102 sessions, 357 papers

The 8th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE
Complete List of All Sessions

  

Session 1: Health: Rising Star
Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan D217
Gender Disparity in Urology; Preferences, Competition, and Quality of Care
Presented by: Ryan McDevitt, Northwestern University
Discussant: Brian McManus, University of North Carolina
Encouraging Organ Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation
Presented by: Sarah Stith, University of Michigan
Discussant: Brian Krauth, Simon Fraser University
Investigating the Role of Physicians’ Dynamic Learning Behavior on the Diffusion of New Prescription Drugs
Presented by: Minki Kim, The University of Chicago
Discussant: Michelle Goeree, USC and University of Zurich

  

Session 2: Dynamic Demand: Rising Star
Session Chair: Michael Waldman, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan D218
The impact of search costs on consumer behavior: a dynamic approach
JEL codes: C61, D83, L81
Presented by: Stephan Seiler, London School of Economics
Discussant: Alan Sorensen, Stanford University
Quantifying Search and Switching Costs in the U.S. Auto Insurance Industry
Presented by: Elisabeth Honka, U. of Chicago Booth School of Business
Discussant: Henry Schneider, Cornell University
Dynamic Demand for New and Used Durable Goods without Physical Depreciation: The Case of Japanese Video Games
Presented by: Masakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Discussant: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)

  

Session 3: Demand: Rising Star
Session Chair: Barbara Spencer, University of British Columbia
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan D219
Consumer Valuation of Retail Networks: Evidence from the Banking Industry
JEL codes: C25; G21; L11
Presented by: Hui Wang, University of Toronto
Discussant: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia
Measuring Complementarity among Automobiles in a Multiple-Discrete Choice Model
Presented by: Naoki Wakamori, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of MN
How Do Consumers Respond to Nonlinear Pricing? Evidence from Household Electricity Demand
Presented by: Koichiro Ito, UC Berkeley
Discussant: Pascal COURTY, University of Victoria

  

Session 4: Antitrust: Rising Star
Session Chair: Ralph Winter, UBC
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan B208
Evidence on the Product Market Effects of the Merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines
JEL codes: L40, L93
Presented by: Daniel Greenfield, Northeastern University
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Does Pro-competition Policy Achieve the Intended Effect? Evidence from Mobile Number Portability
Presented by: Xiahua (Anny) Wei, University of California, San Diego
Discussant: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University
Sticks and Carrots: Is Resale Price Maintenance Necessary?
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Presented by: Dimitrios Dimitropoulos, University of Toronto
Discussant: Patrick DeGraba, Federal Trade Commission
Uniateral versus coordinated effects: comparing the impact on consumer welfare of alternative merger outcomes
Presented by: Matthew Olczak, Aston Business School
Discussant: David Balan, Federal Trade Commission

  

Session 5: Empirical IO: Rising Star
Session Chair: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan B210
The Cost to Growth: Estimating Entry Costs with Endogenous Growth Rates
Presented by: Mauricio Varela, Kellogg School of Management
Discussant: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College
A Panel Data Analysis of Code Sharing among Major U.S. Domestic Airlines
Presented by: caixia shen, boston university
Discussant: Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Competition in Public School Districts: Student Sorting, School Quality Determination, and School Entry
Presented by: Nirav Mehta, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University

  

Session 6: Auctions: Rising Star
Session Chair: George Deltas, University of Illinois
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan B209
Complex bidding in wholesale electricity markets
JEL codes: L13, L94, D44
Presented by: Mar Reguant, MIT
Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ
Estimation of a Model of Entry and Bidding on Wildcat Oil Leases
Presented by: Kerem Toklu, Rice University
Discussant: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College

  

Session 7: Innovation: Rising Star
Session Chair: James Brander, University of British Columbia
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan B211
Organization Design for Knowledge Creation
JEL codes: D82-83 D86 L23
Presented by: Guy Arie, Northwestern University
Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University
Do External Technology Acquisitions Matter For Innovative Efficiency and Productivity?
Presented by: Tseveen Gantumur, DIW Berlin
Discussant: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto and NBER
Aspects of Research and Development Contract Terms In the Bio/Pharmaceutical Sector
Presented by: Tannista Banerjee, Purdue University
Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington

  

Session 8: Health II: Rising Star
Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan B218
Organizational Form and the Provision of Quality in Healthcare Markets
JEL codes: L31, I11, D82
Presented by: Mati Dubrovinsky, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Supplier Responses to Imperfect Information: Evidence from Medicare Supplement Insurance
Presented by: Amanda Starc, Harvard University
Discussant: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
Portfolio Externalities in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Medicare and Medigap Policies
Presented by: Neale Mahoney, Stanford University
Discussant: Thomas Davidoff, University of British Columbia

  

Session 9: Theory: Rising Star
Session Chair: John Panzar, Northwestern U and U of Auckland
Session type: invited
Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 17:15 - 18:45
Location: Buchanan D201
Monopolistic Competition and Experience Goods - An Application of Forward Induction
Presented by: Xiaoting Hu, Northeastern University
Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Mechanism Design for Internet Advertising with Click Fraud
Presented by: Andrew Clausen, University of Pennsylvnia
Discussant: Wei Li, University of California, Riverside and
Price-Matching in a Sequential Search Duopoly
Presented by: Aleksandr Yankelevich, Washington University in St. Louis
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester

  

Session 10: Regulation, Politics, and Public Enterprises
Session Chair: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B215
Oust the Louse: Do Political Pressures Discipline Regulators?
JEL codes: L51, L43, d72
Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University
Discussant: Klenio Barbosa, Toulouse School of Economics
Regulatory Independence and Political Interference: Evidence from EU Mixed-Ownership Utilities’ Debt and Investment
Presented by: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino
Discussant: Ulrich Heimeshoff, University of Duesseldorf
Postal Service Pricing Policies after the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006
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Presented by: John Panzar, Northwestern U and U of Auckland
Discussant: Richard Hayes, University of Melbourne
A Spatial Analysis of Store Level Sales in a Government-Owned Liquor Store Industry
Presented by: Benjamin Atkinson, Mount Royal University
Discussant: Petter Berg, Copenhagen Business School

  

Session 11: Structure of Electricity and Electricity-Related Markets
Session Chair: Meng-Chi Tang, National Chung Cheng University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B302
On Vertical Integration, Regulation and Non-Price Discrimination in German Electricity Markets
JEL codes: D,K
Presented by: Vigen Nikogosian, Centre for European Economic Research
Discussant: Elizabeth Farina, Universisty of Sao Paulo
Contractual Control, Information Exchange, and Competition in Markets for Electricity Generation
Presented by: Vladlena Sabodash, Northeastern University
Discussant: Hugo Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
The Effects of Market Design on Supply Security in Imperfect Power Markets
Presented by: Sebastian Schwenen, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University
CHOOSING A TRADING COUNTERPART IN THE U.S. ACID RAIN MARKET
Presented by: Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Ecole Polytechnique
Discussant: Meng-Chi Tang, National Chung Cheng University

  

Session 12: Technology Licensing
Session Chair: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D219
Goldilocks and the licensing firm: Choosing a partner when rivals are heterogeneous
JEL codes: D4, L24, L4
Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University
Discussant: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne
On the Duration of Technology Licensing
Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina
Discussant: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University
Upstream Outsourcing, Economies of Scale, and Incentives for Downstream R&D
Presented by: Yutian Chen, California State University, Long Beach
Discussant: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina
Negotiating for the Market
Presented by: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Yutian Chen, California State University, Long Beach

  

Session 13: Effects of Import Competition in Domestic Markets
Session Chair: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B211
Capacity Investment under Demand Uncertainty: An Empirical Study of the US Cement Industry, 1994-2006.
JEL codes: L25, L61
Presented by: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School
Discussant: Dmitri Nizovtsev, Washburn University
The Impact of Chinese Competition on Mexican Maquiladoras: Evidence from Plant-level Panel Data
Presented by: Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Discussant: Hiroshi Mukunoki, Gakushuin University
Foreign Fast Seconds and Market Contestability in Emerging Economies: Implications for Domestic Welfare
Presented by: Daniel Richards, Tufts University
Discussant: Hernan Vallejo, Universidad de los Andes
Tariffs, Quota Restraints, Product Quality and Consumer Welfare in the Imported Specialty Cheese Market
Presented by: Joao Macieira, Virginia Tech
Discussant: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia

  

Session 14: Entry: Industry Studies II
Session Chair: Karen Thome, UC-Davis
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B209
Do Incumbents Improve Service Quality in Response to Entry? Evidence from Airlines' On-Time Performance
Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University
Discussant: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland
Entry in Pharmaceutical Submarkets:a Bayesian Panel Probit analysis
Presented by: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan
Discussant: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Financial Constraints and the Franchising Decision
Presented by: Ying Fan, University of Michigan
Discussant: Claudio Piga, Loughborough University
Examining the Post-entry and Pre-exit Dynamic Process of Manufacturing Firms from a Financial Perspective
Presented by: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead Universtiy
Discussant: Myong-Hun Chang, Cleveland State University

  

Session 15: Cartel Theory
Session Chair: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B218
Private Monitoring and Communication in Cartels: Explaining Recent Collusive Practices
Presented by: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Jimmy Chan, The Shanghai School of Finance and Econo
Price Wars, Side-Payments, and Collusion Enforcement
Presented by: Jimmy Chan, The Shanghai School of Finance and Econo
Discussant: Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin
Optimal Timing of Cartel Formation Under Uncertainty
Presented by: Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin
Discussant: Iwan Bos, Maastricht University
Welfare-Enhancing Hard Core Cartels
Presented by: Iwan Bos, Maastricht University
Discussant: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University

  

Session 16: Innovation and Firm Performance
Session Chair: Massimiliano Guerini, Politecnico di Milano
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D222
The Influence of International Dispersed vs. Home-based R&D on Innovation Performance
JEL codes: O32, F23
Presented by: Anja Schmiele, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Resea
Discussant: Yoonsoo Lee, Sogang University
The effect of public subsidies on firms’ investment-cash flow sensitivity: ephemeral or persistent?
Presented by: Massimiliano Guerini, Politecnico di Milano
Discussant: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
Cross-Sectoral Variation in Firm-Level Idiosyncratic Risk
Presented by: Yoonsoo Lee, Sogang University
Discussant: Massimiliano Guerini, Politecnico di Milano
Subsidy and networking: The effects of direct and indirect support programs of the cluster policy
Presented by: Junichi Nishimura, Hitotsubashi University
Discussant: Anja Schmiele, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Resea

  

Session 17: Productivity, Technical Change, and Economic Growth
Session Chair: Daniel Ershov, Industry Canada
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B208
Measuring the Bias of Technological Change
Presented by: Ulrich Doraszelski, Harvard University
Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of MN
Accumulation and Depreciation of R&D Resources
Presented by: Wendy Li, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant: Daniel Ershov, Industry Canada
Why Endogenous Sunk Costs Can Explain the R&D Intensity Gap Between Canada and the United States
Presented by: Daniel Ershov, Industry Canada
Discussant: Mauricio Varela, Kellogg School of Management
SERVICE INNOVATION, PRODUCTIVITY AND HUMAN CAPITAL. SOME EVIDENCE FOR BRITAIN.
Presented by: Vania Sena, Aston University
Discussant: Wendy Li, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

  

Session 18: Bank Performance and Market Structure
Session Chair: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B303
The Impact of Banking Market Structure on Consumer Bankruptcies
JEL codes: G21; D14; L10
Presented by: Evren Damar, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Taweewan Sidthidet, McGill University
Do Panics matter to Long-Run Market Structure? Evidence from Antebellum America
Presented by: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)
Discussant: Joachim Keller, National Bank of Belgium
On the Relationship between Market Concentration and Bank Risk Taking
Presented by: Marc Escrihuela, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna
Performance of Community Banks in Good Times and Bad Times
Presented by: Robin Prager, FRB
Discussant: Denis Nekipelov, University of California - Berkeley

  

Session 19: Outsourcing and Transfer Pricing
Session Chair: Jan Vandekerckhove, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B315
Localized competition with heterogeneous firms and vertical relations
JEL codes: L11
Presented by: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University
Discussant: Cecilia Vergari, University of Bologna
Outsourcing versus technology transfer: Hotelling meets Stackelberg
Presented by: Debapriya Sen, Ryerson University
Discussant: Steffen Ziss, Wilfrid Laurier University
Economies of Scale, Outsourcing, Joint Ventures, and Social Efficiency
Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester
Discussant: Jan Vandekerckhove, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Market Performance Implications of the Transfer Price Rule
Presented by: Jan Vandekerckhove, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Discussant: Özlem Bedre-Defolie, European School of Management and Technology GmbH

  

Session 20: Industry Studies of Contracts and Organizations
Session Chair: Jean Beuve, University of Paris Southe
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D217
Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the U.S. Video Game Industry
JEL codes: L1, L2, D2
Presented by: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business
Discussant: Néstor Duch-Brown, Universitat de Barcelona
The Role of Brand Quality in the Relationship between Organizational Form and Price: Evidence and Explanation
Presented by: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University
Discussant: Florin Maican, University of Gothenburg
Relational Contract, Reputation Capital, and Explicit Contracts: Evidence from Information Technology Outsourcing
Presented by: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle
Discussant: Jean Beuve, University of Paris Southe
Market Thickness Effects on Outsourcing: Case of the U.S. Credit Unions
Presented by: Junichi Suzuki, University of Toronto
Discussant: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business

  

Session 21: Theoretical Analysis of Market Frictions - Search and Switching Costs
Session Chair: Mariano Tappata, UBC
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B210
Bargains Followed by Bargains: When Switching Costs Make Markets More Competitive
JEL codes: D2, D4, L1
Presented by: Jason Pearcy, Tulane University
Discussant: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Dynamic Price Competition with Differentiated Products
Presented by: Yves Schneider, Swiss National Bank
Discussant: Mariano Tappata, UBC
Intermediation, Search and Double Auctions
Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim
Discussant: Se Hoon Bang, Michigan State University
What Types of Switching Costs to Create?
Presented by: Ki-Eun Rhee, KDI School of Public Policy
Discussant: Felix Hoppe, Maastricht University

  

Session 22: New Developments in the Econometrics of Auctions II
Session Chair: George Deltas, University of Illinois
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B213
Entry and Selection in Auctions
JEL codes: D44, L20, L73
Presented by: James Roberts, Duke University
Discussant: Jungwon Yeo, Singapore Management University
Affiliation and Entry in First-Price Auctions with Heterogeneous Bidders
Presented by: Bingyu Zhang, National University of Singapore
Discussant: James Roberts, Duke University
Semiparametric Estimation in Models of First-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions with Affiliation
Presented by: Timothy Hubbard, Texas Tech University
Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois
Identification in First Price Auctions when the Number of Potential Bidders is Unobservable
Presented by: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ
Discussant: Daniel Quint, University of Wisconsin - Madison

  

Session 23: Information Transmission
Session Chair: Rosa Ferrer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D218
Strategic Disclosure of Meaningful Information within Environment with Competing Agents
Presented by: Young-Ro Yoon, Wayne State University
Discussant: Wolf Gick, Harvard University
Bias, Noise and Litigation
Presented by: Marta Troya Martinez, University of Oxford
Discussant: Maria Goltsman, University of Western Ontario
Cheap Talk with Two Senders and Complementary Information
Presented by: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University
Discussant: Jia Xie, Indiana University
Information Transmission by Imperfectly Informed Parties
Presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Pei-yu Lo, The University of Hong Kong

  

Session 24: Strategies of Platform Firms
Session Chair: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D201
Location Decisions of Competing Platforms
JEL codes: D43, L13
Presented by: Eleftherios Zacharias, AUEB
Discussant: Guofang Huang, Johns Hopkins University
Network Externalities in Supermarket Retailing
Presented by: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University
Discussant: Guy Arie, Northwestern University
Product Differentiation in Two-Sided Markets
Presented by: Dries De smet, K.U.Leuven
Discussant: C. Robert Clark, HEC Montreal
Interchange Fee and Network Externality:Evidence from two-sided payment card markets
Presented by: XU Li, shanghai Jiaotong University
Discussant: Ying Zhao, CUNY-Queens College

