The 6th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 208 | invited | Banking | 3 |
| 2 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 401 | invited | Empirical IO | 3 |
| 3 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 211 | invited | Reputation and Monitoring | 3 |
| 4 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 213 | invited | Strategic Marketing and Investment | 3 |
| 5 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 609 | invited | Search, Product Ratings and Advertising | 3 |
| 6 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 204 | invited | R&D Policy | 3 |
| 7 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 309 | invited | Telecommunications and Electricity | 3 |
| 8 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 308 | invited | Market Structure and Welfare | 3 |
| 9 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Ball 403 | invited | Effects of Research and Development and Innovation | 3 |
| 10 | May 16, 2008 18:30-20:00 | Truland | invited | Plant Size, Market Structure and Entry | 3 |
| 11 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | ball 213 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit II | 4 |
| 12 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 208 | contributed | Trade Policy and Manufacturing Industries | 3 |
| 13 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 309 | invited | Online Auctions | 4 |
| 14 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Truland | invited | Competion Polcy: Non-Collusive Conduct | 4 |
| 15 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 308 | invited | Information in the Workplace | 4 |
| 16 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 401 | contributed | Market Power in Health markets | 4 |
| 17 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 405 | contributed | Financial Institution Regulation and Mergers | 3 |
| 18 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 403 | contributed | Outsourcing and Insourcing | 4 |
| 19 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 505 | invited | Public Policy in Network Markets | 3 |
| 20 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 609 | contributed | Schumpeterian R&D Competition | 3 |
| 21 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 523 | invited | Innovation and R&D: Structural Approaches | 3 |
| 22 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 501 | contributed | Empirical Models of Regulation and Competition | 4 |
| 23 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 211 | contributed | Economics of Media | 4 |
| 24 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 504 | invited | Empirical Transportation Economics | 4 |
| 25 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 521 | invited | Productivity | 4 |
| 26 | May 17, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 503 | contributed | Empirical Research on Cost and Production in the Healthcare Industry | 4 |
| 27 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 401 | invited | Econometric Methods and Industrial Organization | 4 |
| 28 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 208 | contributed | Technology Adoption and Innovation in the Financial Sector | 4 |
| 29 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 211 | invited | Gasoline Prices: Time-Series Evidence | 4 |
| 30 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Truland | invited | New Perspectives on Competition Policy | 4 |
| 31 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 213 | invited | Structural Econometric Analysis of Procurement Auctions | 4 |
| 32 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 309 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit I | 4 |
| 33 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Empirical Studies of Productivity, FDI, and Trade | 4 |
| 34 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 501 | contributed | Technology Adoption and Transfer | 4 |
| 35 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 504 | contributed | Reforming IP Regimes: Facts and New Ideas | 4 |
| 36 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 521 | invited | Detailing, DTC and Drug Demand | 4 |
| 37 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Aspects of Welfare and Search in Information Econ | 4 |
| 38 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy | 3 |
| 39 | May 17, 2008 10:20-11:10 | Ball 308 | contributed | Issues in Video: Bundling and Platforms | 3 |
| 40 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 505 | contributed | Entry and Exit | 4 |
| 41 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 403 | contributed | Anticompetitive Effects of Vertical Integration | 4 |
| 42 | May 17, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 405 | invited | Gasoline, Ethanol, and Motor Vehicles | 4 |
| 43 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 405 | contributed | Innovation and Firm Boundaries | 3 |
| 44 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Deterring Price Fixing | 4 |
| 45 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 213 | invited | Theory and Empirics in Two-Sided Markets | 4 |
| 46 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 501 | invited | Competitive Models of Price Discrimination | 4 |
| 47 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Buyer Power | 3 |
| 48 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 521 | contributed | Issues in Telecommunications Economics | 3 |
| 49 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 308 | invited | Differentiated Product Demand Estimation: Econometric Methods | 4 |
| 50 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Auction Experiments | 4 |
| 51 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 403 | contributed | Collusion I | 3 |
| 52 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 208 | invited | Challenges in Restructured Energy Markets | 4 |
| 53 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 309 | invited | Price Formation and Reputation | 4 |
| 54 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 504 | invited | Auction Theory | 4 |
| 55 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 401 | contributed | R&D Process and Productivity | 2 |
| 56 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Regulatory Policy Issues | 4 |
| 57 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 211 | contributed | Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D | 4 |
| 58 | May 17, 2008 14:20-16:10 | Ball 505 | contributed | Airlines | 4 |
| 59 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 405 | invited | Collusion Experiments | 4 |
| 60 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 501 | invited | Empirical Patterns of Price Dispersion | 4 |
| 61 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 213 | contributed | Vertical Relations I | 3 |
| 62 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 504 | contributed | Collusion II | 3 |
| 63 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 308 | invited | Spatial Competition and Product Customization | 3 |
| 64 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 208 | contributed | Solutions to the Hold-Up Problem | 4 |
| 65 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 523 | contributed | Using Confidential Economic Census Data to Model Industry Dynamics and Productivity Growth | 3 |
| 66 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 505 | invited | Informational Issues in Contracting | 3 |
| 67 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 309 | invited | Theory approaches to networks and mergers | 4 |
| 68 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Goals, Organization, Outcomes | 4 |
| 69 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 521 | contributed | Firm Behavior in Innovative Markets | 4 |
| 70 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 403 | invited | Empirical Analysis of Auctions: Collusion and Bidding Markets | 4 |
| 71 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 609 | invited | Hospital and Patient Care | 4 |
| 72 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 401 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Theory | 4 |
| 73 | May 17, 2008 16:40-18:30 | Ball 503 | invited | Competition Among Electricity Fuel Sources | 4 |
| 74 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 403 | invited | Empirical Analyses of Mergers | 4 |
| 75 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 205 | contributed | Vertical Relations II | 3 |
| 76 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 309 | invited | Strategic Information Transmission | 4 |
| 77 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 308 | contributed | Airline Pricing Behavior | 4 |
| 78 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 208 | invited | Licensing and Cross-Licensing: Theory and Evidence | 4 |
| 79 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 213 | invited | Pricing under Demand Uncertainty and Switching Costs | 4 |
| 80 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 201 | contributed | Theoretical Studies of Trade with Market Power | 3 |
| 81 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 503 | invited | Vertical Integration Decisions | 2 |
| 82 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 504 | contributed | Contracts and Competition | 4 |
| 83 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 211 | invited | Empirical Models of Product Characteristics and Pricing | 4 |
| 84 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 521 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: Innovation and Technological Change | 3 |
| 85 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Truland | invited | Roundtable of Antitrust Chief Economists | 4 |
| 86 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 401 | contributed | Competition Policy | 3 |
| 87 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 523 | invited | Innovations in Electricity and Environmental Markets | 4 |
| 88 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 609 | contributed | Innovation, Commercialization, and Public Actors | 4 |
| 89 | May 18, 2008 8:00-9:50 | Ball 501 | invited | Applied Differentiated Product Demand Analysis | 3 |
| 90 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 211 | invited | Competitive Dynamics: The Evolution of Prices | 4 |
| 91 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 201 | contributed | Trade, Markets and Competition | 4 |
| 92 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 504 | invited | Contracting, Tournaments, and Incentives | 3 |
| 93 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 501 | invited | Applying Dynamic Structural Models in Industrial Organization | 4 |
| 94 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 213 | contributed | Patenting & R&D by Firms | 3 |
| 95 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 523 | invited | Empirical Studies of Pricing | 4 |
| 96 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 208 | invited | Topics in Empirical IO | 4 |
| 97 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 609 | contributed | Internet and Agglomeration in Media | 4 |
| 98 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 308 | invited | Mergers, Acquisitions and Policy | 4 |
| 99 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 309 | contributed | Entry: Theory and Evidence | 4 |
| 100 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 205 | invited | Information and Quality | 4 |
| 101 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 503 | contributed | Organization Design | 4 |
| 102 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 403 | invited | Credit Cards | 3 |
| 103 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 521 | invited | Auctions and Mechanism Design | 4 |
| 104 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Truland | invited | Competition Policy: Merger Analysis | 4 |
| 105 | May 18, 2008 10:20-12:10 | Ball 401 | contributed | Airline Markets | 4 |
105 sessions, 382 papers |
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The 6th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Banking |
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| Session Chair: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Competition when Consumers Value Firm Scope |
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| JEL codes: G2, L1, L2 |
| Presented by: Nathan Miller, University of California |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Market Structure, Welfare and Banking Reform in China |
| Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Estimation of the Impact of Mergers in the Banking Industry |
| Presented by: Xiaolan Zhou, Yale University |
| Discussant: Robert Clark, HEC Montreal |
