21st annual International Industrial Organization Conference

April 21, 2023
Time	Location	Event
17:00 to 18:30	see below	Rising Star Sessions
18:30 to 21:00	Planet Word Museum, 925 13th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005	FRIDAY EVENING RECEPTION, Planet Word Museum, 925 13th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005
April 22, 2023
Time	Location	Event
08:00 to 10:00	see below	Session Block A
10:15 to 12:15	see below	Session Block B
12:20 to 14:00	Presidential Ballroom	KEYNOTE lUNCH: Paul Klemperer, Edgeworth Professor of Economics, Nuffield College "Industrial Organization and Auctions”
14:30 to 16:30	see below	Session Block C
16:45 to 18:15		Plenary Sessions (Session Block D)
18:30 to 20:30	Congressional Room	SATURDAY EVENING RECEPTION
April 23, 2023
Time	Location	Event
08:00 to 10:00	see below	Session Block E
10:15 to 12:15	see below	Session Block F

Summary of All Sessions
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Session ID code	Date/Time	Title/Location	Papers
23	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Health care markets     Location: New York Room	3
24	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Vertical contracting     Location: California Room	3
25	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Digital products and platforms     Location: Ohio Room	3
26	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Frictions and market power     Location: Pan American Room	3
27	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Market design     Location: Federal B Room	3
28	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Energy and environmental     Location: Massachusetts Room	3
29	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Innovation     Location: Senate Room	3
30	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Methodological advances     Location: Federal B Room	3
31	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Urban and spatial     Location: Statler A	3
32	April 21, 2023 17:00-18:30	Rising Stars: Regulation of entry and exit     Location: Statler B	3
3	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property     Location: Congressional Room	4
13	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Understanding Markups     Location: California Room	4
19	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Ratings and Consumer Perception     Location: Federal A Room	4
20	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Entry, Learning and Competition in Online Markets     Location: South American A Room	4
36	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Consumer Search and Other Frictions     Location: South American B Room	4
42	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Firms' Responses to Environmental Policies and Market Shocks     Location: Pan American Room	4
43	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Mergers, Markups and Market Power sponsored by Brattle     Location: New York Room	4
49	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Cartels     Location: Ohio Room	3
53	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Monopoly Pricing     Location: Federal B Room	4
58	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Vertical Relationships II     Location: Statler A	4
62	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Regulation and Competition Policy     Location: Statler B	4
72	April 22, 2023 8:00-10:00	Bargaining and Input Markets     Location: Senate Room	4
1	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Auctions and Procurement I sponsored by Charles River Associates     Location: Federal A Room	4
7	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	R&D     Location: Massachusetts Room	4
15	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Data Sharing and Privacy sponsored by NERA Economic Consulting     Location: South American A Room	4
21	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Online Media and Advertising     Location: Statler B	4
34	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Pharmaceutical Competition and Innovation     Location: Pan American Room	4
37	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Structural Estimation of Entry Games     Location: New York Room	4
46	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Monopsony     Location: Ohio Room	4
47	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	The Inner Workings of Market Power     Location: California Room	3
52	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Information Disclosure     Location: Statler A	4
59	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Labor Market Topics     Location: Federal B Room	4
63	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Dynamic Demand Estimation     Location: South American B Room	4
70	April 22, 2023 10:15-12:15	Price Discrimination and Pricing Incentives     Location: Senate Room	4
4	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Market Power and Markup Estimation     Location: Statler A	4
11	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Supply Chain & Resilience     Location: Federal A Room	4
17	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Incentivizing Supply on Platforms     Location: Ohio Room	4
33	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Incentives, Competition, and Productivity of HC Providers     Location: Pan American Room	4
38	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Product Variety and Business Dynamism     Location: Statler B	4
41	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Regulated Electric and Water Utilities     Location: Senate Room	4
45	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Measuring the Impacts of Mergers sponsored by Analysis Group     Location: Federal B Room	4
51	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Impacts of Government Policies on Competition     Location: South American A Room	4
56	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Consumer Search II     Location: South American B Room	4
60	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Vertical Relationships I     Location: California Room	4
64	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	Regulation in Telecommunications sponsored by Cornerstone     Location: Massachusetts Room	4
69	April 22, 2023 14:30-16:30	State Dependence and Inertia     Location: New York Room	4
75	April 22, 2023 16:45-18:15	PLENARY SESSION: Vertical Relationships in Oligopoly Markets sponsored by AlixPartners     Location: South American AB	0
76	April 22, 2023 16:45-18:15	PLENARY SESSION: Competition, Innovation, and Policy in the Pharmaceutical Industry sponsored by Compass Lexecon     Location: Federal AB	0
2	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Auctions and Procurement II     Location: Federal A Room	4
6	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Productivity Potpourri     Location: Statler A	4
16	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Digital Pricing Models sponsored by Keystone Strategy     Location: Senate Room	4
39	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Product Quality     Location: California Room	3
40	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Vehicle Markets and Environmental Policy     Location: Federal B Room	4
48	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Coordination and Collusion     Location: Pan American Room	4
54	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Price Discrimination     Location: Ohio Room	4
57	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Platforms     Location: Statler B	4
61	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Vertical Contracts     Location: New York Room	4
66	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Retail Banking     Location: South American A Room	4
73	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Retail Competition and Public Policies     Location: Massachusetts Room	4
74	April 23, 2023 8:00-10:00	Roundtable: Doing IO at Tech Firms     Location: South American B Room	0
5	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Productivity and AI sponsored by Amazon     Location: South American B Room	3
77	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Antitrust Enforcement and Competition Policy: A View from the Agencies     Location: Federal A Room	0
12	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Trade, Taxes, and Governance     Location: Senate Room	4
14	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Antitrust and Regulation in Digital Markets sponsored by Bates White     Location: South American A Room	3
18	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Platform Design     Location: Pan American Room	4
35	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Pharmaceutical Pricing and Promotion     Location: Statler B	4
50	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Maintenance and Extension of Market Power     Location: Ohio Room	4
55	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Consumer Search I     Location: New York Room	4
65	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Loan Markets     Location: Massachusetts Room	3
67	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Digital Assets and Data Privacy     Location: California Room	4
71	April 23, 2023 10:15-12:15	Demand Estimation and Applications     Location: Statler A	4

 

71 sessions, 252 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers

21st annual International Industrial Organization Conference
Detailed List of Sessions

                                                                                                                                              

