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| 15:00 to 19:00 | On-going Registration, Atlantic Ballroom Atrium |
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| 17:00 to 18:30 | Rising Stars Sessions, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 18:30 to 20:30 | RECEPTION, Atlantic Ballroom, Renaissance Hotel |
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| April 8, 2017 | |
| 07:30 to 17:00 | On-going Registration, Atlantic Ballroom Atrium |
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| 07:30 to 17:00 | Coffee/Refreshments, Atlantic Ballroom Atrium |
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| 08:00 to 10:00 | Session Block A, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 10:15 to 12:15 | Session Block B, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 12:30 to 14:00 | KEYNOTE LUNCH with Steven Berry "Endogenous Market Structure", Pacific Ballroom, Renaissance |
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| 14:30 to 16:30 | Session Block C, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 16:45 to 18:15 | Session Block D, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 18:30 to 20:30 | RECEPTION at The Exchange Conference Center , 212 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210 |
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| April 9, 2017 | |
| 08:00 to 11:30 | Coffee/ Refreshments, Atlantic Ballroom Atrium |
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| 08:00 to 10:00 | Session Block E, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| 10:15 to 12:15 | Program Block F, 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance |
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| Rising Stars Sessions 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 | |
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| Rising Stars: Patents and Innovation, Spectacle | |
| Rising Stars: Dynamic Pricing, Aegean | |
| Rising Stars: Selling Mechanisms, Caspian | |
| Rising Stars: Theory of the Firm, Mediterranean | |
| Rising Stars: Health Care Markets, Brewster | |
| Rising Stars: Collusion and M&A, Georges | |
| Rising Stars: Models of Demand, Pacific C | |
| Rising Stars: Vehicle Demand, Pacific A | |
| Rising Stars: Pricing, Thompson | |
| Rising Stars: Entry, Pacific B |
| Session Block A 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance April 8, 2017 08:00 to 10:00 | |
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| Dynamic Contracts, Aegean | |
| Information--Empirical Studies, Caspian | |
| Banking and Financial Markets, Mediterranean | |
| Electricity Markets and Policy, Brewster | |
| Incentives to Innovate, Atlantic 1 | |
| Firm Entry/Exit and Firm Performance, Georges | |
| Market Power in Online Platforms, Atlantic 3 | |
| Online Advertising, Spectacle | |
| Empirical Studies of Vertical Relationships II, Pacific C | |
| Antitrust, Pacific A | |
| Health Policies and Welfare, Atlantic 2 | |
| Pricing in Online Markets, Pacific B |
| Session Block B 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 | |
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| Advertising and Word-of-Mouth, Caspian | |
| Demand, Cost, and Competition in Health Care - Charles River Associates sponsore..., Mediterranean | |
| Reputation, Brewster | |
| Empirical Studies of Cartel Stability, Atlantic 2 | |
| Pricing with Bounded Rational Consumers, Atlantic 1 | |
| Patents, Georges | |
| Dynamic Auction Settings, Atlantic 3 | |
| Market Competition with Behavioral Buyers or Sellers, Pacific A | |
| Small Business Competition and Dynamics - Kauffman Foundation Sponsored Session, Pacific B | |
| Roundtable with the IO Journal Editors, Spectacle | |
| Theoretical Studies of Vertical Relationships II, Pacific C | |
| Investment, Sourcing, and Hold-up Problems, Thompson | |
| Governance, Aegean |
| Session Block C 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 | |
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| Information Disclosure and Certification, Caspian | |
| Growth in Online Platforms, Brewster | |
| Search and Learning, Atlantic 2 | |
| Efficiency Gains in Mergers -Compass Lexecon Sponsored Session, Atlantic 1 | |
| Antitrust Law and Economics, Georges | |
| Price Dispersion in Retail Markets, Atlantic 3 | |
| Productivity, Pacific A | |
| Innovation and Adoption, Pacific B | |
| Nonstandard Auction Settings, Spectacle | |
| Improving Upon Structural Models: Experiments, Machine Learning, and Communicati..., Pacific C | |
| Theoretical Studies of Vertical Relationships I, Thompson | |
| Imperfect Consumer Health Care Choices and Imperfect Competition, Mediterranean | |
| Organization of Large Firms, Aegean |
| Session Block D 3rd and 4th floors, Renaissance April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 | |
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| Entry in Restricted Markets, Aegean | |
| Regulation of Network Industries, Caspian | |
| Automobile Markets and Policy, Mediterranean | |
| Online Markets, Privacy, and Security - Microsoft Sponsored Session, Atlantic 2 | |
| Antitrust Analysis of Forward Markets, Atlantic 1 | |
| Consumer Behavior: Self Control, Loss Aversion, Inertia, and Myopia, Atlantic 3 | |
| Platform Competition, Pacific A | |
| Punishment in Cartels, Pacific B | |
| Dynamic Pricing and Competition, Spectacle | |
| Financial Constraints and Firm Performance, Thompson | |
| Exports and Exporters, Brewster | |
| Search and Price Discrimination, Georges |
Summary of All Sessions |
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15th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference |
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Detailed List of Sessions |
| Session ID 16: Rising Stars: Patents and Innovation April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Spectacle |
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| Session Chair: Hugo A. Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles |
| Innovation Is the New Competition: Product Portfolio Choices with Product Life Cycles |
| By Peichun Wang; Wharton School, UPenn |
| presented by: Peichun Wang, Wharton School, UPenn |
| Discussant: Nan Yang, National University of Singapore |
| Pay-for-Delay with Settlement Externalities |
| [slides] |
| By Matias Pietola; Toulouse School of Economics Emil Palikot; Toulouse School of Economics |
| presented by: Matias Pietola, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| Session ID 17: Rising Stars: Dynamic Pricing April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester |
| The Remuneration of Advisors in Markets for Complex Products |
| By Jurre Thiel; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| presented by: Jurre Thiel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) |
| Dynamic price competition with endogenous and exogenous switching costs |
| By Tilsa Ore Monago; Stony Brook University |
| presented by: Tilsa Ore Monago, Stony Brook University |
| Discussant: Guy Arie, University of Rochester |
| Customer Poaching with Two-part Tariffs |
| By Jorge Tamayo; University of Southern California and Banco de la Republica de Colombia |
| presented by: Jorge Tamayo, University of Southern California and Banco de la Republica de Colombia |
| Discussant: Brent Hickman, University of Chicago |
| Session ID 18: Rising Stars: Selling Mechanisms April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
| Asymmetric Budget Constraints in a First Price Auction |
| By Nina Bobkova; University of Bonn |
| presented by: Nina Bobkova, University of Bonn |
| Discussant: Maryam Saeedi, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Efficient Bargaining Through a Broker |
| By Xingtan Zhang; The Wharton School |
| presented by: Xingtan Zhang, The Wharton School |
| Discussant: Vitali Gretschko, ZEW |
| When to Hold an Auction? |
| By Isaias Chaves Villamizar; Stanford University Shota Ichihashi; Stanford University |
| presented by: Shota Ichihashi, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Roberto Burguet, CSIC |
| Session ID 19: Rising Stars: Theory of the Firm April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Subcontracting Requirements and the Cost of Government Procurement |
| By Benjamin Rosa; University of Pennsylvania |
| presented by: Benjamin Rosa, University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant: Jorge Balat, Johns Hopkins University |
| How does competition affect product choices? An empirical analysis of the U.S. airline industry |
| By Long Shi; University of Oklahoma |
| presented by: Long Shi, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Kerry Tan, Loyola University Maryland |
| Session ID 20: Rising Stars: Health Care Markets April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Ching-to Albert Ma, Boston University |
| Should Off-Label Drug Prescriptions be Prevented? Empirical Evidence from France |
| By Tuba Tuncel; Toulouse School of Economics |
| presented by: Tuba Tuncel, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Discussant: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech |
| Quality Competition and Capacity Constraints: The Case of the Dialysis Industry |
| By Paul Eliason; Duke University |
| presented by: Paul Eliason, Duke University |
| Discussant: Nathan Dong, Columbia University |
| Market Exclusivity, Entry, and Consumer Welfare: The Case of Rx-to-OTC Switch in the Anti-ulcer Drug Market |
| By Yang Zhang; Cornell University |
| presented by: Yang Zhang, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session ID 21: Rising Stars: Collusion and M&A April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Georges |
| Session Chair: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| The Ice Cream Split: Empirically Distinguishing Price and Product Space Collusion |
| By Christopher Sullivan; University of Michigan |
| presented by: Christopher Sullivan, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Julie Mortimer, Boston College |
| Ex Post Merger Analysis in the Car Market and the Role of Conduct |
| By Ruben Savelkoul; KU Leuven |
| presented by: Ruben Savelkoul, KU Leuven |
| Discussant: Nathan Miller, Georgetown University |
| Collusion through market sharing agreements: evidence from Québec's road paving market |
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| By Adriano De Leverano; HEC Montréal |
| presented by: Adriano De Leverano, HEC Montréal |
| Discussant: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| Session ID 22: Rising Stars: Models of Demand April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Pacific C |
| Session Chair: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Buying a Larger Package with Quantity Surcharge: Information Friction or Preference Heterogeneity? |
| By Joonhwi Joo; University of Chicago |
| presented by: Joonhwi Joo, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Michael Grubb, Boston College |
| Consumer Preferences for Product Updates Under Digitization: The Demand for Smartphone Applications |
| By Benjamin Leyden; University of Virginia |
| presented by: Benjamin Leyden, University of Virginia |
| Discussant: Peter Newberry, Pennsylvania State University |
| Lenders' competition and macro-prudential regulation: A model of the UK mortgage supermarket |
| By Matteo Benetton; London School of Economics |
| presented by: Matteo Benetton, London School of Economics |
| Discussant: Robin Prager, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session ID 23: Rising Stars: Vehicle Demand April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Steven Berry, Yale University |
| Network Externality and Subsidy Structure in Two-Sided Markets: Evidence from Electric Vehicle Incentives |
| By Katalin Springel; University of California, Berkeley |
| presented by: Katalin Springel, University of California, Berkeley |
| Discussant: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
| Compatibility and Investment in the U.S. Electric Vehicle Market |
| By Jing Li; Harvard University |
| presented by: Jing Li, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Charles Murry, The Pennsylvania State University |
| An Arms Race in Vehicle Purchases: Evidence from Quasi-Random Neighbor Accidents |
| By Jonathan Scott; Texas A&M University |
| presented by: Jonathan Scott, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Session ID 24: Rising Stars: Pricing April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Shane Greenstein, Harvard University |
| The Efficiency and Profitability of Rebate Contracts: A Study of Alibaba's Tmall |
| By Xiaolu Zhou; Penn State |
| presented by: Xiaolu Zhou, Penn State |
| Discussant: Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University |
| Endogenous Pricing and Multitasking: A Sales Agents Contract |
| By Maria Palacios; Boston University, (student) |
| presented by: Maria Palacios, Boston University |
| Discussant: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Heterogeneous Impacts of Cost Shocks, Strategic Bidding, and Pass-Through: Evidence from the New England Electricity Market |
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| By Harim Kim; University of Michigan |
| presented by: Harim Kim, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Marc Remer, Swarthmore College |
| Session ID 25: Rising Stars: Entry April 7, 2017 17:00 to 18:30 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University |
| The Effect of Consumer Search Costs on Entry and Quality in the Mobile App Market |
| By Daniel Ershov; University of Toronto |
| presented by: Daniel Ershov, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University |
| Measuring Preemption in Dynamic Oligopoly Games |
| By Limin Fang; U Toronto |
| presented by: Limin Fang, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Yuya Takahashi, Johns Hopkins University |
| Liberalizing the Airwaves in Ghana: A Dynamic Structural Model of Radio Station Competition |
| By Christoph Walsh; Boston University |
| presented by: Christoph Walsh, Boston University |
| Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| Session ID 3: Dynamic Contracts April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Frances Lee, Loyola University of Chicago |
| Dynamic Contracts with Random Monitoring |
| By Andrei Barbos; University of South Florida |
| presented by: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida |
| Discussant: Fahad Khalil, University of Washington |
| Random Inspections and Periodic Reviews: Optimal Dynamic Monitoring |
| By Ivan Marinovic; Stanford University Andy Skrzypacz; Stanford Graduate School of Business Felipe Varas; Duke University |
| presented by: Felipe Varas, Duke University |
| Discussant: Patrick Legros, Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Optimal Contract for Experimentation and Production |
