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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Market Structure, Welfare and Banking Reform in China |
Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University |
Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Employee Poaching, Predatory Hiring, and Covenants Not to Compete |
Presented by: Jin-Hyuk Kim, Cornell University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Optimal Best-Price Policy |
Presented by: Frances Xu, Kellogg School of Management, Northweste |
Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
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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 |
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Consumer Search on the Internet |
Presented by: Babur De los Santos, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Strategic Investments in Telecommunication Infrastructure Quality |
JEL codes: K23, L43, L96 |
Presented by: Tobias Veith, ZEW |
Discussant: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
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Entry Deterrence and New Technology Deployment in Local Cable TV Markets |
Presented by: Robert Seamans, Haas School of Business |
Discussant: Leslie Marx, Duke University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Vertical integration in sequential negotiations |
Presented by: Sergei Koulayev, Columbia University |
Discussant: Dan O'Brien, |
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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 |
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R&D Competition in the Chemicals Industry. |
JEL codes: L |
Presented by: Stephen Finger, Duke University |
Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
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Mergers and Sequential Innovation: Evidence from Patent Citations |
Presented by: Jessica Stahl, Boston University |
Discussant: George Norman, Tufts University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Quality Choice and Market Structure: A Dynamic Analysis of Nursing Home Oligopolies |
Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Boston University |
Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland |
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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 |
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Entry and Exit in the Nonprofit Sector |
JEL codes: L22, L11, L31 |
Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University |
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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 |
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Firm Size Dynamics: Age Effects and Financial Frictions |
Presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University |
Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
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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 |
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Ireland’s Industrial Development Path 1972–2003: Building Capabilities through Creative Destruction |
Presented by: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
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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 |
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Trade Policy and Exit in the Steel Industry |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Statistical Discrimination in On-line Auctions |
Presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concocrdia University |
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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 |
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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 |
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On the optimal enforcement of anti-predation rules |
Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Discussant: Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School |
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"Why Tie a Product Consumers do not Use" |
Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
Discussant: Øystein Daljord, Norwegian Competition Authority |
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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 |
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(Mis)selling through Agents |
JEL codes: D18, D83, M31, |
Presented by: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School |
Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
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Poker Faces in Races |
Presented by: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
Discussant: Young-Ro Yoon, Indiana University Bloomington |
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Transparency, Career Concerns, and Incentives for Acquiring Expertise |
Presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, NYU |
Discussant: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, University of Cambridge |
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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 |
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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 |
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Collusion in the Private Health Insurance Market: Empirical Evidence for Chile |
Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
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Paying a Premium on your Premium? Consolidation in the US Health Insurance Industry |
Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
Discussant: Claudio Agostini, Alberto Hurtado University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Outsourcing to Limit Rent Extraction |
JEL codes: L2, L24 |
Presented by: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
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Vertical Mergers in Procurement Markets |
Presented by: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
Discussant: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
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Outsourcing Induced by Strategic Competition |
Presented by: Yutian Chen, California State Univ at Long Beach |
Discussant: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna |
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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 |
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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 |
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A SSNIP test for two-sided markets |
Presented by: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
Discussant: Christos Genakos, Cambridge University |
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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 |
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Creative Destruction at the industry Level |
JEL codes: L16 |
Presented by: Chung Yi Tse, University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Talia Bar, Cornell University |
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Product and process innovations in differential games with managerial firms |
Presented by: Roberto Cellini, University of Catania |
Discussant: Fernando Leiva Bertran, University of Iowa |
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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 |
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Patents, Imitation and Licensing In an Asymmetric Dynamic R&D Race |
Presented by: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
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Patent Rights Pending: Court Error and the Litigation of Intellectual Property |
Presented by: Alan Marco, Vassar College |
Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
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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 |
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Wholesale regulation and capital structure in european telecommunications industry |
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JEL codes: L51 G31 G32 L96 |
Presented by: Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino |
Discussant: Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsvill |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Advertising, Elasticity, Inequality and Savings |
JEL codes: L16, M37 |
Presented by: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
Discussant: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
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The Dutch Radio Broadcasting Industry: Market Expansion or Business Stealing |
Presented by: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen |
Discussant: Steven Sawyer, St. Francis College |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Firm to Industry: Sources of Productivity Growth in Chilean Manufacturing |
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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 |
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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 |
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Analysis of Hospital Production: An Output Index Approach |
Presented by: William Vogt, RAND Corp |
Discussant: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
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Hospital Clinical Informational Technology and Market Structure |
Presented by: Alison Cuellar, RAND Corporation |
Discussant: Nathan Wilson, University of Michigan |
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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 |
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More Power to You |
JEL codes: L00 |
Presented by: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
Discussant: Arie Beresteanu, Duke University |
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Entry and Inefficiency in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry |
Presented by: Lu Han, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management |
Discussant: Robert Masson, Cornell University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Credit Union Membership and Use of Internet Banking Technology |
Presented by: Evren Damar, SUNY College at Brockport |
Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Asymmetric price adjustments under ever - increasing costs: Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market in Colombia |
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Presented by: Jorge Tovar, Universidad de Los Andes |
Discussant: Kevin Forbes, Catholic University |
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Edgeworth Cycles Revisited |
Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mergers Among Firms that Manage Revenue: The Curious Case of Hotels |
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Presented by: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
Discussant: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
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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 |
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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 |
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Procurement Contracting with Time Incentives: Theory and Evidence |
Presented by: Gregory Lewis, Harvard University |
Discussant: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
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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 |
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A Dynamic Procurement Auction with Persistent Backlog and Capacity Constraints |
Presented by: Viplav Saini, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Rasim Ozcan, ERS Group |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Persistence of First-Mover Advantages |
Presented by: Jungho Kim, KAIST Business School |
Discussant: Claudio Lucarelli, Cornell University |
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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 |
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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. |
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Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms |
Presented by: Maggie Chen, George Washington University |
Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
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Services FDI and Manufacturing Productivity Growth: There is a Link |
Presented by: Ana Fernandes, World Bank |
Discussant: Patrick Walsh, UCD, Dublin |
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The effects of foreign acquisition on domestic and export markets dynamics in China |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Technology Adoption and Risk Preferences |
Presented by: Hüseyin Doluca, University of Munich |
Discussant: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, University at Buffalo (SUNY) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Efficiency, Welfare and Ownership of Private Information |
Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Randal Watson, University Of Texas |
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Strategic complementarities and search market equilibrium |
Presented by: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
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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 |
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The Economic Impact of Wireless Number Portability |
JEL codes: L50, L96, L10 |
Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Miguel Montoya, ITESM Guadalajara |
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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 |
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Subsidies and distorted markets: Do telecom subsidies affect competition? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Regional Opportunities and Policy Implications |
Presented by: Enrico Santarelli, Universita' di Bologna |
Discussant: C. Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
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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 |
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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 |
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Innovation in Vertically Related Markets |
JEL codes: L1 |
Presented by: Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Discussant: Hans Normann, Max Planck Institute (Bonn) |
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Competitive Effects of Vertical Integration with Downstream Oligopsony and Oligopoly |
Presented by: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
Discussant: Pedro Mendi, Universidad de Navarra |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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CAFE Regulation, New Vehicle Technology and Consumer Welfare |
Presented by: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Discussant: Shanjun Li, SUNY - Stony Brook |
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The Demand for Ethanol as a Gasoline Substitute |
Presented by: Soren Anderson, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A Critique of Cartel Fine Discounting |
JEL codes: K21, K14, L41, |
Presented by: John Connor, Purdue University |
Discussant: Lawrence White, New York University |
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On the Overcharge as an Estimator for Total Chain Antitrust Damages |
Presented by: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam |
Discussant: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile |
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Cartel Sanctions: An Empirical Analysis |
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Presented by: Yuliya Bolotova, University of Idaho |
Discussant: Keith Brand, FTC |
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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 |
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Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies |
JEL codes: L1, L2, L4, L8 |
Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Price Discrimination in Two-Sided Markets |
Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Discussant: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
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Assessing the Anticompetitive Effects of Multiproduct Pricing |