Session ID 23: Rising Stars: Health care markets April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Julie Mortimer, University of Virginia
Quality choice with reputation effects: Evidence from hospices in California
presented by: Rubaiyat Alam, Boston University
Discussant:   Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
Experience Effects and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Aortic Valve Replacement
presented by: Kelly Kaili Yang, Duke University
Discussant:   Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University
Non-Price Competition and Risk Selection Through Hospital Networks
presented by: Natalia Serna, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant:   Yunan Ji, Georgetown University
Session ID 24: Rising Stars: Vertical contracting April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: California Room
Session Chair: Nathan Miller, Georgetown University
Long-Term Relationships and the Spot Market: Evidence from US Trucking
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presented by: Thi Mai Anh Nguyen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant:   Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
An Empirical Analysis of Resale Price Maintenance in the Pharmaceutical Industry
presented by: Tianli Xia, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant:   Xinrong Zhu, Imperial College London Business School
Corruption in Procurement Auctions: Evidence from Collusion between Officers and Firms
presented by: Qianmiao Chen, University of California Berkeley
Discussant:   Karl Schurter, Pennsylvania State University
Session ID 25: Rising Stars: Digital products and platforms April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Judith Chevalier, Yale University
Price controls in a multi-sided market
presented by: Michael Sullivan, Yale University
Discussant:   Chiara Farronato, Harvard University
Social Learning and Market Structure: The Case of Airbnb
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presented by: Florian Dendorfer, University of St. Gallen
Discussant:   Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson
Entry and Acquisitions in Software Markets
presented by: Luise Eisfeld, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Kosuke Uetake, Yale School of Management
Session ID 26: Rising Stars: Frictions and market power April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York Unive
Firm productivity and derived factor demand under variable markups
presented by: Filippo Biondi, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Scott Orr, UBC Sauder School of Business
Search, Data, and Market Power
presented by: Carl-Christian Groh, University of Mannheim
Discussant:   Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
Switching Costs in 401k Provider Choice and Dynamic Competition
presented by: Hanbin Yang, Harvard Business School
Discussant:   Yufeng Huang, University of Rochester
Session ID 27: Rising Stars: Market design April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Alan Sorensen, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Choice, Welfare, and Market Design: An Empirical Investigation of Feeding America's Choice System
presented by: Samuel Altmann, University of Oxford
Discussant:   Nikhil Agarwal, MIT
Imperfect (Re)allocation in Imperfect Markets: Evidence from China's Pilot Carbon ETS
presented by: Honghao Zheng, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Daiqiang Zhang, University at Albany, SUNY
Make, Buy, or Share: Wastewater Management in the Marcellus Shale
presented by: Matthew O'Keefe, Northwestern University
Discussant:   Alexander MacKay, Harvard University
Session ID 28: Rising Stars: Energy and environmental April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Massachusetts Room
Session Chair: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison
Proactive and Reactive Infrastructure Investment
presented by: Gretchen Sileo, Georgetown University
Discussant:   Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland
Market integration and market efficiency: evidence from transmission constraints in the Belgian electricity sector
presented by: Charlotte De Cannière, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Steven Puller,
The Dynamic Efficiency of Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Wind Industry
presented by: Luming Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant:   Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware
Session ID 29: Rising Stars: Innovation April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School
Incentivizing Novelty in Antibiotic Development
presented by: Gosia Majewska, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Luca Maini, Harvard Medical School
Exploit or Explore? An Empirical Study of Resource Allocation in Scientific Labs
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presented by: Ran Zhuo, Harvard University
Discussant:   Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
The Role of Market Structure in Competitive Experimentation
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presented by: Alan Jaske, Duke University
Discussant:   Christopher Adams, CBO
Session ID 30: Rising Stars: Methodological advances April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Welfare Effects of New-Product Introduction: An Application of Characteristics Models with Options
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presented by: Yiran Gong, Queen's University
Discussant:   Christopher Conlon, NYU Stern
Identification and Estimation of Market Size in Discrete Choice Demand Models
presented by: Linqi Zhang, Boston College
Discussant:   Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
Identification and Inference in Static Discrete Games with Weak Assumptions on Information
presented by: Sen Lu, Rice University
Discussant:   Adam Dearing, Cornell University
Session ID 31: Rising Stars: Urban and spatial April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: Katja Seim, Yale University
The Dynamic Allocation of Public Housing: Policy and Spillovers
presented by: Kwok-Hao Lee, Princeton University
Discussant:   Daniel Waldinger, New York University
Option Value and Storefront Vacancy in New York City
presented by: Erica Moszkowski, Harvard Business School
Discussant:   R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University
Dynamic Spatial Competition in Early Education: an Equilibrium Analysis of the Preschool Market in Pennsylvania
presented by: Pierre Bodéré, New York University
Discussant:   Brian McManus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Session ID 32: Rising Stars: Regulation of entry and exit April 21, 2023 17:00 to 18:30 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
The Effects of Price Regulation in Markets with Strategic Entry: Evidence from Health Insurance Markets
presented by: Eilidh Geddes, Northwestern University
Discussant:   Conor Ryan, Penn State University
How Essential Is Essential Air Service? The Value of Airport Access for Remote Communities
presented by: Austin Drukker, University of Arizona
Discussant:   Cailin Slattery, UC Berkeley
Winners and Losers of Entry Deregulation: Evidence from Ambulatory Surgery Centers
presented by: Anthony Yu, Harvard University
Discussant:   Christopher Whaley,
Session ID 3: Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Congressional Room
Session Chair: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto
Closing the gender gap in patenting: Evidence from a randomized control trial at the USPTO
presented by: Andrew Toole, US Patent and Trademark Office
Discussant:   Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Gains from Patent Protection - Evidence from India
presented by: Joel Stiebale, Heinrich Heine University
Discussant:   Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech
Inventor Mobility and Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions
presented by: Chun-Yu Ho,
Discussant:   Joao Granja, University College London
The blurred lines of copyright infringement
presented by: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Uwe Walz, Goethe University Frankfurt
Session ID 13: Understanding Markups April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: California Room
Session Chair: Debi Prasad Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts
Firm-Level Prices, Quality, and Markups: The Role of Immigrant Workers
presented by: Giulia Sabbadini, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Discussant:   David Rivers, University of Western Ontario
Price-cost margins, fixed costs and excess profits over the business cycles
presented by: Yannick Bormans, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Juan Sebastian Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la Republica
Exchange rate pass-through in the Colombian car market
presented by: Juan Sebastian Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la Republica
The ABCs of Firm Heterogeneity when Firms Sort into Markets: The Case of Exporters
presented by: David Rivers, University of Western Ontario
Discussant:   Debi Prasad Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts
Session ID 19: Ratings and Consumer Perception April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Federal A Room
Session Chair: Yufeng Huang, University of Rochester
Ratings and Reciprocity
presented by: Robin Ng, UCLouvain
Discussant:   Georgios Petropoulos, MIT
Controlling Fake Reviews
presented by: Yuta Yasui, Kochi University of Technology
Discussant:   Avery Haviv, University of Rochester
Do Consumers Perceive Fees Differently than Prices?