| By Fahad Khalil; University of Washington Jacques Lawarree; University of Washington Alexander Rodivilov; University of Washington |
| presented by: Fahad Khalil, University of Washington |
| Discussant: Felipe Varas, Duke University |
| Sticks or Carrots or Both? |
| By Frances Lee; Loyola University of Chicago |
| presented by: Frances Lee, Loyola University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Wiroy Shin, KIET-Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade |
| Session ID 11: Information--Empirical Studies April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Imke Reimers, Northeastern University |
| Market Evolution, Bidding Strategies, and Survival of Art Dealers |
| By Dakshina De Silva; Lancaster University Marina Gertsberg; Maastricht University Rachel Pownall; Maastricht University |
| presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University |
| Discussant: Ryan Lampe, California State University, East Bay |
| The Effects of Internet Book Piracy : The Case of Japanese Comics |
| By Tatsuo TANAKA; Keio University |
| presented by: Tatsuo TANAKA, Keio University |
| Discussant: Christian Waibel, ETH Zurich |
| Pricing Schemes and Seller Fraud: Evidence from New York City Taxi Rides |
| By Ting Liu; Stony Brook University Yiyi Zhou; Stony Brook University |
| presented by: Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University |
| Discussant: Haiyan Liu, University of South Florida |
| Digital Disintermediation and the Market for Ideas |
| By Christian Peukert; U Zürich Imke Reimers; Northeastern University |
| presented by: Imke Reimers, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Charles Murry, The Pennsylvania State University |
| Session ID 15: Banking and Financial Markets April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Thomas Ruchti, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Competition and Price Conduct by Bank Service Line |
| By Wilko Bolt; De Nederlandsche Bank |
| presented by: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank |
| Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany |
| Appraising Home Purchase Appraisals |
| By Paul Calem; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Lauren Lambie-Hanson; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Leonard Nakamura; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| presented by: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Discussant: Alexei Alexandrov, Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) |
| The Cross Section of Bank Value |
| By Mark Egan; University of Minnesota Carlson School Stefan Lewellen; London Business School Adi Sunderam; Harvard Business School |
| presented by: Mark Egan, University of Minnesota Carlson School |
| Discussant: Wilko Bolt, De Nederlandsche Bank |
| Changing the Footprint of GSE Loan Guarantees: Estimating Effects on Mortgage Pricing and Availability |
| By Alexei Alexandrov; Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) Thomas Conkling; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sergei Koulayev; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| presented by: Thomas Conkling, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| Discussant: Ryan Kelly, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| Regulating Information |
| By Andrew Bird; Carnegie Mellon University Stephen Karolyi; Carnegie Mellon University Thomas Ruchti; Carnegie Mellon University |
| presented by: Thomas Ruchti, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Session ID 27: Electricity Markets and Policy April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Shaun McRae, ITAM |
| Separate Markets for Externalities: Rgional versus State-by-State Implementation of the Clean Power Plan |
| By Jose Miguel Abito; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvan Christopher Knittel; MIT Konstantinos Metaxoglou; Carleton University Andre Trindade; Getulio Vargas Foundation |
| presented by: Jose Miguel Abito, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvan |
| Discussant: Yichen Christy Zhou, Resources for the Future and Clemson University |
| The Prosumers and the Grid |
| By Axel Gautier; U Liege, HEC Management School julien jacqmin; University of Montpellier Jean-Christophe Poudou; University of Montpellier |
| presented by: Axel Gautier, U Liege, HEC Management School |
| Discussant: Eric Lewis, Department of Justice |
| Competition in Cascade |
| By Rodrigo Moita; Insper Institute Daniel Monte; Sao Paulo School of Economics FGB |
| presented by: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute |
| Discussant: Jan Voßwinkel, NGU | Nuertingen-Geislingen University |
| Market Power in a Hydro-Dominated Wholesale Electricity Market |
| By Shaun McRae; ITAM Frank Wolak; Stanford University |
| presented by: Shaun McRae, ITAM |
| Discussant: Larry Qiu, University of Hong Kong |
| Session ID 31: Incentives to Innovate April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: Andrew Toole, US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Following the Code: Spillovers and Knowledge Transfer |
| [slides] |
| By Neil Gandal; Tel Aviv University |
| presented by: Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University |
| Discussant: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan U |
| Nonprofit and for-profit competition (and cooperation) in basic research |
| By Rune Stenbacka; Hanken School of Economics Mihkel Tombak; U Toronto |
| presented by: Mihkel Tombak, U Toronto |
| Discussant: Olga Ukhaneva, Georgetown University |
| Learning When to Quit |
| By Bernhard Ganglmair; U Texas at Dallas Timothy Simcoe; Boston University Emanuele Tarantino; University of Mannheim |
| presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, U Texas at Dallas |
| Discussant: R. Hiller, Fairfield University |
| Relative R&D intensity for exporters in an oligopolistic industry with spillovers |
| By Jose Sempere-Monerris; University of Valencia Juan Sanchis; University of Valencia Rafael Moner-Colonques; Universitat de València Juan A. Mañez; University of Valencia and ERICES |
| presented by: Jose Sempere-Monerris, University of Valencia |
| Discussant: Andrew Toole, US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Session ID 36: Firm Entry/Exit and Firm Performance April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Georges |
| Session Chair: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard |
| Costly Entry into Oligopolistic Markets |
| By Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez; Yale University Alvaro Parra; University of British Columbia |
| presented by: Alvaro Parra, University of British Columbia |
| Market concentration and volatility in the production of new housing |
| By Jacob Cosman; Johns Hopkins University Luis Quintero; Johns Hopkins University |
| presented by: Jacob Cosman, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Chao Ma, Xiamen University |
| In the Club: Strategic Admission, Membership, and Endogenous Splits |
| By Michael Sacks; West Virginia University |
| presented by: Michael Sacks, West Virginia University |
| Discussant: Veikko Thiele, Queen's University |
| Industrial Policy, Excess Capacity and Fragmentation in China |
| By Panle Barwick; Cornell Myrto Kalouptsidi; Harvard Nahim Zahur; Cornell University |
| presented by: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard |
| Discussant: Joseph Cullen, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Session ID 45: Market Power in Online Platforms April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Talal Rahim, Boston University |
| Evaluation of Best Price Clauses in Hotel Booking |
| By Matthias Hunold; Düsseldorf University Reinhold Kesler; ZEW Mannheim Ulrich Laitenberger; ZEW Mannheim Frank Schluetter; DICE |
| presented by: Reinhold Kesler, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Michael Kummer, Georgia Institute of Technology and Centre for European Economic Research |
| The Economics of Zero-rating and Net Neutrality |
| By Robert Somogyi; Universite catholique de Louvain |
| presented by: Robert Somogyi, Universite catholique de Louvain |
| Discussant: Thibaud VERGE, CREST |
| Platform Price Parity Clauses with Direct Sales |
| By Thibaud VERGE; CREST |
| presented by: Thibaud VERGE, CREST |
| Discussant: Robert Somogyi, Universite catholique de Louvain |
| Can Peer-to-Peer Platforms Improve Market Outcomes by Controlling Prices? |
| By Talal Rahim; Boston University |
| presented by: Talal Rahim, Boston University |
| Discussant: Carlotta Mariotto, ESCP |
| Session ID 79: Online Advertising April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Harikesh Nair, Stanford University |
| Will Ad Blocking Break the Internet? |
| By Benjamin Shiller; Brandeis University Joel Waldfogel |
| presented by: Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University |
| Discussant: Bradley Shapiro, University of Chicago |
| Rational Spamming |
| By Xinyu Cao; MIT John Hauser; MIT Tony Ke; MIT Sloan School of Management Juanjuan Zhang; MIT |
| presented by: Xinyu Cao, MIT |
| Discussant: Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University |
| Does Advertising Serve as a Signal? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mobile Search |
| By Harikesh Nair; Stanford University Navdeep Sahni; Stanford University |
| presented by: Harikesh Nair, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U |
| Session ID 84: Empirical Studies of Vertical Relationships II April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Pacific C |
| Session Chair: Leilei Shen, Kansas State University |
| Vertical Structure and Pricing: Evidence from the Washington Cannabis Industry |
| By Brett Hollenbeck; UCLA Anderson Kosuke Uetake; Yale University School of Management |
| presented by: Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson |
| Discussant: Fernando Luco, Texas A&M University |
| Market Structure and Taxation in Alcohol Markets |
| By Christopher Conlon; NYU Nirupama Rao; New York University |
| presented by: Christopher Conlon, NYU |
| Discussant: Andre Trindade, Getulio Vargas Foundation |
| Multiproduct retailing and buyer power: The effects of product delisting on consumer shopping behavior |
| By Jorge Florez Acosta; Universidad del Rosario Daniel Herrera; Paris School of Economics |
| presented by: Jorge Florez Acosta, Universidad del Rosario |
| Discussant: Rong Luo, University of Georgia |
| One for all or all for one: Does the category captain play favorites |
| By Myongjin Kim; University of Oklahoma Leilei Shen; Kansas State University SUMAN BASUROY; University of Texas at San Antonio Sri Beldona; University of Dallas |
| presented by: Leilei Shen, Kansas State University |
| Discussant: David Brown, University of Alberta |
| Session ID 57: Antitrust April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Vasily Korovkin, UCLA |
| Cost-reducing investments under partial cross-ownership |
| By Yossi Spiegel; Tel Aviv U |
| presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U |
| Discussant: John Asker, UCLA |
| Mergers and horizontal subcontracting |
| By Jan Bouckaert; University of Antwerp Geert Van Moer; University of Antwerp |
| presented by: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Discussant: Michael Hellwig, ZEW Mannheim |
| Market Structure and Consumer Surplus in the Mobile Industry |
| By Georges Vivien Houngbonon; Ecole Centrale Paris Francois Jeanjean; France Télécom Orange |
| presented by: Francois Jeanjean, France Télécom Orange |
| Discussant: Edmond Baranes, University of Montpellier |
| Detecting Auctioneer’s Corruption: Evidence from Russian Procurement Auctions |
| By Vasily Korovkin; UCLA Pasha Andreyanov; UCLA Alec Davidson; UCLA |
| presented by: Vasily Korovkin, UCLA |
| Discussant: Andre Boik, University of California (Davis) |
| Session ID 29: Health Policies and Welfare April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University |
| Effect of Discount Coupons and Education on Healthy Food Purchase and Obesity |
| By Tannista Banerjee; Auburn University |
| presented by: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
| Discussant: Christopher Brunt, Georgia Southern University |
| The Welfare Effects of Single Rooms in German Nursing Homes: A Structural Approach |
| By Amela Saric Annika Herr; U Düsseldorf |
| presented by: Amela Saric, |
| Discussant: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
| Do Nonprofit Hospitals Provide Less Charity Care When Faced with Financial Losses? |
| By Nathan Dong; Columbia University |
| presented by: Nathan Dong, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Renata Kosova, Imperial College London |
| Welfare Analysis of Trans Fat Ban: the Microwaveable Popcorn Market |
| By Debi Mohapatra; University of Massachusetts, Amherst Nadia Streletskaya; Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Econo Emily Wang; University of Massachusetts Amherst Hongli Wei; University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| presented by: Debi Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Discussant: Alexander MacKay, Harvard University |
| Does the Internet Improve Healthcare Behaviors and Health Outcomes? Evidence From the National Health Interview Survey |
| By Jeffrey Macher; Georgetown University John Mayo; Georgetown University Olga Ukhaneva; Georgetown University |
| presented by: Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University |
| Discussant: Daniel Sacks, Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
| Session ID 64: Pricing in Online Markets April 8, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Matthew Backus, Columbia University |
| Can Product Heterogeneity Explain Violations of the "Law of One Price"? |
| By Aaron Bodoh-Creed; University of California, Berkeley Jörn Boehnke; Harvard University Brent Hickman; University of Chicago |
| presented by: Jörn Boehnke, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Mariano Tappata, Georgetown University |
| Dynamic Contract Pricing with Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard: A Structural Analysis of Online Credit Markets |
| By Yi Xin; Johns Hopkins University |
| presented by: Yi Xin, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Gordon Klein, University Muenster |
| Price Formation in Bilateral Trade: Evidence from Online Bargaining |
| By Matthew Backus; Columbia University Tom Blake; eBay Bradley Larsen; Stanford University Steven Tadelis; University of California Berkeley |
| presented by: Matthew Backus, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Saul Lach, Hebrew U Jerusalem |
