The 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
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Summary of All Sessions |
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Session ID code | Date/Time | Location | Title | Papers |
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67 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 111 | Rising Star: Banking | 4 |
68 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 120 | Rising Star: Demand | 4 |
69 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 121 | Rising Star: Entry and Exit | 3 |
70 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 209 | Rising Star: Health | 3 |
71 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 210 | Rising Star: Information | 3 |
72 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 318 | Rising Star: Media | 3 |
73 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 320 | Rising Star: Online Markets | 4 |
74 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 466 | Rising Star: Plant Level Data | 3 |
76 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 479 | Rising Star: Transportation | 3 |
77 | March 16, 2012 17:00-18:30 | Founders 481 | Rising Star: Two-Sided Markets | 3 |
2 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 468 | Quality Disclosure: Determinants and Effects | 3 |
11 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 308 | Foreign entry modes | 3 |
16 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Hazel 121 | Patenting Behavior and Implications | 3 |
18 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 313 | Pharmaceuticals: Structure and Conduct | 3 |
22 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 479 | Determinants of Firm Productivity | 3 |
27 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 467 | Consumer Biasis | 3 |
29 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 478 | Electricity Market Restructuring: Generation and Transmission | 3 |
36 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 310 | Empirical Studies of Pricing Dynamics: Cycles and Leadership | 3 |
45 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 466 | Financial Institution Regulation | 3 |
54 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 111 | Organization Structure and Performance | 3 |
62 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 312 | Endogenous Mergers | 3 |
83 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 477 | Competition Policy and Collusion | 3 |
86 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Hazel 224 | Theory of Two-Sided Markets | 2 |
101 | March 17, 2012 8:15-9:45 | Founders 476 | Strategic Behavior and Policy | 3 |
4 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Hazel 224 | Environmental Regulation | 3 |
3 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 477 | Supply and Demand Estimation using Firm-Product Data | 4 |
26 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 467 | IO Experiments | 4 |
33 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 466 | Firm Dynamics | 4 |
41 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 312 | Empirical Studies of Pricing | 4 |
48 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 478 | Does Vertical Integration Spur High Tech? Theoretical Answers | 4 |
59 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 468 | Unobservable Quality | 4 |
66 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 308 | Technology and Information | 4 |
78 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 310 | Cars, Fuel, and Public Transportation | 4 |
81 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 313 | Load Factors and On-time Performance | 4 |
85 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 470 | Market Power Empirics | 4 |
91 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 479 | Media and Two-Sided Markets | 4 |
98 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 476 | Auctions: Empirics and Theory | 4 |
102 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Founders 111 | Mergers and Merger Policy | 4 |
105 | March 17, 2012 10:00-12:00 | Hazel Hall 121 | Chief Economists' Roundtable Discussion | 4 |
5 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Hazel 224 | Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy | 3 |
6 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 477 | Formal and Informal Regulation | 3 |
23 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 476 | International Interaction and Firm Outputs | 4 |
28 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 470 | Consumer choice and restructuring of the electricity market | 4 |
39 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 312 | Theoretical Models of Pricing and Price Discrimination | 4 |
46 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 466 | Financial Institution Behavior | 4 |
49 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 478 | Complex Vertical Contracts | 3 |
58 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 467 | Topics in Information I | 4 |
61 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 468 | Empirical Studies in Information II | 4 |
63 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Hazel 120 | Effects of Mergers and Near Mergers | 4 |
64 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 308 | Entrepreneurship | 4 |
65 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 111 | Innovation, Patents and Antitrust Policy | 4 |
82 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 310 | Sources and Effects of Airline Competition | 4 |
93 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 479 | Topics in Telecom | 4 |
95 | March 17, 2012 14:30-16:30 | Founders 313 | Auction Theory | 4 |
12 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 310 | Trade and IO | 3 |
15 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 312 | Government and the Pharmaceuticals Market | 3 |
17 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 470 | R&D Innovation and Productivity | 3 |
20 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 479 | Determinants of Innovation 2 | 3 |
30 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 478 | Oil Markets and Energy Efficiency | 3 |
37 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 313 | Nonlinear Pricing | 3 |
44 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 466 | Bank Competition | 3 |
47 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 467 | Financial Market Issues | 3 |
53 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 111 | Information and Contracts | 3 |
57 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 468 | Topics in Information II | 3 |
79 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 308 | International Trade and Transportation | 3 |
92 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Hazel 224 | Appropriability and Piracy | 3 |
100 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 477 | Cartels and Cartel Policy | 2 |
103 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Founders 476 | Antitrust Enforcement | 3 |
104 | March 17, 2012 16:45-18:15 | Hazel 120 | Bundling and Tying | 3 |
9 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 475 | Licensing, Imitation, and Economic Growth | 4 |
10 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 209 | Studies of external effects on domestic markets, using firm-level data | 3 |
14 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 207 | Demand for Health Care, Drugs, and Insurance | 4 |
19 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 320 | Determinants of Innovation 1 | 4 |
21 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 466 | Pricing and the Effects of Competition in Innovative Industries | 4 |
25 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 318 | Bounded Rationality in Auctions and Markets | 4 |
40 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 467 | Competition and Price Discrimination | 4 |
42 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 308 Founders 308 | Studies of Pricing in Imperfectly Competitive Markets | 4 |
51 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 468 | Empirical Studies of Vertical Contracting | 4 |
56 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 317 | Topics in Information III | 3 |
60 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 310 | Empirical Studies in Information I | 4 |
80 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 210 | Low Cost Carriers and Dominant Firms | 4 |
87 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 470 | Applications of Two-Sided Markets | 3 |
90 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 313 | Empirical Analysis of Markets | 3 |
97 | March 18, 2012 8:15-10:15 | Founders 312 | Auction Markets and Multi-Unit Auctions | 4 |
13 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 210 | Physician and Hospital Behavior | 3 |
24 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 466 | Consumer and Worker Behavior in Innovative Industries | 4 |
31 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 320 | Theoretical Models of Entry | 4 |
32 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 310 | Empirical Models of Entry | 4 |
35 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 308 | Dynamic Price Discrimination | 4 |
38 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 467 | Imperfect Competition and Price Discrimination | 4 |
43 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 313 | Payment Issues | 4 |
50 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 468 | Vertical Foreclosure | 4 |
52 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 209 | Studies on Organizational Forms | 4 |
55 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 317 | Search and Learning | 4 |
84 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 318 | Sources of Market Power and Market Performance | 3 |
88 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 207 | Productivity | 4 |
89 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 470 | Issues in the Industrial Organization of Food and Agriculture | 4 |
94 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 475 | Theoretical Advances in Media and Telecom | 3 |
96 | March 18, 2012 10:30-12:30 | Founders 312 | Econometric Analysis of Auctions | 4 |
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The 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE |
Complete List of All Sessions |
Session ID 67: Rising Star: Banking |
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Session Chair: Richard Schmalensee, |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 111 |
Regulation and the Payday Lending Industry |
By Stefanie Ramirez; University of Arizona |
Presented by: Stefanie Ramirez, University of Arizona |
Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Federal Reserve Board |
The Benefits of ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) Fees in the Retail Banks' ATM Industry: Competition and Welfare |
By Kiyong Jeon; George Washington University |
Presented by: Kiyong Jeon, George Washington University |
Discussant: Robin Prager, FRB |
Banking on Innovation: The Impact of U.S. Bank Deregulation on the Production of Knowledge |
By Justin Ng; Kellogg School of Management |
Presented by: Justin Ng, Kellogg School of Management |
Discussant: Brent Goldfarb, University of Maryland |
Bank market power and short term and long term firm investment |
By José Manuel Mansilla-Fernández; University of Granada Santiago Carbó-Valverde; University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez; University of Granada |
Presented by: José Manuel Mansilla-Fernández, University of Granada |
Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
Session ID 68: Rising Star: Demand |
Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 120 |
Demand-Based Pricing and Learning in the Market For New Digital Music |
By Peter Newberry; University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Presented by: Peter Newberry, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Discussant: Adam Shapiro, BEA |
The Welfare Effects of “Bill Shock” Regulation in Mobile Telecommunication Markets |
By LAI JIANG; STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NYU |
Presented by: LAI JIANG, STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NYU |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department of Commerce |
The Value of Branding in Two-Sided Platforms |
By Yutec Sun; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Yutec Sun, University of Toronto |
Discussant: John Mayo, Georgetown University |
Regulatory Induced Risk Aversion in Contracting Behavior: An Empirical Analysis of U.S Electric Utilities from 1983-1998 |
By Akshaya Jha; Stanford University |
Presented by: Akshaya Jha, Stanford University |
Discussant: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Session ID 69: Rising Star: Entry and Exit |
Session Chair: Mark Roberts, Penn State University |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 121 |
Choosing between Order-of-Entry Assumptions in Empirical Entry Models: Evidence from Competition between Burger King and McDonald’s Restaurant Outlets |
By Philip Gayle; Kansas State University Zijun Luo; Kansas State University |
Presented by: Zijun Luo, Kansas State University |
Discussant: Mark Manuszak, Federal Reserve Board |
Migration and Agglomeration Among Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers |
By Brian Adams; University of Minnesota |
Presented by: Brian Adams, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
Investments in Response to Trade Policy: The Case of Japanese Firms during Voluntary Export Restraints |
By hyo-youn Chu; Boston University |
Presented by: hyo-youn Chu, Boston University |
Discussant: Hiau Looi Kee, The World Bank |
Session ID 70: Rising Star: Health |
Session Chair: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 209 |
The Role of Learning-by-Doing in Healthcare Quality: Evidence from Liver Transplantation |
By Sarah Stith; University of Michigan |
Presented by: Sarah Stith, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
An Empirical Analysis of Mergers Between Nonprofit and For-Profit Firms: An Application in the Hospital Industry |
By Elena Patel; University of Michigan |
Presented by: Elena Patel, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Product Reformulation and Advertising Abeyance: Using Voluntary Marketing Initiatives to Reduce Childhood Obesity |
By Chen Zhu; University of Connecticut Rui Huang; University of Connecticut Michael Cohen; New York University |
Presented by: Chen Zhu, University of Connecticut |
Discussant: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
Session ID 71: Rising Star: Information |
Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 210 |
Who is Misleading Whom in Real Estate Transactions? |
By Jia Xie; Indiana University |
Presented by: Jia Xie, Indiana University |
Discussant: Paul Carrillo, George Washington University |
Does good advice come cheap? - On the assessment of risk preferences of others |
By Andrea Leuermann; Heidelberg University Benjamin Roth; Heidelberg University |
Presented by: Benjamin Roth, Heidelberg University |
Discussant: Marco Castillo, George Mason University |
The Effect of Free Access on the Diffusion of Scholarly Ideas |
By Heekyung Kim; MIT |
Presented by: Heekyung Kim, MIT |
Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
Session ID 72: Rising Star: Media |
Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 318 |
Exclusive Dealing and Its Effects: The Impact of Large Music Festivals on Local Music Venues |
By Scott Hiller; University of Colorado - Boulder |
Presented by: Scott Hiller, University of Colorado - Boulder |
Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
Competitive Effects of Barriers to Entry: Evidence from Cable TV Regulation |
By Sutirtha Bagchi; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Jagadeesh Sivadasan; University of Michigan |
Presented by: Sutirtha Bagchi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Discussant: Lisa George, Hunter College, CUNY |
Vertical Restraints in the Movie Exhibition Industry |
By KRZYSZTOF WOZNIAK; NYU Stern |
Presented by: KRZYSZTOF WOZNIAK, NYU Stern |