presented by: Daniel Simon, Indiana University
Discussant:   Minhae Kim, Oklahoma State University
Online Rating Manipulation and Consumer Welfare
presented by: Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson
Discussant:   Yufeng Huang, University of Rochester
Session ID 20: Entry, Learning and Competition in Online Markets April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: South American A Room
Session Chair: Daniel Goetz, University of Toronto
Stores Going Online: Market Expansion or Cannibalization?
presented by: Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
Discussant:   Tin Cheuk Leung, Wake Forest University
Flagship Entry in Online Marketplaces
presented by: Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada
Discussant:   Pallavi Pal, Stevens Institute of Technology
Welfare effects of multiplatform monopolies
presented by: Filomena Garcia, Indiana University
Discussant:   Yejia Xu, Harvard Business School
Peer Effects from Friends and Strangers: Evidence from Random Matchmaking in an Online Game
presented by: Daniel Goetz, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Yan Xu, Virginia Tech
Session ID 36: Consumer Search and Other Frictions April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: South American B Room
Session Chair: Boyoung Seo, Indiana University
Racial Difference in Retail Prices Paid
presented by: Boyoung Seo, Indiana University
Discussant:   Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Self-preferencing, Quality Provision, and Welfare in Mobile Application Markets
presented by: Xuan Teng, University of Munich
Discussant:   Andrew Steck, University of Toronto
The Differential Impact of Entry on Prices and Consumer Welfare
presented by: Kai Fischer, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Discussant:   Fang-Chang Kuo, National Chung Cheng University
Product Innovation with Industry Leaders and Consumer Switching Costs
presented by: Jason Walter, University of Tulsa
Discussant:   Brian Albrecht, International Center for Law and Economics
Session ID 42: Firms' Responses to Environmental Policies and Market Shocks April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
Director appointments, boardroom networks, and firm environmental performance
presented by: Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University
Discussant:   Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
Joint Elimination of Low-end Products
presented by: Marco Haan, U Groningen
Discussant:   Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita, Universitas Miguel Hernández
Supply Shocks, Adaptation, and Emissions
presented by: Yongjoon Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Discussant:   Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Incentives and Information in Methane Leak Detection and Repair
presented by: Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
Discussant:   Kristina Brecko, University of Rochester
Session ID 43: Mergers, Markups and Market Power sponsored by Brattle April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Jeremy Verlinda, The Brattle Group, Inc.
Product Differentiation and Oligopoly: a Network Approach
presented by: Bruno Pellegrino, University of Maryland
Discussant:   Chiara Farronato, Harvard University
Horizontal Mergers and Market Power in India
presented by: Nesma Ali, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Heinrich Heine Univ.
Discussant:   Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware
Do Mergers and Acquisitions Improve Efficiency: Evidence from Power Plants
presented by: Mert Demirer, MIT
Discussant:   Luca Maini, Harvard Medical School
Debt and Mergers
presented by: Eddie Watkins, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Jorge Florez-Acosta, Banco de la Republica and Universidad de
Session ID 49: Cartels April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Robert Feinberg, American University
Cartels, Antitrust Enforcement, and Industry Performance: Evidence from Mexico
presented by: Tristan Reed, World Bank
Discussant:   Robert Feinberg, American University
How costly are cartels?
presented by: Flavien Moreau, IMF
Discussant:   Felipe Brugues, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
Patterns and Determinants of Canadian Anti-cartel and Antidumping Policy, 1990-2019
presented by: Robert Feinberg, American University
Discussant:   Keith Brand, Federal Trade Commission
Session ID 53: Monopoly Pricing April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
Persuasion of Loss-Averse Buyers Through Early Offers
presented by: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Discussant:   Atabek Atayev, ZEW -- Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim
Information Asymmetry and Search Intensity
presented by: Atabek Atayev, ZEW -- Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim
Discussant:   Jessie Liu, Johns Hopkins University
Information Design for Selling Credence Goods
presented by: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
Discussant:   Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School
Manipulative consumers
presented by: Nikita Roketskiy, UCL
Discussant:   Fei Li, University of North Carolina
Session ID 58: Vertical Relationships II April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: David Benson, Federal Reserve Board
Competition with Complements and Substitutes
presented by: Yinqi Zhang, University of International Business and Economics
Discussant:   Gordon Klein, MEP
Matching in Vertical Markets: Evidence from Search Advertising
presented by: Ksenia Shakhgildyan, Bocconi University
Discussant:   David Benson, Federal Reserve Board
Retail Alliances: On the Bargaining Effects of Uncertainty about Escalation
presented by: Gordon Klein, MEP
Discussant:   Yinqi Zhang, University of International Business and Economics
Aggregator Exit, Credit Supply, and Borrower Outcomes in the Mortgage Industry
presented by: David Benson, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant:   Ksenia Shakhgildyan, Bocconi University
Session ID 62: Regulation and Competition Policy April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School
Going the Last Mile: Access Regulation and Vertical Integration
presented by: Ben Casner, FTC
Discussant:   Daniel Grodzicki, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Differential Regulation and Firm Responses: A Study of the CAFE Standard
presented by: Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future
Discussant:   Emmanuel Murray Leclair, Western University
Risk Corridors in Medicare Part D: Financial Risk Sharing or Profit Limiting Mechanism?