  

Session 25: Transportation Networks and Infrastructure
Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B304
Asymmetric Price Responses to Entry in Differentiated Products Markets: Timing and Determinants
JEL codes: L11, L13, L93
Presented by: Alessandro Oliveira, Aeronautics Institute of Technology
Discussant: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET
Airline Network Effects and Consumer Welfare
Presented by: Bryan Keating, Compass Lexecon
Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon
Prices, Costs, and Markups in Network Industries: Railroad and Geography
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Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon
Discussant: Alessandro Oliveira, Aeronautics Institute of Technology
Opportunity Cost of Travel time and Choice of Travel Modes
Presented by: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET
Discussant: Bryan Keating, Compass Lexecon

  

Session 26: Entrepreneurship, Financing and Innovation
Session Chair: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L26
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D217
Financing Choices and Entrepreneurial Success
JEL codes: L26
Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Discussant: Hong Luo, Stern School of Business, NYU
When to Sell Your Ideas? Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry
Presented by: Hong Luo, Stern School of Business, NYU
Discussant: Christoph Grimpe, Centre for Europ. Econ Research (ZEW)
Skill Composition and Regional Firm Entry: A Comparative Study between Germany and Portugal
Presented by: Christoph Grimpe, Centre for Europ. Econ Research (ZEW)
Discussant: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary

  

Session 27: International and Industrial Policy Issues
Session Chair: Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B218
Reasons for dumping, import demand elasticity, and exporter responses to antidumping duties
JEL codes: D21, F13, L10
Presented by: Dmitri Nizovtsev, Washburn University
Discussant: Joao Macieira, Virginia Tech
Preferential Trade Agreements, Technology Adoption and the Speed of Attaining Free Trade
Presented by: Hiroshi Mukunoki, Gakushuin University
Discussant: Daniel Richards, Tufts University
Policy implications from testing the causality between capital per worker and the pattern of trade
Presented by: Hernan Vallejo, Universidad de los Andes
Discussant: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School

  

Session 28: Technology Adoption and Diffusion
Session Chair: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B208
Teamwork and the Commercialization of Inventions
Presented by: Carlos Serrano, University of Toronto and NBER
Discussant: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas
Analyzing the Welfare Effects of Technology Adoption that induces Product Differentiation
Presented by: Phoebe Chan, Wheaton College
Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto
Switching to Green: Policies to Accelerate Provision of Socially Responsible Products
Presented by: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto
Discussant: Phoebe Chan, Wheaton College

  

Session 29: Empirical Studies in Contracts and Organizations
Session Chair: Junichi Suzuki, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B211
Estimating Lost Output from Allocative Inefficiency with Application to Chile and Firing Costs
Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of MN
Discussant: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business
Efficiency and governance: Evidence from Spanish public universities
Presented by: Néstor Duch-Brown, Universitat de Barcelona
Discussant: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University
Cooperation, Reputation and Formal Contract. An Empirical Assessment of Relational Contracting in Interfirms’ Relationships.
Presented by: Jean Beuve, University of Paris Southe
Discussant: Junichi Suzuki, University of Toronto

  

Session 30: The Organization of Innovative Activity
Session Chair: Kathrin Mueller, Centre for European Economic Research
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B210
Do broadband-based applications enhance firm performance? The role of strategic and organizational change
JEL codes: O33, D24, L25
Presented by: Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Discussant: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany
Churning of R&D Personnel and Innovation
Presented by: Kathrin Mueller, Centre for European Economic Research
Discussant: Massimiliano Guerini, Politecnico di Milano
The allocation of decision authority with OS firms. A multi-task agency approach
Presented by: Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Discussant: Kathrin Mueller, Centre for European Economic Research

  

Session 31: Consumer Choice in Banking
Session Chair: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D201
Consumer Choice and Merchant Acceptance of Payment Media
JEL codes: L11, G21, D53
Presented by: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
Discussant: Oren Rigbi, Ben-Gurion University
Switching Cost and the Deposit Demand in China
Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University
Revisiting Bank Market Concentration
Presented by: Marc Fusaro, East Carolina University
Discussant: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board

  

Session 32: Productivity and Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B213
Institution of State Business Relations and Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India
Presented by: Vinish Kathuria, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Discussant: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Explaining Reallocation's Apparent Negative Contribution to Growth in Deregulation-Era Developing Countries
Presented by: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Vinish Kathuria, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Evolution of Firm Distributions Through the Lens of Functional Principal Components Analysis
Presented by: Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Discussant: Junichi Nishimura, Hitotsubashi University

  

Session 33: Structural Estimation of Vertical Models
Session Chair: Paul Ellickson, University of Rochester
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B315
"Vertical" Integration and Foreclosure of Complementary Products
JEL codes: L13,L14,L22,L42
Presented by: Timothy Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussant: Hector Perez Saiz, University of Chicago
Vertical contracts and customer service in a Chinese mobile phone market
Presented by: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)
Discussant: Michael Walrath, University of St. Thomas
Determining the Impact of Retailer Store Brand Procurment on Vertical Relationships with Brand Manufacturers and on Market Equilibrium
Presented by: Michael Cohen, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Paul Ellickson, University of Rochester

  

Session 34: Issues in Media Markets
Session Chair: Sangpil Han,
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B302
Can Online Display Advertising Attract New Customers? Measuring an Advertiser’s New Accounts with a Large-Scale Experiment on Yahoo!
Presented by: Randall Lewis, Yahoo! Inc. and MIT
Discussant: Javier Elizalde, Universidad de Navarra
Regulation of Advertising in the Presence of Public Service Broadcasting
Presented by: Tobias Wenzel, Universität Düsseldorf
Discussant: Sangpil Han,
User Content Generation and Usage Behavior in Mobile Multi-media Settings: A Dynamic Structural Model of Learning
Presented by: Sangpil Han,
Discussant: Tobias Wenzel, Universität Düsseldorf

  

Session 35: Theoretical Models of Pricing Behavior
Session Chair: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B209
A Theory of Automatic Markdowns
JEL codes: M21, D44
Presented by: Mariano Tappata, UBC
Discussant: Jason Pearcy, Tulane University
Why Do Payment Card Networks Charge Proportional Fees?
Presented by: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim
Price Discrimination via Information Provision: Online vs. Offline Shopper
Presented by: Se Hoon Bang, Michigan State University
Discussant: Yves Schneider, Swiss National Bank

  

Session 36: New Developments in the Econometrics of Auctions I
Session Chair: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B215
Nonparametric Testing and Identification in Ascending Auctions with Unobserved Heterogeneity
JEL codes: D44, C14
Presented by: Daniel Quint, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Discussant: Timothy Hubbard, Texas Tech University
Estimation of Bidder Valuations in an FCC Spectrum Auction
Presented by: Jungwon Yeo, Singapore Management University
Discussant: Ayako Suzuki, Waseda University
"Small Business Set-asides in Procurement Auctions: An Empirical Analysis,”
Presented by: Jun Nakabayashi, University of Tsukuba
Discussant: Viplav Saini, Oberlin College

  

Session 37: Effects of Mergers
Session Chair: Wesley Wilson, Oregon
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B304
The Impact of Merger on Workers
Presented by: Xiaoyang Li, University of Michigan
Discussant: David Balan, Federal Trade Commission
Estimating the Costs of a Horizontal Merger: Methodology and the Case of the 1887-1914 Sugar Monopoly
Presented by: Jingang Zhao, U Saskatchewan
Discussant: Jean-Etienne de Bettignies, Queen's University
Merger Effects in a Bidding Market For an Intermediate Input with Asymmetric Firms
Presented by: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Larry Qiu, University of Hong Kong

  