Discussant: Joshua Wright, George Mason University |
Session ID 73: Rising Star: Online Markets |
Session Chair: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 320 |
Effect of Temporal Spacing between Advertising Exposures: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment |
By Navdeep Sahni; University of Chicago |
Presented by: Navdeep Sahni, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Technology Shocks on the Outbreaks of Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
By Jason Chan; New York University Anindya Ghose; New York University |
Presented by: Jason Chan, New York University |
Discussant: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
Unobserved Risk Type and Sorting: Signaling Game in Online Credit Markets |
By Kei Kawai; New York University Stern School of Business Ken ONISHI; Northwestern University Kosuke Uetake; Northwestern University |
Presented by: Kosuke Uetake, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
How Does Online Word-of-Mouth Influence Movie Revenue? Evidence from Twitter |
By YuHsi Liu; Suffolk University |
Presented by: YuHsi Liu, Suffolk University |
Discussant: Michael Luca, Harvard Business School |
Session ID 74: Rising Star: Plant Level Data |
Session Chair: Ron Jarmin, U.S. Bureau of the Census |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Entry Costs and Increasing Trade |
By William Lincoln; University of Michigan Andrew McCallum; University of Michigan |
Presented by: Andrew McCallum, University of Michigan |
Discussant: David Brown, Census |
Globalization and Vertical Structure: An Empirical Investigation |
By Stefan Buehler; University of St. Gallen Dirk Burghardt; University of St. Gallen |
Presented by: Dirk Burghardt, University of St. Gallen |
Discussant: John Stevens, Federal Reserve Board |
Materials Prices and Productivity |
By Enghin Atalay; University of Chicago |
Presented by: Enghin Atalay, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Kirk White, USDA |
Session ID 76: Rising Star: Transportation |
Session Chair: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 479 |
Horizontal Subcontracting in Procurement Auctions |
By Nancy Huff; Clemson University |
Presented by: Nancy Huff, Clemson University |
Discussant: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
Environmental Policies and Consumer Preferences: Lessons from the French Automobile Market |
By Xavier D'Haultfoeuille; CREST Isis DURRMEYER; CREST-Paris I University Philippe Fevrier; Crest-Lei |
Presented by: Isis DURRMEYER, CREST-Paris I University |
Discussant: Joshua Linn, Fellow, Resources for the Future |
The Welfare Effects of Post-Auction Bargaining: Evidence from Wholesale Auto Auctions |
By Bradley Larsen; MIT |
Presented by: Bradley Larsen, MIT |
Discussant: Ian Gale, Georgetown University |
Session ID 77: Rising Star: Two-Sided Markets |
Session Chair: Joseph Farrell, University of California, Berkeley |
Date: March 16, 2012 |
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 |
Location: Founders 481 |
News Aggregators and Competition Among Newspapers in the Internet |
By Doh-Shin Jeon; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole Nikrooz Nasr Esfahani; Toulouse School of Economics |
Presented by: Nikrooz Nasr Esfahani, Toulouse School of Economics |
Discussant: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
Search Advertising |
By Alexandre de Corniere; Paris School of Economics |
Presented by: Alexandre de Corniere, Paris School of Economics |
Discussant: Thomas Jeitschko, US Department of Justice and Michigan St |
Unified Two-sided Market Model |
By Iana Kouris; RWTH Aachen |
Presented by: Iana Kouris, RWTH Aachen |
Discussant: Patrick DeGraba, Federal Trade Commission |
Session ID 2: Quality Disclosure: Determinants and Effects |
Session Chair: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 468 |
What makes a critic tick? Connected authors and the determinants of book reviews |
By Michael Luca; Harvard Business School Alberto Motta; University of New South Wales Loretti Dobrescu; School of Economics |
Presented by: Michael Luca, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Margarita Sapozhnikov, Keystone Strategy |
Gaming in Air Pollution Data? Lessons from China |
By Yuyu Chen; Peking University Naresh Kumar; University of Miami Ginger Jin; University of Maryland at College Park Guang Shi; Peking University |
Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Discussant: Mingfeng Lin, University of Arizona |
Reputation and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry |
By Subramaniam Ramanarayanan; UCLA Jason Snyder; UCLA |
Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
Discussant: Thomas Koch, Federal Trade Commission |
Session ID 11: Foreign entry modes |
Session Chair: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 308 |
Market Entry Costs: Evidence from Motion Picture Exports |
By Benjamin Bridgman; Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Presented by: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Discussant: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
Determinants of Cross Border Merger Premiums |
By Ralph Sonenshine; American University Kara Reynolds; American University |
Presented by: Ralph Sonenshine, American University |
Discussant: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
Estimating Foreign Affiliate Activity in European Countries |
By Tani Fukui; USITC |
Presented by: Tani Fukui, USITC |
Discussant: Benjamin Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Session ID 16: Patenting Behavior and Implications |
Session Chair: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Hazel 121 |
The Propensity to Patent In Light of the Research Use Exemption |
By Diana Heger; ZEW Mannheim Alexandra Zaby; University of Tuebingen |
Presented by: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
Discussant: Giuseppe Di Vita, Faculty of Law |
Patent Races and Market Value |
By Dirk Czarnitzki; K.U.Leuven Katrin Hussinger; KU Leuven Bart Leten; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Cedríc Schneider |
Presented by: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
Discussant: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas, Arlington, and Emory University |
Effects of Academic R&D Funding Sources on University Patenting |
By Margaret Blume-Kohout; University of New Mexico Jared Grant; University of New Mexico Krishna Kumar; RAND Neeraj Sood; University of Southern California |
Presented by: Margaret Blume-Kohout, University of New Mexico |
Discussant: James Campbell, University of Toronto |
Session ID 18: Pharmaceuticals: Structure and Conduct |
Session Chair: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 313 |
Pharmaceutical Prices under Regulation: Co-Payment Exemptions and Reference Prices in Germany |
By Moritz Suppliet; DICE, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Annika Herr; DICE, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
Presented by: Moritz Suppliet, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
Discussant: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
The Effects of Entry in Biologic Pharmaceutical Markets |
By Christopher Garmon; Federal Trade Commission Lee Hu; PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
Presented by: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
The Strategic Interplay between Direct to Consumer Advertising and Direct to Physician Advertising in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
By Tannista Banerjee; Auburn University John Barron; Purdue University Francis Deane; Lumleian |
Presented by: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
Discussant: Moritz Suppliet, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
Session ID 22: Determinants of Firm Productivity |
Session Chair: Spyros Arvanitis, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 479 |
Evidence on the Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Italian Firms |
By Francesca Lotti; Bank of Italy |
Presented by: Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy |
Discussant: Spyros Arvanitis, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |
The Productivity of Environmental Innovations |
By Martin Woerter; ETH Zurich Tobias Stucki; ETH Zurich |
Presented by: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich |
Discussant: Emin Dinlersoz, U..S. Census Bureau |
Outsourcing and Firm Performance – A Comparative Study of Swiss and Greek Firms |
By Spyros Arvanitis; KOF Swiss Economic Institute |
Presented by: Spyros Arvanitis, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |
Discussant: Kirk White, USDA |
Session ID 27: Consumer Biasis |
Session Chair: Chris Wilson, Loughborough University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Consumer Unawareness and Competitive Strategies |
By ZHEN LIU; University at Buffalo Chun Qiu; McGill University |
Presented by: ZHEN LIU, SUNY at Buffalo |
Discussant: Chris Wilson, Loughborough University |
Asymmetric Search and Loss Aversion: Choice Experiment on Consumer Willingness to Search in the Gasoline Retail Market |
By Carolina Castilla; Colgate University |
Presented by: Carolina Castilla, Colgate University |
Discussant: ZHEN LIU, SUNY at Buffalo |
Being in the Right Place: A Natural Field Experiment on List Position and Consumer Choice |
By Marco Novarese; Piemonte Oientale University Chris Wilson; Loughborough University |
Presented by: Chris Wilson, Loughborough University |
Discussant: Carolina Castilla, Colgate University |
Session ID 29: Electricity Market Restructuring: Generation and Transmission |
Session Chair: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 478 |
Competition in the Solar Industry and the time to Grid Parity |
By Unnikrishnan Pillai; SUNY Albany |
Presented by: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany |
Discussant: Marcella Nicolini, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei |
Designing Energy Regulatory Policies: The European Options |
By Aude Le Lannier; IAE, University Paris I |
Presented by: Anissa Boulemia, IAE de Paris |
Discussant: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Impacts of Electricity Restructuring on Coal-fired Power Plants |
By Ron Chan; University of Maryland Harrison Fell; Colorado School of Mines Ian Lange; University of Stirling Shanjun Li; Cornell University |
Presented by: Shanjun Li, Cornell University |
Discussant: Matthew Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission |
Session ID 36: Empirical Studies of Pricing Dynamics: Cycles and Leadership |
Session Chair: Matthew Lewis, OSU |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 310 |
Local Market Structure and Within-City Heterogeneity in Retail Gasoline Price Cycles |
By David Byrne; University of Melbourne |
Presented by: David Byrne, University of Melbourne |
Discussant: Matthew Lewis, OSU |
Identifying and characterising price leadership in British supermarkets |
By Jonathan Seaton; Loughborough University Michael Waterson; University of Warwick |
Presented by: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
Discussant: Stephan Seiler, Stanford GSB |
Edgeworth Price Cycles and Market Structure: A Laboratory Test |
By Paul Healy; OSU Matthew Lewis; OSU Ryan Oprea; UC-Santa Cruz |
Presented by: Matthew Lewis, OSU |
Discussant: Jihui Chen, Illinois State University |
Session ID 45: Financial Institution Regulation |
Session Chair: Marc Fusaro, Arkansas Tech University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 466 |
The Effects of Bank Regulator Switching on Supervisory Ratings |
By Marcelo Rezende; Federal Reserve Board |
Presented by: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
Discussant: Tobias Wenzel, Universität Düsseldorf |
What Do They Actually Pay? A Basis for Regulation in the Payday Lending Industry |
By Marc Fusaro; Arkansas Tech University |
Presented by: Marc Fusaro, Arkansas Tech University |
Discussant: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
Strategic Obfuscation and Consumer Protection Policy in Financial Markets: Theory and Experimental Evidence |
By Yiquan Gu; University of Liverpool Tobias Wenzel; Universität Düsseldorf |
Presented by: Tobias Wenzel, Universität Düsseldorf |
Discussant: Marc Fusaro, Arkansas Tech University |
Session ID 54: Organization Structure and Performance |
Session Chair: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 111 |
Use Your Skills: The Allocation of Decision Rights and Firm Performance |
By Andrew Wait; University of Sydney Jack Wright; New South Wales Treasury |
Presented by: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
Discussant: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
Contracting Officer Workload, Incomplete Contracting, and Contractual Terms: Theory and Evidence |
By Patrick Warren; Clemson University |
Presented by: Patrick Warren, Clemson University |
Discussant: Simone Meraglia, Toulouse School of Economics and New York University (visiting) |
Do the Military Give Up Power? |
By Simone Meraglia; Toulouse School of Economics and New York University (visiting) Charles Angelucci; Toulouse School of Economics |
Presented by: Simone Meraglia, Toulouse School of Economics and New York University (visiting) |
Discussant: Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Session ID 62: Endogenous Mergers |
Session Chair: Beatrice Pagel, HHU Duesseldorf |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 312 |
Endogenous Merger Waves in Vertically Related Industries |
By Zhiyong Yao; Fudan University, School of Management Wen Zhou; University of Hong Kong |
Presented by: Zhiyong Yao, Fudan University, School of Management |
Discussant: Beatrice Pagel, HHU Duesseldorf |
Multi-Firm Mergers with Leaders and Followers |
By Gamal Atallah; University of Ottawa |
Presented by: Gamal Atallah, University of Ottawa |
Discussant: Manuel Willington, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez |
Endogenous Mergers between Heterogeneous Firms in Unionized Oligopoly |
By Beatrice Pagel; HHU Duesseldorf Christian Wey; University Düsseldorf |
Presented by: Beatrice Pagel, HHU Duesseldorf |
Discussant: Gamal Atallah, University of Ottawa |
Session ID 83: Competition Policy and Collusion |
Session Chair: Thomas Peeters, University of Antwerp |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 477 |
Leniency Program for Cartel Participants: The Russian Case |
By Andrey Shastitko; Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation |
Presented by: Andrey Shastitko, Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation |
Discussant: Igor Muraviev, Higher School of Economics and ICEF |
Efficient gate revenue sharing in sports leagues |
By Thomas Peeters; University of Antwerp |
Presented by: Thomas Peeters, University of Antwerp |
Discussant: Andrey Shastitko, Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation |
Overt Collusion under Competition Enforcement |
By Igor Muraviev; Higher School of Economics and ICEF |
Presented by: Igor Muraviev, Higher School of Economics and ICEF |
Discussant: Thomas Peeters, University of Antwerp |
Session ID 86: Theory of Two-Sided Markets |
Session Chair: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Hazel 224 |
Multidimensional Product Design |
By Andre Veiga; TSE E. Weyl; University of Chicago |
Presented by: Andre Veiga, Toulouse |
Discussant: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
The Economics of Network Neutrality |
By Nicholas Economides; New York University |
Presented by: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
Discussant: Nirav Mehta, University of Western Ontario |
Session ID 101: Strategic Behavior and Policy |
Session Chair: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 9:45 |
Location: Founders 476 |
loss leading as an exploitative practice |
By Zhijun Chen; UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Patrick Rey; Toulouse School of Economics |
Presented by: Zhijun Chen, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND |
Discussant: Anastasiya Redkina, Higher School of Economics |
Gauging Parallel Accommodating Conduct Concerns with the CPPI |
By Serge Moresi David Reitman; CRA Steven Salop; Georgetown University Yianis Sarafidis; CRA International |
Presented by: David Reitman, CRA |