Presented by: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
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Customer Poaching, Coupon Trading and Consumer Arbitrage |
Presented by: Jie Shuai, Univ. of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Patrick Greenlee, U.S. Department of Justice |
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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 |
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Information Disclosure and Endogenous Sequencing in Bilateral Negotiations |
JEL codes: C70,L23 |
Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Duke University |
Discussant: Markus Reisinger, University of Munich |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Network Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Mobile Telephone Industry |
Presented by: Brendan Cunningham, U. S. Naval Academy |
Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority |
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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 |
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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 |
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A control function approach to estimate markups |
Presented by: Jan De Loecker, New York University |
Discussant: Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago |
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Control Function Corrections for Unobserved Factors in Differentiated Product Models |
Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Jan De Loecker, New York University |
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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 |
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Packaging as Price Discirmination or Service Provision: An Experimental Approach |
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JEL codes: L81;M31;L11 |
Presented by: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Kasper Leufkens, University of Maastricht |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A test of collusive behavior based on incentives |
JEL codes: L4, L13 |
Presented by: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
Discussant: Michael Rimler, Xavier University |
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Internal decision-making rules and collusion |
Presented by: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
Discussant: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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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 |
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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 |
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Chinese Electricity Restructuring: How Likely Is Effective Competition in Generation? |
Presented by: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
Discussant: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Platform Reputation and Optimal Transaction Fees |
Presented by: Luís Vasconcelos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
Discussant: Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky |
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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 |
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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 |
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Position Auctions with Consumer Search |
Presented by: Susan Athey, Harvard University |
Discussant: Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business |
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The Hungarian Auction |
Presented by: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Jingfeng Lu, National University of Singapore |
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Grid Distributions to Study Single Object Auctions |
Presented by: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois |
Discussant: John Wooders, University of Arizona |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Night of the Living Dead? Electric Utility “Decoupling” and the Resuscitation of Rate-of-Return Regulation |
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JEL codes: L51, L94, Q48 |
Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Discussant: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Determinants of Pharmaceutical Review, Success and Duration |
Presented by: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC |
Discussant: Wonjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and |
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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 |
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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 |
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Entry, Airline Competition and Network Structure |
JEL codes: L93 |
Presented by: Carlene Belford, McGill University |
Discussant: Chia-Mei Liu, U.S. Department of Transportation |
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Refund Contracts and Price Discrimination in Airlines |
Presented by: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama |
Discussant: Carlene Belford, McGill University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Collusion in Price-Setting Duopoly Markets: Experimental Evidence |
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JEL codes: C9, L1 |
Presented by: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary |
Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
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The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion |
Presented by: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
Discussant: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary |
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Communication, Renegotiation, and the Scope for Collusion |
Presented by: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
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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 |
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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 |
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Price Dispersion and Consumer Search in the Retail Gasoline Market |
Presented by: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia |
Discussant: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board |
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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 |
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Consumer Switching Costs and Firm Pricing: Evidence from Bank Pricing of Deposit Accounts |
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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 |
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Price Discrimination in Input Markets |
Presented by: Roman Inderst, Univ. Frankfurt and LSE |
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
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Information Markets, Product Markets and Vertical Merger |
Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Justin Marion, University of California - Santa Cruz |
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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 |
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R&D-fostering collusion |
Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
Discussant: Ricardo Cabral, University of Madeira |
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Semi-Collusive Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence |
Presented by: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spatial Competition with Discrete Buyers |
Presented by: Martin Byford, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Discussant: Jaesoo Kim, Michigan State University |
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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 |
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Dynamic Contract Breach |
JEL codes: K12 |
Presented by: Fan Zhang, U.S. Department of Justice |
Discussant: Shinji Kobayashi, Nihon University |
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Regulation and Monitoring with Incomplete Contracts |