presented by: Paul Kim, Northwestern University
Discussant:   Thomas Ruchti, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Department of the Treasury
The US Approach to Antitrust Policy in Technology Markets: A Historical Perspective
presented by: Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School
Discussant:   Diego Jimenez Hernandez, Chicago Federal Reserve
Session ID 72: Bargaining and Input Markets April 22, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland
Bidding for Talent: Equilibrium Wage Dispersion on a High-Wage Online Job Board
presented by: Ben Scuderi, University of Michigan
Discussant:   Jakub Tecza, University of Florida
Input and Output Market Power with Non-neutral Productivity: Livestock and Labor in Meatpacking
presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
Discussant:   Andrea Szabo, University of Houston
Bargaining, Forward-Looking Buyers and Dynamic Price Competition
presented by: Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland
Discussant:   Christopher Conlon, NYU Stern
Demand Analysis under Latent Choice Constraints
presented by: Nikhil Agarwal, MIT
Discussant:   Alexander MacKay, Harvard University
Session ID 1: Auctions and Procurement I sponsored by Charles River Associates April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Federal A Room
Session Chair: Serge Moresi, Charles River Associates
Detection of Collusive Networks in E-Procurement
presented by: Leon Musolff, Microsoft Research
Discussant:   Tim Hubbard, Colby College
Two-dimensional sequential screening
presented by: Daniel Danau, Université de Caen Normandie
Discussant:   Haimeng Zhang, IESE Business School
Subcontracting Networks, Competition and Firm Participation in Public Procurement
presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma and National Scie
Discussant:   Dimas Fazio, National University of Singapore
Explaining Early Bidding in Informationally-Restricted Ascending-Bid Auctions
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presented by: John Rust, Georgetown University
Discussant:   Benjamin Rosa, University of Kentucky
Session ID 7: R&D April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Massachusetts Room
Session Chair: David Rietzke, Lancaster University
University-to-Industry knowledge transfers and firms’ resilience during the Great Recession: Evidence for Spanish firms.
presented by: Dolores Añon Higon, University of Valencia and ERICES
Discussant:   Xizhao Wang, Northwestern University
Recursivity and the Estimation of Dynamic Games with Continuous Controls
presented by: Joao Granja, University College London
Discussant:   Karl Schurter, Pennsylvania State University
Is Grass Greener in the Gray Zone? Legalization and Innovation in the Cannabis Market
presented by: Lucy Xiaolu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Max Planck Institute for Innovation an
Discussant:   Andrew Toole, US Patent and Trademark Office
Innovation contest design with product and supplier diversity
presented by: David Rietzke, Lancaster University
Discussant:   Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto
Session ID 15: Data Sharing and Privacy sponsored by NERA Economic Consulting April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: South American A Room
Session Chair: Andrew Stivers, NERA Economic Consulting
The Impact of Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework on the App Ecosystem
presented by: Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University
Discussant:   Carol Lu, Stanford University
Digital Hermits
presented by: Avery Haviv, University of Rochester
Discussant:   Justin Johnson, Cornell University
Economics of Readability: Privacy Policies and the GDPR
presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Mannheim
Discussant:   Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
Online Advertising, Data Sharing, and Consumer Control
presented by: Justin Johnson, Cornell University
Discussant:   Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
Session ID 21: Online Media and Advertising April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Peter Newberry, University of Georgia
All the Headlines that Are Fit to Change
presented by: Tin Cheuk Leung, Wake Forest University
Discussant:   Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada
Do Search Engines Increase Concentration in Media Markets?
presented by: Ricard Gil, Queen's University
Discussant:   Estrella Gomez-Herrera, University of Balearic Islands
Dialogue in Political Advertising: Evidence from US Political Campaigns 2012-2018
presented by: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
Discussant:   Ricard Gil, Queen's University
Nonparametric Estimation of Sponsored Search Auctions and Impacts of Ad Quality on Search Revenue
presented by: Pallavi Pal, Stevens Institute of Technology
Discussant:   Peter Newberry, University of Georgia
Session ID 34: Pharmaceutical Competition and Innovation April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech
Valuing Pharmaceutical Drug Innovations: An Event Study Approach
presented by: Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, University of British Columbia
Discussant:   Haizhen Lin, Indiana University
Ethical Experimentation and Regulatory Flexibility in Drug Development
presented by: Manuel Hermosilla, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant:   Gosia Majewska, Toulouse School of Economics
Patent Policy and Costly Imitation: Evidence from Paragraph IV Generic Entry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
presented by: Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland and Helsinki GSE
Discussant:   Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA Anderson
TRIPS, Pharmaceutical Patents, and Generic Competition in India
presented by: Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech
Discussant:   Conor Ryan, Penn State University
Session ID 37: Structural Estimation of Entry Games April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Roadside Infrastructure and Electric Trucks
presented by: Frank Pinter, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Hisayuki Yoshimoto, University of Glasgow
ISD as a Basis for Set Identification in Strategically Monotonic Supermodular Games
presented by: Francisco Garrido, ITAM
Discussant:   Andrew Kearns, Federal Trade Commission
Price Competition and Endogenous Product Choice in Networks: Evidence from the US Airline Industry
presented by: Kevin Remmy, University of Mannheim
Discussant:   Kerry Tan, Loyola University Maryland
A Structural Analysis of Entry Order, Performance, and Geography: The Case of the Convenience-Store Industry in Japan
presented by: Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant:   James Bessen, Boston University
Session ID 46: Monopsony April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Michael Rubens, UCLA
Labor and Product Market Effects of Mergers
presented by: Miriam Larson-Koester, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Matthew Panhans, Federal Trade Commission
Monopsony, Cartels, and Market Manipulation: Evidence from the U.S. Meatpacking Industry
presented by: Jingyi Huang, Brandeis University
Discussant:   Tristan Reed, World Bank
How to Detect and Measure Labor Market Collusion?