Discussant: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
Abuse of Collective Dominance under the Competition Law of the Russian Federation |
By Svetlana Avdasheva; Higher School of Economics National Research University Nadezhda Goreyko; Higher School of Economics Russell Pittman; Economic Analysis Group |
Presented by: Nadezhda Goreyko, Higher School of Economics |
Discussant: Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia |
Session ID 4: Environmental Regulation |
Session Chair: Stephen Finger, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Hazel 224 |
Complements or Substitutes: Impact of Environmental Regulations on Workplace Exposures to Toxic Chemicals |
By Stephen Finger; Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina |
Presented by: Stephen Finger, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina |
Discussant: Renata Narita, World Bank |
Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly: On the licensing and diffusion of clean technology |
By Idrissa SIBAILLY; Ecole Polytechnique and CREST-LEI |
Presented by: Idrissa SIBAILLY, Ecole Polytechnique and CREST-LEI |
Discussant: Peter Grajzl, Washington and Lee University |
Environmental Protection Agencies: Measuring the Welfare Bene fits from Regulation under Different Information Contexts |
By Ana Espinola-Arredondo; Washington State University Felix Munoz-Garcia; Washington State University |
Presented by: Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Washington State University |
Discussant: Anthony Heyes, |
Session ID 3: Supply and Demand Estimation using Firm-Product Data |
Session Chair: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 477 |
Prices, Markups and Quality at the Firm-Product Level |
By Emmanuel Dhyne; National Bank of Belgium Amil Petrin; University of Minnesota Frederic Warzynski; Aarhus School of Business |
Presented by: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business |
Discussant: Masakazu Ishihara, New York University |
Demand, Cost, and Profitability across Chinese Exporting Firms |
By Mark Roberts; Penn State University Daniel Yi Xu; Department of Economics |
Presented by: Mark Roberts, Penn State University |
Discussant: Tatiana Farina, Insper - Institute of Education and Research |
Firm performance and trade reforms. |
By Jan De Loecker; Princeton University |
Presented by: Jan De Loecker, Princeton University |
Discussant: David Rivers, University of Western Ontario |
Demand in the Wake of an Emerging Middle Class and Low-End Entry |
By Alon Eizenberg; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Alberto Salvo; Northwestern University |
Presented by: Alon Eizenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Discussant: Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University |
Session ID 26: IO Experiments |
Session Chair: Holger Rau, DICE |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Output commitment through product bundling: experimental evidence |
By Jeroen Hinloopen; University of Amsterdam |
Presented by: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
Discussant: Holger Rau, DICE |
Bertrand competition with asymmetric costs: Experimental evidence |
By Jan Boone; Tilburg University Maria Larrain-Aylwin; Tilburg University Wieland Mueller; University of Vienna Amrita Ray Chaudhuri; University of Winnipeg |
Presented by: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, University of Winnipeg |
Discussant: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
Leniency Programs and the Design of Antitrust: Experimental Evidence with Unrestricted Communication |
By Peter Dijkstra; University of Groningen Marco Haan; University of Groningen Lambert Schoonbeek; University of Groningen |
Presented by: Lambert Schoonbeek, University of Groningen |
Discussant: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, University of Winnipeg |
Rebels without a clue? Experimental Evidence on Endogenous Cartels and Outside Firms |
By Holger Rau; DICE Georg Clemens; DICE-University of Duesseldorf |
Presented by: Holger Rau, DICE |
Discussant: Lambert Schoonbeek, University of Groningen |
Session ID 33: Firm Dynamics |
Session Chair: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Product Switching and Industry Evolution |
By Hsiao-shan Yang; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Presented by: Hsiao-shan Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Discussant: Mian Dai, Economics and International Business, Le |
Entry Thresholds and Competitive Behavior among Nonprofit Firms |
By Teresa Harrison; Drexel University Jeremy Thornton; Samford University |
Presented by: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Discussant: Matilda Orth, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market |
By James Prieger; Pepperdine University Michelle Connolly; Duke University |
Presented by: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
Discussant: Martin Falk, Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
A Survival Analysis of Ski Lift Companies |
By Martin Falk; Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
Presented by: Martin Falk, Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
Discussant: Teresa Harrison, Drexel University |
Session ID 41: Empirical Studies of Pricing |
Session Chair: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 312 |
How consumers use gift certificates |
By Flóra Felsö; Delft University of Technology Adriaan Soetevent; University of Amsterdam |
Presented by: Adriaan Soetevent, University of Amsterdam |
Discussant: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary |
Assessing the Performance of Simple Contracts Empirically: The Case of Percentage Fees |
By Andras Niedermayer; University of Mannheim |
Presented by: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim |
Discussant: Juan Santalo, IE Business School |
Estimating Price Discrimination in the Online Distribution Channel |
By Babur De los Santos; Indiana University Renata Kosova; Cornell University Sergei Koulayev; Keystone Strategy |
Presented by: Sergei Koulayev, Keystone Strategy |
Discussant: Chen Feng Ng, California State University Long Beach |
Price Promotion at an Online Two-sided Market - Evidence from eBay |
By Wen Cao; The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong Qinyang Sha; Indiana University |
Presented by: Wen Cao, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Andre Trindade, Bates White |
Session ID 48: Does Vertical Integration Spur High Tech? Theoretical Answers |
Session Chair: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 478 |
Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors |
By Andrea Mantovani; University of Bologna |
Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
R&D Strategy and Waste in Vertical Contracting |
By Martin Peitz; University of Mannheim Dongsoo Shin; Santa Clara University |
Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Discussant: Yang-Ming Chang, Kansas State University |
The Browser Wars: Tying, Market Competition, and Welfare Implications for the Microsoft Antitrust Cases |
By Yang-Ming Chang; Kansas State University Hung-Yi Chen; Soochow University |
Presented by: Yang-Ming Chang, Kansas State University |
Discussant: Benjamin Anderson, Colgate University |
Vertical Differentiation, R&D, and Strategic Alliances: Modeling Endogenous Market Structure with Heterogenous Firms |
By Benjamin Anderson; Colgate University |
Presented by: Benjamin Anderson, Colgate University |
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna |
Session ID 59: Unobservable Quality |
Session Chair: Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 468 |
Market Transparency, Search and Quality |
By Jeanine Miklos-Thal; University of Rochester Michael Raith; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Marco Haan, University of Groningen |
Exporting Under Asymmetric Information: Entry and Moral Hazard |
By Anthony Creane; Michigan State University Thomas Jeitschko; US Department of Justice and Michigan St |
Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department of Commerce |
Competition, Disclosure and Signaling. |
By Maarten Janssen; University of Vienna Santanu Roy; Southern Methodist University |
Presented by: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University |
Discussant: Makoto Hanazono, Nagoya University |
Ignorance Is Bliss? Uncertainty About Product Valuation May Benefit Consumers |
By Tarcisio da Graca; Canadian Competition Bureau Robert Masson; Cornell University |
Presented by: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau |
Discussant: Andreas Hefti, University of Zurich |
Session ID 66: Technology and Information |
The Industrial Organization Society is very grateful to the Microsoft Corporation for sponsoring this special session on "Technology and Information." While Microsoft chose the topic of the session, all the papers in special sessions, as well as the discussants and chair, are selected in total independence by the conference program committee. |
Session Chair: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 308 |
How Does the Use of Trademarks by Third-Party Sellers Affect Online Search? |
By Lesley Chiou; Occidental College Catherine Tucker; MIT Sloan |
Presented by: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College |
Discussant: Susan Lu, University of Rochester |
Bricks, Clicks, Blockbusters, and Long Tails: How Video Rental Patterns Change as Consumers Move Online |
By Michael Smith; Carnegie Mellon University Alejandro Zentner; Carnegie Mellon University |
Presented by: Alejandro Zentner, Carnegie Mellon University |
Discussant: Jennifer Brown, Kellogg School of Management |
How Does Page Rank Affect User Choice in Online Search? |
By Margarita Sapozhnikov; Keystone Strategy |
Presented by: Margarita Sapozhnikov, Keystone Strategy |
Discussant: Matthew Lewis, OSU |
Targeting Informative Messages to a Network of Consumers |
By James Campbell; University of Toronto |
Presented by: James Campbell, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Nicholas Economides, New York University |
Session ID 78: Cars, Fuel, and Public Transportation |
Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 310 |
Flex Cars and Competition in Ethanol and Gasoline Retail Markets |
By Joao Paulo Pessoa; LSE/CEP Leonardo Rezende; Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro JULIANO ASSUNCAO; Pontifical Catholic University, PUC-Rio |
Presented by: Leonardo Rezende, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de |
Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
Fast and Furious (and Dirty): The Effects of Environmental Policy on the Swedish Car Market |
By Cristian Huse; Stockholm School of Economics |
Presented by: Cristian Huse, Stockholm School of Economics |
Discussant: Shanjun Li, Cornell University |
Public Transportation and Residential Property Premia |
By Mati Dubrovinsky; The University of Winnipeg |
Presented by: Mati Dubrovinsky, The University of Winnipeg |
Discussant: Cristian Huse, Stockholm School of Economics |
A Disaggregate Analysis of Demand for Local Bus Service in Great Britain (excluding London) using the National Travel Survey |
By Jozsef Molnar; European Commission Lars Nesheim; University College London |
Presented by: Jozsef Molnar, European Commission |
Discussant: Leonardo Rezende, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de |
Session ID 81: Load Factors and On-time Performance |
Session Chair: Diego Escobari, The University of Texas - Pan American |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 313 |
The impact of passenger mix and competition on on-time performance in the airline industry |
By Daniel Greenfield; Northeastern University James Dana; Northeastern University |
Presented by: Daniel Greenfield, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Price Discrimination by Day-of-Week of Purchase: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry |
By Steven Puller; Texas A&M University Lisa Taylor; Texas A&M University |
Presented by: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Discussant: Diego Escobari, The University of Texas - Pan American |
Demand Uncertainty and Capacity Utilization in Airlines |
By Diego Escobari; The University of Texas - Pan American |
Presented by: Diego Escobari, The University of Texas - Pan American |
Discussant: Vivek Pai, NERA Economic Consulting |
A Price for Delays: Price-Quality Competition in the US Airline Industry |
By Volodymyr Bilotkach; Northumbria University Vivek Pai; NERA Economic Consulting |
Presented by: Vivek Pai, NERA Economic Consulting |
Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Session ID 85: Market Power Empirics |
Session Chair: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 470 |
Estimating market power with a generalized supply relation: application to an airline antitrust case |
By Alessandro Oliveira; Aeronautics Institute of Technology |
Presented by: Alessandro Oliveira, Aeronautics Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont |
Cartel Organization, Price Discrimination and the Trans-Atlantic Passage, 1899-1911 |
By George Deltas; University of Illinois Richard Sicotte; University of Vermont |
Presented by: Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont |
Discussant: Alessandro Oliveira, Aeronautics Institute of Technology |
The Impact of Cartelization on Pricing Dynamics - Evidence from the German Cement Industry |
By Tobias Veith; ZEW Centre for European Economic Resear Kai Hueschelrath; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Discussant: Wallace Mullin, George Washington University |
Price Volatility and Contract Maturity: Evidence from an Online Ticket Futures Market |
By Jihui Chen; Illinois State University Xiaoyong Zheng; North Carolina State University |
Presented by: Jihui Chen, Illinois State University |
Discussant: Michael Waterson, University of Warwick |
Session ID 91: Media and Two-Sided Markets |
Session Chair: Lisa George, Hunter College, CUNY |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 479 |
“Video Game Niches: Specialization, Substitutability and Strategy” |
By Benjamin Engelstätter; Centre for European Economic Research Michael Ward; University of Texas at Arlington |
Presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
Discussant: Senay SOKULLU, University of Bristol |
Advertise or Not to Advertise |
By Senay SOKULLU; University of Bristol |
Presented by: Senay SOKULLU, University of Bristol |
Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
The Market for Diversity in Local Television News |
By Lisa George; Hunter College, CUNY |
Presented by: Lisa George, Hunter College, CUNY |
Discussant: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
BANNING ADS FROM PUBLIC TV: LESSONS FROM FRANCE |
By Lapo Filistrucchi; Tilburg University Luigi Luini; University of Siena Andrea Mangani; University of Pisa |
Presented by: Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University |
Discussant: Lisa George, Hunter College, CUNY |
Session ID 98: Auctions: Empirics and Theory |
Session Chair: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 476 |
On the Distributional Impact of Price Adjustment Policies: Bidding Patterns and Survival in the Market |
By Georgia Kosmopoulou; University of Oklahoma |
Presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Replacing Sample Trimming with Boundary Correction in Nonparametric Estimation of First-Price Auctions |
By Brent Hickman; University of Chicago Timothy Hubbard; Texas Tech University |
Presented by: Brent Hickman, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Florian Englmaier, University of Konstanz |
Motivating Effort Prior to Bidding in Auctions |
By Scott Gilpatric; University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Presented by: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Discussant: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
Strategic Exclusion of the Highest-Valued Bidders in Wholesale Automobile Auctions |
By Robert Hammond; North Carolina State University Thayer Morrill; North Carolina State University |
Presented by: Thayer Morrill, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
Session ID 102: Mergers and Merger Policy |