Session 2: Empirical IO |
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| Session Chair: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Discriminatory fees and coordination in shared ATM networks |
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| JEL codes: L10,L50,L89,G21 |
| Presented by: Stijn Ferrari, K.U.Leuven |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Market Structure and Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Solid Waste Industry |
| Presented by: Marie Tomarelli Petkus, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto |
| Promoting the participation of business in foreign companies. An empirical analysis of Outward FDI financial incentives |
| Presented by: Mariasole Bannò, University of Brescia |
| Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
Session 3: Reputation and Monitoring |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| The Impact of Antitrust Policy on Collusion with Imperfect Monitoring |
| JEL codes: L40; L41 |
| Presented by: Jesko Herre, University of Cologne |
| Discussant: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Employee Poaching, Predatory Hiring, and Covenants Not to Compete |
| Presented by: Jin-Hyuk Kim, Cornell University |
| When the Highest Bidder Loses the Auction: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement |
| Presented by: Francesco Decarolis, The University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
Session 4: Strategic Marketing and Investment |
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| Session Chair: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Monopolist's product launching strategy: herd seeking or herd preventing ? |
| JEL codes: D8, L12, M3, |
| Presented by: Ting Liu, Boston University |
| Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Optimal Best-Price Policy |
| Presented by: Frances Xu, Kellogg School of Management, Northweste |
| Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Before Death Do Us Part: On Premature Contract Breakup and Partial Property Rights |
| Presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Zurich |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Session 5: Search, Product Ratings and Advertising |
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| Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Consumer Search on the Internet |
| Presented by: Babur De los Santos, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| The Financing Structure of Corporate R&D - Evidence From Regression Discontinuity Design |
| Presented by: Nicolas Serrano-Velarde, European University Institute |
| Discussant: marc baudry, University of Rennes I & CREM-CNRS |
| Word of Mouth and Recommender Systems: A Theory of the Long Tail |
| Presented by: Andres Hervas-Drane, Harvard / UAB |
| Discussant: Chris Dellarocas, University of Maryland |
Session 6: R&D Policy |
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| Session Chair: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 204 |
| Mixed R&D incentives - the effect of R&D subsidies on patented inventions |
| Presented by: Cédric Schneider, KU Leuven & Copenhagen Business School |
| Discussant: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Dynamic R&D and the Effectiveness of Policy Intervention in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| Presented by: Yaroslav Kryukov, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Paris Cleanthous, University of Cyprus |
| R&D Tax Policy and Firm Dynamics |
| Presented by: Orkhan Hasanaliyev, The University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
Session 7: Telecommunications and Electricity |
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| Session Chair: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| Strategic Investments in Telecommunication Infrastructure Quality |
| JEL codes: K23, L43, L96 |
| Presented by: Tobias Veith, ZEW |
| Discussant: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
| Entry Deterrence and New Technology Deployment in Local Cable TV Markets |
| Presented by: Robert Seamans, Haas School of Business |
| Discussant: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
| Consumer Durable Goods and the Long-Run Demand for Electricity |
| Presented by: David Rapson, Boston University |
| Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
Session 8: Market Structure and Welfare |
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| Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| Cournot Oligopoly with Network Effects |
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| JEL codes: D43, L13, L14 |
| Presented by: Natalia Lazzati, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Vertical integration in sequential negotiations |
| Presented by: Sergei Koulayev, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Dan O'Brien, |
| Sunk Costs, Market Structure and Welfare |
| Presented by: Nelson Sa, Duke University |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Session 9: Effects of Research and Development and Innovation |
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| Session Chair: Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| R&D Competition in the Chemicals Industry. |
| JEL codes: L |
| Presented by: Stephen Finger, Duke University |
| Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Mergers and Sequential Innovation: Evidence from Patent Citations |
| Presented by: Jessica Stahl, Boston University |
| Discussant: George Norman, Tufts University |
| The extent of cooperation in R&D and optimal antitrust legislation |
| Presented by: Dmitry Prudnichenko, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
Session 10: Plant Size, Market Structure and Entry |
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| Session Chair: David Sappington, University of Florida |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 16, 2008 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: Truland |
| Relating Productivity Dispersion and Plant Size: The Role of Market Structure |
| JEL codes: L11,L22,L25,L60 |
| Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Yoonsoo Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| Quality Choice and Market Structure: A Dynamic Analysis of Nursing Home Oligopolies |
| Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Boston University |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Strategic interaction between general practitioners and specialists - implications for gatekeeping |
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| Presented by: Catherine Schaumans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium |
| Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
Session 11: Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit II |
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| Session Chair: David Schmidt, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: ball 213 |
| Entry and Exit in the Nonprofit Sector |
| JEL codes: L22, L11, L31 |
| Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
| Assessing the Impact of Credit Ratings and Economic Performance on Firm Default |
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| Presented by: Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
| Discussant: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University |
| Firm Size Dynamics: Age Effects and Financial Frictions |
| Presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University |
| Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Initial Conditions and Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Duration of Entrants" |
| Presented by: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: David Schmidt, Federal Trade Commission |
Session 12: Trade Policy and Manufacturing Industries |
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| Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Ireland’s Industrial Development Path 1972–2003: Building Capabilities through Creative Destruction |
| Presented by: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
| Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
| ARE UNFAIR IMPORT LAWS UNFAIR TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? The experience of U.S. Antidumping 1990-2004 |
| Presented by: Lien Tran, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. |
| Discussant: Sourafel Girma, Nottingham University |
| Trade Policy and Exit in the Steel Industry |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Discussant: Robert Blecker, American University |
Session 13: Online Auctions |
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| Session Chair: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| An Empirical Analysis of Advertising via Search Engine Auctions |
| JEL codes: C33, C51, D12, |
| Presented by: Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business |
| Discussant: Gregory Lewis, Harvard University |
| Revenue non-equivalence between auctions with soft and hard closing mechanisms: new evidence from Yahoo! |
| Presented by: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Statistical Discrimination in On-line Auctions |
| Presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concocrdia University |
| Tests of the sealed-bid abstraction in online auctions |
| Presented by: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
| Discussant: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
Session 14: Competion Polcy: Non-Collusive Conduct |
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| Session Chair: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Truland |
| Allocating Costs in Ninth Circuit Predatory Pricing Cases: Marsann Co. v. Brammall, Inc. and its Problematic Progeny, Inglis v. Continental Baking and Thales v. Matsushita* |
| JEL codes: L12, L41, L93.M |
| Presented by: H. Frech, |
| Discussant: John Connor, Purdue University |
| On the optimal enforcement of anti-predation rules |
| Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Discussant: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
| "Why Tie a Product Consumers do not Use" |
| Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Øystein Daljord, Norwegian Competition Authority |
| The Control of Porting in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: James Langenfeld, LECG, LLC |
Session 15: Information in the Workplace |
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| Session Chair: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, C7 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| (Mis)selling through Agents |
| JEL codes: D18, D83, M31, |
| Presented by: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
| Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Poker Faces in Races |
| Presented by: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
| Discussant: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Transparency, Career Concerns, and Incentives for Acquiring Expertise |
| Presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
| Discussant: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
| On the Incentive of Strategic Information spillover under Relative Performance Evaluation |
| Presented by: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Discussant: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
Session 16: Market Power in Health markets |
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| Session Chair: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Collusion in a One-Period Insurance Market with Adverse Selection |
| JEL codes: L41, I11 |
| Presented by: Manuel Willington, ILADES - Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| Discussant: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan |
| Collusion in the Private Health Insurance Market: Empirical Evidence for Chile |
| Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Paying a Premium on your Premium? Consolidation in the US Health Insurance Industry |
| Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Discussant: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
| An Application of the Bayesian Panel Probit: Entry and Diversification in the Pharmaceutical Sector |
| Presented by: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan |
| Discussant: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
Session 17: Financial Institution Regulation and Mergers |
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| Session Chair: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| Effectiveness of Regulation and Bank Performance: The Turkish Experience |
| JEL codes: G18, G21, K23 |
| Presented by: Ayhan Alguner, |
| Discussant: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Evidence of differences in the effectiveness of safety-net management in European Union countries |
| Presented by: Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez, |