| Session ID 8: Advertising and Word-of-Mouth April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Ananya Sen, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Manipulative Advertising by a Monopolist |
| By Kemal Akoz; New York University Abu Dhabi CEMAL EREN ARBATLI; NRU HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Levent Celik; Higher School of Economics |
| presented by: Kemal Akoz, New York University Abu Dhabi |
| Discussant: Jacopo Bizzotto, U Oslo |
| The Effects of Advertising on Awareness, Consideration, and Choice: Evidence from the U.S. Auto Insurance Industry |
| By Yi-Lin Tsai; University of Delaware Elisabeth Honka; UCLA |
| presented by: Yi-Lin Tsai, University of Delaware |
| Discussant: Tatsuo TANAKA, Keio University |
| Social Learning and Social Spillovers: Evidence from Movie Sales |
| By Ryan Lampe; California State University, East Bay |
| presented by: Ryan Lampe, California State University, East Bay |
| Discussant: Imke Reimers, Northeastern University |
| Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls |
| By Robert Graham Beattie; University of Toronto Ruben Durante; Sciences Po Brian Knight; Brown University Ananya Sen; MIT Sloan School of Management |
| presented by: Ananya Sen, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Discussant: Sarah Moshary, EBay Research and University of Pennsylvania |
| Session ID 34: Demand, Cost, and Competition in Health Care - Charles River Associates sponsored session April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech |
| Adverse selection in the individual insurance market |
| By Daniel Sacks; Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
| presented by: Daniel Sacks, Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
| Discussant: Amela Saric, |
| Price-Linked Subsidies and Health Insurance Markups |
| By Mark Shepard; Harvard University Sonia Jaffe; University of Chicago |
| presented by: Sonia Jaffe, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
| Does Medicare Reimbursement Drive Up Drug Launch Prices? |
| By Chung-Ying Lee; National Taiwan University David Ridley; Duke University |
| presented by: Chung-Ying Lee, National Taiwan University |
| Discussant: Colleen Carey, Cornell University |
| Are Important Innovations Rewarded? Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets |
| By Margaret Kyle; MINES ParisTech |
| presented by: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech |
| Discussant: Chung-Ying Lee, National Taiwan University |
| Session ID 44: Reputation April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
| Production of Online Word of Mouth: Peer Effects and the Moderating Role of User Characteristics |
| By Yang Wang; University of Arizona Paulo Goes; University of Arizona Zaiyan Wei; Purdue University Daniel Zeng; University of Arizona |
| presented by: Zaiyan Wei, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Talal Rahim, Boston University |
| Buying Reputation as a Signal of Quality: Evidence from an Online Marketplace |
| By Lingfang Li; Fudan University Steven Tadelis; University of California Berkeley Xiaolan Zhou; East China Normal University |
| presented by: Lingfang Li, Fudan University |
| Discussant: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Warranty, Seller Reputation, and Buyer Experience |
| By Peter Lee; Deutsche Bank, USA |
| presented by: XiaoGang Che, Durham University Business School |
| Discussant: Olga Slivko, ZEW Mannheim (Centre for European Economic Research) |
| Reputation Signals and Market Outcomes |
| By Hugo A. Hopenhayn; University of California Los Angeles Maryam Saeedi; Carnegie Mellon University |
| presented by: Maryam Saeedi, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
| Reputation of Multi-attribute Experience Good Seller |
| By Yuk-fai Fong; Hong Kong Univ of Science & Technology Ting Liu; Stony Brook University Xiaoxuan Meng; Hong Kong Polytechnic University Yimeng Zhang; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
| presented by: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
| Discussant: Marianne Verdier, U Paris 2 |
| Session ID 55: Empirical Studies of Cartel Stability April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
| Cartel Dating |
| By Peter Boswijk; University of Amsterdam Maurice Bun; University of Amsterdam Maarten Pieter Schinkel; University of Amsterdam |
| presented by: Maurice Bun, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Joseph Podwol, U.S. Department of Justice/Harvard University |
| Consumer Search and Cartel Stability |
| By Luis Cabral; NYU Stern Dominik Schober; University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim Oliver Woll; ZEW Mannheim |
| presented by: Dominik Schober, University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Eugene Orlov, Compass Lexecon |
| When do Firms Leave Cartels? Determinants and the Impact on Cartel Survival |
| By Michael Hellwig; ZEW Mannheim Kai Hueschelrath; ZEW Mannheim |
| presented by: Michael Hellwig, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam |
| Measuring the Incentive to Collude: The Vitamin Cartels, 1990-1999 |
| By Mitsuru Igami; Yale University Takuo Sugaya; Stanford University |
| presented by: Mitsuru Igami, Yale University |
| Discussant: Louis Kaplow, Harvard University |
| Session ID 60: Pricing with Bounded Rational Consumers April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
| Complex pricing and consumer-side transparency |
| By Christian Fischer; University of Bayreuth Alexander Rasch; Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf |
| presented by: Christian Fischer, University of Bayreuth |
| Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Injunctions against false advertising |
| By Florian Baumann; Universität Bonn Alexander Rasch; Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf |
| presented by: Alexander Rasch, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf |
| Discussant: Roberto Burguet, CSIC |
| Price Discrimination through Corporate Social Responsibility |
| By Suman Ghosh; Florida Atlantic University Kameshwari Shankar; City College of New York, Colin Powell School |
| presented by: Kameshwari Shankar, City College of New York, Colin Powell School |
| Discussant: Sneha Bakshi, |
| Strategic Obfuscation and Price Fairness |
| [slides] |
| By William Allender; McMaster University Jura Liaukonyte; Cornell University Timothy Richards; Arizona State University |
| presented by: William Allender, McMaster University |
| Discussant: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
| Session ID 67: Patents April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Georges |
| Session Chair: Hugo A. Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles |
| The Diffusion of New Institutions: Evidence from the Renaissance Venice’s Patent System |
| By Alberto Galasso; University of Toronto |
| presented by: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Hugo A. Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles |
| Over-Declaration of Standard Essential Patents and Determinants of Essentiality |
| By Jimmy Royer; Analysis Group Pekka Sääskilahti; Nokia Corporation Robin Stitzing; Nokia Corporation Marc Van Audenrode; Analysis Group |
| presented by: Robin Stitzing, Nokia Corporation |
| Discussant: Brendan Costello, Yale Law School |
| Patent Reexamination |
| By Talia Bar; University of Connecticut Brendan Costello; Yale Law School |
| presented by: Brendan Costello, Yale Law School |
| Discussant: Robin Stitzing, Nokia Corporation |
| The Direction of Innovation |
| [slides] |
| By Hugo A. Hopenhayn; University of California Los Angeles Francesco Squintani; University of Warwick |
| presented by: Hugo A. Hopenhayn, University of California Los Angeles |
| Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto |
| Session ID 72: Dynamic Auction Settings April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Jorge Balat, Johns Hopkins University |
| Asymmetric equilibria of the sequential second-price auction in Milgrom and Weber's model with independent and private values |
| By Bernard Lebrun; York University |
| presented by: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
| Discussant: Terence Johnson, University of Notre Dame |
| Multiunit Uniform-price Open Auctions vs. Posted Price: The Timing of Bids and Transaction Efficiency |
| By Guofang Huang; Carnegie Mellon Univ |
| presented by: Guofang Huang, Carnegie Mellon Univ |
| Discussant: Bernard Lebrun, York University |
| Forward-Looking Behavior in Electricity Auctions: The Case of Colombia |
| By Jorge Balat; Johns Hopkins University |
| presented by: Jorge Balat, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University |
| Session ID 76: Market Competition with Behavioral Buyers or Sellers April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Matthew Backus, Columbia University |
| Competition and Altruism: A Laboratory Experiment |
| By Geir Godager; Univeristy of Oslo Ching-to Albert Ma; Boston University Daniel Wiesen; University of Cologne; University of Oslo |
| presented by: Ching-to Albert Ma, Boston University |
| Discussant: Serafin Grundl, Federal Reserve Board Governors |
| The Loss-Leading Puzzle |
| By Roman Inderst; Goethe University Frankfurt Martin Obradovits; University of Innsbruck |
| presented by: Martin Obradovits, University of Innsbruck |
| Discussant: Ching-to Albert Ma, Boston University |
| Expectation, Disappointment, and Exit: Reference Point Formation in a Marketplace |
| By Matthew Backus; Columbia University Tom Blake; eBay Dimitriy Masterov; eBay Steven Tadelis; University of California Berkeley |
| presented by: Matthew Backus, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School |
| Session ID 78: Small Business Competition and Dynamics - Kauffman Foundation Sponsored Session April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Ryan Kelly, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| ECONOMIES BEFORE SCALE: I.T. INVESTMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG FIRMS |
| By Wang Jin; MIT |
| presented by: Wang Jin, MIT |
| Discussant: Dainis Zegners, University of Cologne |
| Studying Firm Growth Distributions with a Large Administrative Employment Database |
| By Jay Dixon; Industry Canada |
| presented by: Jay Dixon, Industry Canada |
| Discussant: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
| Fostering Entrepreneurship: Promoting Founding or Funding? |
| By Thomas Hellmann; University of Oxford Veikko Thiele; Queen's University |
| presented by: Veikko Thiele, Queen's University |
| Discussant: Thomas Ruchti, Carnegie Mellon University |
| The Performance of Angel-Backed Firms: Evidence from the Small Business Venture Capital Program in British Columbia |
| By Ryan Kelly; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Hankook Kim; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| presented by: Ryan Kelly, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| Discussant: Thomas Conkling, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| Session ID 82: Roundtable with the IO Journal Editors April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University |
| The Rand Journal |
| By james hosek |
| presented by: james hosek, |
| The International Journal of Industrial Organization |
| By Yossi Spiegel; Tel Aviv U |
| presented by: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U |
| Review of Industrial Organization |
| By Lawrence White; Stern School of Business, New York University |
| presented by: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Journal of Industrial Economics |
| By Patrick Legros; Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| presented by: Patrick Legros, Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Journal of Economics and Management Strategy |
| By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell; Harvard Business School |
| presented by: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard Business School |
| Session ID 86: Theoretical Studies of Vertical Relationships II April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific C |
| Session Chair: Chrysovalantou Milliou, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Exclusive Dealing with an Active Entrant: A Laboratory Experiment |
| By Hiroshi Kitamura; Kyoto Sangyo University Wataru Tamura; Nagoya University Nagatomo Nakamura; Sapporo Gakuin University |
| presented by: Hiroshi Kitamura, Kyoto Sangyo University |
| Discussant: Thomas Knight, University of Florida |
| Resale-Below-Cost Laws with Incentive-Based Bill-Back Allowances |
| By David Martimort; Paris School of Economics Jerome Pouyet; Paris School of Economics |
| presented by: Jerome Pouyet, Paris School of Economics |
| Discussant: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Salento |
| Managerial Delegation under Capacity Commitment: a Tale of Two Sources |
| By Stefano Colombo; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Marcella Scrimitore; University of Salento |
| presented by: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Salento |
| Discussant: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Vertical Licensing, Input Pricing, and Entry |
| By Chrysovalantou Milliou; Athens University of Economics and Business Elpiniki Bakaouka; Athens University of Economics and Business |
| presented by: Chrysovalantou Milliou, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Discussant: Tony Ke, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Session ID 88: Investment, Sourcing, and Hold-up Problems April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Eric Rasmusen, BEPP |
| Designing Advance Market Commitments for New Vaccines |
| [slides] |
| By Michael Kremer; Harvard University Jonathan Levin; Stanford University Christopher Snyder; Dartmouth College |
| presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Discussant: Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University |
| Rationalizing the Apparently Irrational: Shipper Investment in Rail-dependent Facilities |
| By Kenneth Boyer; Michigan State University |
| presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Discussant: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Sourcing Co-Created Products: Should your Suppliers Collaborate? |
| By Oksana Loginova; University of Missouri Niladri Syam; Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri Dinah Cohen-Vernik; Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University |
| presented by: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri |
| Discussant: Stephane Caprice, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Competitive Hold-Up: Monopoly Prices Too High to Maximize Profits with Perfectly Competitive Retailers or Complements |
| By Eric Rasmusen; BEPP |
| presented by: Eric Rasmusen, BEPP |
| Discussant: Peter Newberry, Pennsylvania State University |