Session 38: Agency
Session Chair: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D218
Auditing an Intermediary
JEL codes: D23, D73, L22
Presented by: Wolf Gick, Harvard University
Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Ex ante moral hazard and ex post adverse selection with soft information
Presented by: Guillaume Roger, The University of New South wales
Discussant: Marta Troya Martinez, University of Oxford
Optimal Contracts for Endogenous Information
Presented by: Jia Xie, Indiana University
Discussant: Myong-Hun Chang, Cleveland State University

  

Session 39: Information Economics
Session Chair: Michael Rauh, Indiana University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Bucahan 219
Anonymity, Social Image, and the Competition for Volunteers: A Case Study of the Online Market for Reviews
JEL codes: L15, L84, H41
Presented by: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University
Discussant: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
Innovation, Fast Seconds, and Patent Policy
Presented by: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Does Donation Encourage Doing Good? Evidence From Non-for-profit Nursing Homes
Presented by: Susan Lu, University of Rochester
Discussant: Michael Waldman, Cornell University

  

Session 40: Mergers, merger control I
Session Chair: Matthew Weinberg, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B303
The Effect of Horizontal Mergers on Negotiated Prices in Mortgage Markets
JEL codes: D4, G21, L0
Presented by: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia
The Price Effects of a Large Merger of Manufacturers: A Case Study of Maytag-Whirlpool
Presented by: Matthew Weinberg, Cornell University
Discussant: Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics

  

Session 41: Industrial Organization of Food and Agriculture
Session Chair: Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: L1
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D222
A Theoretical Analysis of Special Safeguards in Agriculture
[slides]
Presented by: Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin
Discussant: Richard Volpe, UC Davis
Promotional Competition at Major US Supermarkets
Presented by: Richard Volpe, UC Davis
Discussant: Philippe Marcoul, University of Alberta
Sharing crop fields
Presented by: Philippe Marcoul, University of Alberta
Discussant: Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin

  

Session 42: Executive Incentives and Innovation
Session Chair: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Buchanan D219
The Incentive and Signaling Effects of Annual Bonus Schemes: Evidence from Firm Innovation
Presented by: Felix Hoppe, Maastricht University
Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Innovation, R&D and Managerial Compensation
Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Discussant: Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Does VC financing affect the productivity of European New Technology-Based Firms? An empirical analysis on the role of the type of investor
Presented by: Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research

  

Session 43: Benefits of Networks and Compatibility
Session Chair: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Buchanan D201
Switching Costs and Dynamic Price Competition in Network Industries
Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine
Discussant: Matthew Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission
Sited, Sighted, and Cited: The Effect of JSTOR in Economic Research
Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
Discussant: Lionel Wilner, CREST-INSEE
Geographic Knowledge Spillovers and Firm Survival
Presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University
Discussant: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET
Platform Standards, Collusion and Quality Incentives
Presented by: Claudia Salim, Free University Berlin
Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington

  

Session 44: Regulation in Network Industries
Session Chair: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B315
Mobile Termination, Network Externalities, and Consumer Expectations
JEL codes: D4, K23, L51, L
Presented by: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC
Discussant: Thomas Kiessl, Ifo Institut for Economic Research
Imputation testing on next generation networks
[slides]
Presented by: Eric Ralph, EKonomics LLC
Discussant: Makoto Tanaka, Natl Grad Institute for Policy Studies
Semi-collusion on investments in the mobile internet market
Presented by: Torben Stühmeier, Universtität Düsseldorf
Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University
Comparing Welfare Effects of Different Regulation Schemes: An Application to the Electricity Distribution Industry
Presented by: Maria Kopsakangas-Savolain, University of Oulu
Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas

  

Session 45: Markets for Energy: Gasoline, Ethanol, and Coal
Session Chair: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B304
Renewable Fuels Markets: the Brazilian experience with hydrated ethanol
JEL codes: Q 41; Q 48
Presented by: Paula Pereda, USP
Discussant: John Kwoka, Northeastern University
MODELING THE BRAZILIAN ETHANOL MARKET: How flex-fuel vehicles are shaping the long run equilibrium
Presented by: Hugo Boff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Discussant: Vigen Nikogosian, Centre for European Economic Research
High Frequency Evidence on the Demand for Gasoline
Presented by: Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University
Discussant: Sebastian Schwenen, Copenhagen Business School
Contract Structure and Relationship-Specific Investments: Empirical Evidence from Coal Markets
Presented by: Meng-Chi Tang, National Chung Cheng University
Discussant: Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Ecole Polytechnique

  

Session 46: Entry: Industry Studies I
Session Chair: Renata Kosova, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B210
Entry and Competition: Evidence from the Brazilian Movie Exhibition Industry
Presented by: Alejandro Zentner, University of Texas at Dallas
Discussant: Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Investment in Corn-Ethanol Plants in the Midwestern United States
Presented by: Karen Thome, UC-Davis
Discussant: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead Universtiy
Too Far Away? Examining How Distance to Headquarters Hurts Business Establishment Performance
Presented by: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
Discussant: Renata Kosova, Cornell University
Spin-offs: Theory and Evidence from the Early U.S. Automobile Industry
Presented by: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Discussant: Karen Thome, UC-Davis

  

Session 47: Entry Theory and Empirics
Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B209
Entry, Exit, and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries
JEL codes: L10
Presented by: Myong-Hun Chang, Cleveland State University
Discussant: maria letizia giorgetti, University of Milan
Market Selection, Heterogeneity and Entry in Liberal Professions
Presented by: Claudio Piga, Loughborough University
Discussant: Gabriel Picone, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Industrial Development through Tacit Knowledge Seeding:Evidence from the Bangladesh Garment Industry
Presented by: Romel Mostafa, Washtington University in St. Louis
Discussant: Heather Eckert, University of Alberta
A Model of Entry and Network Access Competition in Local Telephony
Presented by: Eduardo Saavedra, ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Cornell University

  

Session 48: Patent Policy and Enforcement
Session Chair: Corinne Langinier, University of Alberta
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan D218
Patent Litigation Insurance
JEL codes: O31, K41, G22
Presented by: Anne Duchene, Drexel University
Discussant: Corinne Langinier, University of Alberta
Choosing the Scope of Trade Secret Law when secrets complement patents
Presented by: Elisabetta Ottoz, University of Torino
Discussant: Anne Duchene, Drexel University
Patent Term and Entry
Presented by: Talia Bar, Cornell University
Discussant: Elisabetta Ottoz, University of Torino
Subjective Performance of Patent Examiners and Implicit Contracts
Presented by: Corinne Langinier, University of Alberta
Discussant: Talia Bar, Cornell University

  

Session 49: Cartels in Action
Session Chair: JUAN IGNACIO GUZMAN, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B211
The International Copper Cartel, 1935-1939: The Good Cartel?
JEL codes: L12, L72, N50
Presented by: JUAN IGNACIO GUZMAN, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Discussant: Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont
Voting and Incentives in Cartels
Presented by: Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont
Discussant: Andrea Guenster, ETH Zurich
The Performance of European Cartels 1980-2007: An investigation of the effect of cartel formation on profitability, productivity and innovativeness
Presented by: Andrea Guenster, ETH Zurich
Discussant: Michelle Goeree, USC and University of Zurich
Do Research Joint Ventures Serve a Collusive Function?
Presented by: Michelle Goeree, USC and University of Zurich
Discussant: JUAN IGNACIO GUZMAN, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

  

Session 50: Preferences, Incentives, and Firms
Session Chair: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:20
Location: Buchanan B208
Product Market Competition and the Taxonomy of Managerial Compensation
JEL codes: L1; D8; G3
Presented by: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, Temple University
Discussant: Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI
Incentives, Optimal Team Size, and the Division of Labor
Presented by: Michael Rauh, Indiana University
Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma
Optimal Product Differentiation in a Circular Model
Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: WON JOON KIM, Korea Advanced Insititue of Sci. & Tech. (KAIST)
Risk Preferences, Search and Intermediation
Presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Jose Plehn-Dujowich, Temple University

  