| Discussant: Evren Damar, SUNY College at Brockport |
| What Makes Banks Merge? An Empirical Roommates Model of Consolidation in the Banking Industry |
| Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
| Discussant: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
Session 18: Outsourcing and Insourcing |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Outsourcing to Limit Rent Extraction |
| JEL codes: L2, L24 |
| Presented by: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Vertical Mergers in Procurement Markets |
| Presented by: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
| Discussant: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
| Outsourcing Induced by Strategic Competition |
| Presented by: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
| Discussant: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
| Vertical integration and outsourcing: the benefits of operational flexibility |
| Presented by: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
Session 19: Public Policy in Network Markets |
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| Session Chair: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis |
| Presented by: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| A SSNIP test for two-sided markets |
| Presented by: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
| Discussant: Christos Genakos, Cambridge University |
| Non-linear pricing for a two-sided monopoly |
| Presented by: Guillaume Roger, The University of Southern California |
| Discussant: Gal Oestreicher-Singer, NYU |
Session 20: Schumpeterian R&D Competition |
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| Session Chair: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Creative Destruction at the industry Level |
| JEL codes: L16 |
| Presented by: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
| Discussant: Talia Bar, Cornell University |
| Product and process innovations in differential games with managerial firms |
| Presented by: Roberto Cellini, University of Catania |
| Discussant: Fernando Leiva Bertran, University of Iowa |
| The Relationship between R&D and Market Share: The Schumpeterian Hypothesis Revisited and Its Implications |
| Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
| Discussant: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
Session 21: Innovation and R&D: Structural Approaches |
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| Session Chair: John Dillbary, University of Alabama |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Patents, Imitation and Licensing In an Asymmetric Dynamic R&D Race |
| Presented by: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| Patent Rights Pending: Court Error and the Litigation of Intellectual Property |
| Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
| Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| The Impact of Market Structure on R&D Competition with Learning |
| Presented by: Jianjun Wu, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University |
Session 22: Empirical Models of Regulation and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| Wholesale regulation and capital structure in european telecommunications industry |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: L51 G31 G32 L96 |
| Presented by: Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino |
| Discussant: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
| Conflict of Interest? The Impact of Dual Agency on the Price and Speed of Residential Real Estate Transactions |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Analyzing the Relationship between Regulation and Investment in the Telecom Sector |
| Presented by: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and Technology |
| Discussant: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
| Yardstick Competition to Elicit the Private Information: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese gas distribution industry |
| Presented by: Ayako Suzuki, Osaka University |
| Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC |
Session 23: Economics of Media |
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| Session Chair: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: L82 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Advertising, Elasticity, Inequality and Savings |
| JEL codes: L16, M37 |
| Presented by: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Discussant: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
| The Dutch Radio Broadcasting Industry: Market Expansion or Business Stealing |
| Presented by: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Market Size, Preference Externalities, and the Availability of Foreign Language Radio Programming in the U.S. |
| Presented by: Xiaofei Wang, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
| Comparative Advertising in the US Analgesics Industry |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, |
| Discussant: Xiaofei Wang, Indiana University |
Session 24: Empirical Transportation Economics |
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| Session Chair: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Internet Penetration and Capacity Utilization in the US Airline |
| JEL codes: L0,L93 |
| Presented by: Eugene Orlov, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: Massimiliano Piacenza, University of Torino - Faculty of Economics |
| The Impact of Integrated Tariff Systems on Public Transport Demand: Evidence from Italy |
| Presented by: Massimiliano Piacenza, University of Torino - Faculty of Economics |
| Discussant: Shuyi Jiang, Suffolk University |
| Diversification strategies and scope economies: Evidence from a sample of Italian regional bus transportation providers |
| Presented by: Marina Di Giacomo, University of Turin |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Some boundary estimates for the long run elasticity of demand for freight transportation |
| Presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Marina Di Giacomo, University of Turin |
Session 25: Productivity |
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| Session Chair: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Directors, Outsiders and Efficiency: An Analysis of How Board Characteristics Influence Firm Productivity |
| JEL codes: G34, G30, L2, O |
| Presented by: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Is Learning by Exporting Important? Micro-econometric Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms |
| Presented by: Sanja Pattnayak, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Laarni Bulan, Brandeis University |
| The effect of industrial policy on corporate performance: Evidence from panel data |
| Presented by: Ralf Martin, London School of Economics |
| Discussant: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Firm to Industry: Sources of Productivity Growth in Chilean Manufacturing |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Discussant: Ralf Martin, London School of Economics |
Session 26: Empirical Research on Cost and Production in the Healthcare Industry |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Buchmueller, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Hospital Ownership Status and Cost Shocks: Evidence from California’s Seismic Retrofit Requirements |
| JEL codes: L2, L38, I11 |
| Presented by: Mireille Jacobson, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Thomas Buchmueller, University of Michigan |
| Analysis of Hospital Production: An Output Index Approach |
| Presented by: William Vogt, RAND Corp |
| Discussant: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
| Hospital Clinical Informational Technology and Market Structure |
| Presented by: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
| Discussant: Nathan Wilson, University of Michigan |
| THE COST STRUCTURE OF HOSPICE PROVIDERS |
| Presented by: Bradley Killaly, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Sabina Ohri, Public Policy Institute of California |
Session 27: Econometric Methods and Industrial Organization |
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| Session Chair: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| More Power to You |
| JEL codes: L00 |
| Presented by: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Entry and Inefficiency in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry |
| Presented by: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Discussant: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
| Estimating the Demand for Credit Card: A Regression Discontinuity Approach |
| Presented by: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Br |
| Discussant: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
| Sharp Identification Regions in Games |
| Presented by: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
| Discussant: Wei Tan, State University of New York at Stony Br |
Session 28: Technology Adoption and Innovation in the Financial Sector |
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| Session Chair: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Strategic Online-Banking Adoption |
| JEL codes: O31 G21 L1 C41 |
| Presented by: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Discussant: Elizabeth Kiser, Federal Reserve Board |
| Credit Union Membership and Use of Internet Banking Technology |
| Presented by: Evren Damar, SUNY College at Brockport |
| Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
| Innovation in High-tech Entrepreneurship: Does It Depend on the Provision of Smart Money? |
| Presented by: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Elizabeth Klee, Federal Reserve Board |
| Market Concentration and the Diffusion of Electronic Banking |
| Presented by: Robert Clark, HEC Montreal |
| Discussant: Ken Brevoort, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 29: Gasoline Prices: Time-Series Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Temporary Wholesale Gasoline Price Spikes have Long-lasting Retail Effects: The Aftermath of Hurricane Rita |
| Presented by: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Asymmetric price adjustments under ever - increasing costs: Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market in Colombia |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
| Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Edgeworth Cycles Revisited |
| Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
| Is the Wholesale Market for Gasoline Globally Unified: Some Evidence from a COintegration Analysis of International Spot Markets |
| Presented by: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
| Discussant: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
Session 30: New Perspectives on Competition Policy |
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| Session Chair: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Truland |
| GLOBAL ANTITRUST PROSECUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CARTELS: FOCUS ON ASIA |
| JEL codes: L41, L44, L65, |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
| Mergers Among Firms that Manage Revenue: The Curious Case of Hotels |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Discussant: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
| Substitutes or Complements for Subscribers: Print Newspapers with Overlapping Market Areas |
| Presented by: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| MEASURING THE TRUE HARM FROM PRICE-FIXING TO BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT PURCHASERS |
| Presented by: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile |
| Discussant: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
Session 31: Structural Econometric Analysis of Procurement Auctions |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Procurement Contracting with Time Incentives: Theory and Evidence |
| Presented by: Gregory Lewis, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
| Investigating Bid Preferences at Low-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions with Endogenous Participation |
| Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| A Dynamic Procurement Auction with Persistent Backlog and Capacity Constraints |
| Presented by: Viplav Saini, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Rasim Ozcan, ERS Group |
| What model for entry in first-price auctions? A nonparametric approach |
| Presented by: Artyom Shneyerov, Concocrdia University |
| Discussant: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
Session 32: Competitive Dynamics: Entry and Exit I |
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| Session Chair: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| A Dynamic Analysis of Lottery Competition among States |
| JEL codes: L11,L13,H71,H72 |