| Session ID 2: Governance April 8, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Emilie Dargaud, University Lyon 2 |
| Does vertical integration increase product quality? |
| By sanxi li; School of Economics Xinyu Li; Paderborn University Zhan Qu; Department of Economics |
| presented by: Xinyu Li, Paderborn University |
| Discussant: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Asset Specificity, Human Capital Acquisition, and Labor Market Competition |
| By Cheng-Tao Tang; International University of Japan |
| presented by: Cheng-Tao Tang, International University of Japan |
| Discussant: Øyvind Aas, |
| Optimal economic governance with incomplete contracts and search frictions |
| By Øyvind Aas |
| presented by: Øyvind Aas, |
| Discussant: Emilie Dargaud, University Lyon 2 |
| Endogenous firms' organization, internal audit and leniency programs |
| By Emilie Dargaud; University Lyon 2 Armel Jacques; Universite de La Reunion |
| presented by: Emilie Dargaud, University Lyon 2 |
| Discussant: Cheng-Tao Tang, International University of Japan |
| Session ID 10: Information Disclosure and Certification April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Eric Schmidbauer, University of Central Florida |
| Delegated Certification |
| By Jacopo Bizzotto; U Oslo Jesper Rudiger; University of Copenhagen Adrien Vigier; Oxford University |
| presented by: Jacopo Bizzotto, U Oslo |
| Discussant: Kemal Akoz, New York University Abu Dhabi |
| Intermediaries as Experts: Theory and Evidence from Used Cars |
| By Gary Biglaiser; UNC-Chapel HIll Fei Li; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Charles Murry; The Pennsylvania State University Yiyi Zhou; Stony Brook University |
| presented by: Charles Murry, The Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Vardges Levonyan, ETH Zurich |
| Observational Learning: Evidence from the CARFAX Report |
| By Guofang Huang; Carnegie Mellon Univ Haiyan Liu; University of South Florida Hong Luo; Harvard Business School |
| presented by: Haiyan Liu, University of South Florida |
| Discussant: Yi-Lin Tsai, University of Delaware |
| Multi-period competitive cheap talk with very biased experts |
| By Eric Schmidbauer; University of Central Florida |
| presented by: Eric Schmidbauer, University of Central Florida |
| Discussant: Marco Haan, U Groningen |
| Session ID 47: Growth in Online Platforms April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Nan Yang, National University of Singapore |
| Amateurs: Development Costs, Market Structure and Innovation on Digital Platforms* |
| By Kevin Boudreau; Northeastern University & Harvard University |
| presented by: Kevin Boudreau, Northeastern University & Harvard University |
| Discussant: Brent Hickman, University of Chicago |
| What drives the expansion of the peer-to-peer lending? |
| By Olena Havrylchyk; University of Lille Carlotta Mariotto; ESCP Talal Rahim; Boston University Marianne Verdier; U Paris 2 |
| presented by: Carlotta Mariotto, ESCP |
| Discussant: Zaiyan Wei, Purdue University |
| Homophilly and Social Network Engagement: Evidence from a Video Gaming Network |
| By Michael Ward; University of Texas at Arlington |
| presented by: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Discussant: Harikesh Nair, Stanford University |
| A Dynamic Model of Service Usage, Customer Satisfaction, and Retention |
| [slides] |
| By Nan Yang; National University of Singapore Juin-Kuan Chong; National University of Singapore |
| presented by: Nan Yang, National University of Singapore |
| Discussant: Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Session ID 49: Search and Learning April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Roberto Burguet, CSIC |
| Reimbursing Consumers' Switching Costs in Network Industries |
| By Jiawei Chen; University of California, Irvine Michael Sacks; West Virginia University |
| presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine |
| Discussant: Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Search Prominence and Recall Costs |
| By Dmitry Lubensky; Indiana University |
| presented by: Dmitry Lubensky, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Torben Stühmeier, Universität Münster |
| Consumer Search with Spatial Learning |
| By Charles Hodgson; Stanford University Gregory Lewis; Microsoft Research |
| presented by: Charles Hodgson, Stanford University |
| Discussant: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Targeted advertising and costly consumer search |
| By Roberto Burguet; Institute of Economic Analysis (CSIC) Vaiva Petrikaite; IAE Barcelona |
| presented by: Roberto Burguet, CSIC |
| Discussant: Kameshwari Shankar, City College of New York, Colin Powell School |
| Session ID 50: Efficiency Gains in Mergers -Compass Lexecon Sponsored Session April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: loren smith, Compass Lexecon |
| Merger control on two-sided markets: Is there need for an efficiency defense? |
| By Edmond Baranes; University of Montpellier Thomas Cortade; BETA UMR CNRS 7522 and Universités de Lorraine et de Strasbourg Andreea Cosnita-Langlais; University Paris Nanterre |
| presented by: Edmond Baranes, University of Montpellier |
| Discussant: Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State Univ. and Hitotsubashi University |
| Mergers on Networks |
| [slides] |
| By Andrei Dubovik; Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
| presented by: Andrei Dubovik, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
| Discussant: David Weiskopf, Compass Lexecon |
| Mergers in Nonrenewable Resource Oligopolies and Environmental Policies |
| By Hassan Benchekroun; McGill University Michele Breton; HEC Montreal Amrita Ray Chaudhuri; University of Winnipeg |
| presented by: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, University of Winnipeg |
| Discussant: Dominik Schober, University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim |
| Toward a More Complete Treatment of Efficiencies in Merger Analysis: Lessons from Recent Challenges |
| By loren smith |
| presented by: loren smith, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session ID 53: Antitrust Law and Economics April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Georges |
| Session Chair: Louis Kaplow, Harvard University |
| Dispersion of Power as an Economic Goal of Antitrust Policy |
| [slides] |
| By Stephen Martin; Purdue University |
| presented by: Stephen Martin, Purdue University |
| Discussant: Mauricio Varela, University of Arizona |
| Bundled Discounts, Loyalty Discounts and Antitrust Policy: Searching for a Standard |
| By Roger Blair; University of Florida Thomas Knight; University of Florida |
| presented by: Thomas Knight, University of Florida |
| Discussant: Misato Sato, Osaka University |
| What Has Been Happening to Aggregate Concentration in the U.S. Economy in the 21st Century? |
| By Lawrence White; Stern School of Business, New York University Boyu Yang; Stern School of Business, New York University |
| presented by: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Discussant: Alvaro Parra, University of British Columbia |
| On the Relevance of Market Power |
| By Louis Kaplow; Harvard University |
| presented by: Louis Kaplow, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Stephen Martin, Purdue University |
| Session ID 62: Price Dispersion in Retail Markets April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Saul Lach, Hebrew U Jerusalem |
| Strategic Obfuscation and Retail Pricing |
| By Timothy Richards; Arizona State University Gordon Klein; Center for Applied Economic Research celine bonnet; Toulouse School of Economics Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache; Chemin de Borde Rouge |
| presented by: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University |
| Discussant: Jeff Thurk, University of Notre Dame |
| Do Low Price Guarantees Hurt Consumers? Theory and Evidence |
| By Samir Mamadehussene; Catolica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics |
| presented by: Samir Mamadehussene, Catolica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics |
| Discussant: William Allender, McMaster University |
| Competition and the Complexity of Pricing Strategies: Evidence from Retail Gasoline Stations |
| By Marc Remer; Swarthmore College |
| presented by: Marc Remer, Swarthmore College |
| Discussant: Menghan Xu, Xiamen University |
| Retail Prices in a City |
| By Alon Eizenberg; Hebrew University Jerusalem Saul Lach; Hebrew U Jerusalem Merav Yiftach; Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |
| presented by: Saul Lach, Hebrew U Jerusalem |
| Discussant: Gaston Illanes, Northwestern University |
| Session ID 66: Productivity April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
| Privatization and Productivity in China |
| By Yuyu Chen; Peking University Mitsuru Igami; Yale University Masayuki Sawada; Yale University Mo Xiao; University of Arizona |
| presented by: Mo Xiao, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
| Acquisitions, Markups, Efficiency, and Product Quality: Evidence from India |
| By Joel Stiebale; University of Duesseldorf Dev Vencappa; University of Nottingham |
| presented by: Joel Stiebale, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) |
| Discussant: Missaka Warusawitharana, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserv |
| The determinants of the distance to TFP frontier among European firms |
| By Dolores Añon Higon; Universitat de Valencia Juan A. Mañez; University of Valencia and ERICES Maria Engracia Rochina-Barrachina; University of Valencia and ERICES Juan Sanchis; University of Valencia Amparo Sanchis-Llopis; University of Valencia and ERICES |
| presented by: Amparo Sanchis-Llopis, University of Valencia and ERICES |
| Discussant: Mark Egan, University of Minnesota Carlson School |
| Comparing Productivity when Products Differ in Quality: China Manufacturing Growth 1998-2013 |
| By Jordi Jaumandreu; Boston University Heng Yin; Renmin University of China |
| presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
| Discussant: Mo Xiao, University of Arizona |
| Session ID 69: Innovation and Adoption April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Seeding the S-Curve? The Role of Early Adopters in Diffusion |
| By Christian Catalini; MIT Catherine Tucker; MIT Sloan |
| presented by: Christian Catalini, MIT |
| Discussant: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada |
| Adoption Costs of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Italian ATM Cards |
| By Kim Huynh; Bank of Canada Philipp Schmidt-Dengler; University of Vienna Gregor Smith; Queen's University Angelika Welte; Bank of Canada |
| presented by: Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada |
| Discussant: Morten Saethre, Norwegian School of Economics |
| The Effect of Piracy and Digital Rights Management on the Vertically Related Content Industries |
| By Sang Hoo Bae; Clark University |
| presented by: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Discussant: Cuihong Fan, Shanghai University of Finance and Econ. |
| Does Technology Substitute for Nurses? Staffing Decisions in Nursing Homes |
| By Susan Lu; Purdue University Huaxia Rui; University of Rochester Abraham Seidmann; University of Rochester |
| presented by: Huaxia Rui, University of Rochester |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University |
| Upstream, Downstream: Diffusion and Impact of the Universal Product Code |
| By Emek Basker; U.S. Census Bureau Timothy Simcoe; Boston University |
| presented by: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Discussant: Troy Scott, RTI International |
| Session ID 74: Nonstandard Auction Settings April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Georgios Petropoulos, Bruegel and Toulouse School of Economics |
| Who Pays for WIC's Formula? A Structural Analysis of the US Infant Formula Market |
| By Ruli Xiao; Indiana University Yonghong An; Texas A&M University David Davis; South Dakota State University Rui Huang Yizao Liu; The Pennsylvania State University |
| presented by: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Jorge Balat, Johns Hopkins University |
| Using Market Mechanisms to Increase the Take-up of Improved Sanitation |
| By Jean Francois Houde; Cornell University Terence Johnson; University of Notre Dame Molly Lipscomb; University of Virginia Laura Schechter; UW Madison |
| presented by: Terence Johnson, University of Notre Dame |
| Discussant: Guofang Huang, Carnegie Mellon Univ |
| Favouritism in scoring rule auctions |
| By Riccardo Marchi Adani; University of Verona Paola Valbonesi; University of Padua |
| presented by: Riccardo Marchi Adani, University of Verona |
| Discussant: Stefan Weiergraeber, Indiana University |
| Session ID 77: Improving Upon Structural Models: Experiments, Machine Learning, and Communication April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Pacific C |
| Session Chair: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
| Using Experiments to Compare the Predictive Power of Models of Multilateral Negotiations |
| By Charles Thomas; Chapman University Cary Deck; University of Arkansas |
| presented by: Charles Thomas, Chapman University |
| Discussant: Martin Obradovits, University of Innsbruck |
| Using Experiments to Inform Structural Estimation: Robust Inference in First-Price Auctions |
| By Serafin Grundl; Federal Reserve Board Governors Yu Zhu; Bank of Canada |
| presented by: Serafin Grundl, Federal Reserve Board Governors |
| Discussant: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| Predictions Without Models? Using Natural Experiments to Test the Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms |
| By Devesh Raval; Federal Trade Commission Ted Rosenbaum; Federal Trade Commission Nathan Wilson; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Dimitriy Masterov, eBay |
| Session ID 85: Theoretical Studies of Vertical Relationships I April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| (Non-)Insurance Markets, Loss Size Manipulation and Competition: Experimental Evidence |
| By Jeroen Hinloopen; University of Amsterdam |
| presented by: Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Hiroshi Kitamura, Kyoto Sangyo University |
| Cooperative Search Advertising |
| By Xinyu Cao; MIT Tony Ke; MIT Sloan School of Management |
| presented by: Tony Ke, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Discussant: Jerome Pouyet, Paris School of Economics |
| On the countervailing power of large retailers when shopping costs matter |
| By Stephane Caprice; Toulouse School of Economics Shiva Shekhar; Dusseldorf Institute of Competition Econ |