presented by: Louis Pape, CREST
Discussant:   Yihan Yan, DICE, University of Düsseldorf
Colluding Against Workers
presented by: Michael Rubens, UCLA
Discussant:   Joel Stiebale, Heinrich Heine University
Session ID 47: The Inner Workings of Market Power April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: California Room
Session Chair: Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario
Vertical Mergers: No Foreclosure, Yet Harm to Consumers
presented by: Alessandro Kadner-Graziano, University of Bayreuth
Discussant:   Dan O'Brien, Microfoundations, Inc., Compass Lexecon
Can Dynamic Pricing Algorithm Facilitate Tacit Collusion: An Experimental Study using Deep Reinforcement Learning in Airline Revenue Management
presented by: Chengyan Gu, Columbia University
Discussant:   Matthew Lewis, Clemson University
The Inner workings of a hub and spoke cartel in the automotive fuel industry
presented by: Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario
Discussant:   Alessandro Kadner-Graziano, University of Bayreuth
Session ID 52: Information Disclosure April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: Brian McManus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Information Design in Consumer Credit Markets
presented by: Scott Nelson, University of Chicago
Discussant:   James Dana, Northeastern University
Designing Monitoring Programs: Screening with Dynamic Incentives
presented by: Samuel Goldberg, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Discussant:   Scott Nelson, University of Chicago
Intertemporal Bundling
presented by: Wenbo Zhao, National University of Singapore
Discussant:   Yves Guéron, Seoul National University
Strategic Disclosure of Test Scores: Evidence from US College Admissions
presented by: Brian McManus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Discussant:   Felix Montag, Dartmouth College
Session ID 59: Labor Market Topics April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Michael Raith, University of Rochester
The Economics of Career Concerns in Teamwork
presented by: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Discussant:   Thomas Jungbauer, Cornell University
The Effect of Franchise No-poaching Restrictions on Worker Earnings
presented by: Marshall Steinbaum, University of Utah
Discussant:   Michael Raith, University of Rochester
The Strategic Decentralization of Recruiting
presented by: Thomas Jungbauer, Cornell University
Discussant:   Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Employee or Contractor? A Theory of the Labor Boundaries of the Firm
presented by: Michael Raith, University of Rochester
Discussant:   Marshall Steinbaum, University of Utah
Session ID 63: Dynamic Demand Estimation April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: South American B Room
Session Chair: Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
Rethinking Reference Dependence: Wage Dynamics and Optimal Stopping Rules in Taxis
presented by: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
Discussant:   Jung Sakong, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Teacher Sorting and Student Outcomes: Evidence from a Centralized Market of Teachers
presented by: Mariana Laverde, Boston College
Discussant:   Ben Scuderi, University of Michigan
Addiction and Alcohol Tax: Evidence from Japanese Beer Industry
presented by: Kosuke Uetake, Yale School of Management
Discussant:   Phoebe Tian, Bank of Canada
Measuring the Implications of Common Resources on Demand: Evidence from Telecommunications
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presented by: Haoran Zhang, UNC Chapel Hill
Discussant:   Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
Session ID 70: Price Discrimination and Pricing Incentives April 22, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Alexander MacKay, Harvard University
Bundling to Save
presented by: Andrea Szabo, University of Houston
Discussant:   Jong Jae Lee, The Catholic University of Korea
BMI, Food Purchase, and Promotional Sensitivity
presented by: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussant:   Christopher Adams, CBO
Product-Line Choices and Cross-subsidization
presented by: Jong Jae Lee, The Catholic University of Korea
Discussant:   Atabek Atayev, ZEW -- Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim
Dynamic Pricing and Demand Volatility: Evidence from Restaurant Food Delivery
presented by: Alexander MacKay, Harvard University
Discussant:   Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
Session ID 4: Market Power and Markup Estimation April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
The Macroeconomic Impact of Firm's Defensive Practices
presented by: Iacopo Varotto, Bank of Spain
Discussant:   Dolores Añon Higon, University of Valencia and ERICES
Innovation, Learning, and Killer Acquisitions
presented by: Yves Guéron, Seoul National University
Discussant:   David Rietzke, Lancaster University
Markups, Input-Output Linkages, and Fixed Costs – Evidence from Advanced Economies
presented by: Benjamin Bridgman, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant:   Iacopo Varotto, Bank of Spain
Multi-product Markups
presented by: Scott Orr, UBC Sauder School of Business
Discussant:   Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
Session ID 11: Supply Chain & Resilience April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Federal A Room
Session Chair: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Vaccine Supply Chain Resilience and International Cooperation
presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
Discussant:   Yannick Bormans, KU Leuven
Price Discrimination and Competition in International Transportation
presented by: Anna Ignatenko, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Discussant:   Cailin Slattery, UC Berkeley
Tariffs and Goods-Market Frictions
presented by: Andrew McCallum, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant:   Alexander Rodivilov, Stevens Institute of Technology
Domestic Tariffs and Consumer Welfare in Developing Countries: Evidence from India.
presented by: Debi Prasad Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts
Discussant:   Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Session ID 17: Incentivizing Supply on Platforms April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson
Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Wage-Setting in Ride-Hailing
presented by: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
Heterogeneous Complementarity and Team Design: The Case of Real Estate Agents
presented by: Yan Xu, Virginia Tech
Discussant:   Soo Jin Kim, Bank of Canada
Do Workers Bear the Burden of Fee Increases on Online Labor Platforms? Empirical Evidence from More Than 3.3 Million Bids
presented by: Estrella Gomez-Herrera, University of Balearic Islands
Discussant:   Renata Gaineddenova, Yale University
Multi-dimensional Salesforce Compensation with Negotiated Prices
presented by: Peter Newberry, University of Georgia
Discussant:   Brett Hollenbeck, UCLA Anderson
Session ID 33: Incentives, Competition, and Productivity of HC Providers April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University
Private Equity, Consumers, and Competition
presented by: Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA Anderson
Discussant:   Manuel Hermosilla, Johns Hopkins University
The Effect of Payment Contracts on Health Care Costs and Hospital Choice
presented by: Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant:   Markku Siikanen, VATT Institute for Economic Research
Dynamic Enforcement Decisions of Audit Contractors: Evidence from Medicare
presented by: Juan Pantano, University of Arizona
Discussant:   Gianluca Antonecchia, KU Leuven
Group Purchasing Organization and Supply Expense: Evidence from U.S. Hospitals
presented by: Haizhen Lin, Indiana University
Discussant:   Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland and Helsinki GSE
Session ID 38: Product Variety and Business Dynamism April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Kyle Wilson, Pomona College
Does Competition from Cable Providers Spur the Deployment of Fiber?
presented by: Andrew Kearns, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Kyle Wilson, Pomona College
Network Diversity, Market Entry, and the Internet Backbone
presented by: Andrew Steck, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Francisco Garrido, ITAM
Competing on Variety
presented by: James Bessen, Boston University
Discussant:   Jason Walter, University of Tulsa
Markups and Business Dynamism across Industries
presented by: Brian Albrecht, International Center for Law and Economics
Discussant:   Kevin Remmy, University of Mannheim
Session ID 41: Regulated Electric and Water Utilities April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
An Empirical Analysis of the US Generator Interconnection Policy
presented by: Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland
Discussant:   Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future
Securing investment for electricity markets. How to design the demand side of capacity markets?