Presented by: Shinji Kobayashi, Nihon University |
Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Dynamics of Plant-level Productivity in U.S. |
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Presented by: Kirk White, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
Discussant: Yoonsoo Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
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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 |
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Moral Hazard in Leasing Contracts: Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry |
Presented by: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
Discussant: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
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Contract Design for Quality Control in Supply Chain Management |
Presented by: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
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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 |
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Uncertainty, Networks and Real Options |
JEL codes: C72, D85 |
Presented by: Sumit Joshi, George Washington University |
Discussant: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
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Network Seeding with Local Network Effects |
Presented by: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
Discussant: Sumit Joshi, George Washington University |
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Game-theoretic approach to evaluating merger-specific efficiencies: |
Presented by: Richard Shin, LECG |
Discussant: Eileen Fumagalli, IEFE, Università Bocconi |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Consumer Surplus as the Appropriate Standard for Antitrust Enforcement |
Presented by: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
Discussant: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice |
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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 |
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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 |
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Starting a R&D project under uncertainty |
Presented by: Sabien Dobbelaere, Ghent University |
Discussant: LiWei Shi, State University of New York at Buffalo |
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Intergenerational Diffusion of Innovations |
Presented by: LiWei Shi, State University of New York at Buffalo |
Discussant: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
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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 |
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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 |
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Competition between Sellers in Internet Auctions |
Presented by: Jeffrey Livingston, Bentley College |
Discussant: Rieko Ishii, Osaka University |
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Fighting Collusion in Auctions: An Experimental Investigation |
Presented by: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam |
Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, Northwestern University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Does the Market Punish Aggressive Experts: Evidence from Cesarean Sections |
Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
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Can Healthcare IT save Babies? |
Presented by: Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan |
Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
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Do Profits Influence the Quality of Care Provided by Medicaid MCOs? |
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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 |
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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 |
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Oligopoly with Hyperbolic Demand and Capital Accumulation |
Presented by: Luca Lambertini, University of Bologna |
Discussant: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
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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 |
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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 |
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Contract Parameters’ Impacts on Coal Prices |
JEL codes: Q58, L51 |
Presented by: ian lange, US EPA |
Discussant: Olli Kauppi, Helsinki School of Economics |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Role of the Local Business Environment in Banking Consolidation |
Presented by: Gilberto Turati, Università di Torino |
Discussant: Wen Zhou, University of Hong Kong |
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M&A Incentives and Outcomes: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry |
Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago |
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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 |
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Compatibility in Two-sided Markets |
Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
Discussant: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo |
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Oligopolistic Competition in Two-Sided Market |
Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington |
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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 |
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Clearly Biased Experts |
JEL codes: D82, L15, C72 |
Presented by: Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University |
Discussant: Michael Grubb, MIT |
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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 |
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Developing a Reputation for Reticence |
Presented by: Michael Grubb, MIT |
Discussant: Masako Ueda, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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``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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Licesing commitments in standard setting organizations |
Presented by: Yann Meniere, Université Catholique de Louvain |
Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
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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 |
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Revenue Management by Sequential Screening |
JEL codes: L12,L15 |
Presented by: Mustafa Akan, Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
Discussant: Yves Schneider, University of Virginia |
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Intertemporal Bundling under Demand Uncertainty |
Presented by: Sue Mialon, Emory University |
Discussant: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Beyond Plain Vanilla: Modeling Joint Product Assortment and Pricing Decisions |
Presented by: Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
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Timing of Sales of Complementary Products |
Presented by: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University |
Discussant: Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University |
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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 |
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Durable Goods Oligopoly with Innovation: Theory and Empirics |
JEL codes: C73, L11, L13 |
Presented by: Brett Gordon, Columbia University |
Discussant: Alessandro Gavazza, Yale University |
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Two Roads to Riches? The (In)Frequency of Disruptive Technological Change |
Presented by: Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer |
Discussant: Peter Thompson, Florida International University |
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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 |
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The View from the Department of Justice |