| presented by: Stephane Caprice, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Discussant: Chrysovalantou Milliou, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Upstream and Downstream Competition in a Search Market |
| By Sandro Shelegia; Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| presented by: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Discussant: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri |
| Session ID 30: Imperfect Consumer Health Care Choices and Imperfect Competition April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Gilad Sorek, Auburn University |
| A Time to Harvest: Evidence on Consumer Choice Frictions from a Payment Revision in Medicare Part D |
| By Colleen Carey; Cornell University |
| presented by: Colleen Carey, Cornell University |
| Discussant: Mark Shepard, Harvard University |
| How Does Steering Affect Patient Choice? Evidence from Florida Medicaid |
| By Devesh Raval; Federal Trade Commission Ted Rosenbaum; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University |
| Advertising in Health Insurance Markets |
| By Bradley Shapiro; University of Chicago |
| presented by: Bradley Shapiro, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Nathan Dong, Columbia University |
| Public Health Insurance with Monopolistically Competitive Providers and Optional Spot Sales |
| By Gilad Sorek; Auburn University |
| presented by: Gilad Sorek, Auburn University |
| Discussant: Henry Lin, Boston University |
| Session ID 1: Organization of Large Firms April 8, 2017 14:30 to 16:30 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Relative Evaluation Scheme for Teams and Multi-tasks |
| By Satoshi Matsuzawa; Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| presented by: Satoshi Matsuzawa, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Discussant: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| All Together Now -- Integration, Delegation and Management |
| By Laura Alfaro; Harvard Business School Nick Bloom; Stanford University Paola Conconi; Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES) Harald Fadinger; University of Mannheim Patrick Legros; Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles Andrew Newman; Boston University, CEPR Raffaella Sadun; Harvard Business School John Van Reenen; 1965 |
| presented by: Patrick Legros, Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Discussant: Satoshi Matsuzawa, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives |
| By Miguel Anton; IESE Business School Florian Ederer; Yale University Mireia Gine; University of Navarra & Wharton WRDS Martin Schmalz; University of Michigan |
| presented by: Florian Ederer, Yale |
| Discussant: Eric Rasmusen, BEPP |
| DIVISION OF LABOR IN MULTI-BUSINESS FIRMS: HUMAN CAPITAL, JOB DESIGN, AND LABOR CONTRACTS |
| [slides] |
| By Birger Wernerfelt; MIT |
| presented by: Birger Wernerfelt, MIT |
| Discussant: Florian Ederer, Yale |
| Session ID 13: Entry in Restricted Markets April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany |
| Political Connections and Market Structure |
| By Lorenzo Magnolfi; University of Wisconsin-Madison Camilla Roncoroni |
| presented by: Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Discussant: Ananya Sen, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Estimating the Effect of Potential Entry on Market Outcomes Using a Licensure Threshold |
| By Gaston Illanes; Northwestern University Sarah Moshary; EBay Research and University of Pennsylvania |
| presented by: Sarah Moshary, EBay Research and University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant: Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Foreign Bank Entry and Bank Efficiency |
| By Chun-Yu Ho; University at Albany |
| presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany |
| Discussant: Enrico Vanino, Aston University |
| Session ID 14: Regulation of Network Industries April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Maria Florencia Gabrielli, CONICET-UNCuyo |
| The Marginal Congestion of a Taxi in New York City |
| By Alejandro Molnar; Vanderbilt University Daniel Mangrum; Vanderbilt University |
| presented by: Alejandro Molnar, Vanderbilt University |
| Discussant: Wang Jin, MIT |
| Differential Effects of Natural Gas Prices on Electricity Consumers |
| By Richard Boampong; Florida State University |
| presented by: Richard Boampong, Florida State University |
| Discussant: Alejandro Molnar, Vanderbilt University |
| An Empirical Analysis of Regulated Electric Utilities |
| By Gaurab Aryal; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Maria Florencia Gabrielli; CONICET-UNCuyo |
| presented by: Maria Florencia Gabrielli, CONICET-UNCuyo |
| Discussant: Sarah Johnston, University of Michigan |
| Session ID 26: Automobile Markets and Policy April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
| Taxes vs. Standards as Policy Instruments: Evidence from the Auto Market |
| By Cristian Huse; Stockholm School of Economics Nikita Koptyug; Research Institute of Industrial Economics |
| presented by: Cristian Huse, Stockholm School of Economics |
| Discussant: Shaun McRae, ITAM |
| How Much Do New Vehicle Consumers Value Fuel Economy and Performance? New Estimates and Implications for the Energy Efficiency Gap |
| By Benjamin Leard; Resources for the Future Joshua Linn; Resources for the Future Yichen Christy Zhou; Resources for the Future and Clemson University |
| presented by: Yichen Christy Zhou, Resources for the Future and Clemson University |
| Discussant: ashley vissing, University of Chicago |
| The Household Vehicle Portfolio: Implications for Emissions Abatement Policies |
| By James Archsmith; University of California, Davis Kenneth Gillingham; Yale University Christopher Knittel; MIT David Rapson; University of California, Davis |
| presented by: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
| Discussant: Axel Gautier, U Liege, HEC Management School |
| Session ID 43: Online Markets, Privacy, and Security - Microsoft Sponsored Session April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Michael Kummer, Georgia Institute of Technology and Centre for European Economic Research |
| Privacy and Personal Data Collection with Information Externalities |
| By Byung-Cheol Kim; Georgia Institute of Technology |
| presented by: Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Discussant: Saara Hämäläinen, University of Helsinki |
| Broadband Industry Structure and Cybersecurity |
| By Carolyn Gideon; Tufts University Christiaan Hogendorn; Wesleyan University |
| presented by: Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University |
| Discussant: Reinhold Kesler, ZEW Mannheim |
| User Data, Market Power and Innovation in Online Markets: Evidence from the Mobile App Industry |
| By Reinhold Kesler; ZEW Mannheim Michael Kummer; Georgia Institute of Technology and Centre for European Economic Research Patrick Schulte; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim |
| presented by: Michael Kummer, Georgia Institute of Technology and Centre for European Economic Research |
| Discussant: Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University |
| Session ID 52: Antitrust Analysis of Forward Markets April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: Nikolas Wölfing, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Electricity Market Mergers with Endogenous Forward Contracting |
| By David Brown; University of Alberta Andrew Eckert; University of Alberta |
| presented by: David Brown, University of Alberta |
| Discussant: Nikolas Wölfing, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Forward Contracts, Market Structure and the Welfare Effects of Mergers |
| By Nathan Miller; Georgetown University Joseph Podwol; U.S. Department of Justice/Harvard University |
| presented by: Joseph Podwol, U.S. Department of Justice/Harvard University |
| Discussant: Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp |
| Forward Trading and Collusion in Supply Functions |
| By Nikolas Wölfing; Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| presented by: Nikolas Wölfing, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) |
| Discussant: Evgenia Motchenkova, VU Amsterdam |
| Session ID 75: Consumer Behavior: Self Control, Loss Aversion, Inertia, and Myopia April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Laura Abrardi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Loss aversion on the phone |
| By Christos Genakos; Cambridge Judge Business School Kostas Roumanias; Athens University of Economics and Business Tommaso Valletti; Imperial College London |
| presented by: Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School |
| Discussant: Laura Abrardi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Price Changes and Inertia: Evidence from Mobile Subscriptions |
| By Bjorn-Atle Reme; Telenor Research Helene Lie Rohr; Norwegian Business School Morten Saethre; Norwegian School of Economics |
| presented by: Morten Saethre, Norwegian School of Economics |
| Discussant: Matthew Backus, Columbia University |
| Correcting consumers' myopia: Sin Prices as Incentives to Invest |
| By Laura Abrardi; Politecnico di Torino Carlo Cambini; Politecnico di Torino |
| presented by: Laura Abrardi, Politecnico di Torino |
| Discussant: Mart van Megen, University of Groningen |
| Session ID 90: Platform Competition April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Travis Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Competition between a Platform and Merchants for Selling Services |
| By Carlotta Mariotto; ESCP Marianne Verdier; U Paris 2 |
| presented by: Marianne Verdier, U Paris 2 |
| Discussant: Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine |
| Segmentation versus Agglomeration: Competition between Platforms with Competitive Sellers |
| By Heiko Karle; Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Martin Peitz; University of Mannheim Markus Reisinger; Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
| presented by: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
| Discussant: Amedeo Piolatto, Barcelona Economics Institute |
| Non-price Discrimination by a Prejudiced Platform |
| By Ming Gao; Tsinghua University Travis Ng; The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| presented by: Travis Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Discussant: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
| Session ID 91: Punishment in Cartels April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Anna Rita Bennato, Loughborough University and Centre for Competition Policy |
| Market signaling vs communication and compliance – the role of antitrust fines and bonuses |
| By Hamid Aghadadashli; Université libre de Bruxelles Patrick Legros; Northeastern University and Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| presented by: Hamid Aghadadashli, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Discussant: Francois Jeanjean, France Télécom Orange |
| Optimal Destabilisation of Cartels |
| By Ludwig von Auer; Universität Trier Tu Anh Pham; Universität Trier |
| presented by: Ludwig von Auer, Universität Trier |
| Discussant: Vasily Korovkin, UCLA |
| The Incidence of Fines on Cartel Dynamic Pricing |
| By Anna Rita Bennato; Loughborough University and Centre for Competition Policy Franco Mariuzzo; University of East Anglia Peter Ormosi; University of East Anglia |
| presented by: Anna Rita Bennato, Loughborough University and Centre for Competition Policy |
| Discussant: Ludwig von Auer, Universität Trier |
| Session ID 92: Dynamic Pricing and Competition April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Michael Waterson, U Warwick |
| Building an Online Reputation with Free Content: Evidence from the E-book Market |
| By Dainis Zegners; University of Cologne |
| presented by: Dainis Zegners, University of Cologne |
| Discussant: Xiaolan Zhou, East China Normal University |
| Dynamic Competition and Price Regulation When Consumers Have Inertia: Evidence from Medicare Part D |
| By Sebastian Fleitas; University of Arizona |
| presented by: Sebastian Fleitas, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Yi Xin, Johns Hopkins University |
| Competition in London local bus tendering |
| By Elisabetta Iossa; University of Rome Tor Vergata Michael Waterson; U Warwick |
| presented by: Michael Waterson, U Warwick |
| Discussant: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University |
| Session ID 93: Financial Constraints and Firm Performance April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Missaka Warusawitharana, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserv |
| Does Capital Structure Differently Affect Incumbents’ Responses to Entry Threat and Actual Entry? Evidence from the Airline Industry |
| By Chao Ma; Xiamen University |
| presented by: Chao Ma, Xiamen University |
| Discussant: Carlos Carreira, University of Coimbra |
| Financial Constraints and Firm Dynamics in the Great Recession |
| By Carlos Carreira; University of Coimbra Paulino Teixeira; University of Coimbra |
| presented by: Carlos Carreira, University of Coimbra |
| Discussant: Kirk White, U.S. census Bureau |
| Finance and Productivity Growth: Firm-level Evidence |
| [slides] |
| By Oliver Levine; University of Wisconsin-Madison Missaka Warusawitharana; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserv |
| presented by: Missaka Warusawitharana, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserv |
| Discussant: Bettina Peters, ZEW Mannheim |
| Session ID 39: Exports and Exporters April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Heterogeneous Exporters: Quantitative Differences and Qualitative Similarities |
| By Camila Casas; Banco de La República Federico Diez; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| presented by: Camila Casas, Banco de La República |
| Discussant: Joel Stiebale, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) |
| Indivisibilities in Distribution |
| By Thomas Holmes; University of Minnesota Ethan Singer; Compass Lexecon |
| presented by: Ethan Singer, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: Juan Sanchis, University of Valencia |
| How Do Countries Respond to Antidumping Filings? Dispute Settlement and Retaliatory Antidumping |
| By Robert Feinberg; American University Kara Reynolds; American University |
| presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University |
| Discussant: Camila Casas, Banco de La República |
| Session ID 61: Search and Price Discrimination April 8, 2017 16:45 to 18:15 Georges |
| Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Connecting third-degree price and labor discrimination literatures |
| By Alexei Alexandrov; Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) |
| presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) |