| Presented by: Emin Dinlersoz, Cornerstone Research |
| Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
| Government policy and the dynamics of market structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals |
| Presented by: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| The Persistence of First-Mover Advantages |
| Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
| Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
| Stars and Misfits: A Theory of Occupational Choice |
| Presented by: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Discussant: Brett Gordon, Columbia University |
Session 33: Empirical Studies of Productivity, FDI, and Trade |
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| Session Chair: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Bodyshopping versus Offshoring: Determinants of Outsourcing Behavior by Indian Software and Information Technology Firms |
| JEL codes: L23,L86,M55,L22 |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Lien Tran, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. |
| Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms |
| Presented by: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Services FDI and Manufacturing Productivity Growth: There is a Link |
| Presented by: Ana Fernandes, World Bank |
| Discussant: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
| The effects of foreign acquisition on domestic and export markets dynamics in China |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Sourafel Girma, Nottingham University |
| Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
Session 34: Technology Adoption and Transfer |
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| Session Chair: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| The Unilateral Incentives for Technology Transfers: Predation by Proxy |
| JEL codes: D4, L1, L41 |
| Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Knowing What You Can Implement Matters: A Life-cycle Theory of R&D and Markets for Knowledge |
| Presented by: Masako Ueda, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Discussant: Jianjun Wu, University of Arizona |
| Technology Adoption and Risk Preferences |
| Presented by: Hüseyin Doluca, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, University at Buffalo (SUNY) |
| Endogenous Location Leadership |
| Presented by: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
Session 35: Reforming IP Regimes: Facts and New Ideas |
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| Session Chair: Gwendolyn Ball, University of Illinois |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: O34 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Transaction Costs and Trolls: the Behavior of Individual Inventors, Small Firms and Entrepreneurs in Patent Litigation |
| JEL codes: 034; K41; |
| Presented by: Gwendolyn Ball, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Riskiness of R&D and its Impact on Intellectual Property Laws |
| Presented by: Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University |
| Discussant: Wonjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and |
| Forever Minus a Day? Theory and Empirics of Optimal Copyright Term |
| Presented by: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: Cédric Schneider, KU Leuven & Copenhagen Business School |
| Prior Art - To Search or Not to Search |
| Presented by: Vidya Atal, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
Session 36: Detailing, DTC and Drug Demand |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Effect of DTC, Media Coverage, and FDA Regulatory Actions on Pharmaceutical Use |
| JEL codes: I18, M37 |
| Presented by: Andrew Kleit, Penn State University |
| Discussant: Brett Wendling, Federal Trade Commission |
| The Impact of Prescription Drug Insurance on the Demand for Anti-Cholesterol Drugs |
| Presented by: Abe Dunn, Antitrust Division |
| Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| The Relationship Between Direct-To-Consumer Advertising,Detailing and Prescription Drug Expenditures |
| Presented by: Brett Wendling, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Andrew Kleit, Penn State University |
| Measuring the Informative and Persuasive Roles of Detailing on Prescribing Decisions |
| Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Abe Dunn, Antitrust Division |
Session 37: Aspects of Welfare and Search in Information Econ |
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| Session Chair: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, L1 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient? |
| JEL codes: L15 |
| Presented by: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
| Discussant: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| Efficiency, Welfare and Ownership of Private Information |
| Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Strategic complementarities and search market equilibrium |
| Presented by: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Search, availability, and competition in product ranges |
| Presented by: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
| Discussant: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
Session 38: Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy |
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| Session Chair: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| The Economic Impact of Wireless Number Portability |
| JEL codes: L50, L96, L10 |
| Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Miguel Montoya, ITESM Guadalajara |
| The Rules of the Road or Roadblocks on the Information Highway? Regulation and Innovation in Telecommunications |
| Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
| Discussant: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and Technology |
| Subsidies and distorted markets: Do telecom subsidies affect competition? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Discussant: Ayako Suzuki, Osaka University |
Session 39: Issues in Video: Bundling and Platforms |
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| Session Chair: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 11:10 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| Market Power and Product Bundling: The Case of the Cable Television Industry |
| Presented by: Nodir Adilov, Indiana University-Purdue University |
| Discussant: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| The Ownership Structure of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Foreclosure of Piracy |
| Presented by: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Discussant: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
| The Welfare Effects of Bundling in Multi-Channel Television Markets |
| Presented by: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Nodir Adilov, Indiana University-Purdue University |
Session 40: Entry and Exit |
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| Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| On the Geographic and Cultural Determinants of Bankruptcy |
| JEL codes: C41, R10, Z10 |
| Presented by: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
| Discussant: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Regional Opportunities and Policy Implications |
| Presented by: Enrico Santarelli, Universita' di Bologna |
| Discussant: C. Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| An Empirical Model of New Product Introduction and Brand Proliferation in the Beer Industry |
| Presented by: Vera Holovchenko, University of Texas |
| Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| The Effects on Entry of Bundling by Publishers of Scientific Journals |
| Presented by: Frederick Warren-Boulton, MiCRA |
Session 41: Anticompetitive Effects of Vertical Integration |
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| Session Chair: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Innovation in Vertically Related Markets |
| JEL codes: L1 |
| Presented by: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Hans Normann, Max Planck Institute (Bonn) |
| Competitive Effects of Vertical Integration with Downstream Oligopsony and Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Pedro Mendi, Universidad de Navarra |
| Backward Integration and Collusion in a Duopoly Model with Asymmetric Costs |
| Presented by: Pedro Mendi, Universidad de Navarra |
| Discussant: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Vertical Integration, Raising Rivals' Cost and Upstream Collusion |
| Presented by: Hans Normann, Max Planck Institute (Bonn) |
| Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
Session 42: Gasoline, Ethanol, and Motor Vehicles |
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| Session Chair: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| Gasoline Prices, Government Support, and the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the U.S. |
| JEL codes: L50 L90 Q85 |
| Presented by: Shanjun Li, SUNY - Stony Brook |
| Discussant: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| CAFE Regulation, New Vehicle Technology and Consumer Welfare |
| Presented by: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Discussant: Shanjun Li, SUNY - Stony Brook |
| The Demand for Ethanol as a Gasoline Substitute |
| Presented by: Soren Anderson, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Greenhouse Gas Reductions under Low Carbon Fuel Standards? |
| Presented by: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| Discussant: Soren Anderson, University of Michigan |
Session 43: Innovation and Firm Boundaries |
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| Session Chair: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| THE FIT BETWEEN COOPETITION AND OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES – AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION FOR GERMANY |
| Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Jan Eilhard, Cerna |
| Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing – Mix and Match |
| Presented by: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Firms on SourceForge: Loose Contracts and Tight Control? |
| Presented by: Jan Eilhard, Cerna |
| Discussant: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
Session 44: Competition Policy: Deterring Price Fixing |
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| Session Chair: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Truland |
| A Critique of Cartel Fine Discounting |
| JEL codes: K21, K14, L41, |
| Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
| On the Overcharge as an Estimator for Total Chain Antitrust Damages |
| Presented by: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile |
| Cartel Sanctions: An Empirical Analysis |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
| Discussant: Keith Brand, FTC |
| Cartels, Price-Fixing, and Corporate Leniency Policy:What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger |
| Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Discussant: Rufus Pollock, Cambridge University |
Session 45: Theory and Empirics in Two-Sided Markets |
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| Session Chair: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies |
| JEL codes: L1, L2, L4, L8 |
| Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Lock-in and unobserved preference in server operating system adoption: a case of linux vs. windows |
| Presented by: Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Discussant: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
| Leveraging monopoly power by limiting interoperability: Theory and Evidence from Computer Markets |
| Presented by: Christos Genakos, Cambridge University |
| Discussant: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Recommendation Networks and Social Effects in Electronic Markets |
| Presented by: Gal Oestreicher-Singer, NYU |
| Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine |
Session 46: Competitive Models of Price Discrimination |
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| Session Chair: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| Price Discrimination in Two-Sided Markets |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Discussant: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
| Assessing the Anticompetitive Effects of Multiproduct Pricing |
| Presented by: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Customer Poaching, Coupon Trading and Consumer Arbitrage |
| Presented by: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Optimal Strategy of Multi-Product Retailers with Relative Thinking and Reference Prices |
| Presented by: Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Session 47: Buyer Power |
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| Session Chair: David Mills, University of Virginia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Information Disclosure and Endogenous Sequencing in Bilateral Negotiations |