presented by: Leopold Monjoie, University PSL - Paris Dauphine
Discussant:   Hyuk-soo Kwon, Cornell University
Pro-Social Change for the Most Challenging: Marketing and Testing Harm Reduction for Conservation
presented by: Kristina Brecko, University of Rochester
Discussant:   Leopold Monjoie, University PSL - Paris Dauphine
Valuing Technology Complementarities: Rooftop Solar and Energy Storage
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presented by: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
Discussant:   Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
Session ID 45: Measuring the Impacts of Mergers sponsored by Analysis Group April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Yao Lu, Analysis Group
Partial Identification of the Nested Logit Model and Bounded Diversion Ratios
presented by: Marc Luppino, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Eddie Watkins, Federal Trade Commission
Consequences of Model Choice in Predicting Horizontal Merger Effects
presented by: Matthew Panhans, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Marc Luppino, Federal Trade Commission
In the Shadow of Antitrust Enforcement: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016
presented by: Keith Brand, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Louis Pape, CREST
Mergers that Matter: The Impact of M&A Activity in Prescription Drug Markets
presented by: Luca Maini, Harvard Medical School
Discussant:   Bruno Pellegrino, University of Maryland
Session ID 51: Impacts of Government Policies on Competition April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: South American A Room
Session Chair: John Mayo, Georgetown university
The Role of Antitrust Policy on the Composition of Mergers: Further Reflections on “Stealth Consolidation”
presented by: John Mayo, Georgetown university
Discussant:   Miriam Larson-Koester, Federal Trade Commission
The Dynamic Effects of Corporate Tax Policy in Oligopolies
presented by: Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame
Discussant:   M. Cecilia Bustamante, University of Maryland
Optimal Urban Transportation Policy: Evidence from Chicago
presented by: Nathaniel Hickok, MIT
Discussant:   Phil-Adrian Klotz, Justus Liebig University Giessen
The effects of banning loss-leader pricing in grocery retailing markets
presented by: Jorge Florez-Acosta, Banco de la Republica and Universidad de
Discussant:   Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario
Session ID 56: Consumer Search II April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: South American B Room
Session Chair: Bobby Zhou, University of Maryland
What You Don’t Know Can’t Pass Through: Consumer Beliefs and Pass-through Rates
presented by: Ryan Westphal, Boston College
Discussant:   Andrew Usher, Bank of Canada
Welfare and Regulation in Markets for Complex Products
presented by: Mark Whitmeyer, Arizona State University
Discussant:   Marcel Preuss, Cornell University
Coasian Dynamics in Sequential Search
presented by: Cole Williams, University of Vienna
Discussant:   Nikita Roketskiy, UCL
Store Loyalty and Cross-Searching in Markets with Consumer Search for Product Fit
presented by: Mohammad Zia, Chapman University
Discussant:   Bobby Zhou, University of Maryland
Session ID 60: Vertical Relationships I April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: California Room
Session Chair: Yong Chao, University of Louisville
The Effects of Physician Vertical Integration on Referral Patterns, Patient Welfare, and Market Dynamics
presented by: Christopher Whaley,
Discussant:   Yong Chao, University of Louisville
Share Dispersion of National Brands: The Role of Retailers
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presented by: Xinrong Zhu, Imperial College London Business School
Discussant:   Christopher Whaley,
Can Private Equity Buy Referrals? Evidence from Multispecialty Physician Practice Acquisitions
presented by: Yashaswini Singh, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant:   Paul Kim, Northwestern University
Tying as an Instrument of Vertical Integration
presented by: Yong Chao, University of Louisville
Discussant:   Xinrong Zhu, Imperial College London Business School
Session ID 64: Regulation in Telecommunications sponsored by Cornerstone April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: Massachusetts Room
Session Chair: Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
Evaluating the impact of price caps - Evidence from the European Roam-Like-at-Home Regulation
presented by: Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
The Steering Incentives Of Gatekeepers In The Telecommunications Industry
presented by: Zachary Nolan, University of Delaware
Discussant:   Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School
The Effect of Net Neutrality Rules on the Cost and Availability of High-Speed Internet Service to Urban and Rural Consumers
presented by: Adam Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University
Discussant:   Do Yoon Kim, Boston College
Supply Chain Slices and Devices: Evidence from Wifi equipment.
presented by: Do Yoon Kim, Boston College
Discussant:   Ralph Sonenshine, American University
Session ID 69: State Dependence and Inertia April 22, 2023 14:30 to 16:30 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
Unobserved Heterogeneity, State Dependence, and Health Plan Choices
presented by: Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Discussant:   Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University
Sources of State-Dependence in Brand Choices : Learning vs. Switching Costs
presented by: Daisoon Kim, North Carolina State University
Discussant:   Andrea Szabo, University of Houston
Sticky Consumers and Cloud Welfare
presented by: Chuqing Jin, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussant:   Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
A Neuro-Autopilot Theory of Habit: Evidence from Canned Tuna
presented by: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Session ID 75: PLENARY SESSION: Vertical Relationships in Oligopoly Markets sponsored by AlixPartners April 22, 2023 16:45 to 18:15 Location: South American AB
Session Chair: Anne Gron, Alix Partners
Discussants:      1 Michael Whinston, MIT      2 Robin Lee, Harvard Economics
Session ID 76: PLENARY SESSION: Competition, Innovation, and Policy in the Pharmaceutical Industry sponsored by Compass Lexecon April 22, 2023 16:45 to 18:15 Location: Federal AB
Session Chair: Thomas Stemwedel, Compass Lexecon
Discussants:      1 Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech      2 Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Session ID 2: Auctions and Procurement II April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Federal A Room
Session Chair: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma and National Scie
Jump Bidding as a Signaling Game
presented by: Haimeng Zhang, IESE Business School
Discussant:   John Rust, Georgetown University
Kamikazes in Public Procurement
presented by: Dimas Fazio, National University of Singapore
Discussant:   Leon Musolff, Microsoft Research
A Convenient Test of Independent Private Values Against a Comprehensive Alternate Hypothesis in Auctions Data
presented by: Tim Hubbard, Colby College
Discussant:   Daniel Danau, Université de Caen Normandie
Diversity versus Equity in Government Contracting
presented by: Benjamin Rosa, University of Kentucky
Discussant:   Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma and National Scie
Session ID 6: Productivity Potpourri April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: Uwe Walz, Goethe University Frankfurt
Measuring the Technological Components of Environmental Productivity
presented by: Filippo Belloc, University of Siena
Discussant:   Pilar Beneito, Universidad de Valencia and ERICES.
Do subsidies boost innovation? Evidence from patent filings of industrial firms in China
presented by: Bo Pan, University of Leicester
Discussant:   Filippo Belloc, University of Siena
Robots and Firms’ Labour Search: The Role of Temporary Work Agencies
presented by: Pilar Beneito, Universidad de Valencia and ERICES.