| Discussant: Samir Mamadehussene, Catolica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics |
| Choice of Pricing Rule with Privately Informed Buyers |
| By Sneha Bakshi |
| presented by: Sneha Bakshi, |
| Discussant: Alexander Rasch, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, University of Duesseldorf |
| Bundling and High Prices Signal High Quality |
| By James Dana; Northeastern University |
| presented by: James Dana, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Frances Lee, Loyola University of Chicago |
| Session ID 4: Empirical Organizational Economics April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma |
| The Neoclassical Firm Under Moral Hazard: Theory and Evidence |
| By Michael Rauh; Indiana University |
| presented by: Michael Rauh, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Xinyu Li, Paderborn University |
| Authority and communication in firms: Estimating archetypal decision-making structures |
| By Hajime Katayama; Waseda University Kieron Meagher; Australian National University Andrew Wait; University of Sydney |
| presented by: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
| Discussant: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida |
| The Value of Relational Adaptation in Outsourcing: Evidence from the 2008 shock to the US Airline Industry |
| By Ricard Gil; Johns Hopkins Myongjin Kim; U Oklahoma Giorgio Zanarone; CUNEF |
| presented by: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
| Session ID 51: Retrospective Analysis of Mergers - NERA Sponsored Session April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Robert Bourke, Compass Lexecon |
| Savings that Hurt: Production Rationalization and its Effect on Prices |
| By Mauricio Varela; University of Arizona Madhu Viswanathan; University of Arizona |
| presented by: Mauricio Varela, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Leilei Shen, Kansas State University |
| HEALTH CARE COMPETITION OR REGULATION: THE UNUSUAL CASE OF ALBANY GEORGIA |
| By Christopher Garmon; Federal Trade Commission Laura Kmitch; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Christopher Garmon, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: loren smith, Compass Lexecon |
| Are Legacy Airline Mergers Pro- or Anti-Competitive? Evidence from Recent U.S. Airline Mergers |
| By Dennis Carlton; University of Chicago Mark Israel; Compass Lexecon Ian MacSwain; Compass Lexecon Eugene Orlov; Compass Lexecon |
| presented by: Eugene Orlov, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: John Kwoka, Northeastern University |
| Do Premiums Increase After Health Insurance Mergers? – A Reassessment of Guardado et al.’s Findings |
| By Robert Bourke; Compass Lexecon Mark Israel; Compass Lexecon Ben Wagner; Compass Lexecon David Weiskopf; Compass Lexecon |
| presented by: Robert Bourke, Compass Lexecon |
| Discussant: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University |
| Session ID 87: Research Issues at the FCC April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Judith Dempsey, FCC |
| Price-Cap Regulation of Firms That Supply Their Rivals |
| [slides] |
| By Omar Nayeem; U.S. Federal Communications Commission Aleksandr Yankelevich; Michigan State University |
| presented by: Omar Nayeem, U.S. Federal Communications Commission |
| Discussant: Janice Hauge, University of North Texas |
| Did Siri and Smartphones Bolster Bus Demand? |
| By Joseph Wyer; Federal Communications Commission Wesley Wilson; Oregon |
| presented by: Joseph Wyer, Federal Communications Commission |
| Discussant: Kyle Wilson, University of Arizona |
| Does Public Competition Crowd Out Private Investment? Evidence From Municipal Provision of Internet Access |
| By Kyle Wilson; University of Arizona |
| presented by: Kyle Wilson, University of Arizona |
| Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski, Telecom ParisTech |
| Identify Consumer Groups Most Affected by the Digital Divide |
| By Judith Dempsey; FCC Patrick Sun; FCC |
| presented by: Judith Dempsey, FCC |
| Discussant: Niklas Duerr, ZEW Mannheim |
| Session ID 9: Contracts and Bargaining April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Caspian |
| Session Chair: Mart van Megen, University of Groningen |
| CONTRACT DESIGN WITH LIMITED COMMITMENT |
| By Vitali Gretschko; ZEW Achim Wambach; University of Cologne |
| presented by: Vitali Gretschko, ZEW |
| Discussant: Alexei Parakhonyak, University of Oxford |
| (Non)exclusive Contracting under Adverse Selection: An Experiment |
| By Wanda Mimra; ETH Zurich Christian Waibel; ETH Zurich |
| presented by: Christian Waibel, ETH Zurich |
| Discussant: Marina Gertsberg, Maastricht University |
| Compensation contracts and career concerns |
| By Evangelia Chalioti; Yale University |
| presented by: Evangelia Chalioti, Yale University |
| Discussant: Vaiva Petrikaite, IAE (CSIC) and Barcelona GSE |
| Searching for a bargain |
| By Marco Haan; U Groningen Mart van Megen; University of Groningen |
| presented by: Mart van Megen, University of Groningen |
| Discussant: Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University |
| Session ID 32: Evolving Antitrtust Issues in Health Care - Analysis Group sponsored session April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Samuel Weglein, Analysis Group |
| Physician Attributes, Competition, and Industry Transfers: Evidence from Public Reporting Under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act |
| By Christopher Brunt; Georgia Southern University |
| presented by: Christopher Brunt, Georgia Southern University |
| Discussant: Dov Rothman, Analysis Group |
| Physician Market Concentration and Patient Welfare: An Examination of Medicare Beneficiaries |
| By Thomas Koch; Federal Trade Commission Brett Wendling; Federal Trade Commission Nathan Wilson; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Nathan Wilson, Federal Trade Commission |
| Discussant: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech |
| Mandatory Disclosure: Theory and Evidence from Industry-Physician Relationships |
| By Vardges Levonyan; ETH Zurich |
| presented by: Vardges Levonyan, ETH Zurich |
| Discussant: Gilad Sorek, Auburn University |
| Does Competition Lead to Agglomeration or Dispersion in EMR Vendor Decisions? |
| By Seth Freedman; Indiana University Haizhen Lin; Indiana University Jeffrey Prince; Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
| presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive |
| Discussant: Jianjing Lin, Tulane University |
| Session ID 38: Patent, Technology, and Investment April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| Using aggregate market data to estimate patent damages |
| By R. Hiller; Fairfield University Scott Savage; University of Colorado at Boulder |
| presented by: R. Hiller, Fairfield University |
| Discussant: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Productivity Dynamics and Inventories in Retailing |
| By Florin Maican; KU Leuven Matilda Orth; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm |
| presented by: Florin Maican, KU Leuven |
| Discussant: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University |
| Welfare Analysis of Equilibria With and Without Early Termination Fees in the U.S. Wireless Industry |
| By Oleksandr Shcherbakov; Bank of Canada Nicolas Schutz; University of Mannheim Joseph Cullen; Washington University in St. Louis |
| presented by: Joseph Cullen, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Discussant: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard |
| The Dynamics of Technology Adoption and Vertical Restraints: An Empirical Analysis |
| By Alon Eizenberg; Hebrew University Jerusalem Andras Pechy; U Zürich Michelle Sovinsky; U Mannheim |
| presented by: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| Discussant: Florin Maican, KU Leuven |
| Session ID 42: Advertising, Content, and Quality Competition April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Anthony Creane, University of Kentucky |
| When Do Firms Offer Higher Product Quality? Evidence from the Allocation of Inflight Amenities |
| By Myongjin Kim; University of Oklahoma Qihong Liu; University of Oklahoma Nicholas Rupp; East Carolina University |
| presented by: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Discussant: Xinyu Cao, MIT |
| Bias in the Choice of Product Differentiation: Evidence from the Taiwanese Media Industry |
| By Ching-I Huang; National Taiwan U |
| presented by: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan U |
| Discussant: Charles Angelucci, Columbia University |
| Minimum Quality Standards and Non-Compliance |
| By Jan Voßwinkel; NGU | Nuertingen-Geislingen University Laura Birg; U Göttingen |
| presented by: Jan Voßwinkel, NGU | Nuertingen-Geislingen University |
| Discussant: Cristian Huse, Stockholm School of Economics |
| Newspapers in Times of Low Advertising Revenues |
| By Charles Angelucci; Columbia University Julia Cage; Sciences Po Paris |
| presented by: Charles Angelucci, Columbia University |
| Discussant: Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma |
| Shipping the good apples with strategic competition |
| By Anthony Creane; University of Kentucky |
| presented by: Anthony Creane, University of Kentucky |
| Discussant: Zijun Luo, Sam Houston State University |
| Session ID 46: Political Economy and Communication on Networks April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| The Value of Connections in Lobbying |
| By Karam Kang; Carnegie Mellon University Hye Young You; Vanderbilt University |
| presented by: Karam Kang, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Kevin Boudreau, Northeastern University & Harvard University |
| Do Immigrants Return Knowledge Home? The Evidence on Knowledge Dissemination via Wikipedia |
| By Olga Slivko; ZEW Mannheim (Centre for European Economic Research) |
| presented by: Olga Slivko, ZEW Mannheim (Centre for European Economic Research) |
| Discussant: XiaoGang Che, Durham University Business School |
| Media market concentration and pluralism |
| By Torben Stühmeier; Universität Münster |
| presented by: Torben Stühmeier, Universität Münster |
| Discussant: Dmitry Lubensky, Indiana University |
| Dynamic Tournament Design: An Application to Prediction Contests |
| By Jorge Lemus; University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Guillermo Marshall; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai |
| presented by: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| Discussant: Charles Thomas, Chapman University |
| Session ID 56: Information and Collusion April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Georges |
| Session Chair: Guangliang Ye, Renmin University of China |
| Collusion in Markets with Syndication |
| By John Hatfield; University of Texas at Austin Scott Kominers; Harvard University Richard Lowery; Carnegie Mellon University |
| presented by: Richard Lowery, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv U |
| Cartel Trigger Price Strategies and Time Inconsistency |
| By Guangliang Ye; Renmin University of China Long Cheng; Renmin University of China Stuart McDonald; Renmin University of China |
| presented by: Stuart McDonald, Renmin University of China |
| Discussant: Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, University of Winnipeg |
| Measuring the Effectiveness of Anti-Cartel Interventions: A Conceptual Framework |
| By Yannis Katsoulacos; Athens University of Economics and Busin Evgenia Motchenkova; VU Amsterdam David Ulph; University of St Andrews |
| presented by: Evgenia Motchenkova, VU Amsterdam |
| Discussant: Anna Rita Bennato, Loughborough University and Centre for Competition Policy |
| The Competitive Effects of Information Sharing |
| By John Asker; UCLA Chaim Fershtman; The Eitan Berglas School of Economics Jihye Jeon; NYU Stern Business School Ariel Pakes; Harvard University |
| presented by: John Asker, UCLA |
| Discussant: Mitsuru Igami, Yale University |
| Session ID 63: Price Discrimination and Public Finance April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Jeff Thurk, University of Notre Dame |
| Edgeworth Cycles in Pharmaceutical Prices from Procurement Auctions in Denmark |
| By Frederik Hauschultz; University of Copenhagen Anders Munk-Nielsen; University of Copenhagen Harry Paarsch; University of Central Florida |
| presented by: Anders Munk-Nielsen, University of Copenhagen |
| Discussant: Keaton Miller, University of Oregon |
| The Legal Market for Recreational Marijuana: Evidence on Tax Incidence and the Elasticity of Demand from Washington State |
| By Benjamin Hansen; University of Oregon Keaton Miller; University of Oregon Caroline Weber; University of Oregon |
| presented by: Keaton Miller, University of Oregon |
| Discussant: Timothy Richards, Arizona State University |
| Switching Costs in Pension Plan Choice |
| By Gaston Illanes; Northwestern University |
| presented by: Gaston Illanes, Northwestern University |
| Discussant: Sebastian Fleitas, University of Arizona |
| One Policy to Rule Them All: Taxation and Consumption Effects of Liquor Pricing Regulation |
| By Eugenio Miravete; University of Texas at Austin Katja Seim; University of Pennsylvania Jeff Thurk; University of Notre Dame |
| presented by: Jeff Thurk, University of Notre Dame |
| Discussant: Yao Luo, University of Toronto |
| Session ID 70: Public Policy and Innovation April 9, 2017 8:00 to 10:00 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Bettina Peters, ZEW Mannheim |
| An Empirical Model of R&D Procurement Contests: An Analysis of the DOD SBIR Program |
| By Vivek Bhattacharya; MIT |
| presented by: Vivek Bhattacharya, MIT |
| Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
| Public procurement as policy instrument for innovation |
| By Dirk Czarnitzki; KU Leuven Paul Hünermund; Centre for European Economic Research Nima Moshgbar; KU Leuven |
| presented by: Dirk Czarnitzki, KU Leuven |
| Discussant: Monika Schnitzer, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich |
| Subsidized and non-subsidized R&D projects: Do they differ? |
| By Bettina Peters; ZEW Mannheim |
| presented by: Bettina Peters, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Vivek Bhattacharya, MIT |
| Session ID 5: Organizational Economics and IO April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Aegean |
| Session Chair: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Discrimination in Organizations: Optimal Contracts and Regulation |
| By Wiroy Shin; KIET-Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade |
| presented by: Wiroy Shin, KIET-Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade |
| Discussant: Michael Sacks, West Virginia University |