| JEL codes: C70,L23 |
| Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Discussant: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Endogenous Maximum RPM, Recommended Retail Prices and the Role of Buyer Power |
| Presented by: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Discussant: Patrick Herbst, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| Buyer Power through Producers' Differentiation |
| Presented by: Claire Chambolle, INRA & Ecole Polytechnique |
| Discussant: Roman Inderst, Univ. Frankfurt and LSE |
Session 48: Issues in Telecommunications Economics |
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| Session Chair: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| A Model of Mobile Telephony with Policy Applications |
| JEL codes: L13, L43, L93 |
| Presented by: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Network Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Mobile Telephone Industry |
| Presented by: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
| Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
| Subscription Choices and Switching Costs in Mobile Telephony |
| Presented by: Lukasz Grzybowski, University of Alicante |
| Discussant: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
Session 49: Differentiated Product Demand Estimation: Econometric Methods |
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| Session Chair: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| A Simple Nonparametric Estimator for the Distribution of Random Coefficients in Discrete Choice Models |
| Presented by: Kyoo Il Kim, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| A control function approach to estimate markups |
| Presented by: Jan De Loecker, New York University |
| Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
| Control Function Corrections for Unobserved Factors in Differentiated Product Models |
| Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Jan De Loecker, New York University |
| Improving the Numerical Performance of Static and Dynamic Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Estimation |
| Presented by: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Kyoo Il Kim, University of Minnesota |
Session 50: Auction Experiments |
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| Session Chair: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Packaging as Price Discirmination or Service Provision: An Experimental Approach |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: L81;M31;L11 |
| Presented by: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| Is the eBay feedback system really efficient? An experimental study |
| Presented by: Thierry PENARD, Université de Rennes 1 and ESC Rennes |
| Discussant: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland |
| Auction Design with Avoidable Fixed Costs: An Experimental Approach |
| Presented by: Nathan Larson, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Thierry PENARD, Université de Rennes 1 and ESC Rennes |
| An experimental comparison of sequential first- and second-price auctions with synergies |
| Presented by: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
| Discussant: Nathan Larson, University of Virginia |
Session 51: Collusion I |
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| Session Chair: Yosuke Yasuda, GRIPS |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| A test of collusive behavior based on incentives |
| JEL codes: L4, L13 |
| Presented by: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
| Discussant: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
| Internal decision-making rules and collusion |
| Presented by: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
| Discussant: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Menu Price Collusion |
| Presented by: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
| Discussant: Yosuke Yasuda, GRIPS |
Session 52: Challenges in Restructured Energy Markets |
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| Session Chair: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: L94,L95 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Challenges of the liberalization of the European gas market: Competition and countervailing power |
| JEL codes: C78, L14, L95 |
| Presented by: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Catholic University of Leuven |
| Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Chinese Electricity Restructuring: How Likely Is Effective Competition in Generation? |
| Presented by: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Discussant: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
| Welfare and competition effects of electricity interconnection between Great Britain and Ireland |
| Presented by: Laura Malaguzzi Valeri, Economic and Social Research Insititute |
| Discussant: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Catholic University of Leuven |
| Pricing behaviour under competition in the UK electricity supply industry |
| Presented by: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
| Discussant: Laura Malaguzzi Valeri, Economic and Social Research Insititute |
Session 53: Price Formation and Reputation |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, L1 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| The Role of Trademarks in Intra-brand Settings: An Economic Analysis |
| JEL codes: K39, O34, M39 |
| Presented by: John Dillbary, University of Alabama |
| Discussant: Yu-Chen Lin, Concordia University |
| Platform Reputation and Optimal Transaction Fees |
| Presented by: Luís Vasconcelos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Discussant: Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky |
| Pricing Behaviors of Firms on the Internet -- Evidence From Price Comparison Sites Cnet and Nextag |
| Presented by: Yu-Chen Lin, Concordia University |
| Discussant: Luís Vasconcelos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Experts and quacks |
| Presented by: Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky |
| Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
Session 54: Auction Theory |
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| Session Chair: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Position Auctions with Consumer Search |
| Presented by: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business |
| The Hungarian Auction |
| Presented by: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Jingfeng Lu, National University of Singapore |
| Grid Distributions to Study Single Object Auctions |
| Presented by: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: John Wooders, University of Arizona |
| Information Concentration in Common Value Environments |
| Presented by: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Ian Gale, Georgetown University |
Session 55: R&D Process and Productivity |
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| Session Chair: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| The Effect of Firm Size and Age on R&D Productivity |
| JEL codes: L11, L26, O31 |
| Presented by: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, University at Buffalo (SUNY) |
| Discussant: Hüseyin Doluca, University of Munich |
| R&D Project Selection - a Mechanism Design Approach |
| Presented by: Talia Bar, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
Session 56: Regulatory Policy Issues |
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| Session Chair: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Night of the Living Dead? Electric Utility “Decoupling” and the Resuscitation of Rate-of-Return Regulation |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: L51, L94, Q48 |
| Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Discussant: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-Way Access Pricing: No Termination-Based Price Discrimination. |
| Presented by: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC |
| Discussant: Roberto Mosheim, Economic Research Service--USDA |
| Estimating the Cost of Compliance for Public Water Utilities in the United States |
| Presented by: Roberto Mosheim, Economic Research Service--USDA |
| Discussant: Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino |
| The Degree of Commitment to Regulator Independence: Measurement and Impact |
| Presented by: Miguel Montoya, ITESM Guadalajara |
| Discussant: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
Session 57: Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D |
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| Session Chair: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Innovate or Imitate? Pharmaceutical Firms' Strategic Decisions and Patients' Dynamic Welfare |
| JEL codes: I11 |
| Presented by: Wonjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and |
| Discussant: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC |
| The Determinants of Pharmaceutical Review, Success and Duration |
| Presented by: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC |
| Discussant: Wonjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and |
| The Impact of Public Basic Research on Industrial Innovation: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| Presented by: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Discussant: Alka Chadha, National University of Singapore |
| TRIPs, Innovation and Survival of Indian Pharmaceutical Firms |
| Presented by: Alka Chadha, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
Session 58: Airlines |
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| Session Chair: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: L93 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 14:20 - 16:10 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| Entry, Airline Competition and Network Structure |
| JEL codes: L93 |
| Presented by: Carlene Belford, McGill University |
| Discussant: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Refund Contracts and Price Discrimination in Airlines |
| Presented by: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama |
| Discussant: Carlene Belford, McGill University |
| An Empirical Analysis of the Equilibrium in Airline Fares, Passenger Demand, and Flight Delays |
| Presented by: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Discussant: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| An Aggregate Measure of Airline Flight Delays |
| Presented by: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
| Discussant: Diego Escobari, Texas A&M University |
Session 59: Collusion Experiments |
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| Session Chair: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 405 |
| Collusion in Price-Setting Duopoly Markets: Experimental Evidence |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C9, L1 |
| Presented by: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary |
| Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
| The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion |
| Presented by: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Discussant: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary |
| Communication, Renegotiation, and the Scope for Collusion |
| Presented by: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| An Experiment on Strategic Capacity Reduction |
| Presented by: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
Session 60: Empirical Patterns of Price Dispersion |
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| Session Chair: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| An Empirical Model of Search with Vertically Differentiated Products |
| JEL codes: C14, D83, L13 |
| Presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia |
| Price Dispersion and Consumer Search in the Retail Gasoline Market |
| Presented by: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Firm Strategy and Biased Decision Making: The Price Dispersion Puzzle |
| Presented by: Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| Discussant: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University |
| Consumer Switching Costs and Firm Pricing: Evidence from Bank Pricing of Deposit Accounts |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Session 61: Vertical Relations I |
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| Session Chair: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Price Discrimination in Input Markets |
| Presented by: Roman Inderst, Univ. Frankfurt and LSE |
| Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
| Information Markets, Product Markets and Vertical Merger |
| Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Justin Marion, University of California - Santa Cruz |