Discussant:   Bo Pan, University of Leicester
The co-existence of patent pools
presented by: Uwe Walz, Goethe University Frankfurt
Discussant:   Lucy Xiaolu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Max Planck Institute for Innovation an
Session ID 16: Digital Pricing Models sponsored by Keystone Strategy April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Jennifer Redmond, Keystone Strategy
Welfare Impacts of Subscriptions for Digital Goods: The Case of Video Games
presented by: Carol Lu, Stanford University
Discussant:   Aaron Barkley, University of Melbourne
Fee Structure and Market Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Ride-Hailing Platform
presented by: Renata Gaineddenova, Yale University
Discussant:   Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University
Competition in Freemium Services
presented by: Yejia Xu, Harvard Business School
Discussant:   Robin Ng, UCLouvain
Monetizing Steering
presented by: Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
Discussant:   Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma
Session ID 39: Product Quality April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: California Room
Session Chair: Xuan Teng, University of Munich
Voluntary Disclosure and Quality Choices: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
presented by: Fang-Chang Kuo, National Chung Cheng University
Discussant:   Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland
An Evaluation of Legislation Designed to Improve Airline Pilots' Safety and Performance
presented by: Kerry Tan, Loyola University Maryland
Discussant:   Xuan Teng, University of Munich
Multitasking, complementarities, and information disclosure: Evidence from food hygiene ratings in the U.K.
presented by: Hisayuki Yoshimoto, University of Glasgow
Discussant:   Kai Fischer, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Session ID 40: Vehicle Markets and Environmental Policy April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Federal B Room
Session Chair: Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University
Subsidies versus Tradable Credits for Electric Vehicles: The Role of Market Power in the Credit Market
presented by: Hyuk-soo Kwon, Cornell University
Discussant:   Marco Haan, U Groningen
Roadblock or Accelerator? The Effect of Electric Vehicle Subsidy Elimination
presented by: Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future
Discussant:   Yongjoon Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The market for used battery electric vehicles – a viable transmission mechanism for a new vehicle propulsion technology?
presented by: Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant:   Frank Pinter, Federal Trade Commission
Pass-through of Temporary Fuel Tax Reductions: Evidence from Europe
presented by: Phil-Adrian Klotz, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Discussant:   Dakshina De Silva, Lancaster University
Session ID 48: Coordination and Collusion April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Matthew Lewis, Clemson University
Welfare Effects of Trade Associations: The Case of the Chilean Salmon Export Industry
presented by: Thomas Eisenberg, University of Delaware
Discussant:   Jingyi Huang, Brandeis University
How do banks compete? Lessons from an Ecuadorian loan tax
presented by: Felipe Brugues, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
Discussant:   Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame
Information Sharing and Oligopoly Pricing: A Natural Experiment in Retail Gasoline
presented by: Matthew Lewis, Clemson University
Discussant:   Michael Rubens, UCLA
Do board connections between product market peers impede competition?
presented by: Renping Li, Washington University in St. Louis
Discussant:   Nesma Ali, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Heinrich Heine Univ.
Session ID 54: Price Discrimination April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi
Competition and Awareness of Online College Degrees
presented by: H. Tai Lam, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant:   Brian McManus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Consumer Packaged Goods
presented by: Ryan Mansley, Georgetown University
Discussant:   Brian Albrecht, International Center for Law and Economics
Targeting Discounts in the Airline Industry
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presented by: Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
Discussant:   Samuel Goldberg, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Screening with Refunds: Evidence from the Airline Industry
presented by: Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi
Discussant:   Elisabeth Honka, University of California Los Angelos
Session ID 57: Platforms April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School
Third-degree price discrimination in two-sided markets
presented by: Andrea Mantovani, Toulouse Business School
Discussant:   Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
When Does a Brand-Influencer Matching AI Backfire?
presented by: Jessie Liu, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant:   Mohammad Zia, Chapman University
Consumer Tracking and Price Discrimination in a Market with Sequential Consideration
presented by: Ioana Chioveanu, Nottingham
Discussant:   Mark Whitmeyer, Arizona State University
Self-preferencing and Search Neutrality in Online Retail Platforms
presented by: Bobby Zhou, University of Maryland
Discussant:   Ioana Chioveanu, Nottingham
Session ID 61: Vertical Contracts April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Michael Noel, Texas Tech University
Insourcing Vs Outsourcing in Vertical Structure
presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University
Discussant:   Michael Noel, Texas Tech University
Common Subcontracting, Multimarket Contact, and Airline Prices
presented by: Dennis Campbell,
Discussant:   Daiqiang Zhang, University at Albany, SUNY
The Value of Flexibility in Dynamic Contracting
presented by: Daiqiang Zhang, University at Albany, SUNY
Discussant:   Dennis Campbell,
Open Price Contracts, Locked-in Buyers, and Opportunism
presented by: Michael Noel, Texas Tech University
Discussant:   Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University
Session ID 66: Retail Banking April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: South American A Room
Session Chair: Hector Perez Saiz, International Monetary Fund
Inclusive Origins of Rapid Industrialization: the Persistent Effects of the Colonial Bank Networks on Taiwan's Economic Miracle
presented by: Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University
Discussant:   Adam Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University
Does the Internet Replace Brick-and-Mortar Bank Branches?