| Country of Origin Film Financing: A Multi-Country Analysis |
| By Darlene Chisholm; Suffolk University George Norman; Tufts University |
| presented by: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Discussant: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma |
| Contract Termination Laws and Intra-brand Competition in Franchising |
| By Charles Murry; The Pennsylvania State University Peter Newberry; Pennsylvania State University |
| presented by: Peter Newberry, Pennsylvania State University |
| Discussant: Christian Fischer, University of Bayreuth |
| Promoting Best Practices in a Multitask Workplace: Experimental Evidence on Checklists |
| By C. Kirabo Jackson; Northwestern University Henry Schneider; Queen's University |
| presented by: Henry Schneider, Queen's University |
| Discussant: Darlene Chisholm, Suffolk University |
| Session ID 94: Consumer Protection Topics at the FTC April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific C |
| Session Chair: Janis Pappalardo, Federal Trade Commission |
| A Steady-State Model of Multi-Level Marketing |
| By Doug Smith; Federal Trade Commission David Givens; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Doug Smith, Federal Trade Commission |
| Economic Analysis of Hotel Resort Fees |
| By Mary Sullivan; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Mary Sullivan, Federal Trade Commission |
| Estimating the Harm from Data Breaches |
| By Marc Luppino; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Marc Luppino, Federal Trade Commission |
| Panel Discussion |
| By James Dana; Northeastern University Ginger Jin; University of Maryland and FTC Michael Salinger; Boston University Christopher Snyder; Dartmouth College Andrew Stivers; Federal Trade Commission |
| presented by: Andrew Stivers, Federal Trade Commission |
| Session ID 7: Search and Consumer Learning April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Caspian |
| Session Chair: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| A theory of recommended price dispersion |
| By Marco Haan; U Groningen Pim Heijnen; U Groningen Martin Obradovits; University of Innsbruck |
| presented by: Marco Haan, U Groningen |
| Discussant: Evangelia Chalioti, Yale University |
| Inducing Herding with Capacity Constraints |
| By Alexei Parakhonyak; University of Oxford Nick Vikander; University of Copenhagen |
| presented by: Alexei Parakhonyak, University of Oxford |
| Discussant: Eric Schmidbauer, University of Central Florida |
| Time-constrained consumer search and price competition with horizontally differentiated products |
| By Vaiva Petrikaite; IAE Barcelona |
| presented by: Vaiva Petrikaite, IAE (CSIC) and Barcelona GSE |
| Discussant: Vitali Gretschko, ZEW |
| Privacy and changing tastes in directed search |
| By Saara Hamalainen; University of Helsinki, HECER Vaiva Petrikaite; IAE Barcelona |
| presented by: Saara Hämäläinen, University of Helsinki |
| Discussant: Xiaoting Wang, Acadia University |
| Free Riding on the Search of Others: Information Externalities in the Mortgage Industry |
| By George Deltas; University of Illinois Zening Li; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Session ID 12: Telecommunication Regulation April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Brewster |
| Session Chair: Niklas Duerr, ZEW Mannheim |
| Regulation, Institutional Disruption and Telecommunications Sector Capital Structure |
| By Sumit Majumdar; University of Texas at Dallas |
| presented by: Sumit Majumdar, University of Texas at Dallas |
| Discussant: Joseph Wyer, Federal Communications Commission |
| Identifying Market Power in Times of Constant Change |
| By Janice Hauge; University of North Texas Mark Jamison; University of Florida |
| presented by: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
| Discussant: Omar Nayeem, U.S. Federal Communications Commission |
| Unbundling the Incumbent and Entry into Fiber: Evidence from France |
| By Marc Bourreau; Telecom ParisTech Lukasz Grzybowski; Telecom ParisTech Maude Hasbi; Telecom Paristech |
| presented by: Lukasz Grzybowski, Telecom ParisTech |
| Discussant: Sumit Majumdar, University of Texas at Dallas |
| DOES STATE AID FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS CLOSE THE DIGITAL AND ECONOMIC DIVIDE? |
| By Wolfgang Briglauer; ZEW Mannheim Niklas Duerr; ZEW Mannheim Oliver Falck; University of Munich (LMU) Kai Hueschelrath; ZEW Mannheim |
| presented by: Niklas Duerr, ZEW Mannheim |
| Discussant: Maria Florencia Gabrielli, CONICET-UNCuyo |
| Session ID 28: Natural Resource Markets and Environmental Regulation April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 1 |
| Session Chair: Larry Qiu, University of Hong Kong |
| The Effect of Electricity Price Changes on Manufacturing Investment |
| By Sarah Johnston; University of Michigan |
| presented by: Sarah Johnston, University of Michigan |
| Discussant: Richard Boampong, Florida State University |
| One-to-Many Matching with Complementary Preferences: An Empirical Study of Natural Gas Lease Quality and Market Power |
| By ashley vissing; University of Chicago |
| presented by: ashley vissing, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Jose Miguel Abito, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvan |
| To Trade or Not to Trade: Oil Leases, Information Asymmetry, and Coase |
| By Paul Brehm; University of Michigan Eric Lewis; Department of Justice |
| presented by: Eric Lewis, Department of Justice |
| Discussant: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
| Regulation, Innovation, and Firm Selection: The Porter Hypothesis Revisited |
| By Larry Qiu; University of Hong Kong |
| presented by: Larry Qiu, University of Hong Kong |
| Discussant: Rodrigo Moita, Insper Institute |
| Session ID 41: Competition in the Product Space April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 2 |
| Session Chair: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| The Welfare Eff ects of Endogenous Quality Choice in Cable Television Markets |
| By Gregory Crawford; U Zürich Oleksandr Shcherbakov; Bank of Canada Matthew Shum; Caltech |
| presented by: Oleksandr Shcherbakov, Bank of Canada |
| Discussant: Kerry Tan, Loyola University Maryland |
| Mergers and Product Quality: A Silver Lining from De-Hubbing in the U.S. Airline Industry |
| By Nicholas Rupp; East Carolina University Kerry Tan; Loyola University Maryland |
| presented by: Kerry Tan, Loyola University Maryland |
| Discussant: Andrei Dubovik, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
| Impact of Mergers on Repositioning of Services: Evidence from the French Hospital Industry |
| By Joanna Piechucka; Paris School of Economics Daniel Herrera; Paris School of Economics |
| presented by: Joanna Piechucka, Paris School of Economics |
| Discussant: Oleksandr Shcherbakov, Bank of Canada |
| Strategic Product Reposition: Evidence from Wholesale Club Entry |
| By Christoph Bauner; Cornerstone Research Emily Wang; University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| presented by: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Discussant: Joanna Piechucka, Paris School of Economics |
| Session ID 48: Empirical Studies in Two-Sided Markets - Matrix Economics Sponsored Session April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Atlantic 3 |
| Session Chair: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Competition and welfare consequences of information platforms |
| By Amedeo Piolatto; Barcelona Economics Institute |
| presented by: Amedeo Piolatto, Barcelona Economics Institute |
| Discussant: Travis Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| How Efficient are Decentralized Auction Platforms? |
| By Aaron Bodoh-Creed; University of California, Berkeley Jörn Boehnke; Harvard University Brent Hickman; University of Chicago |
| presented by: Brent Hickman, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Karam Kang, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Working under Search and Information Frictions: Evidence from an Online Crowdsourcing Platform Experiment |
| By Yusuke Narita; Yale University Kosuke Uetake; Yale University School of Management |
| presented by: Kosuke Uetake, Yale University School of Management |
| Discussant: Charles Hodgson, Stanford University |
| Airline Services Agreements: A Structural Model of Network Formation |
| By Phillip McCalman; University of Melbourne Marc Rysman; Boston University |
| presented by: Marc Rysman, Boston University |
| Discussant: Kosuke Uetake, Yale University School of Management |
| Session ID 54: Productivity, Performance and Pass-Through April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Mediterranean |
| Session Chair: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University |
| Organizations, Skills, and Wage Inequality |
| By Roberto Pinheiro; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Murat Tasci; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| presented by: Roberto Pinheiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| Discussant: Susan Lu, Purdue University |
| The Dynamics of Pass-through with Expected and Unexpected Costs |
| By Alexander MacKay; Harvard University Marc Remer; Swarthmore College |
| presented by: Alexander MacKay, Harvard University |
| Discussant: Jacob Cosman, Johns Hopkins University |
| Measuring Cross-Country Differences in Misallocation |
| By Mitsukuni Nishida; Johns Hopkins University Amil Petrin; University of Minnesota Martin Rotemberg; New York University Kirk White; U.S. census Bureau |
| presented by: Kirk White, U.S. census Bureau |
| Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| Firm Dynamics, Entry Order, and Performance: The Case of the Convenience-Store Industry in Japan |
| By Mitsukuni Nishida; Johns Hopkins University Nathan Yang; McGill Desautels Faculty of Management |
| presented by: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Debi Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Session ID 58: Vertical Competition Issues April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Georges |
| Session Chair: Andre Boik, University of California (Davis) |
| A Leverage Theory of Tying in Two-Sided Markets |
| By Jay Pil Choi; Michigan State Univ. and Hitotsubashi University Doh-Shin Jeon; Toulouse School of Economics |
| presented by: Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State Univ. and Hitotsubashi University |
| Discussant: Scott Kominers, Harvard University |
| Naked Exclusion under Exclusive-offer Competition |
| By Hiroshi Kitamura; Kyoto Sangyo University Noriaki Matsushima; Osaka University Misato Sato; Osaka University |
| presented by: Misato Sato, Osaka University |
| Discussant: Stuart McDonald, Renmin University of China |
| Exclusive Dealing in a Model of Retailer Differentiation and Market Penetration |
| By Rong Luo; University of Georgia |
| presented by: Rong Luo, University of Georgia |
| Discussant: Anthony Creane, University of Kentucky |
| Wholesale Most-Favored-Nation Clauses and Third Degree Price Discrimination with Negative Consumption Externalities: an Equivalence Result |
| By Andre Boik; University of California (Davis) |
| presented by: Andre Boik, University of California (Davis) |
| Discussant: Jorge Florez Acosta, Universidad del Rosario |
| Session ID 65: Demand with Complementarities and Inattention April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific A |
| Session Chair: Yao Luo, University of Toronto |
| Bargaining Power and Local Heroes The Relevance of Cross-Category Complemen-tarities for Bargaining Power and Loss Leading |
| By Gordon Klein; University Muenster Ulrich Heimeshoff; DICE; University of Düsseldorf |
| presented by: Gordon Klein, University Muenster |
| Discussant: Joanna Stavins, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| Payment Discounts and Surcharges: Role of Consumer Preferences |
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| By Joanna Stavins; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| presented by: Joanna Stavins, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| Discussant: Marc Remer, Swarthmore College |
| Demand Estimation with Unobserved Choice Set Heterogeneity |
| By Gregory Crawford; U Zürich Rachel Griffith; IFS Alessandro Iaria; CREST - ENSAE |
| presented by: Alessandro Iaria, CREST - ENSAE |
| Discussant: Jörn Boehnke, Harvard University |
| Voice and Data Services under Three-Part Tariffs: Complements or Substitutes? |
| By Liang Chen; Wuhan University Yao Luo; University of Toronto Ping Xiao; National University of Singapore |
| presented by: Yao Luo, University of Toronto |
| Discussant: Alessandro Iaria, CREST - ENSAE |
| Session ID 68: Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Spectacle |
| Session Chair: Dirk Czarnitzki, KU Leuven |
| Optimal Licensing of Non-Drastic and (Super-)Drastic Innovations: The Case of the Inside Patent Holder |
| By Cuihong Fan; Shanghai University of Finance and Econ. Byoung Jun; Korea University Elmar Wolfstetter; Humboldt University at Berlin |
| presented by: Cuihong Fan, Shanghai University of Finance and Econ. |
| Discussant: Christian Kiedaisch, University of Zurich |
| Growth and Welfare Effects of Intellectual Property Rights when Consumers Differ in Income |
| By Christian Kiedaisch; University of Zurich |
| presented by: Christian Kiedaisch, University of Zurich |
| Discussant: Christian Catalini, MIT |
| The Dynamic Relationship between Investments in Brand Equity and Firm Profitability: Evidence using Trademark Registrations |
| By dirk crass; none Dirk Czarnitzki; KU Leuven Andrew Toole; US Patent and Trademark Office |
| presented by: Andrew Toole, US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Discussant: Amparo Sanchis-Llopis, University of Valencia and ERICES |
| How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree |
| By Martin Watzinger; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Thomas Fackler; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Markus Nagler; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Monika Schnitzer; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich |
| presented by: Monika Schnitzer, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich |
| Discussant: Dirk Czarnitzki, KU Leuven |
| Session ID 73: Uncertainty in Auctions and Procurement April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Thompson |
| Session Chair: Elena Krasnokutskaya, Johns Hopkins |
| Bidding for Contracts under Uncertain Demand |
| By Yao Luo; University of Toronto Hidenori Takahashi; University of Mannheim |
| presented by: Hidenori Takahashi, University of Mannheim |
| Discussant: Michael Waterson, U Warwick |
| The Effect of Revenue Uncertainty on Procurement Outcomes - Evidence from Railway Passenger Services |