Session Chair: Gloria Sheu, US Department of Justice |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Founders 111 |
Ex-Post Merger Review and Divestitures |
By Richard Friberg; Stockholm School of Economics Andre Romahn; Stockholm School of Economics |
Presented by: Andre Romahn, Stockholm School of Economics |
Discussant: Sencer Ecer, Istanbul Technical University |
Approximating the Price Effects of Mergers |
By Nathan Miller; Department of Justice Marc Remer; United States Department of Justice Conor Ryan; Department of Justice Gloria Sheu; US Department of Justice |
Presented by: Gloria Sheu, US Department of Justice |
Discussant: Andre Romahn, Stockholm School of Economics |
Optimal Endogenous Merger Policy with Strategic Product Repositioning |
By Sencer Ecer; Istanbul Technical University |
Presented by: Sencer Ecer, Istanbul Technical University |
Discussant: Gloria Sheu, US Department of Justice |
Using Remedies in the Russian Merger Control |
By Anastasiya Redkina; Higher School of Economics |
Presented by: Anastasiya Redkina, Higher School of Economics |
Discussant: Russell Pittman, Economic Analysis Group |
Session ID 105: Chief Economists' Roundtable Discussion |
Session Chair: Lawrence White, New York University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Location: Hazel Hall 121 |
The View from DGComp |
By Kai-Uwe Kuhn; University of Michigan |
Presented by: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of Michigan |
The View from the Federal Communications Commission |
By Marius Schwartz; Georgetown University |
Presented by: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University |
The View from the Federal Trade Commission |
By Joseph Farrell; University of California, Berkeley |
Presented by: Joseph Farrell, University of California, Berkeley |
The View from the Department of Justice |
By Fiona Scott Morton; Yale University |
Presented by: Robert Majure, US Department of Justice |
Session ID 5: Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Policy |
Session Chair: Stephen Finger, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Hazel 224 |
The Effectiveness of Obesity Taxation |
By Wei Xiao; Competition Commission |
Presented by: Wei Xiao, Competition Commission |
Discussant: Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia |
Time-series econometrics of the German and the US Cash-for-Clunkers Program |
By Veit Böckers; University of Duesseldorf, DICE Ulrich Heimeshoff; University of Duesseldorf Andrea Mueller; University of Duesseldorf |
Presented by: Andrea Mueller, University of Duesseldorf |
Discussant: Stephen Finger, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina |
Producing Higher Quality Jobs: Exploring Enforcement of Benefits Across Brazilian Cities |
By Rita Almeida; World Bank Pedro Carneiro; UCL Renata Narita; World Bank |
Presented by: Renata Narita, World Bank |
Discussant: Veit Böckers, University of Duesseldorf, DICE |
Session ID 6: Formal and Informal Regulation |
Session Chair: Scott Masten, University of Michigan |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 477 |
On the Evolution of Collective Enforcement Institutions: Communities and Courts |
By Scott Masten; University of Michigan Jens Prüfer; Tilburg University |
Presented by: Scott Masten, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Washington State University |
A Markov Model of Informal Regulation |
By Anthony Heyes |
Presented by: Anthony Heyes, |
Discussant: Axel Gautier, Crepp |
Equilibrium and Welfare in a Model of Torts with Industry Reputation Effects |
By Andrzej Baniak; Central European University Peter Grajzl; Washington and Lee University |
Presented by: Peter Grajzl, Washington and Lee University |
Discussant: Scott Masten, University of Michigan |
Session ID 23: International Interaction and Firm Outputs |
Session Chair: Giuseppe Di Vita, Faculty of Law |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 476 |
Direct and Indirect Exporting and Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data |
By Mahmut Yasar; The University of Texas, Arlington, and Emory University |
Presented by: Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas, Arlington, and Emory University |
Discussant: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
THE INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT: THE ROLE OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT |
By Giuseppe Di Vita; Faculty of Law |
Presented by: Giuseppe Di Vita, Faculty of Law |
Discussant: Dirk Czarnitzki, K.U.Leuven |
Innovation, Employment Growth and Foreign Ownership of Firms |
By Bettina Peters; Centre for European Economic Research |
Presented by: Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research |
Discussant: Giuseppe Di Vita, Faculty of Law |
THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION |
By Giuseppe Di Vita; Faculty of Law |
Presented by: Giuseppe Di Vita, Faculty of Law |
Discussant: Diana Heger, ZEW Mannheim |
Session ID 28: Consumer choice and restructuring of the electricity market |
Session Chair: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 470 |
Effective empowerment: empirical estimates of consumer switching behaviour |
By Catherine Waddams; University of East Anglia Catherine Webster; University of East Anglia |
Presented by: Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia |
Discussant: Anissa Boulemia, IAE de Paris |
Power To Choose: An Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Texas Retail Electricity Market |
By Ali Hortacsu; University of Chicago Seyed Ali Madanizadeh; University of Chicago Steven Puller; Texas A&M University |
Presented by: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Discussant: Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia |
Real-time Pricing in Power Markets: Who Gains? |
By Anette Boom; Copenhagen Business School Sebastian Schwenen; Copenhagen Business School |
Presented by: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
Discussant: Unnikrishnan Pillai, SUNY Albany |
Anticompetitive conduct by Petrobras in auctions of electricity in Brazil |
By Eric Brasil; University of Sao Paulo Elizabeth Farina; Universisty of Sao Paulo |
Presented by: Elizabeth Farina, Universisty of Sao Paulo |
Discussant: Shanjun Li, Cornell University |
Session ID 39: Theoretical Models of Pricing and Price Discrimination |
Session Chair: Julian Wright, National University of Singapore |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 312 |
Advance Selling in the Presence of Experienced Consumers |
By Oksana Loginova; University of Missouri-Columbia X. Henry Wang; University of Missouri-Columbia Chenhang Zeng; University of Missouri-Columbia |
Presented by: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri-Columbia |
Discussant: Evsen Turkay, Vassar College |
Sales of perishable goods without consumer heterogeneity or competition: exploring the consumers' option value |
By Alexei Alexandrov; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri-Columbia |
The Scalping Game |
By Nelson Sa; Vassar College Evsen Turkay; Vassar College |
Presented by: Evsen Turkay, Vassar College |
Discussant: Julian Wright, National University of Singapore |
Gender-Based Price Discrimination in Matching Markets |
By Thomas Tregouet; Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
Presented by: Thomas Tregouet, Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
Session ID 46: Financial Institution Behavior |
Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Mortgage Origination and the Rise of Securitization: A Theoretical Analysis |
By Rohan Pitchford; University of Queensland Christopher Snyder; Dartmouth College |
Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Discussant: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada |
Quantifying Adverse Selection in the Commercial Mortgage-Backed |
By Sean Chu; Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Presented by: Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
The Impact of Financial Market Frictions on Firm Size in a Relational Contracting Model |
By Florian Englmaier; University of Konstanz Matthias Fahn; University of Wurzburg Carmit Segal; University of Zurich |
Presented by: Matthias Fahn, University of Wurzburg |
Discussant: Sean Chu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Efficiency and Bargaining Power in the Interbank Loan Market |
By Jason Allen; Bank of Canada |
Presented by: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada |
Discussant: Matthias Fahn, University of Wurzburg |
Session ID 49: Complex Vertical Contracts |
Session Chair: Dmitry Lubensky, University of Indiana, Kelley School of Business |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 478 |
All-Units Discount under Oligopoly with Capacity Constraint |
By Yong Chao; University of Louisville Guofu Tan; University of Southern California |
Presented by: Yong Chao, University of Louisville |
Discussant: Dmitry Lubensky, University of Indiana, Kelley School of Business |
Mitigating Hold-up Through Complementarities and Refundability |
By Jenny Hawkins; Oberlin College |
Presented by: Jenny Hawkins, Oberlin College |
Discussant: Yong Chao, University of Louisville |
A Model of Recommended Retail Prices |
By Dmitry Lubensky; University of Indiana, Kelley School of Business |
Presented by: Dmitry Lubensky, University of Indiana, Kelley School of Business |
Discussant: Jenny Hawkins, Oberlin College |
Session ID 58: Topics in Information I |
Session Chair: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Attention Competition |
By Andreas Hefti; University of Zurich |
Presented by: Andreas Hefti, University of Zurich |
Discussant: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University |
Information-based Favoritism: Capital Budgeting, Editorial Decision and Job Promotion |
By Chun-Hui Miao; University of South Carolina Jeremy Sandford; University of Kentucky |
Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
Discussant: Matthew Osborne, US Department of Commerce |
Profitable contract menus in competitive insurance markets with asymmetric information |
By Wanda Mimra; ETH Zurich Achim Wambach; University of Cologne |
Presented by: Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich |
Discussant: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University |
Information Aggregation in Bargaining |
By Makoto Hanazono; Nagoya University Yasutora Watanabe; Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
Presented by: Makoto Hanazono, Nagoya University |
Discussant: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina |
Session ID 61: Empirical Studies in Information II |
Session Chair: Jennifer Brown, Kellogg School of Management |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 468 |
Consumption Decisions in Markets with Limited Accessibility: The Case of Cannabis |
By Michelle Sovinsky; University of Zurich Liana Jacobi; University of Melbourne |
Presented by: Michelle Sovinsky, University of Zurich |
Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
What Drives Fraud in a Credence Goods Market? - Evidence From a Quasi Field Experiment |
By Alexander Rasch; University of Cologne Christian Waibel; University of Cologne |
Presented by: Christian Waibel, University of Cologne |
Discussant: Michael Luca, Harvard Business School |
Effect of Third-Party Certifications in Online Labor Markets: Evidence from Natural Experiments |
By Mingfeng Lin; University of Arizona |
Presented by: Mingfeng Lin, University of Arizona |
Discussant: Lesley Chiou, Occidental College |
Price Dispersion and Consumer Choice in Medigap Insurance Policies |
By Haizhen Lin; Indiana University Matthijs Wildenbeest; Indiana University |
Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University |
Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
Session ID 63: Effects of Mergers and Near Mergers |
Session Chair: Beatrice Pagel, HHU Duesseldorf |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Hazel 120 |
Assessing Unilateral Merger Effects in a Two-Sided Market: An Application to the Dutch Daily Newspaper Market |
By Lapo Filistrucchi; Tilburg University Tobias Klein; Tilburg University Thomas Michielsen; Tilburg University |
Presented by: Tobias Klein, Tilburg University |
Discussant: Zhiyong Yao, Fudan University, School of Management |
Economies of Scale and Merger Efficiencies: Empirical Evidence from the Chilean Pension Funds Market |
By Claudio Agostini; Universidad Adolfo Ibañez Eduardo Saavedra; ILADES, Universidad Alberto Hurtado Manuel Willington; Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez |
Presented by: Manuel Willington, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez |
Discussant: Caixia Shen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
The Effects of Major U.S. Domestic Airline Code Sharing on Costs, Markups and Consumer Welfare |
By Caixia Shen; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Presented by: Caixia Shen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Discussant: Tobias Klein, Tilburg University |
Pricing and Ownership Concentration: A New Approach to the Endogeneity Problem |
By Michael Doane; Competition Economics, LLC Luke Froeb; Vanderbilt David Zimmer; Western Kentucky University |
Presented by: Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt |
Discussant: Yasutora Watanabe, Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
Session ID 64: Entrepreneurship |
The Industrial Organization Society is very grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for sponsoring this special session on "Entrepreneurship." While the Kauffman Foundation chose the topic for the session, all the papers in special sessions, as well as the discussants and chair, are selected in total independence by the conference program committee. |
Session Chair: Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 308 |
Competitive Venture Capital Seed Investment: A Signaling Perspective |
By Jin-Hyuk Kim; University of Colorado at Boulder Liad Wagman; Illinois Institute of Technology |
Presented by: Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Michael Raith, University of Rochester |
Does entrepreneurs’ human capital exert an imprinting effect on venture performance? An empirical test on new technology-based firms |
By Luca Grilli; Politecnico di Milano Paul Jensen; University of Melbourne Samuele Murtinu; Politecnico di Milano |
Presented by: Luca Grilli, Politecnico di Milano |
Discussant: Benjamin Balsmeier, K.U. Leuven |
Selection and the Role of Small Business Owners in Firm Dynamics |
By Benjamin Pugsley; University of Chicago |
Presented by: Benjamin Pugsley, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan |
Firm Size Diversity and Regional Innovation |
By Ajay Agrawal; University of Toronto Iain Cockburn; Boston University Alberto Galasso; University of Toronto Alex Oettl; Georgia Institute of Technology |
Presented by: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Brent Goldfarb, University of Maryland |
Session ID 65: Innovation, Patents and Antitrust Policy |
The Industrial Organization Society is very grateful to Google for sponsoring this special session on "Innovation, Patents and Antitrust Policy." While Google selected the topic of the session, all the papers in special sessions, as well as the discussants and chair, are selected in total independence by the conference program committee. |
Session Chair: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 111 |
Digital Rights Management and Exclusionary Tying |
By Jin-Hyuk Kim; University of Colorado at Boulder Michael Waldman; Cornell University |
Presented by: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
Discussant: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
Adverse Effects of Patent Pooling on Product Development |
By Thomas Jeitschko; US Department of Justice and Michigan St Nanyun Zhang; Towson University |
Presented by: Thomas Jeitschko, US Department of Justice and Michigan St |
Discussant: Xianwen Shi, University of Toronto |
Composition of Innovative Activity in Information and Communications Technology Equipment R&D: What explains the changes over time? |
By Yasin Ozcan; Northwestern University Shane Greenstein; Northwestern University |