| A Model of Vertical Oligopolistic Competition |
| Presented by: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
| Discussant: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
Session 62: Collusion II |
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| Session Chair: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| R&D-fostering collusion |
| Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
| Semi-Collusive Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence |
| Presented by: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
| The Theory of Collusion Under Financial Constraints |
| Presented by: Yosuke Yasuda, GRIPS |
| Discussant: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
Session 63: Spatial Competition and Product Customization |
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| Session Chair: Jaesoo Kim, Michigan State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| The Intensity of Competition in the Hotelling Model: A New Generalization and Applications |
| JEL codes: D43, D82, L11, |
| Presented by: Jaesoo Kim, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Tina Kao, Australian National University |
| Spatial Competition with Discrete Buyers |
| Presented by: Martin Byford, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Discussant: Jaesoo Kim, Michigan State University |
| Product Customisation in the Spokes Model |
| Presented by: Tina Kao, Australian National University |
| Discussant: Martin Byford, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Session 64: Solutions to the Hold-Up Problem |
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| Session Chair: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Dynamic Contract Breach |
| JEL codes: K12 |
| Presented by: Fan Zhang, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Shinji Kobayashi, Nihon University |
| Regulation and Monitoring with Incomplete Contracts |
| Presented by: Shinji Kobayashi, Nihon University |
| Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Physical or Human Capital Specificity? Distinguishing the predictions of the Transactions Cost and Property Rights Theories |
| Presented by: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Alexander Raskovich, U.S. Department of Justice |
| The Holdout Investment Problem and Long-Term Contracting |
| Presented by: Alexander Raskovich, U.S. Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Fan Zhang, U.S. Department of Justice |
Session 65: Using Confidential Economic Census Data to Model Industry Dynamics and Productivity Growth |
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| Session Chair: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D24 L6 O4 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Patenting and Firm Growth: Evidence from US Manufacturing |
| JEL codes: O30, O31, O34 |
| Presented by: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Kirk White, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
| The Dynamics of Plant-level Productivity in U.S. |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Kirk White, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
| Discussant: Yoonsoo Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| Entry, Exit, and Plant-level Dynamics over the Business Cycle |
| Presented by: Yoonsoo Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| Discussant: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
Session 66: Informational Issues in Contracting |
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| Session Chair: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 505 |
| Moral Hazard in Leasing Contracts: Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry |
| Presented by: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
| Contract Design for Quality Control in Supply Chain Management |
| Presented by: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
| Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Signaling and Commitment in a Regulated Industry |
| Presented by: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Discussant: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
Session 67: Theory approaches to networks and mergers |
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| Session Chair: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| Uncertainty, Networks and Real Options |
| JEL codes: C72, D85 |
| Presented by: Sumit Joshi, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| Network Seeding with Local Network Effects |
| Presented by: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
| Discussant: Sumit Joshi, George Washington University |
| Game-theoretic approach to evaluating merger-specific efficiencies: |
| Presented by: Richard Shin, LECG |
| Discussant: Eileen Fumagalli, IEFE, Università Bocconi |
| Waiting to merge |
| Presented by: Eileen Fumagalli, IEFE, Università Bocconi |
| Discussant: Kwang Soo Cheong, Johns Hopkins University |
Session 68: Competition Policy: Goals, Organization, Outcomes |
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| Session Chair: Malcolm Coate, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Truland |
| The Growing Influence of Economics and Economists on Antitrust: An Extended Discussion |
| JEL codes: K21; L41; L42; |
| Presented by: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Discussant: Malcolm Coate, Federal Trade Commission |
| An Analysis of Court of Appeal Rulings in the EU, 1964-2000 |
| Presented by: Andrea Guenster, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Discussant: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Consumer Surplus as the Appropriate Standard for Antitrust Enforcement |
| Presented by: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
| Discussant: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
| Making European merger policy more predictable : an ordered discrete choice analysis |
| Presented by: Béatrice Dumont, University Rennes I & College of Europe |
| Discussant: John Dillbary, University of Alabama |
Session 69: Firm Behavior in Innovative Markets |
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| Session Chair: Michelle Haynes, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Financial constraints: routine versus cutting edge R&D investment |
| JEL codes: O31, O32 |
| Presented by: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
| Discussant: Michelle Haynes, University of Nottingham |
| Starting a R&D project under uncertainty |
| Presented by: Sabien Dobbelaere, Ghent University |
| Discussant: LiWei Shi, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Intergenerational Diffusion of Innovations |
| Presented by: LiWei Shi, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Discussant: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
| New Model Introductions, Cannibalism and Market Stealing: |
| Presented by: Michelle Haynes, University of Nottingham |
| Discussant: Sabien Dobbelaere, Ghent University |
Session 70: Empirical Analysis of Auctions: Collusion and Bidding Markets |
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| Session Chair: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Collusion in Repeated Procurement Auction: a Study of Paving Market in Japan |
| JEL codes: D44, H57, L44 |
| Presented by: Rieko Ishii, Osaka University |
| Discussant: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
| Competition between Sellers in Internet Auctions |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
| Discussant: Rieko Ishii, Osaka University |
| Fighting Collusion in Auctions: An Experimental Investigation |
| Presented by: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, Northwestern University |
| The Logistic Function Approach to Discriminatory and Uniform Price Treasury Auctions |
| Presented by: Rasim Ozcan, ERS Group |
| Discussant: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College |
Session 71: Hospital and Patient Care |
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| Session Chair: Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| The ENH Effect: Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Hospital Competition |
| JEL codes: K21,I11 |
| Presented by: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University |
| Does the Market Punish Aggressive Experts: Evidence from Cesarean Sections |
| Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Can Healthcare IT save Babies? |
| Presented by: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
| Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
| Do Profits Influence the Quality of Care Provided by Medicaid MCOs? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University |
| Discussant: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
Session 72: Competitive Dynamics: Theory |
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| Session Chair: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Dynamic Entry and Exit with Uncertain Cost Positions |
| JEL codes: D43, D92, L13 |
| Presented by: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Gianluca Femminis, Università Cattolica, Milano |
| Oligopoly with Hyperbolic Demand and Capital Accumulation |
| Presented by: Luca Lambertini, University of Bologna |
| Discussant: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| First versus Second-Mover Advantage with Information Asymmetry about the Size of New Markets |
| Presented by: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Discussant: Vidya Atal, Cornell University |
| Spillovers, disclosure lags, and incentives to innovate: Do oligopolies over-invest in R&D? |
| Presented by: Gianluca Femminis, Università Cattolica, Milano |
| Discussant: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
Session 73: Competition Among Electricity Fuel Sources |
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| Session Chair: Maria-Soledad Arellano, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: L94 |
| Date: May 17, 2008 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:30 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Contract Parameters’ Impacts on Coal Prices |
| JEL codes: Q58, L51 |
| Presented by: ian lange, US EPA |
| Discussant: Olli Kauppi, Helsinki School of Economics |
| Marginal Cost Pricing in Hydro-Thermal Power Industries: Is a Capacity Charge Always Needed? |
| Presented by: Maria-Soledad Arellano, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
| Discussant: ian lange, US EPA |
| Market power and storage: Evidence from hydro use in the Nordic power market |
| Presented by: Olli Kauppi, Helsinki School of Economics |
| Discussant: Talat Genc, University of Guelph |
| Dynamic Competition in Electricity Markets: Hydropower and Thermal Generation |
| Presented by: Talat Genc, University of Guelph |
| Discussant: Maria-Soledad Arellano, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
Session 74: Empirical Analyses of Mergers |
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| Session Chair: Katrin Hussinger, KU Leuven |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Barbarians at the Gate? Leveraged Buyouts, Private Equity and Jobs |
| JEL codes: G34, J23, L23 |
| Presented by: Kevin Amess, Nottingham University Business School |
| Discussant: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
| The Role of the Local Business Environment in Banking Consolidation |
| Presented by: Gilberto Turati, Università di Torino |
| Discussant: Wen Zhou, University of Hong Kong |
| M&A Incentives and Outcomes: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry |
| Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago |
| Rent Appropriation and Competitor Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition |
| Presented by: Katrin Hussinger, KU Leuven |
| Discussant: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia |
Session 75: Vertical Relations II |
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| Session Chair: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 205 |
| Compatibility in Two-sided Markets |
| Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
| Discussant: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Oligopolistic Competition in Two-Sided Market |
| Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
| Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington |
| The Role of Repeated Interactions and Relational [Sub] Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement Auctions |
| Presented by: Justin Marion, University of California - Santa Cruz |
| Discussant: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
Session 76: Strategic Information Transmission |
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| Session Chair: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8 |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| Clearly Biased Experts |