| By Stefan Weiergraeber; Indiana University Christoph Wolf; University of Mannheim |
| presented by: Stefan Weiergraeber, Indiana University |
| Discussant: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Structural Analysis of Tullock Contests with an Application to U.S. House of Representatives Elections |
| By Yangguang Huang; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| presented by: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Comparing Auction Formats |
| By Elena Krasnokutskaya; Johns Hopkins University |
| presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, Johns Hopkins University |
| Discussant: Georgios Petropoulos, Bruegel and Toulouse School of Economics |
| Session ID 83: Empirical Studies of Vertical Relationships I April 9, 2017 10:15 to 12:15 Pacific B |
| Session Chair: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U |
| Royalty stacking in the U.S. freight railroads: Cournot vs Coase |
| By Alexei Alexandrov; Unaffiliated for research purposes (employed by Amazon) Russell Pittman; U.S. Department of Justice Olga Ukhaneva; Georgetown University |
| presented by: Olga Ukhaneva, Georgetown University |
| Discussant: Mihkel Tombak, U Toronto |
| Vertical Integration with Multi-Product Firms: When Eliminating Double Marginalization May Hurt Consumers |
| By Fernando Luco; Texas A&M University Guillermo Marshall; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai |
| presented by: Fernando Luco, Texas A&M University |
| Discussant: Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson |
| Measuring the Benefits and Costs of Intermediation in Vertical Relations |
| By Javier Donna; The Ohio State University Pedro Pereira; Autoridade da Concorrência Tiago Pires; U North Carolina Andre Trindade; Getulio Vargas Foundation |
| presented by: Andre Trindade, Getulio Vargas Foundation |
| Discussant: Christopher Conlon, NYU |
| Agency Pricing and Bargaining: Empirical Evidence from the E-Book Market |
| By Babur De los Santos; Clemson University Daniel O'Brien; U.S. Federal Trade Commision Matthijs Wildenbeest; Indiana U |
| presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana U |
| Discussant: Huaxia Rui, University of Rochester |
| # | Participant | Roles in Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Boudreau, Kevin | P47, D46 |
| 3 | Aas, Øyvind | P2, D2 |
| 4 | Abito, Jose Miguel | P27, D28 |
| 5 | Abrardi, Laura | P75, D75, C75 |
| 6 | Aghadadashli, Hamid | P91 |
| 7 | Akoz, Kemal | P8, D10 |
| 8 | Alexandrov, Alexei | D17, D15, P61 |
| 9 | Allender, William | P60, D62 |
| 10 | Angelucci, Charles | P42, D42 |
| 11 | Arie, Guy | D17 |
| 12 | Asker, John | D57, P56 |
| 13 | Auer, Ludwig von | P91, D91 |
| 14 | Backus, Matthew | P64, C64, P76, C76, D75 |
| 15 | Bae, Sang Hoo | P69, D9 |
| 16 | Bakshi, Sneha | D60, P61 |
| 17 | Balat, Jorge | D19, P72, C72, D74 |
| 18 | Banerjee, Tannista | P29, D30 |
| 19 | Baranes, Edmond | D57, P50 |
| 20 | Barbos, Andrei | P3, D4 |
| 21 | Basker, Emek | D24, P69, C69 |
| 22 | Benetton, Matteo | P22 |
| 23 | Bennato, Anna Rita | P91, C91, D56 |
| 24 | Berry, Steven | C23 |
| 25 | Bhattacharya, Vivek | P70, D70 |
| 26 | Bizzotto, Jacopo | D8, P10 |
| 27 | Boampong, Richard | P14, D28 |
| 28 | Bobkova, Nina | P18 |
| 29 | Boehnke, Jörn | P64, D65 |
| 30 | Boik, Andre | D57, P58, C58 |
| 31 | Bolt, Wilko | P15, D15 |
| 32 | Bouckaert, Jan | P57, D52 |
| 33 | Bourke, Robert | P51, C51 |
| 34 | Boyer, Kenneth | P88, D92 |
| 35 | Brown, David | D84, P52 |
| 36 | Brunt, Christopher | D29, P32 |
| 37 | Bun, Maurice | P55 |
| 38 | Burguet, Roberto | D18, D60, P49, C49 |
| 39 | Cao, Xinyu | P79, D42 |
| 40 | Caprice, Stephane | D88, P85 |
| 41 | Carey, Colleen | D34, P30 |
| 42 | Carreira, Carlos | P93, D93 |
| 43 | Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon | P82 |
| 44 | Casas, Camila | P39, D39 |
| 45 | Catalini, Christian | P69, D68 |
| 46 | Chalioti, Evangelia | P9, D7 |
| 47 | Che, XiaoGang | P44, D46 |
| 48 | Chen, Jiawei | P49, D90 |
| 49 | Chisholm, Darlene | P5, D5, C5 |
| 50 | Choi, Jay Pil | D50, P58 |
| 51 | Conkling, Thomas | P15, D78 |
| 52 | Conlon, Christopher | P84, D83 |
| 53 | Cosman, Jacob | P36, D54 |
| 54 | Costello, Brendan | P67, D67 |
| 55 | Creane, Anthony | P42, C42, D58 |
| 56 | Cullen, Joseph | D36, P38 |
| 57 | Czarnitzki, Dirk | P70, D68, C68 |
| 58 | Dana, James | D60, P61, C61 |
| 59 | Dargaud, Emilie | P2, D2, C2 |
| 60 | De Leverano, Adriano | P21 |
| 61 | De Silva, Dakshina | P11 |
| 62 | Deltas, George | D15, P7, C7 |
| 63 | Dempsey, Judith | P87, C87 |
| 64 | Dixon, Jay | P78 |
| 65 | Dong, Nathan | D20, P29, D30 |
| 66 | Dubovik, Andrei | P50, D41 |
| 67 | Duerr, Niklas | D87, P12, C12 |
| 68 | Ederer, Florian | P1, D1 |
| 69 | Egan, Mark | P15, D66 |
| 70 | Eizenberg, Alon | D25, P38, C38, D54 |
| 71 | Eliason, Paul | P20 |
| 72 | Ershov, Daniel | P25 |
| 73 | Fan, Cuihong | D69, P68 |
| 74 | Fang, Limin | P25 |
| 75 | Feinberg, Robert | D44, P39, C39 |
| 76 | Fischer, Christian | P60, D5 |
| 77 | Fleitas, Sebastian | P92, D63 |
| 78 | Florez Acosta, Jorge | P84, D58 |
| 79 | Gabrielli, Maria Florencia | P14, C14, D12 |
| 80 | Galasso, Alberto | D16, P67, D67 |
| 81 | Gandal, Neil | P31, D88 |
| 82 | Ganglmair, Bernhard | P31 |
| 83 | Garmon, Christopher | D50, P51 |
| 84 | Gautier, Axel | P27, D26 |
| 85 | Genakos, Christos | D76, P75 |
| 86 | Gertsberg, Marina | D9 |
| 87 | Gillingham, Kenneth | D23, P26, C26, D28 |
| 88 | Greenstein, Shane | C24 |
| 89 | Gretschko, Vitali | D18, P9, D7 |
| 90 | Grubb, Michael | D22 |
| 91 | Grundl, Serafin | D76, P77 |
| 92 | Grzybowski, Lukasz | D87, P12 |
| 93 | Haan, Marco | D10, P7 |
| 94 | Hauge, Janice | D87 |
| 95 | Hämäläinen, Saara | D43, P7 |
| 96 | Hellwig, Michael | D57, P55 |
| 97 | Hendricks, Kenneth | D21, C21 |
| 98 | Hickman, Brent | D17, D47, P48 |
| 99 | Hiller, R. | D31, P38 |
| 100 | Hinloopen, Jeroen | D60, C60, P85 |
| 101 | Ho, Chun-Yu | D15, P13, C13 |
| 102 | Hodgson, Charles | P49, D48 |
| 103 | Hogendorn, Christiaan | P43, D43 |
| 104 | Hollenbeck, Brett | P84, D83 |
| 105 | Hopenhayn, Hugo A. | C16, P67, D67, C67 |
| 106 | hosek, james | P82 |
| 107 | Huang, Ching-I | D31, P42 |
| 108 | Huang, Yangguang | P73, D73 |
| 109 | Huang, Guofang | P72, D74 |
| 110 | Huse, Cristian | P26, D42 |
| 111 | Huynh, Kim | P69, D69 |
| 112 | Iaria, Alessandro | P65, D65 |
| 113 | Ichihashi, Shota | P18 |
| 114 | Igami, Mitsuru | P55, D56 |
| 115 | Illanes, Gaston | D62, P63 |
| 116 | Jaffe, Sonia | P34 |
| 117 | Jamison, Mark | D88, P12 |
| 118 | Jaumandreu, Jordi | P66, D66, C66 |
| 119 | Jeanjean, Francois | P57, D91 |
| 120 | Jin, Wang | P78, D14 |
| 121 | Johnson, Terence | D72, P74 |
| 122 | Johnston, Sarah | D14, P28 |
| 123 | Joo, Joonhwi | P22 |
| 124 | Kalouptsidi, Myrto | P36, C36, D38 |
| 125 | Kang, Karam | P46, D48 |
| 126 | Kaplow, Louis | D55, P53, C53 |
| 127 | Karle, Heiko | P90, D90 |
| 128 | Ke, Tony | D86, P85 |
| 129 | Kelly, Ryan | D15, P78, C78 |
| 130 | Kesler, Reinhold | P45, D43 |
| 131 | Khalil, Fahad | P3, D3 |
| 132 | Kiedaisch, Christian | P68, D68 |
| 133 | Kim, Myongjin | P4, C4, D5 |
| 134 | Kim, Harim | P24 |
| 135 | Kim, Byung-Cheol | D49, P43 |
| 136 | Kitamura, Hiroshi | P86, D85 |
| 137 | Klein, Gordon | D64, P65 |
| 138 | Knight, Thomas | D86, P53 |
| 139 | Kominers, Scott | D58 |
| 140 | Korovkin, Vasily | P57, C57, D91 |
| 141 | Kosova, Renata | D29 |
| 142 | Krasnokutskaya, Elena | C73 |
| 143 | Krasnokutskaya, Elena | P73 |
| 144 | Kummer, Michael | D45, P43, C43 |
| 145 | Kwoka, John | D51 |
| 146 | Kyle, Margaret | D20, P34, C34, D32 |
| 147 | Lach, Saul | D64, P62, C62 |
| 148 | Lampe, Ryan | D11, P8 |
| 149 | Lebrun, Bernard | C18, P72, D72 |
| 150 | Lee, Chung-Ying | P34, D34 |
| 151 | Lee, Frances | P3, C3, D61 |
| 152 | Legros, Patrick | D3, P82, P1 |
| 153 | Lemus, Jorge | D77, P46, C46 |
| 154 | Levonyan, Vardges | D10, P32 |
| 155 | Lewis, Eric | D27, P28 |
| 156 | Leyden, Benjamin | P22 |
| 157 | Li, Xinyu | P2, D4 |
| 158 | Li, Jing | P23 |
| 159 | Li, Lingfang | P44 |
| 160 | Lin, Henry | D30 |
| 161 | Lin, Haizhen | D51 |
| 162 | Lin, Jianjing | D32 |
| 163 | Liu, Qihong | D23, P42, D42 |
| 164 | Liu, Haiyan | D11, P10 |
| 165 | Liu, Ting | P44, D44, C44 |
| 166 | Loginova, Oksana | P88, D85 |
| 167 | Lowery, Richard | P56 |
| 168 | Lu, Susan | D54 |
| 169 | Lubensky, Dmitry | P49, D46 |
| 170 | Luco, Fernando | D84, P83 |
| 171 | Luo, Rong | D84, P58 |
| 172 | Luo, Yao | D63, P65, C65 |
| 173 | Luo, Zijun | D42 |
| 174 | Luppino, Marc | P94 |
| 175 | Ma, Ching-to Albert | C20, P76, D76 |
| 176 | Ma, Chao | D36, P93 |
| 177 | Macher, Jeffrey | P29, C29, D69 |
| 178 | MacKay, Alexander | D29, P54 |
| 179 | Magnolfi, Lorenzo | P13, D13 |
| 180 | Maican, Florin | P38, D38 |
| 181 | Majumdar, Sumit | P12, D12 |
| 182 | Mamadehussene, Samir | P62, D61 |
| 183 | Marchi Adani, Riccardo | P74 |
| 184 | Mariotto, Carlotta | D45, P47 |
| 185 | Martin, Stephen | P53, D53 |
| 186 | Masterov, Dimitriy | D77 |
| 187 | Matsuzawa, Satoshi | P1, D1 |
| 188 | McDonald, Stuart | P56, D58 |
| 189 | McRae, Shaun | P27, C27, D26 |
| 190 | Miklos-Thal, Jeanine | C17 |
| 191 | Miller, Nathan | D21 |
| 192 | Miller, Keaton | P63, D63 |
| 193 | Milliou, Chrysovalantou | P86, C86, D85 |
| 194 | Mohapatra, Debi | P29, D54 |
| 195 | Moita, Rodrigo | P27, D28 |
| 196 | Molnar, Alejandro | P14, D14 |
| 197 | Mortimer, Julie | D21 |
| 198 | Moshary, Sarah | D8, P13 |
| 199 | Motchenkova, Evgenia | D52, P56 |
| 200 | Munk-Nielsen, Anders | P63 |
| 201 | Murry, Charles | D23, D11, P10 |
| 202 | Nair, Harikesh | P79, C79, D47 |
| 203 | Nakamura, Leonard | P15, D7 |
| 204 | Nayeem, Omar | P87, D12 |
| 205 | Newberry, Peter | D22, D88, P5 |
| 206 | Ng, Travis | P90, C90, D48 |
| 207 | Nishida, Mitsukuni | D38, P54, C54 |
| 208 | Obradovits, Martin | P76, D77 |
| 209 | Ore Monago, Tilsa | P17 |
| 210 | Orlov, Eugene | D55, P51 |
| 211 | Palacios, Maria | P24 |
| 212 | Pappalardo, Janis | C94 |
| 213 | Parakhonyak, Alexei | D9, P7 |
| 214 | Parra, Alvaro | P36, D53 |
| 215 | Peters, Bettina | D93, P70, C70 |
| 216 | Petrikaite, Vaiva | D9, P7 |
| 217 | Petropoulos, Georgios | C74, D73 |
| 218 | Piechucka, Joanna | P41, D41 |
| 219 | Pietola, Matias | P16 |
| 220 | Pinheiro, Roberto | P54 |
| 221 | Piolatto, Amedeo | D90, P48 |
| 222 | Podwol, Joseph | D55, P52 |
| 223 | Pouyet, Jerome | P86, D85 |
| 224 | Prager, Robin | D22 |
| 225 | Prince, Jeffrey | D34, P32 |
| 226 | Qiu, Larry | D27, P28, C28 |
| 227 | Rahim, Talal | P45, C45, D44 |
| 228 | Rasch, Alexander | P60, D61 |
| 229 | Rasmusen, Eric | P88, C88, D1 |
| 230 | Rauh, Michael | D1, P4 |
| 231 | Raval, Devesh | D78, P30 |
| 232 | Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita | P50, D56 |
| 233 | Reimers, Imke | P11, C11, D8 |
| 234 | Remer, Marc | D24, P62, D65 |
| 235 | Richards, Timothy | P62, D63 |
| 236 | Roberts, Mark | C25 |
| 237 | Rosa, Benjamin | P19 |
| 238 | Rothman, Dov | D32 |
| 239 | Ruchti, Thomas | P15, C15, D78 |
| 240 | Rui, Huaxia | P69, D83 |
| 241 | Rysman, Marc | C22, D49, P48, C48 |
| 242 | Sacks, Daniel | D29, P34 |
| 243 | Sacks, Michael | P36, D5 |
| 244 | Saeedi, Maryam | D18, P44 |
| 245 | Saethre, Morten | D69, P75 |
| 246 | Sanchis, Juan | D39 |
| 247 | Sanchis-Llopis, Amparo | P66, D68 |
| 248 | Saric, Amela | P29, D34 |
| 249 | Sato, Misato | D53, P58 |
| 250 | Savelkoul, Ruben | P21 |
| 251 | Schinkel, Maarten Pieter | D55, C55 |
| 252 | Schmidbauer, Eric | P10, C10, D7 |
| 253 | Schneider, Henry | P5 |
| 254 | Schnitzer, Monika | D70, P68 |
| 255 | Schober, Dominik | P55, D50 |
| 256 | Scott, Troy | D69 |
| 257 | Scott, Jonathan | P23 |
| 258 | Scrimitore, Marcella | P86, D86 |
| 259 | Sempere-Monerris, Jose | P31 |
| 260 | Sen, Ananya | P8, C8, D13 |
| 261 | Shankar, Kameshwari | P60, D49 |
| 262 | Shapiro, Bradley | D79, P30 |
| 263 | Shcherbakov, Oleksandr | P41, D41 |
| 264 | Shelegia, Sandro | D86, P85, C85 |
| 265 | Shen, Leilei | P84, C84, D51 |
| 266 | Shepard, Mark | D30 |
| 267 | Shi, Long | P19 |
| 268 | Shiller, Benjamin | D25, P79, D79 |
| 269 | Shin, Wiroy | D3, P5 |
| 270 | Singer, Ethan | P39 |
| 271 | Slivko, Olga | D44, P46 |
| 272 | Smith, Doug | P94 |
| 273 | smith, loren | P50, C50, D51 |
| 274 | Snyder, Christopher | P88, D70 |
| 275 | Somogyi, Robert | P45, D45 |
| 276 | Sorek, Gilad | P30, C30, D32 |
| 277 | Spiegel, Yossi | P57, P82, D56 |
| 278 | Springel, Katalin | P23 |
| 279 | Stavins, Joanna | P65, D65 |
| 280 | Stühmeier, Torben | D49, P46 |
| 281 | Stiebale, Joel | P66, D39 |
| 282 | Stitzing, Robin | P67, D67 |
| 283 | Stivers, Andrew | P94 |
| 284 | Sullivan, Mary | P94 |
| 285 | Sullivan, Christopher | P21 |
| 286 | Takahashi, Hidenori | P73 |
| 287 | Takahashi, Yuya | D25 |
| 288 | Tamayo, Jorge | P17 |
| 289 | Tan, Kerry | D19, P41, D41 |
| 290 | TANAKA, Tatsuo | P11, D8 |
| 291 | Tang, Cheng-Tao | P2, D2 |
| 292 | Tappata, Mariano | D64 |
| 293 | Thiel, Jurre | P17 |
| 294 | Thiele, Veikko | D36, P78 |
| 295 | Thomas, Charles | P77, D46 |
| 296 | Thurk, Jeff | D62, P63, C63 |
| 297 | Tombak, Mihkel | P31, D83 |
| 298 | Toole, Andrew | D31, C31, P68 |
| 299 | Trindade, Andre | D84, P83 |
| 300 | Tsai, Yi-Lin | P8, D10 |
| 301 | Tuncel, Tuba | P20 |
| 302 | Uetake, Kosuke | P48, D48 |
| 303 | Ukhaneva, Olga | D31, P83 |
| 304 | van Megen, Mart | D75, P9, C9 |
| 305 | Vanino, Enrico | D13 |
| 306 | Varas, Felipe | P3, D3 |
| 307 | Varela, Mauricio | D53, P51 |
| 308 | Verdier, Marianne | D44, P90 |
| 309 | VERGE, Thibaud | P45, D45 |
| 310 | vissing, ashley | D26, P28 |
| 311 | Voßwinkel, Jan | D27, P42 |
| 312 | Waibel, Christian | D11, P9 |
| 313 | Wait, Andrew | P4, D4 |
| 314 | Walsh, Christoph | P25 |
| 315 | Wang, Peichun | P16 |
| 316 | Wang, Emily | D38, P41, C41 |
| 317 | Wang, Xiaoting | D7 |
| 318 | Ward, Michael | P47, D47 |
| 319 | Warusawitharana, Missaka | D66, P93, C93 |
| 320 | Waterson, Michael | P92, C92, D73 |
| 321 | Wölfing, Nikolas | P52, D52, C52 |
| 322 | Weglein, Samuel | C32 |
| 323 | Wei, Zaiyan | P44, D47 |
| 324 | Weiergraeber, Stefan | D74, P73 |
| 325 | Weiskopf, David | D50 |
| 326 | Wernerfelt, Birger | C19, D2, P1, C1 |
| 327 | White, Kirk | D93, P54 |
| 328 | White, Lawrence | P82, C82, P53 |
| 329 | Wildenbeest, Matthijs | D79, P83, C83 |
| 330 | Wilson, Nathan | D20, D29, P77, C77, P32 |
| 331 | Wilson, Kyle | P87, D87 |
| 332 | Wyer, Joseph | P87, D12 |
| 333 | Xiao, Mo | P66, D66 |
| 334 | Xiao, Ruli | D72, P74 |
| 335 | Xin, Yi | P64, D92 |
| 336 | Xu, Menghan | D62 |
| 337 | Yang, Nan | D16, P47, C47 |
| 338 | Ye, Guangliang | C56 |
| 339 | Zegners, Dainis | D78, P92 |
| 340 | Zhang, Yang | P20 |
| 341 | Zhang, Xingtan | P18 |
| 342 | Zhou, Xiaolan | D92 |
| 343 | Zhou, Xiaolu | P24 |
| 344 | Zhou, Yichen Christy | D27, P26 |
| 345 | Zhou, Yiyi | D24, P11 |
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