Presented by: Yasin Ozcan, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
Sequential Innovation and Optimal Patent Design |
By Christian Riis; Norwegian Business School Xianwen Shi; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Xianwen Shi, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Session ID 82: Sources and Effects of Airline Competition |
Session Chair: Philip Gayle, Kansas State University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 310 |
The Competitive Effects of Firm Exit: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry |
By Kai Hueschelrath; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Kathrin Mueller; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim |
Presented by: Kathrin Mueller, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim |
Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach, Northumbria University |
On Sources of Market Power in the US Airline Industry: Panel Data Evidence from US Airports |
By Volodymyr Bilotkach; Northumbria University Paulos Ashebir Lakew; University of California, Irvine |
Presented by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, Northumbria University |
Discussant: Philip Gayle, Kansas State University |
Analyzing the Competitive Effects of Exchanges or Sales of Airport Landing Slots |
By James D. Reitzes; The Brattle Group Brendan McVeigh; The Brattle Group Nicholas Powers; The Brattle Group Samuel Moy; University of Chicago/The Brattle Group |
Presented by: Nicholas Powers, The Brattle Group |
Discussant: Kathrin Mueller, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim |
Are Air Travel Markets Segmented Along the Lines of Nonstop versus Intermediate-stop(s) Products? |
By Philip Gayle; Kansas State University Chi-Yin Wu; Kansas State University |
Presented by: Philip Gayle, Kansas State University |
Discussant: Nicholas Powers, The Brattle Group |
Session ID 93: Topics in Telecom |
Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 479 |
Does Service Bundling Reduce Churn? |
By Jeffrey Prince; Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive Shane Greenstein; Northwestern University |
Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
Discussant: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University |
Demand in a Portfolio-Choice Environment: The Evolution of Telecommunications |
By Glenn A. Woroch; University of California, Berkeley |
Presented by: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley |
Discussant: Sang Pil Han, City University of Hong Kong |
Consumer Surplus in the New Mobile Economy: Estimating Demand for Mobile Apps |
By Sang Pil Han; City University of Hong Kong Anindya Ghose; New York University Sunghyuk Park; KAIST |
Presented by: Sang Pil Han, City University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Glenn A. Woroch, University of California, Berkeley |
Intra-Household Effects on Demand for Telephone Service: Empirical Evidence |
By Ching-I Huang; National Taiwan University |
Presented by: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University |
Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
Session ID 95: Auction Theory |
Session Chair: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Location: Founders 313 |
A New Approach to Correlation of Types in Bayesian Games |
By Luciano de Castro; Northwestern University |
Presented by: Luciano de Castro, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
An efficiency ranking of markets aggregated from single-object auctions |
By Eric Budish; University of Chicago Robert Zeithammer; University of California in Los Angeles |
Presented by: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
Discussant: Luciano de Castro, Northwestern University |
Unit price auction procedures |
By Yumiko Baba; Aoyamagakuin University |
Presented by: Yumiko Baba, Aoyamagakuin University |
Discussant: Robert Zeithammer, University of California in Los Angeles |
A theoretical analysis of scoring auctions with non quasi-linear scoring rules |
By Makoto Hanazono; Nagoya University Jun Nakabayashi; Osaka University Masanori Tsuruoka; University of Tokyo |
Presented by: Jun Nakabayashi, Osaka University |
Discussant: Yumiko Baba, Aoyamagakuin University |
Session ID 12: Trade and IO |
Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 310 |
“Exports-at-Risk”: the Effect of Multi-Market Contact in International Trade |
By Robert Feinberg; American University |
Presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University |
Discussant: Ana Fernandes, Development Research Group |
Increasing Marginal Costs: Presence, Sources, and Macroeconomic Implications |
By JaeBin Ahn; International Monetary Fund Alexander McQuoid; Columbia University |
Presented by: JaeBin Ahn, International Monetary Fund |
Discussant: Hale Utar, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Are Export Support Programs Effective? Evidence from Tunisia |
By Ana Fernandes; Development Research Group Olivier Cadot; Université de Lausanne Aaditya Mattoo; World Bank Julien Gourdon Gourdon; CEPII |
Presented by: Ana Fernandes, Development Research Group |
Discussant: Tani Fukui, USITC |
Session ID 15: Government and the Pharmaceuticals Market |
Session Chair: Colleen Carey, Johns Hopkins University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 312 |
Social Learning in Policymaking: Evidence from Canadian Formulary Listings |
By Arvind Magesan; University of Calgary |
Presented by: Arvind Magesan, University of Calgary |
Discussant: Colleen Carey, Johns Hopkins University |
Pharmaceutical regulation and innovative performance: a decision-theoretic model |
By Tannista Banerjee; Auburn University Stephen Martin; Purdue University |
Presented by: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
Discussant: Arvind Magesan, University of Calgary |
The Risk of Risk Adjustment: Government Payments and Insurer-Pharmaceutical Contracting in Medicare Part D |
By Colleen Carey; Johns Hopkins University |
Presented by: Colleen Carey, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
Session ID 17: R&D Innovation and Productivity |
Session Chair: Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 470 |
Plant-level Productivity and Imputation of Missing Data in U.S. Census Manufacturing Data |
By Kirk White; USDA Jerome Reiter; Duke University Amil Petrin; University of Minnesota |
Presented by: Kirk White, USDA |
Discussant: Henry Hyatt, US Census Bureau |
Wage Dynamics along the Life-Cycle of Manufacturing Plants |
By Emin Dinlersoz; U.S. Census Bureau Henry Hyatt; US Census Bureau Sang Nguyen; U.S. Census Bureau |
Presented by: Henry Hyatt, US Census Bureau |
Discussant: Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy |
The Impact of Patent Pools on Further Innovation |
By Nanyun Zhang; Towson University Thomas Jeitschko; US Department of Justice and Michigan St |
Presented by: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
Discussant: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Session ID 20: Determinants of Innovation 2 |
Session Chair: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 479 |
Does founders' human capital matter for innovation? Evidence from Japanese start-ups |
By Hiroyuki Okamuro; Hitotsubashi University Masatoshi Kato; Kwansei Gakuin University Yuji Honjo; Chuo University |
Presented by: Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University |
Discussant: Jason O'Connor, US Federal Trade Commission |
Outside Directors on the Board and Innovative Firm Performance |
By Benjamin Balsmeier; K.U. Leuven |
Presented by: Benjamin Balsmeier, K.U. Leuven |
Discussant: Cindy Lopes Bento, CEPS/K.U.Leuven |
Value for money? New microeconometric evidence on the input additionality of R&D grants for Flemish firms |
By Cindy Lopes Bento; CEPS/K.U.Leuven Dirk Czarnitzki; K.U.Leuven |
Presented by: Cindy Lopes Bento, CEPS/K.U.Leuven |
Discussant: Murat Seker, World Bank |
Session ID 30: Oil Markets and Energy Efficiency |
Session Chair: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 478 |
The Impact of Outages on Prices and Investment in the U.S. Oil Refining Industry |
By Matthew Chesnes; Federal Trade Commission |
Presented by: Matthew Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Elizabeth Farina, Universisty of Sao Paulo |
Energy Efficiency Resource Standards: Economics and Policy |
By Timothy Brennan; University of Maryland Baltimore County Karen Palmer; Resources for the Future |
Presented by: Timothy Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Discussant: Steven Puller, Texas A&M University |
Returns in Commodities Futures Markets, Financial Speculation and Macroeconomic Factors: a Multivariate GARCH Approach |
By Matteo Manera; University of Milano-Bicocca Marcella Nicolini; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Ilaria Vignati; FEEM |
Presented by: Marcella Nicolini, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei |
Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
Session ID 37: Nonlinear Pricing |
Session Chair: Matthew Lewis, OSU |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 313 |
Competitive Nonlinear Pricing and Contract Variety |
By Jian Shen; The Ohio State University Huanxing Yang; The Ohio State University Lixin Ye; The Ohio State University |
Presented by: Lixin Ye, The Ohio State University |
Discussant: Chi Leung (Adam) Wong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Menu Implementability and Practical Pricing Schemes |
By Chi Leung (Adam) Wong; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Presented by: Chi Leung (Adam) Wong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Discussant: Lixin Ye, The Ohio State University |
Ad-valorem platform fees and efficient price discrimination |
By Zhu Wang; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Julian Wright; National University of Singapore |
Presented by: Julian Wright, National University of Singapore |
Discussant: Thomas Tregouet, Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
Session ID 44: Bank Competition |
Session Chair: Robin Prager, FRB |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Regulating Two-Sided Markets: An Empirical Investigation |
By Santiago Carbo-Valverde; University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Sujit Chakravorti; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez; University of Granada |
Presented by: Santiago Carbó-Valverde, University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Discussant: Devrim Ikizler, University of Texas at Austin |
US Banking Industry Dynamics: A Matching Model with Segmented Loan Markets |
By Devrim Ikizler; University of Texas at Austin |
Presented by: Devrim Ikizler, University of Texas at Austin |
Discussant: Robin Prager, FRB |
Concentration, regulation and competition in European banking |
By Bruce Lyons; University of East Anglia |
Presented by: Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia |
Discussant: Santiago Carbó-Valverde, University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Session ID 47: Financial Market Issues |
Session Chair: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Aligning Incentives for Credit Rating Agencies |
By John Brown; Georgia Southern University |
Presented by: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
Discussant: Rasim Ozcan, |
Effect of Market Structure and the Regulatory Franchise in Reputation-Dependent Industries |
By Abigail Brown; Harvard University |
Presented by: Abigail Brown, Harvard University |
Discussant: John Brown, Georgia Southern University |
Price Manipulation by Intermediaries |
By Rasim Ozcan Bedri Tas; TOBB ETU Serkan Imisiker; Central Bank of Republic of Turkey |
Presented by: Rasim Ozcan, |
Discussant: Abigail Brown, Harvard University |
Session ID 53: Information and Contracts |
Session Chair: Jin Li, Kellogg School of Management |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 111 |
Managing Conflicts in Relational Contracts |
By Jin Li; Kellogg School of Management Niko Matouschek; Northwestern University (KSM) |
Presented by: Jin Li, Kellogg School of Management |
Discussant: Anne Duchene, Drexel University |
Staggered Versus Synchronized Relational Contracts |
By Jin-Hyuk Kim; University of Colorado at Boulder Nick Vikander; University of Edinburgh |
Presented by: Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Discussant: Claudia Salim, Free University Berlin |
Communication within and outside organisations |
By Claudia Salim; Free University Berlin |
Presented by: Claudia Salim, Free University Berlin |
Discussant: Patrick Warren, Clemson University |
Session ID 57: Topics in Information II |
Session Chair: Qian Jiao, NUS |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 468 |
The Informative Role of Subsidies |
By Felix Munoz-Garcia; Washington State University Ana Espinola-Arredondo; Washington State University |
Presented by: Felix Munoz-Garcia, Washington State University |
Discussant: Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology |
Competitive Investment in Clean Technology and Uninformed Green Consumers |
By Aditi Sengupta; Auburn University |
Presented by: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University |
Discussant: Simona Fabrizi, Massey University |
Information Acquisition in Securities Markets: Bertrand Versus Cournot |
By Hae-shin Hwang; Texas A&M University Paan Jindapon; University of Alabama |
Presented by: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama |
Discussant: Felipe Balmaceda, University of Chile |
Session ID 79: International Trade and Transportation |
Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 308 |
Trade Flows and Texas Gulf Ports: Impact of the Panama Canal Expansion |
By Janice Hauge; University of North Texas |
Presented by: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
Discussant: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
Do non-stop flights boost exports? |
By Marco Alderighi; Bocconi University Alberto Gaggero; University of Pavia |
Presented by: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University |
Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
TRAFFIC IMBALANCES AND OCEAN LINER SHIPPING RATES |
By Wesley Wilson; Oregon |
Presented by: Wesley Wilson, Oregon |
Discussant: Marco Alderighi, Bocconi University |
Session ID 92: Appropriability and Piracy |
Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Hazel 224 |
The Economics of Open-Access Journals |
By Mark McCabe; University of Michigan Christopher Snyder; Dartmouth College |
Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Discussant: Joerg Claussen, LMU Munich |
Profit Leak? Pre-Release File Sharing and the Music Industry |
By Robert Hammond; North Carolina State University |
Presented by: Robert Hammond, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Alejandro Zentner, Carnegie Mellon University |
On the Road Again - The Effect of Live Performances on Artist Popularity |
By Jan-Christian Tonon; MPI for Intellectual Property Joerg Claussen; LMU Munich |
Presented by: Joerg Claussen, LMU Munich |
Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Session ID 100: Cartels and Cartel Policy |
Session Chair: David Reitman, CRA |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 477 |
Cartel Detection in Procurement Markets |
By Kai Hueschelrath; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Presented by: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Discussant: David Reitman, CRA |
Cartels as Children of Hard Times, Antitrust Recidivism, and the Managerial Firm |
By Stephen Martin; Purdue University |
Presented by: Stephen Martin, Purdue University |
Discussant: Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
Session ID 103: Antitrust Enforcement |
Session Chair: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Texas at Dallas |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Founders 476 |
Group Purchasing Organizations, Monopsony, and Antitrust Policy |
By Roger Blair; U of Florida Christine Durrance; UNC Chapel Hill |
Presented by: Roger Blair, U of Florida |
Discussant: Andrea Günster, Professorship for Intellectual Property |
Separation of Powers: The Case of Antitrust |
By Bernhard Ganglmair; University of Texas at Dallas Andrea Günster; Professorship for Intellectual Property |
Presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Texas at Dallas |
Discussant: Roger Blair, U of Florida |
Court of Appeals Rulings in EU Antitrust Enforcement: A Review of the First 50 Years |
By Martin Carree; University of Maastricht Andrea Günster; Professorship for Intellectual Property Maarten Pieter Schinkel; University of Amsterdam |
Presented by: Andrea Günster, Professorship for Intellectual Property |
Discussant: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Texas at Dallas |
Session ID 104: Bundling and Tying |
Session Chair: Michael Waldman, Cornell University |
Date: March 17, 2012 |
Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
Location: Hazel 120 |
How the source of the entrant's advantage limits entry-deterring tying |
By Kenneth Corts; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrência |
The strategic interplay between bundling and merging in complementary markets |
By Jan Vandekerckhove; Maastricht University |
Presented by: Jan Vandekerckhove, Maastricht University |
Discussant: Kenneth Corts, University of Toronto |
Delineating Markets for Bundles: The Case of Triple-Play |
By Pedro Pereira; Autoridade da Concorrência Tiago Ribeiro; Indera - Estudos Económicos, Lda João Vareda; Autoridade da Concorrência |
Presented by: Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrência |
Discussant: Jan Vandekerckhove, Maastricht University |
Session ID 9: Licensing, Imitation, and Economic Growth |
Session Chair: Stefano Colombo, Catholic University of Milan |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 475 |
Patent licensing with Bertrand competitors |
By Stefano Colombo; Catholic University of Milan Luigi Filippini; Catholic University of Milan |
Presented by: Stefano Colombo, Catholic University of Milan |
Wage Inequality, Imitation and Social Institutions: A Theoretical Analysis |
By Priya Dutta; Indian Statistical Institute |
Presented by: Priya Dutta, Indian Statistical Institute |
Discussant: Stefano Colombo, Catholic University of Milan |
The telecommunications industry and economic growth: How the market structure matters |
By Vahagn Jerbashian; CERGE-EI |
Presented by: Vahagn Jerbashian, CERGE-EI |
Discussant: Priya Dutta, Indian Statistical Institute |
Technology Transfer and Entry Deterrence |
By Anne Duchene; Drexel University Debapriya Sen; Ryerson University Konstantinos Serfes; Drexel University |
Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Discussant: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University |
Session ID 10: Studies of external effects on domestic markets, using firm-level data |
Session Chair: Hale Utar, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 209 |
Trade Liberalization and Growth: Plant-Level Evidence from Switzerland |
By Stefan Buehler; University of St. Gallen Marco Helm; University of St. Gallen Michael Lechner; University of St Gallen |
Presented by: Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen |
Discussant: Ralph Sonenshine, American University |
Sunk Costs to the Domestic Market: Evidence from the Chinese Manufacturing Sector |
By Tong Li; Vanderbilt University Jing Liu; University of California, Los Angeles Xiaoyong Zheng; North Carolina State University |
Presented by: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
When the Floodgates Open: Evidence from the Response of Danish Textile and Apparel Industry to Lifting Trade Restrictions on Chinese Goods |
By Hale Utar; University of Colorado, Boulder |
Presented by: Hale Utar, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Discussant: JaeBin Ahn, International Monetary Fund |
Session ID 14: Demand for Health Care, Drugs, and Insurance |
Session Chair: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 207 |
Free to Choose? Reform and Demand Response in the British National Health Service |
By Martin Gaynor; Carnegie Mellon University Carol Propper; University of Bristol, Imperial College Stephan Seiler; Stanford GSB |
Presented by: Stephan Seiler, Stanford GSB |
Discussant: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
The Effects of Publicity on Demand: The Case of Anti-Cholesterol Drugs |
By Andrew Ching; University of Toronto Robert Clark; HEC Montreal Ignatius Horstmann; University of Toronto Hyunwoo Lim; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University |
Specialization and Differentiation in the Out-patient Dialysis Market |
By Mian Dai; Economics and International Business, Le |
Presented by: Mian Dai, Economics and International Business, Le |
Discussant: Hsiao-shan Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
The Impact of the Partnership Long-term Care Insurance Program on Private Coverage and Medicaid Expenditures |
By Haizhen Lin; Indiana University Jeffrey Prince; Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
Presented by: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University |
Discussant: Colleen Carey, Johns Hopkins University |
Session ID 19: Determinants of Innovation 1 |
Session Chair: Benjamin Balsmeier, K.U. Leuven |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 320 |
Effects of Licensing Reform on Firm Innovation: Evidence from India |
By Murat Seker; World Bank |
Presented by: Murat Seker, World Bank |
Discussant: Cindy Lopes Bento, CEPS/K.U.Leuven |
Consumer Notification, Market Size, and Innovation in Genetically Modified Organisms |
By Jason O'Connor; US Federal Trade Commission |
Presented by: Jason O'Connor, US Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University |
Innovation subsidies: Does the funding source matter for innovation intensity and performance at the firm level? Empirical evidence from Germany |
By Cindy Lopes Bento; CEPS/K.U.Leuven Dirk Czarnitzki; K.U.Leuven |
Presented by: Cindy Lopes Bento, CEPS/K.U.Leuven |
Discussant: Benjamin Balsmeier, K.U. Leuven |
How important is industry-specific managerial experience for corporate innovative activity |
By Benjamin Balsmeier; K.U. Leuven Dirk Czarnitzki; K.U.Leuven |
Presented by: Benjamin Balsmeier, K.U. Leuven |
Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
Session ID 21: Pricing and the Effects of Competition in Innovative Industries |
Session Chair: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Innovation and Markups: Firm-Level Evidence |
By Bruno Cassiman; IESE Business School Stijn Vanormelingen; IESE Business School |
Presented by: Stijn Vanormelingen, IESE Business School |
Discussant: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich |
Optimal pricing scheme in technology licensing: empirical evidence from the pharmaceutical industry |
By Giulia Trombini; Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
Presented by: Giulia Trombini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
Discussant: Giuliana Battisti, Nottingham University Business School |
The R&D Investment-Uncertainty Relationship: Do Strategic Rivalry and Firm Size Matter? |
By Dirk Czarnitzki; K.U.Leuven Andrew Toole; USDA./ERS/RRED/RESP |
Presented by: Andrew Toole, USDA./ERS/RRED/RESP |
Discussant: Emin Dinlersoz, U..S. Census Bureau |
Competition and Persistence of R&D |
By Martin Woerter; ETH Zurich |
Presented by: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich |
Discussant: Margaret Blume-Kohout, University of New Mexico |
Session ID 25: Bounded Rationality in Auctions and Markets |
Session Chair: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 318 |
When Do Markets Tip? A Cognitive Hierarchy Approach |
By Tanjim Hossain; University of Toronto John Morgan; University of California |
Presented by: Tanjim Hossain, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University |
Testing for Nonstandard Behavior in Auctions in the Presence of Unobserved Demand |
By Henry Schneider; Cornell University |
Presented by: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
Discussant: Tanjim Hossain, University of Toronto |
Level-k Thinking in a Multi-Unit Dutch Auction—An Experimental Investigation |
By Alexander Rasch; University of Cologne Achim Wambach; University of Cologne Peter Werner; University of Cologne |
Presented by: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
Discussant: Henry Schneider, Cornell University |
Learning and Strategic Sophistication in Games: Evidence from Penny Auctions on the Internet |
By Zhongmin Wang; Northeastern University Minbo Xu; Georgetown University |
Presented by: Zhongmin Wang, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Alexander Rasch, University of Cologne |
Session ID 40: Competition and Price Discrimination |
Session Chair: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, St John's College, Cambridge |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Delegation in a spatial game with endogenous spillovers |
By Kai Zhao; University of Maine |
Presented by: Kai Zhao, University of Maine |
Discussant: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, St John's College, Cambridge |
Price discrimination in asymmetric Cournot oligopoly |
By Barna Bako; Corvinus University of Budapest |
Presented by: Barna Bako, Corvinus University of Budapest |
Discussant: Kai Zhao, University of Maine |
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service |
By Alexei Alexandrov; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Barna Bako, Corvinus University of Budapest |
Better or More: The demand for product differentiation from generalists and specialists |
By Susanna Sallstrom Matthews; St John's College, Cambridge |
Presented by: Susanna Sallstrom Matthews, St John's College, Cambridge |
Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
Session ID 42: Studies of Pricing in Imperfectly Competitive Markets |
Session Chair: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 308 Founders 308 |
Understanding Retail Price Differences across U.S. Cities: A Tale of Two Frictions |
By Chi-Young Choi; University of Texas at Arlington |
Presented by: Chi-Young Choi, University of Texas at Arlington |
Discussant: Adriaan Soetevent, University of Amsterdam |
Arbitrage Across Borders: Why iTunes Gift Cards Sell Above Face Value on eBay |
By Chen Feng Ng; California State University Long Beach |
Presented by: Chen Feng Ng, California State University Long Beach |
Discussant: Andras Niedermayer, University of Mannheim |
Differentiation and the Relationship between Product Market Competition and Price Discrimination |
By Manuel Becerra; IE Business School Juan Santalo; IE Business School Charo Silva; IE Business School |
Presented by: Juan Santalo, IE Business School |
Discussant: Wen Cao, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong |
Industry Structure and the Strategic Provision of Trade Credit by Upstream Firms |
By Alfred Lehar; University of Calgary Yang Song; University of Calgary, CEA and WFA Lasheng Yuan; University of Calgary |
Presented by: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary |
Discussant: Sergei Koulayev, Keystone Strategy |
Session ID 51: Empirical Studies of Vertical Contracting |
Session Chair: Ricard Gil, Johns Hopkins University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 468 |
Revealing Bargaining Power through Actual Wholesale Prices |
By Carlos Noton; University of Warwick Andres Elberg; Universidad Diego Portales |
Presented by: Carlos Noton, University of Warwick |
Discussant: Renata Kosova, Cornell University |
Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry |
By Renata Kosova; Cornell University Matthew Freedman; Cornell University |
Presented by: Renata Kosova, Cornell University |
Discussant: Giorgo Sertsios, University of Houston |
Mitigating Agency Problems through Investment Decisions: Evidence from Franchising |
By Giorgo Sertsios; University of Houston |
Presented by: Giorgo Sertsios, University of Houston |
Discussant: Ricard Gil, Johns Hopkins University |
Does Vertical Integration Decrease Prices? Evidence from Paramount Antitrust Case of 1948 |
By Ricard Gil; Johns Hopkins University |
Presented by: Ricard Gil, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Carlos Noton, University of Warwick |
Session ID 56: Topics in Information III |
Session Chair: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 317 |
Disclosure Policy in Contests with Stochastic Abilities |
By Qiang Fu; National University of Singapore Qian Jiao; NUS Jingfeng Lu; National University of Singapore |
Presented by: Qian Jiao, NUS |
Discussant: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama |
Corruption and Public Display of Wealth |
By Simona Fabrizi; Massey University Steffen Lippert; University of Otago |
Presented by: Simona Fabrizi, Massey University |
Discussant: Felix Munoz-Garcia, Washington State University |
School Choice and Quality Under Provision |
By Felipe Balmaceda; University of Chile |
Presented by: Felipe Balmaceda, University of Chile |
Discussant: Qian Jiao, NUS |
Session ID 60: Empirical Studies in Information I |
Session Chair: Michael Luca, Harvard Business School |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 310 |
One Pool to Insure them All? Age, Risk and the Price(s) of Medical Insurance |
By Thomas Koch; Federal Trade Commission |
Presented by: Thomas Koch, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Mati Dubrovinsky, The University of Winnipeg |
Selecting the Best? Spillover and Shadows in Elimination Tournaments |
By Jennifer Brown; Kellogg School of Management Dylan Minor; Kellogg School of Management (MEDS) |
Presented by: Jennifer Brown, Kellogg School of Management |
Discussant: Michelle Sovinsky, University of Zurich |
How to Promote Trust: Theory and Evidence from China |
By Hongbin Cai; Peking University Ginger Jin; University of Maryland at College Park Chong Liu; Peking University Li-an Zhou; Peking University |
Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Discussant: Christian Waibel, University of Cologne |
HORIZONTAL OWNERSHIP AND BRAND AFFILIATION IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM NURSING HOMES |
By James Brickley; University of Rochester Susan Lu; University of Rochester Gerard Wedig; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Susan Lu, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA |
Session ID 80: Low Cost Carriers and Dominant Firms |
Session Chair: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 210 |
STRUCTURED COMPETITION IN THE MODERN AIRLINE INDUSTRY: |
By John Kwoka; Northeastern University Kevin Hearle; Brattle Group Phillippe Alepin; MiCRA |
Presented by: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
Does Product Quality Improve from a Threat of Entry? Evidence from Potential Low Cost Carrier Entry in Airline Markets |
By Nicholas Rupp; East Carolina University |
Presented by: Nicholas Rupp, East Carolina University |
Discussant: Claudio Agostini, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
Airline Pricing under Different Market Conditions: evidence from European Low-Cost Carriers |
By Volodymyr Bilotkach; Northumbria University Alberto Gaggero; University of Pavia Claudio Piga; Loughborough University |
Presented by: Alberto Gaggero, University of Pavia |
Discussant: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
Price Effects and Switching Costs of Airlines Frequent Flyer Program |
By Claudio Agostini; Universidad Adolfo Ibañez Diego Inostroza; ILADES-Universidad Alberto Hurtado Manuel Willington; Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez |
Presented by: Claudio Agostini, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
Discussant: Alberto Gaggero, University of Pavia |
Session ID 87: Applications of Two-Sided Markets |
Session Chair: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 470 |
Bayesian Estimation of a Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Pricing and Entry in Two-Sided Markets: Application to Video Games |
By Yiyi Zhou; University of Virginia |
Presented by: Yiyi Zhou, University of Virginia |
Discussant: Jessica Stahl, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
What does the response of stock prices to interchange fee regulation reveal about the structure of payment card markets? |
By Ali Ozdagli; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Scott Schuh; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