Session 51: Bank Risk and Financial Stability
Session Chair: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B303
Bank Competition and Degree of Liquidity Risk
JEL codes: D43, G21
Presented by: Taweewan Sidthidet, McGill University
Discussant: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
Cooperative versus Third-Party Provision of Financial Infrastructure Services
Presented by: Joachim Keller, National Bank of Belgium
Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Credit Availability in the Crisis: The Case of the European Investment Bank Group
Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna
Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology

  

Session 52: Issues in Telecommunications Markets
Session Chair: Jason Pearcy, Tulane University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L96
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B302
The Empirical Consequences of Advertising Content in the Hungarian Mobile Phone Market
JEL codes: L13 M37
Presented by: Jozsef Molnar, Uk Competition Commission
Discussant: Jason Pearcy, Tulane University
What does Market Share Buy You? An Empirical Investigation of First-Mover Advantages in the Mobile Phone Industry.
Presented by: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and T
Discussant: Jan Kraemer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Innovation through discimination!?: A formal analysis of the net neutrality debate
Presented by: Jan Kraemer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Discussant: Michal Grajek, ESMT European School of Management and T
The Effects of International Simple Resale on Prices in International Telecommunications Markets
Presented by: Jason Pearcy, Tulane University
Discussant: Jozsef Molnar, Uk Competition Commission

  

Session 53: Automobiles
Session Chair: Robert Hammond, North Carolina State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B213
Learning, Externalities and Hybrid Vehicle Adoption
JEL codes: L62 D12 D83
Presented by: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University
Discussant: James Prieger, Pepperdine University
French Automobiles and the Chinese Boycotts of 2008: Politics Really Does Affect Commerce
Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University
Discussant: Shanjun Li, Resources for the Future
Evaluating "Cash for Clunkers": Effect on Vehicle Sales and Program Cost-Effectivenes
Presented by: Shanjun Li, Resources for the Future
Discussant: Robert Hammond, North Carolina State University
Quantifying Consumer Perception of a Financially Distressed Company
Presented by: Robert Hammond, North Carolina State University
Discussant: Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University

  

Session 54: Empirical Analysis of Price Discrimination and Price Dispersion
Session Chair: Arun Sundararajan, New York University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan D222
An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Asymmetric Pricing
JEL codes: L13, L40, D21
Presented by: Marc Remer, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus
Price Liberalization in a Retail Setting: Short-run Effects and Long-Run Effects
Presented by: Roger Betancourt, University of Maryland
Discussant: Marc Remer, Johns Hopkins University
Sales and Consumer Demand for Storable Goods
Presented by: Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus
Discussant: Arun Sundararajan, New York University

  

Session 55: Sequential Auctions
Session Chair: Roberto Burguet, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B215
Auction Size and Price Dynamics in Sequential Auctions
Presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois
Discussant: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College
Investment Incentives in a Dynamic Procurement Auction
Presented by: Viplav Saini, Oberlin College
Discussant: Francesco Decarolis, University of Chicago
Sequential Auctions with Budget Constrained Bidders
Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University
Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School
Bidding Strategies in Parallel InternetAuctions
Presented by: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University
Discussant: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma

  

Session 56: Consumer Search and Information
Session Chair: Michael Waldman, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan D217
The Value of Observational Learning: Evidence From a Software Market
[slides]
Presented by: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas
Discussant: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University
Consumer Search and Prices in the Automobile Market
Presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University
Discussant: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Push-Me Pull-You: Comparative Advertising in the OTC Analgesics Industry
Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA
Incorporating Consumer Search into Discrete-Choice Demand Models
Presented by: Alan Sorensen, Stanford University
Discussant: Octavian Carare, University of Texas at Dallas

  

Session 57: Empirical Studies of Health Care Markets
Session Chair: Gary Fournier, Florida State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 14:10 - 16:10
Location: Buchanan B218
Market Structure and Physician Relationships in the Joint Replacement Industry
Presented by: Anna Levine, Harvard University
Discussant: Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
The Value of Coverage in the Medicare Advantage Insurance Market
Presented by: Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant: Gary Fournier, Florida State University
Hospital Responses to Endogenous Entry and Competition by Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Presented by: Gary Fournier, Florida State University
Discussant: Anna Levine, Harvard University

  

Session 58: Airports
Session Chair: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L90
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B213
Internalization of Congestion at U.S. Hub Airports
JEL codes: L50; L93; R41
Presented by: Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Discussant: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile
The impact of airports’ competition and local governments on the efficiency of Italian airports
Presented by: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo
Discussant: Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Airport Congestion Pricing and Passenger Types
Presented by: Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo
Airport Monopoly Regulation Under Incomplete Information: Prices vs. Quantities
Presented by: Leonardo Basso, Universidad de Chile
Discussant: Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia

  

Session 59: Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy
Session Chair: James Prieger, Pepperdine University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan D218
Competition in Germany’s Minute Reserve Power Market: An Econometric Analysis
JEL codes: L51, L94
Presented by: Ulrich Heimeshoff, University of Duesseldorf
Discussant: Sebastian Scholz, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Is price regulation of payment card associations effective? Evidence from a dramatic policy experiment
Presented by: Richard Hayes, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Benjamin Atkinson, Mount Royal University
Enforcement of Yardstick Contracts and Consistency in Performance Rankings: An Application to the England and Wales Regulated Water Industry
Presented by: Aude Le Lannier, U. Paris XI and U. Paris I
Discussant: Laura Rondi, Politecnico di Torino
The Devil’s in the details – creating a generic paradox by regulation
[slides]
Presented by: Petter Berg, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: James Prieger, Pepperdine University

  

Session 60: Experimental and Behavioral IO
Session Chair: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B304
Tacit Collusion in a Cournot Duopoly Experiment
JEL codes: C9, L1
Presented by: Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary
Discussant: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, Research Institute of Industrial Ec.
Trust, Salience and Deterrence: Evidence from an antitrustexperience
Presented by: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, Research Institute of Industrial Ec.
Discussant: David Reiley, Yahoo! Labs
Does Retail Advertising Work? Measuring the Effects of Advertising on Sales via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!
Presented by: David Reiley, Yahoo! Labs
Discussant: Robert Hammond, North Carolina State University

  

Session 61: Entry and Exit in Local Markets
Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B218
Agglomeration, Product Heterogeneity and Firm Entry
JEL codes: D21 R12 L83 M13
Presented by: Renata Kosova, Cornell University
Discussant: Ying Fan, University of Michigan
A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Strategic Clustering by Retailers
Presented by: Gabriel Picone, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Discussant: Alejandro Zentner, University of Texas at Dallas
The More the Merrier: The Proportional Representation and Survival of Women Business Owners
Presented by: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University
Discussant: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
Rationalization in the Canadian Retail Gasoline Industry: The Role of Environmental Regulations
Presented by: Heather Eckert, University of Alberta
Discussant: Arturs Kalnins, Cornell University

  

Session 62: Spatial Competition and Collusion
Session Chair: Manuel Hernandez, IFPRI
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B303
Making friends with your neighbors? Agglomeration and tacit collusion in the lodging industry
JEL codes: L13, L4, C3
Presented by: Manuel Hernandez, IFPRI
Discussant: Pim Heijnen, University of Amsterdam
Screening for collusion: A spatial statistics approach
Presented by: Pim Heijnen, University of Amsterdam
Discussant: Nathan Schiff, University of British Columbia
Spatial Competition and Cross-border Shopping: Evidence from State Lotteries
Presented by: Nathan Schiff, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Local Buyer Market Power and Horizontally Differentiated Manufacturers
Presented by: Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussant: Manuel Hernandez, IFPRI

  

Session 63: Empirical Studies of Patents and Licensing
Session Chair: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B208
Using Patent Citation Patterns to Infer Innovation Market Competition
JEL codes: O31, L65, G12
Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
Discussant: John Turner, University of Georgia
Knowledge Spillovers and Patent Litigation
Presented by: John Turner, University of Georgia
Discussant: Christoph Grimpe, Centre for Europ. Econ Research (ZEW)
Inventions under Siege? The Impact of Technology Competition on Licensing
Presented by: Christoph Grimpe, Centre for Europ. Econ Research (ZEW)
Discussant: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
The timing of licensing: theory and empirics
Presented by: Marie-Laure Allain, Ecole Polytechnique
Discussant: Talia Bar, Cornell University

