 1 |
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| Session Chair: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| The Silk Road: Trade, taxes and distribution of wealth among nation states |
| By Kaz Miyagiwa |
| Presented by: Kaz Miyagiwa, Emory University |
| Discussant: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Do Preferential Trade Agreements Created Under the GATT 1979 Enabling Clause (Paragraph 2(c)) Generate Economic Integration and Stability? |
| By Richard Chisik |
| Presented by: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Discussant: Kaz Miyagiwa, Emory University |
Session 79: Vertical Product Differentiation |
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| Session Chair: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard Business School |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Whos Number One? Production Costs as a determinant of Quality Rankings |
| By Sergio Meza and Mihkel Tombak |
| Presented by: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Competing Complements |
| By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Barry Nalebuff, and David Yoffie |
| Presented by: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard Business School |
| Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Process and product innovation in a vertically differentiated industry |
| By Emanuele Bacchiega, Luca Lambertini, and Andrea Mantovani |
| Presented by: Emanuele Bacchiega, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard Business School |
| A dynamic duopoly with endogenous horizontal and vertical differentiation |
| By Borghan Narajabad and Randal Watson |
| Presented by: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Discussant: Emanuele Bacchiega, University of Bologna |
Session 80: Economics of healthcare facilities |
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| Session Chair: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 111 |
| Does Information Disclosure Improve Quality? Evidence From Nurisng Home Quality Initiative |
| By Feng Susan Lu |
| Presented by: Feng Lu, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Regulations in Nursing Home Markets: Estimation of a Competitive Model |
| By Andrew Ching and Fumiko Hayashi |
| Presented by: Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Discussant: Sujoy Chakravarty, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Entry and Operations of Physician Owned Specialty Hospitals |
| By Sujoy Chakravarty |
| Presented by: Sujoy Chakravarty, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Feng Lu, Northwestern University |
Session 81: Dynamic Aspects of Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Michael Noel, UC San Diego |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 129 |
| The Evolving Food Chain: Competitive Effects of Wal-Mart's Entry into the Supermarket Industry |
| By Emek Basker and Michael Noel |
| Presented by: Emek Basker, University of Missouri |
| Discussant: Guenter Hitsch, University of Chicago |
| Who will wait before buying? Strategic Delay and Dynamic Monopoly Pricing |
| By Hikmet Gunay |
| Presented by: Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba |
| Discussant: Bu Sik Choi, UC Irvine |
| Menu Costs, Strategic Interactions, and Retail Price Movements |
| By Kazuko Kano |
| Presented by: Kazuko Kano, Queen's University |
| Discussant: Michael Noel, UC San Diego |
Session 82: Cartels in action |
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| Session Chair: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 218B |
| The Effects of Quality Certification: The Case of University Accreditation, AACSB and SACS |
| By Anthony G. Barilla and John Howard Brown |
| Presented by: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
| Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Assessment of damages in the district heating pipe cartel |
| By Peter Møllgaard |
| Presented by: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
| Discussant: Witness Simbanegavi, University of Cape Town |
Session 83: Cartels and Enforcement |
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| Session Chair: Marco Haan, University of Groningen |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 115 |
| An Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Delta/Continental/Northwest Codeshare Alliance |
| By Philip G. Gayle |
| Presented by: Philip Gayle, Kansas State University |
| Discussant: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University |
| Communication and Pricing Coordination: Evidence from a Retail Gasoline Cartel |
| By Zhongmin Wang |
| Presented by: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Marco Haan, University of Groningen |
| The Effects of Collusion in a Model of Persuasive Comparative Advertising and Price Competition |
| By Joanna Ziolkowska |
| Presented by: Joanna Ziolkowska, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Discussant: Eshien Chong, ATOM |
Session 84: Determinants of Electricity Production |