Presented by: Ali Ozdagli, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
Discussant: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
Expectations, Network Effects and Platform Pricing |
By Andrei Hagiu; Harvard Business School Hanna Halaburda; Harvard University |
Presented by: Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Andre Veiga, Toulouse |
Session ID 90: Empirical Analysis of Markets |
Session Chair: Alon Eizenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 313 |
How do Experience and Shopping Frequency Affect Consumers Brand Choice? |
By Tatiana Farina; Insper - Institute of Education and Research |
Presented by: Tatiana Farina, Insper - Institute of Education and Research |
Discussant: Florin Maican, University of Gothenburg and Research Institute in Industrial Economics |
Dynamic Demand for New and Used Durable Goods without Physical Depreciation: The Case of Japanese Video Games |
By Masakazu Ishihara; New York University Andrew Ching; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Masakazu Ishihara, New York University |
Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Assessing Competition by means of Pricing Equations: Domestic Codesharing in US Airlines |
By Jordi Jaumandreu; Boston University Ying Li; Boston University |
Presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
Discussant: Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University |
Session ID 97: Auction Markets and Multi-Unit Auctions |
Session Chair: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 8:15 - 10:15 |
Location: Founders 312 |
Auctions in Markets: Common Outside Options and the Continuation Value Effect |
By Gabor Virag; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Gabor Virag, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Jun Nakabayashi, Osaka University |
Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions |
By Hikmet Gunay; University of Manitoba Xin Meng; Southwestern U. of Finance&Economics |
Presented by: Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba |
Discussant: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
An Alternating-Offers Model of Multilateral Negotiations |
By Charles Thomas; Clemson University |
Presented by: Charles Thomas, Clemson University |
Discussant: Gabor Virag, University of Toronto |
Revenue-Superior Variants of the Second-Price Auction |
By Bernard Lebrun; York University |
Presented by: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
Discussant: Brent Hickman, University of Chicago |
Session ID 13: Physician and Hospital Behavior |
Session Chair: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 210 |
Physician Market Power and Medical-Care Expenditures |
By Adam Shapiro; BEA |
Presented by: Adam Shapiro, BEA |
Discussant: Marco Castaneda, Tulane University |
Hospital ownership, payment schemes, and wait times |
By Rune Stenbacka; Hanken School of Economics Mihkel Tombak; University of Toronto |
Presented by: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Adam Shapiro, BEA |
Organizational Form and the Adoption of New Medical Technologies in the Hospital Industry |
By Marco Castaneda; Tulane University |
Presented by: Marco Castaneda, Tulane University |
Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, University of Toronto |
Session ID 24: Consumer and Worker Behavior in Innovative Industries |
Session Chair: Emin Dinlersoz, U..S. Census Bureau |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 466 |
Dynamic Household Sorting and Learning about Charter School Quality |
By Nirav Mehta; University of Western Ontario |
Presented by: Nirav Mehta, University of Western Ontario |
Discussant: Giulia Trombini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
Music Supply, Chart Turnover, and the Random-Copying Hypothesis in the Digital Age |
By Christopher Klein; Middle Tennessee State University Shea Slonaker; Bethel University |
Presented by: Christopher Klein, Middle Tennessee State University |
Discussant: Andrew Toole, USDA./ERS/RRED/RESP |
THE ADOPTION OF COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGIES: A TEST OF SEQUENTIAL VERSUS SIMULTANEOUS COMPLEMENTARITY USING SURVIVAL TYPE DATA |
By Thomas Astebro; HEC Paris Giuliana Battisti; Nottingham University Business School Massimo Colombo; Politecnico di Milano |
Presented by: Giuliana Battisti, Nottingham University Business School |
Discussant: Martin Woerter, ETH Zurich |
The Rise and Fall of Unions in the U.S. |
By Emin Dinlersoz; U.S. Census Bureau Jeremy Greenwood; University of Pennsylvania |
Presented by: Emin Dinlersoz, U..S. Census Bureau |
Discussant: Stijn Vanormelingen, IESE Business School |
Session ID 31: Theoretical Models of Entry |
Session Chair: Keizo Mizuno, Kwansei Gakuin University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 320 |
Strategic Location Choice and Network Formation for Entry |
By Keizo Mizuno; Kwansei Gakuin University Yasunori Okumura; Hannan University |
Presented by: Keizo Mizuno, Kwansei Gakuin University |
Discussant: Idrissa SIBAILLY, Ecole Polytechnique and CREST-LEI |
Entry Regulation in a Linear Market |
By Javier Elizalde; Universidad de Navarra Markus Kinateder; Universidad de Navarra Ignacio Rodríguez-Carreño; Universidad de Navarra |
Presented by: Javier Elizalde, Universidad de Navarra |
Discussant: Steffen Lippert, University of Otago |
Learning and Collusion in New Markets with Uncertain Entry Costs |
By Francis Bloch; Ecole Polytechnique Simona Fabrizi; Massey University Steffen Lippert; University of Otago |
Presented by: Steffen Lippert, University of Otago |
Discussant: Javier Elizalde, Universidad de Navarra |
Strategic Bypass Deterrence |
By Francis Bloch; Ecole Polytechnique Axel Gautier; Crepp |
Presented by: Axel Gautier, Crepp |
Discussant: Keizo Mizuno, Kwansei Gakuin University |
Session ID 32: Empirical Models of Entry |
Session Chair: Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 310 |
The Cost of Growth: Estimating Entry Costs During Rollouts |
By Mauricio Varela; University of Arizona |
Presented by: Mauricio Varela, University of Arizona |
Discussant: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute |
Entry by Merger: Estimates from a Two-sided Matching Model with Externality |
By Kosuke Uetake; Northwestern University Yasutora Watanabe; Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
Presented by: Yasutora Watanabe, Northwestern University, Kellogg School |
Discussant: Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt |
Store Dynamics, Differentiation and Determinants of Market Structure |
By Florin Maican; University of Gothenburg and Research In Matilda Orth; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
Presented by: Matilda Orth, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
Discussant: James Prieger, Pepperdine University |
Entry in School Markets: Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities |
By Rodrigo Moita; Insper Institute |
Presented by: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute |
Discussant: Mauricio Varela, University of Arizona |
Session ID 35: Dynamic Price Discrimination |
Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 308 |
Strategic loyalty reward in dynamic price discrimination |
By Bernard Caillaud; Paris School of Economics (Ecole des Ponts) Romain de Nijs; Paris School of Economics (Ecole des Ponts) and CREST (Lei) |
Presented by: Romain de Nijs, Paris School of Economics (Ecole des Ponts) and CREST (Lei) |
Discussant: Morten Hviid, University of East Anglia |
Re-examining the Effects of Switching Costs |
By Andrew Rhodes; University of Oxford |
Presented by: Andrew Rhodes, University of Oxford |
Discussant: Romain de Nijs, Paris School of Economics (Ecole des Ponts) and CREST (Lei) |
Dynamic Screening and Consumer Learning |
By James Dana; Northeastern University |
Presented by: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Andrew Rhodes, University of Oxford |
Endogenous Low-Price Guarantees With Anchoring |
By Morten Hviid; University of East Anglia Greg Shaffer; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Morten Hviid, University of East Anglia |
Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Session ID 38: Imperfect Competition and Price Discrimination |
Session Chair: Mariano Tappata, UBC |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 467 |
Targeted Search and the Long Tail Effect |
By Huanxing Yang; The Ohio State University |
Presented by: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
Strategic Vertical Market Structure and Opaque Products |
By Mariano Tappata; UBC |
Presented by: Mariano Tappata, UBC |
Discussant: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University |
Heterogeneous Price Information and the Effect of Competition |
By Saul Lach; The Hebrew University Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez; Free University Amsterdam |
Presented by: Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez, Free University Amsterdam |
Discussant: Mariano Tappata, UBC |
Multi-dimensional Product Differentiation |
By Qihong Liu; University of Oklahoma Jie Shuai; Nankai University |
Presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
Discussant: Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez, Free University Amsterdam |
Session ID 43: Payment Issues |
Session Chair: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 313 |
Credit Risk, Penetration Rate and Payment Card Pricing |
By Chun-Yu Ho; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Li Xu; Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Discussant: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada |
Substitution Patterns among Cash, Credit Cards and Debid Cards: Evidence from Canadian Shopping Diary Data |
By Naoki Wakamori; Bank of Canada |
Presented by: Naoki Wakamori, Bank of Canada |
Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
The Impact of Retail Payment Innovations on Cash Usage: Evidence from Survey Data |
By Ben Fung; Bank of Canada Kim Huynh; Bank of Canada Leonard Sabetti; George Mason University |
Presented by: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada |
Discussant: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. |
Consumer credit and payment cards |
By Wilko Bolt; De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. Elizabeth Foote; London School of Economics Heiko Schmiedel; European Central Bank |
Presented by: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. |
Discussant: Naoki Wakamori, Bank of Canada |
Session ID 50: Vertical Foreclosure |
Session Chair: Clémence Christin, University of Düsseldorf |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 468 |
Strategic capacity shortage: A new rationale for onshore production |
By Yutian Chen; California State University, Long Beach |
Presented by: Yutian Chen, California State University, Long Beach |
Discussant: Clémence Christin, University of Düsseldorf |
Equilibrium Strategic Overbuying |
By Eric Avenel; Université de Rennes 1 Clémence Christin; University of Düsseldorf |
Presented by: Clémence Christin, University of Düsseldorf |
Discussant: Barna Bako, Corvinus University of Budapest |
Exclusive contracts in bilaterally duopolistic industries |
By Barna Bako; Corvinus University of Budapest Marco Haan; University of Groningen |
Presented by: Barna Bako, Corvinus University of Budapest |
Discussant: Stephen Hansen, Pompeu Fabra |
Vertical Exclusion with Downstream Risk Aversion |
By Stephen Hansen; Pompeu Fabra Massimo Motta; Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Presented by: Stephen Hansen, Pompeu Fabra |
Discussant: Yutian Chen, California State University, Long Beach |
Session ID 52: Studies on Organizational Forms |
Session Chair: Amitay Alter, Washington University in St. Louis |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 209 |
Estimating the Return to Organizational Form in the California Venture Capital Industry |
By Amitay Alter; Washington University in St. Louis |
Presented by: Amitay Alter, Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussant: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
Procurement, Cost Reduction, and Vertical Integration |
By Simon Loertscher; University of Melbourne Michael Riordan; Columbia University |
Presented by: Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne |
Discussant: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
Local Market Structure and Strategic Organizational Form Choices: Evidence from Gasoline Stations |
By Nathan Wilson; Federal Trade Commission |
Presented by: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Amitay Alter, Washington University in St. Louis |
Why do venture capitalists fire founders? |
By Anne Duchene; Drexel University |
Presented by: Anne Duchene, Drexel University |
Discussant: Jin Li, Kellogg School of Management |
Session ID 55: Search and Learning |
Session Chair: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 317 |
A Dynamic Model of Price Signaling and Consumer Learning |
By Matthew Osborne; US Department of Commerce Adam Shapiro; Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Presented by: Matthew Osborne, US Department of Commerce |
Discussant: Tarcisio da Graca, Canadian Competition Bureau |
On the Identification of the Costs of Simultaneous Search |
By Jose Luis Moraga Gonzalez; Free University Amsterdam Zsolt Sandor; University of Groningen Matthijs Wildenbeest; Indiana University |
Presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University |
Discussant: Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich |
Consumer Search with Observable and Hidden Characteristics |
By Marco Haan; University of Groningen Jose Luis Moraga Gonzalez; Free University Amsterdam |
Presented by: Marco Haan, University of Groningen |
Discussant: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University |
The Impact of Search Costs on Consumer Behavior: A Dynamic Approach |
By Stephan Seiler; Stanford GSB |
Presented by: Stephan Seiler, Stanford GSB |
Discussant: David Byrne, University of Melbourne |
Session ID 84: Sources of Market Power and Market Performance |
Session Chair: Santiago Bazdresch, University of Minnesota |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 318 |
Consumer Search and Market Power Dynamics |
By Christopher Ruebeck; Lafayette College |
Presented by: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College |
Discussant: Roberto Cellini, University of Catania |
Product Differentiation and Systematic Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence |
By Santiago Bazdresch; University of Minnesota |
Presented by: Santiago Bazdresch, University of Minnesota |
Discussant: Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College |
Art-maker and art-dealer as a marketing channel |
By Roberto Cellini; University of Catania Tiziana Cuccia; University of Catania |
Presented by: Roberto Cellini, University of Catania |
Discussant: Santiago Bazdresch, University of Minnesota |
Session ID 88: Productivity |
Session Chair: Mark Roberts, Penn State University |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 207 |
On the Identification of Production Functions: How Heterogeneous is Productivity? |
By Amit Gandhi; University of Wisconsin Salvador Navarro; University of Western Ontario David Rivers; University of Western Ontario |
Presented by: David Rivers, University of Western Ontario |
Discussant: Davide Vannoni, University of Torino |
Productivity and Quality in Health Care: Evidence from Dialysis Centers |
By Paul Grieco; The Pennsylvania State University Ryan McDevitt; University of Rochester |
Presented by: Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University |
Discussant: Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business |
Productivity Dynamics, R&D, and Competitive Pressure |
By Florin Maican; University of Gothenburg and Research Institute in Industrial Economics |
Presented by: Florin Maican, University of Gothenburg and Research Institute in Industrial Economics |
Discussant: Mark Roberts, Penn State University |
The Costs of Disposal and Recycling. An Application to Italian Municipal Solid Waste Services |
By Davide Vannoni; University of Torino |
Presented by: Davide Vannoni, University of Torino |
Discussant: Jan De Loecker, Princeton University |