  

Session 64: Empirical Studies of Technological Competition
Session Chair: Marc Duhamel, Industry Canada
Session type: contributed
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B210
Risky Innovation Strategies
JEL codes: O30
Presented by: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich
Discussant: Marc Duhamel, Industry Canada
Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation - More Money, More Innovation?
Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research
Discussant: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich
Technological regimes and the variety of innovation behaviour
Presented by: Michael Peneder, Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research
Market Incentives for Business Innovation
Presented by: Marc Duhamel, Industry Canada
Discussant: Michael Peneder, Austrian Institute of Economic Research

  

Session 65: Issues in Bank Regulation
Session Chair: Robin Prager, FRB
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B302
The Effects of Usury Laws: Evidence from the Online Loan Market
JEL codes: E51; L51
Presented by: Oren Rigbi, Ben-Gurion University
Discussant: Evren Damar, Bank of Canada
Durable Financial Regulation: Monitoring Financial Instruments as a Counterpart to Regulating Financial Institutions
Presented by: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Discussant: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)
How Do Joint Supervisors Examine Financial Institutions? The Case of State Banks
Presented by: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Marc Escrihuela, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Independent Service Operators in ATM Markets
Presented by: Tobias Wenzel, Universität Düsseldorf
Discussant: Robin Prager, FRB

  

Session 66: Pricing Dynamics in Gasoline and Other Retail Markets
Session Chair: Matthew Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B209
The Speed of Gasoline Price Response in Markets with and without Edgeworth Cycles
JEL codes: L11, L13, L92
Presented by: Michael Noel, UC San Diego
Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California-Irvine
Asymmetric Pass-Through in U.S. Gasoline Markets
Presented by: Matthew Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant: Michael Noel, UC San Diego
Self-service Station and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets
Presented by: Jong-Ho Kim, KIET
Discussant: Dakshina De Silva, Texas Tech University
Do consumers correctly expect price reductions?
Presented by: Lionel Wilner, CREST-INSEE
Discussant: Claudia Salim, Free University Berlin

  

Session 67: Theoretical Analysis of Price Discrimination
Session Chair: James Dearden, Lehigh University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B211
Price Discrimination for Bayesian Buyers
Presented by: Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI
Discussant: James Dearden, Lehigh University
Price Dispersion and Search Costs: The Roles of Imperfect Information and Product Differentiation
Presented by: Helena Perrone, Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, INRA)
Discussant: Timothy Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University
Price Discrimination and Investment Incentives
Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester
Discussant: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University

  

Session 68: Procurement Auctions
Session Chair: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B315
On Collusion in Average Bid Auctions
JEL codes: L22, L74, D82
Presented by: Francesco Decarolis, University of Chicago
Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois
The impact of timing on bidding behavior in procurement auctions of contracts with private costs.
Presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: Fernando Antonio Postali, University of São Paulo
An empirical analysis of entrant and incumbent bidding in electric power procurement auctions
Presented by: Ayako Suzuki, Waseda University
Discussant: Bingyu Zhang, National University of Singapore
Equilibrium Selection with Risk Dominance in a Multiple-unit Unit Price Auction
Presented by: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Nicolas Melissas, ITAM

  

Session 69: Auction Theory
Session Chair: Nicolas Melissas, ITAM
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan D217
Limited Liability and Mechanism Design in Procurement
JEL codes: L51, H57, D44
Presented by: Roberto Burguet, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)
Discussant: Jiong Gong,
Communication equilibria in all-pay auctions
Presented by: Greg Pavlov, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Roberto Burguet, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)
On Bid Disclosure in OCS Wildcat Auctions
Presented by: Nicolas Melissas, ITAM
Discussant: Greg Pavlov, University of Western Ontario

  

Session 70: Search Advertising; Sponsored by Microsoft
We thank Microsoft Corporation for sponsoring this special session. While Microsoft chose the topic for the session, all the papers as well as the discussant and chair have been selected in total independence by the program committee.
Session Chair: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan D219
A Structural Model of Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions
JEL codes: L00; L13; C14
Presented by: Denis Nekipelov, University of California - Berkeley
Discussant: Artyom Shneyerov, Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ
How does Pharmaceutical Advertising affect Consumer Search?
Presented by: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College
Discussant: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University
Northern Exposure: A Field Experiment Measuring Externalities Between Search Advertisements
Presented by: Randall Lewis, Yahoo! Inc. and MIT
Discussant: Alan Sorensen, Stanford University
Testing Models of Consumer Search using Data on Web Browsing and Purchasing Behavior
Presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia

  

Session 71: Law and Economics
Session Chair: Young-Ro Yoon, Wayne State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan D222
Mend it, don't end it: optimal mortality in affairs of honor
JEL codes: C72, K40, N41
Presented by: Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky
Discussant: Brian McManus, University of North Carolina
Deterring Nuisance Suits through Employee Indemnification
Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
Discussant: Vania Sena, Aston University
Delivering Bad News: Market Responses to Negligence
Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA
Discussant: Jeanine Miklos-Thal, University of Rochester
Overworking in court: evidence from young lawyers' hours of work
Presented by: Rosa Ferrer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Discussant: Susan Lu, University of Rochester

  

Session 72: Health Care Organizations and Markets
Session Chair: Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan D201
Standardization under group incentive
JEL codes: I0
Presented by: Pierre-Thomas Leger, HEC Montreal (Universite de Montreal)
Discussant: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
Competition Between Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Hospitals in Small Markets
Presented by: Jean Eid, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant: Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Optimal insurance when consumers have multiple treatments
Presented by: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
Discussant: Jean Eid, Wilfrid Laurier University
Technological adoption in health care
Presented by: Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Discussant: Pierre-Thomas Leger, HEC Montreal (Universite de Montreal)

  

Session 73: Technology, Innovation, and Growth
Session Chair: Kristina McElheran, Harvard Business School
Session type: invited
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Buchanan B215
Competition Policy and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Assessment
JEL codes: L4, K21, O4, C2
Presented by: Tomaso Duso, Humboldt University Berlin and WZB
Discussant: Maria Luisa Mancusi, Bocconi University
The Role of IT in Firm Scope Choice: Diversification or Specialization?
Presented by: Kristina McElheran, Harvard Business School
Discussant: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC and Stern School of Business, NYU
Is there “Too Much Innovation”? Benefits to Society from Technological Progress and its Contribution to the Growth in Health Care Costs
Presented by: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC and Stern School of Business, NYU
Discussant: Kristina McElheran, Harvard Business School
R&D, Innovation and Liquidity Constraints
Presented by: Maria Luisa Mancusi, Bocconi University
Discussant: Tomaso Duso, Humboldt University Berlin and WZB

  

Session 74: Airlines
Session Chair: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L93
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B315
Carve-Outs Under Airline Antitrust Immunity
JEL codes: L40, L93
Presented by: Jan K. Brueckner, Department of Economics
Discussant: Jonathan Williams, University of Georgia
Measuring the Impact of Congressional Mandates on Competition in the US Airline Industry: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Presented by: Jonathan Williams, University of Georgia
Discussant: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University
Does Multi-Market Contact Facilitate Collusion?
Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Discussant: Jan K. Brueckner, Department of Economics
Do consumers benefit from low-price guarantees? Evidence from online travel agents
Presented by: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University
Discussant: Nilopa Shah,

  

Session 75: Regulatory Policy Issues
Session Chair: John Panzar, Northwestern U and U of Auckland
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D222
Minimum Quality Standard Regulation under Imperfect Quality Observability
Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University
Discussant: Gunnar Oldehaver, University of Bayreuth
A Dynamic Perspective on Minimum Quality Standards under Cournot Competition
Presented by: Gunnar Oldehaver, University of Bayreuth
Discussant: Maria Kopsakangas-Savolain, University of Oulu
Derivatives and Default Risk
Presented by: Sebastian Scholz, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Discussant: Aude Le Lannier, U. Paris XI and U. Paris I
The Effects of Uncertain Divestiture as Regulatory Threat
Presented by: Makoto Tanaka, Natl Grad Institute for Policy Studies
Discussant: John Panzar, Northwestern U and U of Auckland