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| Session Chair: Paul Sotkiewicz, University of Florida |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: Marriott A |
| The Impact of Competition and Corporate Structure on Productive Efficiency: The Case of the US Electric Utility Industry, 1990-2004 |
| By Mika Goto and Anil K. Makhija |
| Presented by: Mika Goto, Central Research Institute of Electric P |
| Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Dynamic Testing of Wholesale Power Market Designs: An Open-Source Agent-Based Framework |
| By Junjie Sun and Leigh Tesfatsion |
| Presented by: Junjie Sun, Iowa State University |
| Discussant: Paul Sotkiewicz, University of Florida |
| Solar Activity and Economic Fundamentals: The Case of Electricity Markets |
| By Kevin F. Forbes |
| Presented by: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Discussant: Junjie Sun, Iowa State University |
Session 85: Buyer/Seller Relationships |
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| Session Chair: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1220A |
| In-Store Advertising: The Display-Price Paradox |
| By Adam D. Rennhoff and Konstantinos Serfes |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Moral Hazard and Customer Loyalty Programs |
| By Matthew T. Clements, Thomas W. Ross, and Leonardo J. Basso |
| Presented by: Leonardo Basso, The University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Consumer Referrals |
| By Maria Arbatskaya and Hideo Konishi |
| Presented by: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University |
| Discussant: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
Session 86: Internet Pricing and Usage |
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| Session Chair: Andres Hervas-Drane, Harvard Business School and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 210 |
| Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods |
| By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane |
| Presented by: Andres Hervas-Drane, Harvard Business School and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Advertising as a Signal in an Internet Auctions Market |
| By José J. Canals-Cerda |
| Presented by: José Canals-Cerdá, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Discussant: Michael Smith, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Mechanism Design Approach |
| By Oksana Loginova, Haibin Lu, and Henry Wang |
| Presented by: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri |
| Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
Session 87: Theoretical Price Discrimination 2 |
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| Session Chair: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 211 |
| Banning price discrimination by dominant firms |
| By Jan Bouckaert, Hans Degryse and Theon van Dijk |
| Presented by: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Discussant: Ruhai Wu, Florida Atlantic University |
| Monopoly Price Discrimination with Customer Recognition |
| By Ching-jen Sun |
| Presented by: Ching-jen Sun, OSU |
| Discussant: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Rationing-Based Price Discrimination |
| By Ruhai Wu, Xianjun Geng, and Andrew B. Whinston |
| Presented by: Ruhai Wu, Florida Atlantic University |
| Discussant: Ching-jen Sun, OSU |
Session 88: Productivity II |
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| Session Chair: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1005 |
| Input Composition and Capital-Skill Complementarity: Evidence from Plan-Level Data |
| By Mahmut Yasar Catherine J. Morrison Paul |
| Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
| Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Capital Specificity, Productivity Dispersion and Market Structure |
| By Natarajan Balasubramanian and Jagadeesh Sivadasan |
| Presented by: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
| Productivity, Profitability and Financial Performance: A Firm Level Comparative Analysis of Italian Manufacturing and Services |
| By Giulio Bottazzi, Angelo Secchi, and Federico Tamagni |
| Presented by: Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
| Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, Emory University |
Session 89: Cartels -- Theory and Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1002 |
| Antitrust Policy and Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of the National Cooperative Research Act |
| By Jeff Brown, Seth Sacher and Scott Wallsten |
| Presented by: Scott Wallsten, AEI-Brookings Joint Center |
| Discussant: Evgenia Shumilkina, Northeastern University |
| Patents Hinder Collusion |
| By Klaus Kultti, Tuomas Takalo, and Juuso Toikka |
| Presented by: Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland |
| Discussant: Gary Fournier, Florida State University |
| Corporate Leniency Programs in the Cartel Lifecycle: `Cleaning out the Closet' |
| By Marie Goppelsroeder, Maarten Pieter Schinkel, and Jan Tuinstra |
| Presented by: Marie Goppelsroeder, GIIS, Geneva |
| Discussant: Matthew Weinberg, University of Georgia |
Session 90: Quality and Retail Policies |