| JEL codes: D82, L15, C72 |
| Presented by: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Michael Grubb, MIT |
| Learning, Signaling and Signal-Jamming Prior to Trial: A Theory of Preliminary Injunctions |
| Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Gad Allon, Kellogg School of Management |
| Developing a Reputation for Reticence |
| Presented by: Michael Grubb, MIT |
| Discussant: Masako Ueda, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| ``We Will be Right with You": Managing customers with vague promises |
| Presented by: Gad Allon, Kellogg School of Management |
| Discussant: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
Session 77: Airline Pricing Behavior |
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| Session Chair: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| Does Competition Reduce Price Discrimination? New Evidence From the Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Adam Shapiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| Discussant: Adile TAMGUICHT, University of Montreal |
| Testing Theories of Price Dispersion and Scarcity Pricing in the Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Adam Shapiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| The Efficiency of European Airports: Do the Importance in the EU Network and the Intensity of Competition Matter? |
| Presented by: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
| Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Incumbent Responses to Low Cost Airline Entry: An SAR panel data analysis |
| Presented by: Bogdan Daraban, Shenandoah University |
| Discussant: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Session 78: Licensing and Cross-Licensing: Theory and Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: O34 |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Broad Cross-License Agreements and Persuasive Patent Litigation: Theory and Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry |
| JEL codes: 031, 032, C78, |
| Presented by: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
| R&D Competition and Strategic Trade Restrictions in the Market for Technology |
| Presented by: Patrick Herbst, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| Discussant: Orkhan Hasanaliyev, The University of Iowa |
| Licesing commitments in standard setting organizations |
| Presented by: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
| Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
| Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D |
| Presented by: Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne |
| Discussant: Deborah Minehart, US Department of Justice |
Session 79: Pricing under Demand Uncertainty and Switching Costs |
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| Session Chair: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Revenue Management by Sequential Screening |
| JEL codes: L12,L15 |
| Presented by: Mustafa Akan, Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
| Discussant: Yves Schneider, University of Virginia |
| Intertemporal Bundling under Demand Uncertainty |
| Presented by: Sue Mialon, Emory University |
| Discussant: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Price Competition with Revenue Management and Costly Consumer Search |
| Presented by: Yves Schneider, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Mustafa Akan, Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
| Enhancing Market Power by Reducing Switching Costs |
| Presented by: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Discussant: Sue Mialon, Emory University |
Session 80: Theoretical Studies of Trade with Market Power |
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| Session Chair: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 201 |
| Wholesale Price Discrimination and Parallel Imports |
| JEL codes: F15, L14, K21 |
| Presented by: Mattias Ganslandt, Centre for European Law and Economics |
| Discussant: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University |
| Institutions and Multinational Ownership Strategy |
| Presented by: Ari Van Assche, |
| Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Internalization Revisited |
| Presented by: George Norman, Tufts University |
| Discussant: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, University of Memphis |
Session 81: Vertical Integration Decisions |
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| Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| VERTICAL INTEGRATION DURING THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO ERA |
| JEL codes: L14, L12, D02 |
| Presented by: F. Andrew Hanssen, Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
| Regulatory Stability and Organizational Form: An examination of the investments of a multinational hotel firm |
| Presented by: Nathan Wilson, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
Session 82: Contracts and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Buyer Power, Exclusion, and Inefficient Trade |
| JEL codes: D43, D45, L42 |
| Presented by: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
| Discussant: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Distributor Contracts to Support Optimal Inventory Holdings under Demand Uncertainty |
| Presented by: Howard Marvel, Ohio State University |
| Discussant: Xinyu Hua, HKUST |
| The Right of First Offer |
| Presented by: Xinyu Hua, HKUST |
| Discussant: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University |
| Slotting allowances and information gathering |
| Presented by: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
Session 83: Empirical Models of Product Characteristics and Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| An Empirical Investigation of Durability in the U.S. Automobile Market |
| JEL codes: L13, L62 |
| Presented by: Yijia Wang, NYU |
| Discussant: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
| Beyond Plain Vanilla: Modeling Joint Product Assortment and Pricing Decisions |
| Presented by: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Timing of Sales of Complementary Products |
| Presented by: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
| Discussant: Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University |
| Why Does Popcorn Cost So Much a the Movies? An Empirical Analysis of Metering Price Discrimination |
| Presented by: Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Yijia Wang, NYU |
Session 84: Competitive Dynamics: Innovation and Technological Change |
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| Session Chair: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Durable Goods Oligopoly with Innovation: Theory and Empirics |
| JEL codes: C73, L11, L13 |
| Presented by: Brett Gordon, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Alessandro Gavazza, Yale University |
| Two Roads to Riches? The (In)Frequency of Disruptive Technological Change |
| Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
| Discussant: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
| Product Innovation and Firm Survival in a Network Industry |
| Presented by: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Discussant: John Yun, |
Session 85: Roundtable of Antitrust Chief Economists |
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| Session Chair: Lawrence White, New York University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Truland |
| The View from the Department of Justice |
| Presented by: Oliver Richard, |
| The View from the Federal Trade Commission |
| Presented by: Michael Baye, Kelley Business School, Indiana Univ. |
| The View from the Federal Communications Commission |
| Presented by: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
| The View from the European Commission |
| Presented by: Miguel de La Mano, |
Session 86: Competition Policy |
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| Session Chair: Sebastien Mitraille, Toulouse Business School |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Is Stabilization of Potato Price and Supply Effective? Empirical Evidence from Idaho |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
| Discussant: William Vogt, RAND Corp |
| Coalition Formation in Polluting Oligopolies under Environmental Regulation |
| Presented by: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, Tilburg University |
| Discussant: Manuel Willington, ILADES - Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| Antitrust regulation of excessive prices |
| Presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Sebastien Mitraille, Toulouse Business School |
Session 87: Innovations in Electricity and Environmental Markets |
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| Session Chair: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: L94 |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Uncertainty, Emission Permits Trading and Rate of Return Regulation |
| JEL codes: L51, Q40, Q52 |
| Presented by: Fan Zhang, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Emissions trading and profit-neutral grandfathering |
| Presented by: Robert Ritz, Oxford University |
| Discussant: Fan Zhang, Pennsylvania State University |
| Dynamic LMP Response Under Alternative Price-Cap and Price-Sensitive Demand Scenarios |
| Presented by: Junjie Sun, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| Discussant: Robert Ritz, Oxford University |
| The Hidden Cost of Competition: What Happened to Innovation after U.S. Electricity Market Restructuring? |
| Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Leigh Tesfatsion, Iowa State University |
Session 88: Innovation, Commercialization, and Public Actors |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Innovation on Demand – Can Public Procurement Drive Market Success |
| JEL codes: O38, H32, C34 |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for Europ. Economic Research ZEW |
| Discussant: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| The Effect of Labor Market Rigidities on Firms’ R&D |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Joaquin Artes, UC-Irvine |
| Discussant: Birgit Aschhoff, Centre for European Economic Research |
| Commercializing Science: Is there a University Brain Drain from Academic Entrepreneurship? |
| Presented by: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Discussant: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
| In or Out: University Research and Consulting |
| Presented by: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
| Discussant: Joaquin Artes, UC-Irvine |
Session 89: Applied Differentiated Product Demand Analysis |
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| Session Chair: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 8:00 - 9:50 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| A Hybrid Discrete Choice Model of Differentiated Product Demand with an Application to Personal Computers |
| Presented by: Minjae Song, University of Rochester |
| Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo, University of Groningen |
| Embedding Product Congestion in Stores into a Structural Model of Equilibrium: Estimating Price Elasticities and Welfare Effects |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Franco Mariuzzo, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
| Tests for Consumer Learning by Experience in Frequently Purchased Goods |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
| Discussant: Minjae Song, University of Rochester |
Session 90: Competitive Dynamics: The Evolution of Prices |
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| Session Chair: John Yun, |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 211 |
| Edgeworth Price Cycles in Gasoline: Evidence from the United States |
| JEL codes: D4, L44, L81 |
| Presented by: John Yun, |
| Discussant: Emin Dinlersoz, Cornerstone Research |
| The Effects of Heterogeneity in Secondary Markets: a Comparison of France, UK and US Car Markets |
| Presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, Yale University |
| Discussant: Luca Lambertini, University of Bologna |
| Cost Heterogeneities, Entry, and Price Dynamics: An Application to Markets for Generic Drugs |
| Presented by: David Schmidt, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Dynamic Learning and Selection: Evidence from Prosper.com |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
Session 91: Trade, Markets and Competition |
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| Session Chair: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, University of Memphis |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 201 |
| Why is there a home bias? A case study of Wine. |
| JEL codes: F12, F14, L13, |
| Presented by: Richard Friberg, Stockholm School of Economics |
| Discussant: George Norman, Tufts University |