  

Session 76: Regulation, Innovation, and Monitoring
Session Chair: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B208
Constrained Access Regulation in Multiproduct Quality Competition: Revolving the Patent Argument
JEL codes: D43 L43 L52 L96
Presented by: Thomas Kiessl, Ifo Institut for Economic Research
Discussant: Torben Stühmeier, Universtität Düsseldorf
Free-Riding in Procurement Design
Presented by: Klenio Barbosa, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant: Eric Ralph, EKonomics LLC
Regulatory Enforcement with Dynamic Targeted Audit Mechanisms
Presented by: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Discussant: Xinyu Hua, HKUST
Ex ante Investment, Ex post Remedy, and Product Liability
Presented by: Xinyu Hua, HKUST
Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens, CSIC

  

Session 77: International Supply Chains, Trade, and Productivity
Session Chair: Murat Seker, World Bank
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B302
Multiple Offshoring: Evidence for French Firms
JEL codes: L23
Presented by: Liza JABBOUR, University of Manchester
Discussant: valerie smeets, Aarhus School of Business
Productivity and Outsourcing in Australian Manufacturing
Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales
Discussant: Patrick Musso, University of Savoie & SKEMA Business School
International Supply Chains and the Volatility of Trade
[slides]
Presented by: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant: Gee Hee Hong, UC Berkeley
Learning by Exporting, Importing or Both? Structural estimation of productivity with multi-product firms and the role of international trade
Presented by: valerie smeets, Aarhus School of Business
Discussant: Davide Vannoni, University of Torino

  

Session 78: Structural Models of Entry and Exit
Session Chair: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D201
Building New Plants or Entering by Acquisition? Estimation of an Entry Model for the US Cement Industry
JEL codes: L13,L61,Q51,G34
Presented by: Hector Perez Saiz, University of Chicago
Discussant: Timothy Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University
Industry Dynamics and Format Repositioning in Retail
Presented by: Florin Maican, University of Gothenburg
Discussant: Jingang Zhao, U Saskatchewan
Religion as an Industry: Estimating a Strategic Entry Model for Churches
Presented by: Michael Walrath, University of St. Thomas
Discussant: Charles Moul, Miami University (Ohio)
ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS IN
Presented by: Paul Ellickson, University of Rochester
Discussant: Michael Cohen, University of Connecticut

  

Session 79: Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
Session Chair: Serge Pajak, Telecom ParisTech
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B218
Endogenous Patent Pool Formation under the Interaction between Quality and Variety
JEL codes: L1, L2
Presented by: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University
Discussant: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida
Imperfect Patent Protection and Innovation
Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Texas A&M University
Discussant: Serge Pajak, Telecom ParisTech
Information Acquisition and Innovation under Competitive Pressure
Presented by: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida
Discussant: Silvana Krasteva, Texas A&M University
Choosing IP Protection Under the Lost Profit Damage Rule
Presented by: Serge Pajak, Telecom ParisTech
Discussant: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University

  

Session 80: Demand Estimation in Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Amil Petrin, University of MN
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D218
Filling Out the Instrument Set in Mixed Logit Demand Systems for Aggregate Data
[slides]
JEL codes: C33, C35, L66
Presented by: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice
Discussants:      Kyoo il Kim, University of Minnesota
The Interaction of Observed and Unobserved Factors in Non-Linear Demand Models
Presented by: Amil Petrin, University of MN
Discussant: Charles Romeo, US Department of Justice
Control Functions for Non-Separable Simultaneous Equations Models without Independence Conditions
Presented by: Kyoo il Kim, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Amil Petrin, University of MN

  

Session 81: Vertical Contracts
Session Chair: Frances Xu, University of Hong Kong
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B210
Countervailing Power Hypothesis and Waterbed Effects
[slides]
JEL codes: L11; L13; L42.
Presented by: Özlem Bedre-Defolie, European School of Management and Technology GmbH
Discussant: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University
Commission Sharing among Agents
Presented by: Frances Xu, University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester
Equilibrium exclusive dealing in oligopoly
Presented by: Steffen Ziss, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant: Debapriya Sen, Ryerson University
Input production joint venture
Presented by: Cecilia Vergari, University of Bologna
Discussant: Frances Xu, University of Hong Kong

  

Session 82: Segmentation and Magazines
Session Chair: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B306
Market Power and Audience Segmentation Drive Radio Advertising Levels
JEL codes: L13, L41, L82
Presented by: Catherine Mooney, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia
Magazine Content
Presented by: Hans Jarle Kind, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Discussant: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen
Targeted Advertising in Magazine Markets
Presented by: Ambarish Chandra, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Catherine Mooney, University of Oklahoma
Advertising, Market Power, and Network Effects in Radio Broadcasting
Presented by: Ryanne van Dalen, University of Groningen
Discussant: Hans Jarle Kind, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration

  

Session 83: Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Prices and Price Setting Mechanisms
Session Chair: Guy Arie, Northwestern University
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B303
Posted Price and Haggling in the Used Car Market
JEL codes: L11, L13
Presented by: Guofang Huang, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Eleftherios Zacharias, AUEB
Who Pays for Switching Costs?
Presented by: Guy Arie, Northwestern University
Discussant: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University
Shopping for Mortgage Contracts
Presented by: C. Robert Clark, HEC Montreal
Discussant: Dries De smet, K.U.Leuven
Why are Prices Falling Fast? An Empirical Study of the US Digital Camera Market
Presented by: Ying Zhao, CUNY-Queens College
Discussant: XU Li, shanghai Jiaotong University

  

Session 84: Auction Design and Empirical Topics in Auctions
Session Chair: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D219
Split-award Auctions with Investment
Presented by: Jiong Gong,
Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, Michigan State University
Auction Prices and the Weather: New Evidence from Old Masters
Presented by: Yaron Raviv, Claremont McKenna College
Discussant: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University
Informational rents in the Brazilian auctions for oil and gas
[slides]
Presented by: Fernando Antonio Postali, University of São Paulo
Discussant: Jun Nakabayashi, University of Tsukuba

  

Session 85: Topics in Information
Session Chair: Guillaume Roger, The University of New South wales
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B209
Reputation and Competition for Information Intermediaries
JEL codes: D43, D83
Presented by: Pei-yu Lo, The University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Guillaume Roger, The University of New South wales
Reputation, altruism, and the benefits of seller charity in an online marketplace
Presented by: Brian McManus, University of North Carolina
Discussant: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University
Career Concerns and Career Choice
Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim
Discussant: Rosa Ferrer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Interim Performance Feedback in Multistage Tournaments: The Optimality of Partial Disclosure
Presented by: Maria Goltsman, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Young-Ro Yoon, Wayne State University

  

Session 86: Information and Market Imperfections
Session Chair: Jia Xie, Indiana University
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B211
Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard, and Leasing: Evidence from the Automobile Industry
JEL codes: D82, L15, L62
Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University
Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
The Signaling Role of Prices: Monopoly
Presented by: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Discussant: Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky
A Model of Demarketing
Presented by: Jeanine Miklos-Thal, University of Rochester
Discussant: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
Second-hand market and rationing in durable goods monopoly
Presented by: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University

  

Session 87: Pharmaceuticals
Session Chair: Darren Filson, Claremont McKenna College
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan B304
Promotion of Prescription Drugs to Consumers and Physicians: Analysis of Strategic Firm Behavior
Presented by: Kamen Madjarov, Northeastern University
Discussant: Kevin Pflum, Ohio State University
Utilizing free samples in the prescription drug market
Presented by: Kevin Pflum, Ohio State University
Discussant: Kamen Madjarov, Northeastern University
The Impacts of the Rise of Paragraph IV Challenges on Startup Alliance Formation and Firm Value in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Presented by: Darren Filson, Claremont McKenna College
Discussant: Margaret Blume-Kohout, University of Waterloo
Drug Development and Public Research Funding
Presented by: Margaret Blume-Kohout, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Darren Filson, Claremont McKenna College