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| Session Chair: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 2002 |
| Bundling and Product Reputation |
| By James D Dana and Kathryn E Spier |
| Presented by: James Dana, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Luis Vasconcelos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Information Gathering and Marketing |
| By Heski Bar-Isaac, Guillermo Caruana, and Vicente Cuñat |
| Presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Discussant: Jiayin Sun, Boston University |
Session 91: Financing R&D |
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| Session Chair: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 113 |
| Financing Innovation and Growth: Cash Flow, External Equity and the 1990s R&D Boom |
| By James R. Brown, Steven Fazzari, and Bruce Petersen |
| Presented by: James Brown, Montana State University |
| Discussant: Luca Grilli, Politecnico di Milano |
| Who gets the money? The dynamics of direct R&D subsidies in Germany |
| By Birgit Aschhoff |
| Presented by: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: James Brown, Montana State University |
| Venture Capital financing and the growth of New Technology-based Firms: a longitudinal analysis of the role of investor’s typology |
| By Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo, and Luca Grilli |
| Presented by: Luca Grilli, Politecnico di Milano |
| Discussant: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
Session 92: Strategic Technology Adoption I |
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| Session Chair: Kai Suelzle, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 1220B |
| Diffusion of new technology - The case of multiple generations |
| By Georg Götz and Thomas Åstebro |
| Presented by: Thomas Astebro, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Martin Paredes, New York University |
| On the Introduction of Upgrades in Competitive Durable Goods Markets |
| By Martin Paredes |
| Presented by: Martin Paredes, New York University |
| Discussant: Kai Suelzle, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
| Innovation and Adoption of Electronic Business Technologies |
| By Kai Suelzle and Ifo Institute |
| Presented by: Kai Suelzle, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
| Discussant: Thomas Astebro, University of Toronto |
Session 93: Merger Theory II |
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| Session Chair: Arnaud Féral, University of Cergy-Pontoise |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 212 |
| Merger waves: A model of endogenous mergers |
| By Larry Qiu and Wen Zhou |
| Presented by: Wen Zhou, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech |
| Discussant: Helen Weeds, University of Essex |
| Collusion and Horizontal Mergers under Knightian Uncertainty |
| By Hugo Pedro Boff |
| Presented by: Hugo Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| Discussant: Arnaud Féral, University of Cergy-Pontoise |
| Merger Control with transfers from the Capital Gains Tax, and Asset Divestments |
| By Arnaud Feral |
| Presented by: Arnaud Féral, University of Cergy-Pontoise |
| Discussant: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, University of Groningen |
Session 94: Human Capital in the Innovation Process |
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| Session Chair: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 218A |
| Corporate Skills as an Ex-Ante Incentive to R&D Investment |
| By Mariacristina Piva and Marco Vivarelli |
| Presented by: Marco Vivarelli, Universita' Cattolica S. Cuore |
| Discussant: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Exploring the relationship between scientist human capital and firm performance: The case of biomedical academic entrepreneurs in the SBIR Program |
| By Andrew A Toole and Dirk Czarnitzki |
| Presented by: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Discussant: Marco Vivarelli, Universita' Cattolica S. Cuore |
| Exclusive Licensing and Complementary Assets |
| By Deepak Somaya, YoungJun Kim, and Nicholas S. Vonortas |
| Presented by: Nicholas Vonortas, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Ronald Jarmin, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
Session 95: E-commerce and Retailing |
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| Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Date: April 15, 2007 |
| Time: 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Location: 217 |
| Geography and Electronic Commerce: Measuring convenience, selection, and price |
| By Chris Forman, Anindya Ghose, and Avi Goldfarb |
| Presented by: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago |
| E-commerce and the Market Structure of Retail Industries |
| By Onsel Emre, Ali Hortacsu, and Chad Syverson |
| Presented by: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Network Structure and the Long Tail of Electronic Commerce |
| By Gal Oestreicher-Singer and Arun Sundararajan |
| Presented by: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
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