| The tip of the iceberg: Actual trade flows grossly understate the extent of globalization |
| Presented by: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Ari Van Assche, |
| The Trade Reducing Effects of Market Power in International Shipping |
| Presented by: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, University of Memphis |
| Discussant: Richard Friberg, Stockholm School of Economics |
| The Impact of Collusive Market Division Agreements on International Trade |
| Presented by: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Mattias Ganslandt, Centre for European Law and Economics |
Session 92: Contracting, Tournaments, and Incentives |
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| Session Chair: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 504 |
| Homogenous and Heterogenous Contestants in Cardinal Tournament Games: Theory and Empirical Analysis |
| Presented by: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
| Discussant: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
| The role of decision rights in incomplete contracts: Lessons from automobile franchising |
| Presented by: Giorgio Zanarone, Pompeu Fabra and MIT (visiting) |
| Discussant: Rosa Ferrer, Vanderbilt University |
| The Effects of a Two-Stage Ordering Process and Quantity Discounts on Vertical Channel Relationships: Theory and Evidence |
| Presented by: Desmond (Ho-Fu) Lo, University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Discussant: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
Session 93: Applying Dynamic Structural Models in Industrial Organization |
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| Session Chair: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 501 |
| Consumer Learning, Switching Costs, and Heterogeneity: A Structural Examination |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C11, C61 |
| Presented by: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
| Discussant: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Automobile Replacement: a Dynamic Structural Approach |
| Presented by: Pasquale Schiraldi, Lodon School of Economics |
| Discussant: Jean-François Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Semiparametric Estimation of a Dynamic Game of Incomplete Information |
| Presented by: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
| Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
| Bayesian Estimation of Games with Incomplete Information |
| Presented by: Jean-François Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Discussant: Pasquale Schiraldi, Lodon School of Economics |
Session 94: Patenting & R&D by Firms |
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| Session Chair: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 213 |
| Patenting Strategies, R&D and Corporate Governance |
| Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Yaroslav Kryukov, Northwestern University |
| Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers |
| Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
| Should Innovation Rationalize Supra-Competitive Prices? A Skeptical Speculation |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Discussant: Alka Chadha, National University of Singapore |
Session 95: Empirical Studies of Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Sweeting, Duke University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 523 |
| Bankruptcy and Product-Market Competition: Evidence from the Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, |
| Discussant: Harikesh Nair, Stanford GSB |
| Retail Competition and the Dynamics of Consumer Demand for Tied Goods |
| Presented by: Harikesh Nair, Stanford GSB |
| Discussant: Andrew Sweeting, Duke University |
| Explaining Systematic Price Declines in Perishable Goods Markets: Price Discrimination, Competition and Option Values |
| Presented by: Andrew Sweeting, Duke University |
| Discussant: Scott Savage, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| The Effects Of Competition On The Price For Cable Modem Internet Access |
| Presented by: Scott Savage, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, |
Session 96: Topics in Empirical IO |
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| Session Chair: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 208 |
| Firm Strategy and Stockholder Returns in a Declining Industry |
| JEL codes: L25, L61 |
| Presented by: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
| Discussant: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Video Games, Crime and Violence |
| Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
| Product Variety in the Recorded Music Industry: 1990-2005 |
| Presented by: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Discussant: Sumit Majumdar, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Mergers, Jobs and Wages in the US Telecommunications Industry |
| Presented by: Sumit Majumdar, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
Session 97: Internet and Agglomeration in Media |
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| Session Chair: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 609 |
| Technological and Geographical Factors Affecting the Pattern of Citations in Academic Journals |
| Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| The effect of online and offline social interactions on Internet usage patterns |
| Presented by: Raphaël Suire, University of Rennes 1 |
| Discussant: marc baudry, University of Rennes I & CREM-CNRS |
| Agglomeration in Spatial Competition: Evidence from Motion Pictures |
| Presented by: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| The digital distribution of online press: Categorization and evaluation of business models |
| Presented by: marc baudry, University of Rennes I & CREM-CNRS |
| Discussant: Raphaël Suire, University of Rennes 1 |
Session 98: Mergers, Acquisitions and Policy |
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| Session Chair: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 308 |
| The Need To Measure the Effect Of Merger Policy And How To Do It |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Kevin Amess, Nottingham University Business School |
| Globalization and Acquisitions |
| Presented by: Wen Zhou, University of Hong Kong |
| Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo, University of Groningen |
| Mergers in Two-Sided Markets: An Application to the Canadian Newspaper Industry |
| Presented by: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia |
| Discussant: Gilberto Turati, Università di Torino |
| Corporate Divestitures: Evidence from the Trading with the Enemy Act |
| Presented by: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
| Discussant: Katrin Hussinger, KU Leuven |
Session 99: Entry: Theory and Evidence |
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| Session Chair: Enrico Santarelli, Universita' di Bologna |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 309 |
| The Effect of Satellite Entry on Product Quality for Cable Television |
| Presented by: C. Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| Discussant: Vera Holovchenko, University of Texas |
| Determinants of Small-Firm Entry in US Manufacturing |
| Presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Discussant: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
| Entry Behavior and Financial Distress: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Discussant: Enrico Santarelli, Universita' di Bologna |
| Inventories and Endogenous Stackelberg Hierarchy in Two-period Cournot Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Sebastien Mitraille, Toulouse Business School |
| Discussant: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
Session 100: Information and Quality |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D8, L1 |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 205 |
| Endogenous Entry in Markets with Adverse Selection |
| JEL codes: D8 |
| Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: Advertising and Product Quality |
| Presented by: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
| Discussant: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University |
| Product Quality, Reputation, and Market Structure |
| Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
| Signaling quality in an oligopoly when some consumers are informed |
| Presented by: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
Session 101: Organization Design |
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| Session Chair: Andrew Newman, Boston University and CEPR |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 503 |
| Competitive Prices and Organizational Choices |
| Presented by: Andrew Newman, Boston University and CEPR |
| Discussant: Ricard Gil, UC- Santa Cruz |
| Granting Exit Option to Conduct an Audit |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| Discussant: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| A double moral hazard model of organization design |
| Presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Andrew Newman, Boston University and CEPR |
| Managerial Attention Allocation in Optimal Incentive Contracts |
| Presented by: Ricard Gil, UC- Santa Cruz |
| Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Session 102: Credit Cards |
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| Session Chair: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 403 |
| Loyalty Schemes, Switching Costs and Paying Customers to Switch: Evidence from UK Credit Cards |
| Presented by: Helen Knight, University of Nottingham |
| Discussant: Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Universidad de Granada |
| Consumer Rationality and High Interest Rates in the Credit Card Market |
| Presented by: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET |
| Discussant: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| FAILURE OF COMPETITION AND STICKY INTEREST RATES IN THE TURKISH CREDIT CARD MARKET |
| Presented by: Ahmet Aysan, private |
| Discussant: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 103: Auctions and Mechanism Design |
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| Session Chair: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D44 |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 521 |
| Market versus Non-Market Assignment of Ownership |
| JEL codes: D44, D45 |
| Presented by: Ian Gale, Georgetown University |
| Discussant: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois |
| Efficient Auctions with Private Participation Costs |
| Presented by: Jingfeng Lu, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
| When is Seller Price Setting with Linear Fees Optimal for Intermediaries? |
| Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
| Auctions with Heterogeneous Entry Costs |
| Presented by: John Wooders, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam |
Session 104: Competition Policy: Merger Analysis |
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| Session Chair: Keith Brand, FTC |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Truland |
| Atlantic Divide or Gulf Stream Convergence: Merger Policies in the European Union and the United States |
| JEL codes: k21, l40 |
| Presented by: Malcolm Coate, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Andrea Guenster, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Market definition with Shock Analysis |
| Presented by: Øystein Daljord, Norwegian Competition Authority |
| Discussant: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
| Simulating Hospital Merger Simulations |
| Presented by: Keith Brand, FTC |
| Discussant: H. Frech, |
| Fishy business: Multi-jurisdictional treatment of a horizontal merger in salmon farming |
| Presented by: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
| Discussant: Béatrice Dumont, University Rennes I & College of Europe |
Session 105: Airline Markets |
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| Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Time: 10:20 - 12:10 |
| Location: Ball 401 |
| Distribution of Airline Tickets: A Tale of Two Market Structures |
| Presented by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Bogdan Daraban, Shenandoah University |
| The Effects of Code-sharing on Airline Fares and Traffic |
| Presented by: Adile TAMGUICHT, University of Montreal |
| Discussant: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University |
| Multimarket Contact and Service Quality: Evidence from On-Time Performance in the US Airline Industry |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
| A simple model of pricing for non-storable goods in oligopoly |
| Presented by: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University |
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