Presented by: Oliver Richard, |
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The View from the Federal Trade Commission |
Presented by: Michael Baye, Kelley Business School, Indiana Univ. |
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The View from the Federal Communications Commission |
Presented by: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona |
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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 |
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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 |
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Coalition Formation in Polluting Oligopolies under Environmental Regulation |
Presented by: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, Tilburg University |
Discussant: Manuel Willington, ILADES - Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Commercializing Science: Is there a University Brain Drain from Academic Entrepreneurship? |
Presented by: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
Discussant: Richard Jensen, Notre Dame |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Edgeworth Price Cycles in Gasoline: Evidence from the United States |
JEL codes: D4, L44, L81 |
Presented by: John Yun, |
Discussant: Emin Dinlersoz, Cornerstone Research |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Automobile Replacement: a Dynamic Structural Approach |
Presented by: Pasquale Schiraldi, Lodon School of Economics |
Discussant: Jean-François Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Semiparametric Estimation of a Dynamic Game of Incomplete Information |
Presented by: Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department Of Justice |
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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 |
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Patenting Strategies, R&D and Corporate Governance |
Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University |
Discussant: Yaroslav Kryukov, Northwestern University |
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Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers |
Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington |
Discussant: Andrew Toole, Rutgers University |
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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 |
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Bankruptcy and Product-Market Competition: Evidence from the Airline Industry |
Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, |
Discussant: Harikesh Nair, Stanford GSB |
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Retail Competition and the Dynamics of Consumer Demand for Tied Goods |
Presented by: Harikesh Nair, Stanford GSB |
Discussant: Andrew Sweeting, Duke University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Video Games, Crime and Violence |
Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
Discussant: Mary Deily, Lehigh University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Technological and Geographical Factors Affecting the Pattern of Citations in Academic Journals |
Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
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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 |
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Agglomeration in Spatial Competition: Evidence from Motion Pictures |
Presented by: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
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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 |
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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 |
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Globalization and Acquisitions |
Presented by: Wen Zhou, University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo, University of Groningen |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Determinants of Small-Firm Entry in US Manufacturing |
Presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University |
Discussant: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
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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 |
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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 |
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Endogenous Entry in Markets with Adverse Selection |
JEL codes: D8 |
Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University |
Discussant: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
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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 |
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Product Quality, Reputation, and Market Structure |
Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin and CEPR |
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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 |
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Competitive Prices and Organizational Choices |
Presented by: Andrew Newman, Boston University and CEPR |
Discussant: Ricard Gil, UC- Santa Cruz |
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Granting Exit Option to Conduct an Audit |
Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Discussant: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
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A double moral hazard model of organization design |
Presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University |
Discussant: Andrew Newman, Boston University and CEPR |
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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 |
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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 |
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Consumer Rationality and High Interest Rates in the Credit Card Market |
Presented by: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET |
Discussant: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
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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 |
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Market versus Non-Market Assignment of Ownership |
JEL codes: D44, D45 |
Presented by: Ian Gale, Georgetown University |
Discussant: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois |
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Efficient Auctions with Private Participation Costs |
Presented by: Jingfeng Lu, National University of Singapore |
Discussant: Mikhael Shor, Vanderbilt University |
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When is Seller Price Setting with Linear Fees Optimal for Intermediaries? |
Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland |
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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 |
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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 |
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Market definition with Shock Analysis |
Presented by: Øystein Daljord, Norwegian Competition Authority |
Discussant: Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management |
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Simulating Hospital Merger Simulations |
Presented by: Keith Brand, FTC |
Discussant: H. Frech, |
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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 |
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Distribution of Airline Tickets: A Tale of Two Market Structures |
Presented by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine |
Discussant: Bogdan Daraban, Shenandoah University |
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The Effects of Code-sharing on Airline Fares and Traffic |
Presented by: Adile TAMGUICHT, University of Montreal |
Discussant: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University |
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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 |
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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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