Session ID 89: Issues in the Industrial Organization of Food and Agriculture |
Session Chair: Richard Volpe, USDA-ERS |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 470 |
Effects of Alternative Marketing Arrangements on Spot Market Price Distribution in the U.S. Hog Market |
By Jong-Jin Kim; North Carolina State University Xiaoyong Zheng; North Carolina State University |
Presented by: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Richard Volpe, USDA-ERS |
The Effect of Soft Drinks Taxes on Consumption: Evidence from Scanner Data |
By Christian Rojas; University of Massachusetts-Amherst Francesca Colantuoni; University of Massachussetts Amherst |
Presented by: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
Discussant: Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University |
Supercenters, Unionized Labor, and Performance in Food Retail |
By Richard Volpe; USDA-ERS |
Presented by: Richard Volpe, USDA-ERS |
Discussant: Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
Price and Variety in Supermarkets: Can Store Competition Hurt Consumers? |
By Andre Trindade; Bates White |
Presented by: Andre Trindade, Bates White |
Discussant: Chi-Young Choi, University of Texas at Arlington |
Session ID 94: Theoretical Advances in Media and Telecom |
Session Chair: Maria Rosa Battaggion, Università di Bergamo |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 475 |
Imperfect Targeted Advertising and Privacy Regulations |
By Stephen Bruestle; University of Virginia |
Presented by: Stephen Bruestle, University of Virginia |
Discussant: Maria Rosa Battaggion, Università di Bergamo |
Price Discrimination and the Hold-Up Problem: A Contribution to the Net-Neutrality Debate |
By Dominik Grafenhofer; MPI for Research on Collective Goods |
Presented by: Dominik Grafenhofer, MPI for Research on Collective Goods |
Discussant: Stephen Bruestle, University of Virginia |
Mass and Elite in the Market for News: a Model with Heterogeneous Audience |
By Maria Rosa Battaggion; Università di Bergamo Alessandro Vaglio; University of Bergamo |
Presented by: Maria Rosa Battaggion, Università di Bergamo |
Discussant: Dominik Grafenhofer, MPI for Research on Collective Goods |
Session ID 96: Econometric Analysis of Auctions |
Session Chair: Florian Englmaier, University of Konstanz |
Date: March 18, 2012 |
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Location: Founders 312 |
Asymmetric Information in Oil and Gas Lease Auctions with a National Company |
By Rafael Matoso; Petrobras Marcelo Rezende; Federal Reserve Board |
Presented by: Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board |
Discussant: Viplav Saini, Oberlin College |
Determinants and Effects of Reserve Prices in Online Auctions |
By Florian Englmaier; University of Konstanz |
Presented by: Florian Englmaier, University of Konstanz |
Discussant: Joseph Podwol, NA |
Efficacy of a Bidder Training Program: Lessons from LINC |
By Dakshina De Silva; Lancaster University Timothy Hubbard; Texas Tech University Georgia Kosmopoulou; University of Oklahoma |
Presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University |
Discussant: Thayer Morrill, North Carolina State University |
EXPLAINING PRICE DISPERSION IN ONLINE AUCTIONS WITH SIMPLE FRICTIONS |
By Joseph Podwol; NA Henry Schneider; Cornell University |
Presented by: Joseph Podwol, NA |
Discussant: Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba |
# | Participant | Roles in Conference |
---|---|---|
2 | Adams, Brian | P69 |
3 | Adams, Christopher | C14 |
4 | Agostini, Claudio | P80, D80 |
5 | Ahn, JaeBin | P12, D10 |
6 | Alderighi, Marco | D79, P79 |
7 | Alexandrov, Alexei | D39, P39, D40, P40 |
8 | Allen, Jason | D46, P46 |
9 | Alter, Amitay | P52, D52, C52 |
10 | Anderson, Benjamin | D48, P48 |
11 | Arvanitis, Spyros | C22, D22, P22 |
12 | Atalay, Enghin | P74 |
13 | Atallah, Gamal | D62, P62 |
14 | Baba, Yumiko | D95, P95 |
15 | Bagchi, Sutirtha | P72 |
16 | Bako, Barna | D40, P40, P50, D50 |
17 | Balmaceda, Felipe | D57, P56 |
18 | Balsmeier, Benjamin | D64, P20, C19, D19, P19 |
19 | Banerjee, Tannista | D18, P18, D15, P15 |
20 | Battaggion, Maria Rosa | P94, D94, C94 |
21 | Battisti, Giuliana | D21, P24 |
22 | Bazdresch, Santiago | P84, D84, C84 |
23 | Böckers, Veit | D5 |
24 | Bilotkach, Volodymyr | D82, P82 |
25 | Blair, Roger | D103, P103 |
26 | Blume-Kohout, Margaret | P16, D21 |
27 | Bolt, Wilko | P43, D43, C43 |
28 | Boom, Anette | C28, P28, D30 |
29 | Borzekowski, Ron | D67 |
30 | Boulemia, Anissa | P29, D28 |
31 | Boyer, Kenneth | C78, D78, C79 |
32 | Brennan, Timothy | C29, D29, P30 |
33 | Bridgman, Benjamin | C11, D11, P11 |
34 | Brown, Jennifer | D66, C61, P60 |
35 | Brown, David | D74 |
36 | Brown, John | C47, D47, P47 |
37 | Brown, Abigail | D47, P47 |
38 | Bruestle, Stephen | P94, D94 |
39 | Buehler, Stefan | D11, C30, P10 |
40 | Burghardt, Dirk | P74 |
41 | Byrne, David | P36, D55 |
42 | Campbell, James | D16, P66 |
43 | Cao, Wen | P41, D42 |
44 | Carbó-Valverde, Santiago | D44, P44 |
45 | Carey, Colleen | C15, D15, P15, D14 |
46 | Carrillo, Paul | D71 |
47 | Castaneda, Marco | P13, D13 |
48 | Castilla, Carolina | D27, P27 |
49 | Castillo, Marco | D71 |
50 | Cellini, Roberto | P84, D84 |
51 | Chan, Jason | P73 |
52 | Chang, Yang-Ming | D48, P48 |
53 | Chao, Yong | D49, P49 |
54 | Chen, Jihui | D36, P85 |
55 | Chen, Yutian | P50, D50 |
56 | Chen, Zhijun | P101 |
57 | Chesnes, Matthew | D29, P30 |
58 | Ching, Andrew | D61, D14, P14 |
59 | Chiou, Lesley | P66, D61 |
60 | Choi, Chi-Young | P42, D89 |
61 | Christin, Clémence | P50, D50, C50 |
62 | Chu, Sean | D46, P46 |
63 | Chu, hyo-youn | P69 |
64 | Claussen, Joerg | D92, P92 |
65 | Colombo, Stefano | C9, D9, P9 |
66 | Corts, Kenneth | D77, D65, D104, P104 |
67 | Creane, Anthony | P59 |
68 | Czarnitzki, Dirk | C16, P16, D23 |
69 | da Graca, Tarcisio | P59, D55 |
70 | Dai, Mian | D33, P14 |
71 | Dana, James | C68, D81, P35, D35, C35 |
72 | de Castro, Luciano | D95, P95 |
73 | de Corniere, Alexandre | P77 |
74 | De Loecker, Jan | P3, D88 |
75 | de Nijs, Romain | P35, D35 |
76 | De Silva, Dakshina | D90, P96 |
77 | DeGraba, Patrick | D77 |
78 | Di Vita, Giuseppe | D16, C23, D23, P23, P23 |
79 | Dinlersoz, Emin | D22, D21, P24, C24 |
80 | Dubrovinsky, Mati | P78, D60 |
81 | Duchene, Anne | D53, P52 |
82 | DURRMEYER, Isis | P76 |
83 | Dutta, Priya | D9, P9 |
84 | Ecer, Sencer | D102, P102 |
85 | Economides, Nicholas | C73, C86, P86, D66 |
86 | Eizenberg, Alon | P3, D90, C90 |
87 | Elizalde, Javier | P31, D31 |
88 | Englmaier, Florian | D98, P96, C96 |
89 | Escobari, Diego | C81, D81, P81 |
90 | Espinola-Arredondo, Ana | P4, D6 |
91 | Fabrizi, Simona | D57, P56 |
92 | Fahn, Matthias | D46, P46 |
93 | Falk, Martin | D33, P33 |
94 | Farina, Tatiana | D3, P90 |
95 | Farina, Elizabeth | P28, D30 |
96 | Farrell, Joseph | C77, P105 |
97 | Feinberg, Robert | D67, C12, P12, D10 |
98 | Fernandes, Ana | D12, P12 |
99 | Filistrucchi, Lapo | D91, P91 |
100 | Finger, Stephen | C4, P4, C5, D5 |
101 | Froeb, Luke | P63, D32, C32 |
102 | Fukui, Tani | P11, D12 |
103 | Fusaro, Marc | C45, D45, P45 |
104 | Gaggero, Alberto | P80, D80 |
105 | Galasso, Alberto | P64, C20, D19 |
106 | Gale, Ian | D76 |
107 | Ganglmair, Bernhard | C103, D103, P103 |
108 | Garmon, Christopher | D18, P18, C13 |
109 | Gautier, Axel | D6, P31 |
110 | Gayle, Philip | C82, D82, P82 |
111 | Günster, Andrea | D103, P103 |
112 | George, Lisa | D72, C91, D91, P91 |
113 | Gil, Ricard | C51, D51, P51 |
114 | Gilpatric, Scott | D98, P98 |
115 | Goldfarb, Brent | D67, D64 |
116 | Goreyko, Nadezhda | P101 |
117 | Grafenhofer, Dominik | P94, D94 |
118 | Grajzl, Peter | D4, P6 |
119 | Greenfield, Daniel | P81 |
120 | Greenstein, Shane | D73, C66 |
121 | Grieco, Paul | D3, P88 |
122 | Grilli, Luca | P64 |
123 | Gunay, Hikmet | P97, D96 |
124 | Haan, Marco | D59, P55 |
125 | Hagiu, Andrei | D86, P87 |
126 | Hammond, Robert | P92 |
127 | Han, Sang Pil | D93, P93 |
128 | Hanazono, Makoto | D59, P58 |
129 | Hansen, Stephen | P50, D50 |
130 | Harrison, Teresa | D70, C18, D33, P33 |
131 | Hauge, Janice | D79, P79 |
132 | Hawkins, Jenny | D49, P49 |
133 | Hefti, Andreas | D59, P58 |
134 | Heger, Diana | P16, D23 |
135 | Heyes, Anthony | D4, P6 |
136 | Hickman, Brent | P98, D97 |
137 | Hiller, Scott | P72 |
138 | Hinloopen, Jeroen | D101, D26, P26 |
139 | Ho, Chun-Yu | P43, D43 |
140 | Hossain, Tanjim | D25, P25 |
141 | Huang, Ching-I | D93, P93 |
142 | Hueschelrath, Kai | P85, D100, P100 |
143 | Huff, Nancy | P76 |
144 | Huse, Cristian | D78, P78 |
145 | Huynh, Kim | P43, D43 |
146 | Hviid, Morten | P35, D35 |
147 | Hyatt, Henry | D17, P17 |
148 | Ikizler, Devrim | D44, P44 |
149 | Ishihara, Masakazu | D3, P90 |
150 | Jarmin, Ron | C74 |
151 | Jaumandreu, Jordi | D65, P90 |
152 | Jeitschko, Thomas | D77, P65 |
153 | Jeon, Kiyong | P67 |
154 | Jerbashian, Vahagn | P9 |
155 | Jha, Akshaya | P68 |
156 | JIANG, LAI | P68 |
157 | Jiao, Qian | C57, D56, P56 |
158 | Jin, Ginger | C70, P2, D61, P60 |
159 | Jindapon, Paan | P57, C56, D56 |
160 | Kee, Hiau Looi | D69 |
161 | Kim, Jin-Hyuk | D54, P53 |
162 | Kim, Heekyung | P71 |
163 | Klein, Tobias | D63, P63 |
164 | Klein, Christopher | D87, C87, P24 |
165 | Koch, Thomas | D2, P60 |
166 | Kosmopoulou, Georgia | D76, D98, P98, C95 |
167 | Kosova, Renata | D51, P51 |
168 | Koulayev, Sergei | P41, D42 |
169 | Kouris, Iana | P77 |
170 | Kuhn, Kai-Uwe | P105 |
171 | Kwoka, John | C76, P80, D80 |
172 | Lafontaine, Francine | C72, C64 |
173 | Larsen, Bradley | P76 |
174 | Lebrun, Bernard | D95, P97, C97 |
175 | Lehar, Alfred | C41, D41, P42 |
176 | Lewis, Matthew | C36, D36, P36, D66, C37 |
177 | Li, Shanjun | P29, D78, D28 |
178 | Li, Jin | C53, P53, D52 |
179 | Lin, Mingfeng | D2, P61 |
180 | Lin, Haizhen | P61, D14, P14 |
181 | Linn, Joshua | D76 |
182 | Lippert, Steffen | P31, D31 |
183 | LIU, ZHEN | D27, P27 |
184 | Liu, Qihong | P38, D38 |
185 | Liu, YuHsi | P73 |
186 | Loertscher, Simon | D54, P52 |
187 | Loginova, Oksana | D39, P39 |
188 | Lopes Bento, Cindy | D20, P20, D19, P19 |
189 | Lotti, Francesca | P22, C17, D17 |
190 | Lu, Susan | D66, P60 |
191 | Lubensky, Dmitry | C49, D49, P49 |
192 | Luca, Michael | D73, P2, D61, C60 |
193 | Luo, Zijun | P69 |
194 | Lyons, Bruce | D5, P44 |
195 | Magesan, Arvind | D15, P15 |
196 | Maican, Florin | D90, P88 |
197 | Majure, Robert | P105 |
198 | Mansilla-Fernández, José Manuel | P67 |
199 | Mantovani, Andrea | D48, P48 |
200 | Manuszak, Mark | D69 |
201 | Martin, Stephen | P100 |
202 | Masten, Scott | C6, D6, P6 |
203 | Mayo, John | D68 |
204 | McCallum, Andrew | P74 |
205 | Mehta, Nirav | D86, P24 |
206 | Meraglia, Simone | D54, P54 |
207 | Miao, Chun-Hui | C58, D58, P58 |
208 | Mimra, Wanda | C59, P58, D55 |
209 | Mizuno, Keizo | P31, D31, C31 |
210 | Moita, Rodrigo | P32, D32 |
211 | Molnar, Jozsef | P78 |
212 | Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose L. | P38, D38 |
213 | Morrill, Thayer | P98, D96 |
214 | Mueller, Andrea | P5 |
215 | Mueller, Kathrin | D82, P82 |
216 | Mullin, Wallace | D70, C85, D85 |
217 | Munoz-Garcia, Felix | P57, D56 |
218 | Muraviev, Igor | D83, P83 |
219 | Nakabayashi, Jun | P95, D97 |
220 | Narita, Renata | D4, P5 |
221 | Nasr Esfahani, Nikrooz | P77 |
222 | Newberry, Peter | P68 |
223 | Ng, Chen Feng | D41, P42 |
224 | Ng, Justin | P67 |
225 | Nicolini, Marcella | D29, P30 |
226 | Niedermayer, Andras | P41, C42, D42 |
227 | Noton, Carlos | D51, P51 |
228 | O'Connor, Jason | D20, P19 |
229 | Okamuro, Hiroyuki | P20, D19 |
230 | Oliveira, Alessandro | D85, P85 |
231 | Orth, Matilda | D33, P32 |
232 | Osborne, Matthew | D68, D59, D58, P55 |
233 | Ozcan, Yasin | P65 |
234 | Ozcan, Rasim | D47, P47 |
235 | Ozdagli, Ali | P87 |
236 | Pagel, Beatrice | C62, D62, P62, C63 |
237 | Pai, Vivek | D81, P81 |
238 | Patel, Elena | P70 |
239 | Peeters, Thomas | C83, D83, P83 |
240 | Pereira, Pedro | D104, P104 |
241 | Peters, Bettina | D23, P23 |
242 | Pillai, Unnikrishnan | P29, D28 |
243 | Pittman, Russell | C101, D102 |
244 | Podwol, Joseph | P96, D96 |
245 | Powers, Nicholas | D82, P82 |
246 | Prager, Robin | D67, C44, D44 |
247 | Prieger, James | C33, P33, D32 |
248 | Prince, Jeffrey | D73, C93, D93, P93 |
249 | Pugsley, Benjamin | P64 |
250 | Puller, Steven | D68, D81, P81, P28, D30 |
251 | Raith, Michael | P59, D64 |
252 | Ramanarayanan, Subramaniam | C2, P2, D60 |
253 | Ramirez, Stefanie | P67 |
254 | Rasch, Alexander | C25, D25, P25 |
255 | Rau, Holger | C26, D26, P26 |
256 | Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita | D26, P26 |
257 | Redkina, Anastasiya | D101, P102 |
258 | Reitman, David | P101, C100, D100 |
259 | Rezende, Leonardo | D78, P78 |
260 | Rezende, Marcelo | D45, P45, D98, P96 |
261 | Rhodes, Andrew | P35, D35 |
262 | Rivers, David | D3, P88 |
263 | Roberts, Mark | C69, P3, D88, C88 |
264 | Rojas, Christian | D70, P89, D89 |
265 | Romahn, Andre | D102, P102 |
266 | Roth, Benjamin | P71 |
267 | Roy, Santanu | P59, D58, C55 |
268 | Ruebeck, Christopher | P84, D84 |
269 | Rupp, Nicholas | P80, D80, C80 |
270 | Sahni, Navdeep | P73 |
271 | Saini, Viplav | D96 |
272 | Salim, Claudia | D53, P53 |
273 | Sallstrom Matthews, Susanna | C40, D40, P40 |
274 | Santalo, Juan | D41, P42 |
275 | Sapozhnikov, Margarita | D2, P66 |
276 | Schmalensee, Richard | C67 |
277 | Schneider, Henry | D73, D25, P25 |
278 | Schoonbeek, Lambert | D26, P26 |
279 | Schwartz, Marius | P105 |
280 | Seiler, Stephan | D36, P14, P55 |
281 | Seker, Murat | D20, P19 |
282 | Sengupta, Aditi | D58, P57 |
283 | Serfes, Konstantinos | D65, D17, P9 |
284 | Sertsios, Giorgo | D51, P51 |
285 | Shapiro, Adam | D68, P13, D13 |
286 | Shastitko, Andrey | D83, P83 |
287 | Shen, Caixia | D63, P63 |
288 | Sheu, Gloria | C102, D102, P102 |
289 | Shi, Xianwen | D65, P65 |
290 | Shin, Dongsoo | C48, D48, P48 |
291 | SIBAILLY, Idrissa | P4, D31 |
292 | Sicotte, Richard | D85, P85 |
293 | Sivadasan, Jagadeesh | D64 |
294 | Snyder, Christopher | C71, C46, D46, P46, C92, D92, P92 |
295 | Soetevent, Adriaan | P41, D42 |
296 | SOKULLU, Senay | D91, P91 |
297 | Sonenshine, Ralph | P11, D10 |
298 | Sovinsky, Michelle | P61, D60 |
299 | Stahl, Jessica | D87 |
300 | Stevens, John | D74 |
301 | Stith, Sarah | P70 |
302 | Sun, Yutec | P68 |
303 | Suppliet, Moritz | D18, P18 |
304 | Tappata, Mariano | P38, D38, C38 |
305 | Thomas, Charles | D72, P97, D97 |
306 | Tombak, Mihkel | P13, D13 |
307 | Toole, Andrew | P21, D24 |
308 | Tregouet, Thomas | P39, D37 |
309 | Trindade, Andre | D41, P89 |
310 | Trombini, Giulia | P21, D24 |
311 | Turkay, Evsen | D39, P39 |
312 | Uetake, Kosuke | P73 |
313 | Utar, Hale | D12, C10, P10 |
314 | Vandekerckhove, Jan | D104, P104 |
315 | Vannoni, Davide | P88, D88 |
316 | Vanormelingen, Stijn | P21, D24 |
317 | Varela, Mauricio | P32, D32 |
318 | Veiga, Andre | P86, D87 |
319 | Virag, Gabor | P97, D97 |
320 | Volpe, Richard | P89, D89, C89 |
321 | Waddams, Catherine | D101, D28, P28 |
322 | Wagman, Liad | P64, D57 |
323 | Waibel, Christian | P61, D60 |
324 | Wait, Andrew | C54, P54, D52 |
325 | Wakamori, Naoki | P43, D43 |
326 | Waldman, Michael | C65, P65, C104 |
327 | Wang, Zhongmin | D25, P25 |
328 | Wang, Zhu | D69 |
329 | Ward, Michael | D71, D91, P91 |
330 | Warren, Patrick | P54, D53 |
331 | Warzynski, Frederic | C3, P3, D88 |
332 | Watanabe, Yasutora | D63, P32 |
333 | Waterson, Michael | P36, D85 |
334 | Wenzel, Tobias | D45, P45 |
335 | White, Lawrence | C105 |
336 | White, Kirk | D74, D22, P17 |
337 | Wildenbeest, Matthijs | P55, D55 |
338 | Willington, Manuel | D62, P63 |
339 | Wilson, Nathan | P52, D52 |
340 | Wilson, Chris | C27, D27, P27 |
341 | Wilson, Wesley | D79, P79 |
342 | Woerter, Martin | P22, C21, D21, P21, D24 |
343 | Wong, Chi Leung (Adam) | D37, P37 |
344 | Woroch, Glenn A. | D93, P93 |
345 | WOZNIAK, KRZYSZTOF | P72 |
346 | Wright, Joshua | D72 |
347 | Wright, Julian | C39, D39, P37 |
348 | Xiao, Wei | P5 |
349 | Xie, Jia | P71 |
350 | Yang, Hsiao-shan | P33, D14 |
351 | Yang, Huanxing | P38, D38 |
352 | Yao, Zhiyong | P62, D63 |
353 | Yasar, Mahmut | D16, P23 |
354 | Ye, Lixin | D37, P37 |
355 | Zeithammer, Robert | C98, D95, P95 |
356 | Zentner, Alejandro | P66, D92 |
357 | Zhang, Nanyun | P17, D9 |
358 | Zhao, Kai | D40, P40 |
359 | Zheng, Xiaoyong | D11, P10, P89, D89 |
360 | Zhou, Yiyi | P87 |
361 | Zhu, Chen | P70 |
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