  

Session 88: Using Transport Data to Test Economic Theories
Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 8:10 - 10:10
Location: Buchanan D217
Social networks as a substitute for contracts: Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry
Presented by: Henry Schneider, Cornell University
Discussant: Lan Shi, University of Washington, Seattle
An Empirical Equilibrium Model of a Decentralized Asset Market
Presented by: Alessandro Gavazza, New York University
Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Price Effects of Vertical Relations in the Swiss Car Market
Presented by: Nina Leheyda, Center for European Economic Research (ZEW)
Discussant: Henry Schneider, Cornell University
Using Survey Data to Measure the Demand for Road Quality
Presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Discussant: Nina Leheyda, Center for European Economic Research (ZEW)

  

Session 89: IO and Trade
Session Chair: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B210
Importing, Exporting and Innovation in Developing Countries
JEL codes: L11,
Presented by: Murat Seker, World Bank
Discussant: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales
Export Premia and Sub-Contracting Discount. Passive Strategies and Performance in Domestic and Foreign Markets
Presented by: Davide Vannoni, University of Torino
Discussant: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Product Innovation and Export Performance
Presented by: Patrick Musso, University of Savoie & SKEMA Business School
Discussant: Liza JABBOUR, University of Manchester

  

Session 90: Empirical Approaches to Industries
Session Chair: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B304
Organizational Form, Information Asymmetry, and Market Prices
JEL codes: L13, L22, L83
Presented by: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School
Discussant: Randall Lewis, Yahoo! Inc. and MIT
Competition in Multiple Characteristics: An Empirical Test of Location Equilibrium
Presented by: Javier Elizalde, Universidad de Navarra
Discussant: Pascal COURTY, University of Victoria
Sales, Quantity Surcharge, and Consumer Inattention
Presented by: Pascal COURTY, University of Victoria
Discussant: Catherine Thomas, Columbia Business School

  

Session 91: Open Source and Information Sharing
Session Chair: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D218
Open Innovation in Platform Competition
Presented by: Mei Lin, The University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University
Does Forking improve welfare? An Analysis of the Open Source Market
Presented by: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University
Discussant: Mei Lin, The University of Hong Kong

  

Session 92: Collusion and Market Power
Session Chair: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B303
Hidden Surcharges and Tacit Collusion - A Simple Model
Presented by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College
New Results on Central Tendencies in Industrial Organization (the Old I.O.): A Structural Panel Model Addressing Data Measurement, Endogeneity and Model Structure
Presented by: Robert Masson, Cornell University
Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California, Irvine
The consequences of demand curves and consumer rationing rules
Presented by: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College
Discussant: Robert Masson, Cornell University

  

Session 93: Corporate Finance and Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Yuk-fai Fong, Northwestern University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B208
The Theory of the Firm with Shareholders
Presented by: Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal
Discussant: Michael Rauh, Indiana University
Asset Specificity, Information Asymmetry and New Firm Financing
Presented by: Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
Discussant: Yuk-fai Fong, Northwestern University
Trading of Bad Reputation and Cost of Corporate Control
Presented by: Yuk-fai Fong, Northwestern University
Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne

  

Session 94: Product Competition and Innovation
Session Chair: Ulrich Doraszelski, Harvard University
Session type: contributed
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D219
A Model of Technological Progress in the Microprocessor Industry
JEL codes: O31, L63
Presented by: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany
Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
Do users of pirated videogames pay less for genuine versions? A first report
Presented by: Nobuya Fukugawa, Tohoku University
Discussant: Ulrich Doraszelski, Harvard University
Reference-Quality Effects in Innovation-Driven Markets
Presented by: WON JOON KIM, Korea Advanced Insititue of Sci. & Tech. (KAIST)
Discussant: Nobuya Fukugawa, Tohoku University

  

Session 95: Dynamics in Empirical IO
Session Chair: Masakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D217
Competition among Spatially Differentiated Firms: An Empirical Model with an Application to Cement
JEL codes: L1, L4
Presented by: Nathan Miller, Department of Justice
Discussants:      Masakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
A Guide to Bayesian Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with an Application to a Store-Level Reward Program
Presented by: Masakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Discussant: Nathan Miller, Department of Justice
The Impact of Product and Process R&D and Pricing on Competition, Productivity, and Surplus
Presented by: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business
Discussant: Kim Huynh, Indiana University

  

Session 96: Two Sided Markets
Session Chair: Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: L82
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D201
Coordination in two-sided markets: Open networks in the TV industry
Presented by: Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics
Discussant: Ming Gao, London Business School
When to Allow Buyers to Sell? Bundling in Mixed Two-Sided Markets
Presented by: Ming Gao, London Business School
Discussant: Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics

  

Session 97: Theoretical Pricing Behavior - Bundling, Scheduling, and Promotion Strategies
Session Chair: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan D222
Price and Frequency Competition in Freight Transportation
[slides]
JEL codes: L91
Presented by: Nilopa Shah,
Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Mixed Bundling in Two-Sided Markets: Theory and Evidence
Presented by: Timothy Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester
Coordination of Price Promotions in Complementary Categories
Presented by: Maxim Sinitsyn, McGill University
Discussant: Helena Perrone, Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, INRA)

  

Session 98: Mergers, Efficiencies, and Trade
Session Chair: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B302
Mergers, Managerial Efficiency, and Social Welfare
Presented by: Jean-Etienne de Bettignies, Queen's University
Discussant: Xiaoyang Li, University of Michigan
The Failing Firm Defense when Assets Have an Alternative Use
Presented by: David Balan, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Cross-Border Mergers and Strategic Alliances
Presented by: Larry Qiu, University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley

  

Session 99: Mergers, merger control II
Session Chair: Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B209
Local Competition in the Presence of Imports
JEL codes: L4
Presented by: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau
Discussant: Hans Moellgaard, Copenhagen Business School
Transparency and Coordinated Effects in European Merger Control
Presented by: Hans Moellgaard, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Professional interpretation of the standard of proof: an experimental test on merger regulation
Presented by: Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia
Discussant: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau

  

Session 100: Enforcement of competition policy
Session Chair: Doug Miller, University of Missouri
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B211
‘Europeanization’ of EU Member-State Competition Policy: The Commission’s Leadership Role
Presented by: Joseph Clougherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Discussant: Doug Miller, University of Missouri
Determinants of EC Antitrust Fines for Members of Global Cartels
[slides]
Presented by: Doug Miller, University of Missouri
Discussant: Marta Troya Martinez, University of Oxford
Information-Sharing Between Competition Authorities: the Case of a Multinational Merger
Presented by: Marta Troya Martinez, University of Oxford
Discussant: Joseph Clougherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  

Session 101: Exclusion, strategic behavior
Session Chair: Patrick DeGraba, Federal Trade Commission
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B218
Naked Exclusion by a Dominant Supplier: Exclusive Contracting and Loyalty Discounts
JEL codes: L42
Presented by: Patrick DeGraba, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant: Hodaka Morita, University of New South Wales
Collusive Strategic Buying of a Necessary Input
Presented by: Clémence Christin, Ecole Polytechnique
Discussant: Patrick DeGraba, Federal Trade Commission
Partial Equity Ownership and Knowledge Transfer
Presented by: Hodaka Morita, University of New South Wales
Discussant: Clémence Christin, Ecole Polytechnique

  

Session 102: Broadband and Telecommunications Infrastructure
Session Chair: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas
Session type: invited
Date: May 16, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buchanan B315
Supply and Demand for Telecommunication Infrastructure
JEL codes: K23, L13, L96
Presented by: Tobias Veith, ZEW
Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas
Wireless broadband and the possibility of limited differential effects on innovation and societal goals
Presented by: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas
Discussant: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam
Regulatory Efficiency Requirements for Vertical Separation
Presented by: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam
Discussant: Tobias Veith, ZEW