presented by: Minhae Kim, Oklahoma State University
Discussant:   Ching-I Huang, National Taiwan University
Bank Access Across America
presented by: Jung Sakong, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant:   Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
Geographical and Cultural Proximity in Retail Banking
presented by: Hector Perez Saiz, International Monetary Fund
Discussant:   David Stillerman, American University, Kogod School of Bus
Session ID 73: Retail Competition and Public Policies April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: Massachusetts Room
Session Chair: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Unhealthy Food, Regulations, and Consumer Welfare: The US Microwaveable Popcorn Market
presented by: Emily Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussant:   Daisy Dai, Purdue University
Retail Advertising Effects: Evidence from Individual Location Data
presented by: Bowen Luo, University of Houston
Discussant:   Yuta Yasui, Kochi University of Technology
Promoting Healthy Diets in A Large Restaurant Chain
presented by: Daisy Dai, Purdue University
Discussant:   Christoph Bauner, University of Massachusetts
The Effect of Front-Of-Package Nutrition Labeling on Product Composition
presented by: Christoph Bauner, University of Massachusetts
Discussant:   Bowen Luo, University of Houston
Session ID 74: Roundtable: Doing IO at Tech Firms April 23, 2023 8:00 to 10:00 Location: South American B Room
Session Chair: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York Unive
Discussants:      1 Kyle Kretschman, Spotify      2 Jacob LaRiviere, Amazon      3 Dmitry Sorokin, Upwork      4 James Brand, Microsoft      5 David Colino, Meta
Session ID 5: Productivity and AI sponsored by Amazon April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: South American B Room
Session Chair: Carol Lu, Stanford University
Knowledge as Output and as Input: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing
presented by: Xizhao Wang, Northwestern University
Discussant:   Benjamin Bridgman, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Identifying Treatment Effects on Productivity: Theory with An Application to Firms' AI Adoption
presented by: Karl Schurter, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant:   Scott Orr, UBC Sauder School of Business
The Market Impact of Algorithmic Pricing: Evidence from the Multifamily Rental Housing Market
presented by: Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant:   Chun-Yu Ho,
Session ID 77: Antitrust Enforcement and Competition Policy: A View from the Agencies April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Federal A Room
Session Chair: Nancy Rose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussants:      1 Aviv Nevo, Federal Trade Commission      2 Ronald Drennan, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Session ID 12: Trade, Taxes, and Governance April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Senate Room
Session Chair: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You: The Impact of U.S.–Russia Trade Sanctions on U.S. Trading Firms
presented by: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Discussant:   Giulia Sabbadini, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Fraud Across Borders
presented by: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
Discussant:   Anna Ignatenko, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Externality Mitigation with Dynamic Fuel Selection
presented by: Emmanuel Murray Leclair, Western University
Discussant:   Andrew McCallum, Federal Reserve Board
Tax Discrimination: Competition in the Market for Firms
presented by: Cailin Slattery, UC Berkeley
Discussant:   Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
Session ID 14: Antitrust and Regulation in Digital Markets sponsored by Bates White April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: South American A Room
Session Chair: Slava Zayats, Bates White
Mandated Platform Compatibility: Competition and Welfare effects
presented by: Georgios Petropoulos, MIT
Discussant:   Filomena Garcia, Indiana University
The Rise of User Concentration in the Mobile App Market
presented by: Yufeng Huang, University of Rochester
Discussant:   Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
Search and Price Formation with Incomplete Information
presented by: Aaron Barkley, University of Melbourne
Discussant:   Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Mannheim
Session ID 18: Platform Design April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Pan American Room
Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive
Interchange fee, market structure and excessive intermediation in the payments market
presented by: Soo Jin Kim, Bank of Canada
Discussant:   Daniel Goetz, University of Toronto
Viral demand and post-promotion behavior in platforms with network effects
presented by: Philip Solimine, The University of British Columbia
Discussant:   Ruiqi Wu, University of Rochester
Effects of platforms’ entry into own marketplace: Evidence from the mobile application market
presented by: Jakub Tecza, University of Florida
Discussant:   Philip Solimine, The University of British Columbia
Platform Information Design and Competitive Price Targeting
presented by: Ruiqi Wu, University of Rochester
Discussant:   Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive
Session ID 35: Pharmaceutical Pricing and Promotion April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Statler B
Session Chair: Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Prices, retail markups and market shares in the pharmaceutical industry
presented by: Gianluca Antonecchia, KU Leuven
Discussant:   Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability
presented by: Markku Siikanen, VATT Institute for Economic Research
Discussant:   Ryan Westphal, Boston College
The Role of Information in Pharmaceutical Advertising: Theory and Evidence
presented by: Conor Ryan, Penn State University
Discussant:   Juan Pantano, University of Arizona
Mergers and Advertising in the Pharmaceutical Industry
presented by: Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Discussant:   Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, University of British Columbia
Session ID 50: Maintenance and Extension of Market Power April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Ohio Room
Session Chair: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University
The Great Startup Sellout and the Rise of Oligopoly
presented by: Bruno Pellegrino, University of Maryland
Discussant:   Flavien Moreau, IMF
Cheap Exclusion in Markets with Multiple Complements
presented by: Dan O'Brien, Microfoundations, Inc., Compass Lexecon
Discussant:   John Mayo, Georgetown university
Did Intel use Advertising to Stifle Competition? The Pre-emptive Effects of Advertising in the CPU Industry
presented by: Yihan Yan, DICE, University of Düsseldorf
Discussant:   Mert Demirer, MIT
Self-Preferencing at Amazon: Evidence from Search Rankings
presented by: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University
Discussant:   Chengyan Gu, Columbia University
Session ID 55: Consumer Search I April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: New York Room
Session Chair: Elisabeth Honka, University of California Los Angelos
Comparison Shopping: Learning Before Buying From Duopolists
presented by: Brian Albrecht, International Center for Law and Economics
Discussant:   Cole Williams, University of Vienna
Search Routes in Mobile Commerce
presented by: Elisabeth Honka, University of California Los Angelos
Discussant:   Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
Search Platforms: Big Data and Sponsored Positions
presented by: Marcel Preuss, Cornell University
Discussant:   H. Tai Lam, University of California, Los Angeles
Does tax policy work when consumers have imperfect price information? Theory and evidence
presented by: Felix Montag, Dartmouth College
Discussant:   Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi
Session ID 65: Loan Markets April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Massachusetts Room
Session Chair: Kosuke Uetake, Yale School of Management
Loan Guarantees and Incentives for Information Acquisition
presented by: David Stillerman, American University, Kogod School of Bus
Discussant:   Hector Perez Saiz, International Monetary Fund
Estimating the Cost of Control Rights in the Corporate Loan Market
presented by: Thomas Ruchti, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Discussant:   Chuqing Jin, Carnegie Mellon University
Unintended Consequences of Policy Interventions: Evidence from Home Affordable Refinance Program
presented by: Phoebe Tian, Bank of Canada
Discussant:   Kosuke Uetake, Yale School of Management
Session ID 67: Digital Assets and Data Privacy April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: California Room
Session Chair: James Dana, Northeastern University
Central Bank Digital Currency and Banking Choices
presented by: Andrew Usher, Bank of Canada
Discussant:   Mariana Laverde, Boston College
(Under) Investment in cyber skills and data protection enforcement: Evidence from activity logs of the UK Information Commissioner's Office
presented by: Taheya Tarannum, University of Oxford
Discussant:   Zachary Nolan, University of Delaware
Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from GDPR
presented by: Diego Jimenez Hernandez, Chicago Federal Reserve
Discussant:   Taheya Tarannum, University of Oxford
Fake IDs and Arbitrage: Price Discrimination with Misreporting Costs
presented by: James Dana, Northeastern University
Discussant:   Giorgi Mekerishvili, AlixPartners
Session ID 71: Demand Estimation and Applications April 23, 2023 10:15 to 12:15 Location: Statler A
Session Chair: Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University
Conformant and Efficient Estimation of Discrete Choice Demand Models
presented by: Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant:   Jeff Gortmaker, Harvard University
Estimating Preferences and Substitution Patterns from Second-Choice Data Alone
presented by: Christopher Conlon, NYU Stern
Discussant:   Nikhil Agarwal, MIT
Estimating Group Effects
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presented by: Christopher Adams, CBO
Discussant:   Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
Incorporating Micro Data into Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with PyBLP
presented by: Jeff Gortmaker, Harvard University
Discussant:   Ryan Mansley, Georgetown University