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Session 1: Consumer Dynamics
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Tobias Salz, MIT |
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| The Last Mile to First Treatment: Searching for Opioid Use Disorder Medication |
| Presented by: Lance Gui, University of Arizona |
Discussant: Brad Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis
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| State Dependence and Complementarities in Smartphone Choices |
| Presented by: Seungwhan Chun, UNC Chapel Hill |
Discussant: Judith Chevalier, Yale University
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| Sale Pricing and Demand Dynamics |
| Presented by: Muhammad Shabanpour, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
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Session 2: Digital Platforms
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
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| Making Talk Cheap: Generative AI and Labor Market Signaling |
| Presented by: Jesse Silbert, Princeton University |
Discussant: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn
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| The Transmission of Trade Shocks in Digital Markets |
| Presented by: Jorge Klinnert, University of Maryland |
Discussant: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
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| The Value of Intermediation in Bikeshare |
| Presented by: Anya Tarascina, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Tianli Xia, University of Rochester
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Session 3: Monopsony Power
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Robert Clark, Queen's University |
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| Do Middlemen Raise Drug Costs? Countervailing Market Power Meets Agency Frictions |
| Presented by: Catherine Che, UC Berkeley |
Discussant: Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| Why Do Contract Workers Earn Less? Evidence from India’s Auto Industry |
| Presented by: Davide Luparello, Penn State |
Discussant: Michael Rubens, UCLA
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| Milking Market Power: How Dairy Cooperatives Raise Rivals' Costs |
| Presented by: Shivam Agrawal, The Ohio State University |
Discussant: Sofia Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley
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Session 4: Production Function Estimation and Applications
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
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| Firm in the clouds: Supplier market power and firm adoption in the cloud computing industry |
| Presented by: Nicholas Emery-Xu, University of California, Los Angeles |
Discussant: Jihye Jeon, Boston University
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| Weak Identification Robust Methods for Production Function Estimation |
| Presented by: Jorge de la Cal Medina, University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute |
Discussant: Haiqing Xu, University of Texas
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| Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Production Functions Invariant to Productivity Dynamics |
| Presented by: Rentaro Utamaru, The University of Tokyo |
Discussant: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
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Session 5: Real Estate Markets
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Katja Seim, Yale |
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| The Expansion and Dynamic Equilibrium Effects of Institutional Landlords |
| Presented by: Zhichun Wang, Yale University |
Discussant: David Genesove, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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| Targeting and Price Pass-Through in Housing Voucher Design |
| Presented by: Fernando Ochoa, NYU |
Discussant: Jean-Francois Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| Selling Fast or Selling Junk: Is iBuying Sustainable?
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| Presented by: So Hye Yoon, Princeton University |
Discussant: Zach Brown, University of Michigan
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Session 6: Antitrust and Competition
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Robert Porter, Northwestern University |
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| Vertical Integration and Regulated Profits in Pharmacy Benefits Markets |
| Presented by: Eric Yde, University of Virginia |
Discussant: Keith Ericson, Boston University
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| Collective Decision-Making in Global Antitrust Enforcement: Evidence from Shipyard Mergers |
| Presented by: Chuyue Tian, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
Discussant: Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University
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| Competition and Welfare in Airport Slot Allocation |
| Presented by: Sebastian Bauer, Stanford University |
Discussant: Charles Murry, University of Michigan
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Session 7: EVs and Green Energy
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York Unive |
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| Investment and the Transfer of Power: Dynamic Effects of Transmission in Electricity Markets |
| Presented by: Dana Golden, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Jonathan Elliott, Johns Hopkins University
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| Estimating High-Dimensional Dynamic Games: Innovation Policy in the EV Industry |
| Presented by: Zikun Liu, Yale University |
Discussant: Adam Dearing, Cornell University
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| Innovation Path Choices in China’s Electric Vehicle Battery Industry |
| Presented by: Qian Wang, UMD |
Discussant: Paul Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Session 8: Platform Design and Information
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester |
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| Platform Governance and Information Disclosure in Markets with Add-Ons |
| Presented by: Huixin She, Toulouse School of Economics |
Discussant: Nima Haghpanah, Yale
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| Targeted Advertising Platforms: Data Sharing and Customer Poaching |
| Presented by: Klajdi Hoxha, Stanford GSB |
Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
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| Optimizing Multi-Stage Personalization in the Customer Journey |
| Presented by: Yu Song, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University
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Session 9: Regulating Externalities
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Georges (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota |
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| Environmental Regulation with Irreversible Investments: Evidence from High Plains Aquifer Depletion |
| Presented by: Nathaniel Hickok, MIT |
Discussant: Luming Chen, University of Michigan
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| Navigating the Commons |
| Presented by: Yangkeun Yun, UCLA |
Discussant: Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto
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| Strategic Decision on Network Intensity: Evidence from U.S. Firm-to-Firm R&D Collaboration Network |
| Presented by: Sinjeong Kim, Pennsylvania State University |
Discussant: Quan Le, Harvard
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Session 10: Regulation and Quality
April 10, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Spectacle (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Alan Sorensen, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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| The Welfare Effects of Accountable Care Organizations |
| Presented by: James Gluzman, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Paul Grieco, Penn State
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| Improving Quality through Regulation or Reputation: Theory and Evidence from the Environmental Impact Assessment Industry |
| Presented by: Yucheng Quan, University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
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| Delayed Information and Behavioral Spillovers: Evidence from U.S. Drinking Water Violations |
| Presented by: Raushan Baizakova, Indiana University |
Discussant: Peter Newberry, University of Georgia
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Session 11: Advertising, Perceptions, and Market Competition
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Aljoscha Janssen, SMU, School of Economics |
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| Advertising for Dropout Consumers |
| Presented by: Arthur Fishman, Bar Ilan University |
Discussant: Marcel Preuss, Cornell University
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| Evidence for the Illusion of Competition |
| Presented by: Ryan Westphal, Brandeis University |
Discussant: Quinn Maingi, USC Marshall School of Business
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| Uncertainty in Dynamic Pricing Environments |
| Presented by: Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi |
Discussant: Andre Romahn, University of Hamburg
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| Patriotic Spots, Polarized Markets: Bud Light’s Advertising Elasticity During a Nationwide Boycott |
| Presented by: Aljoscha Janssen, SMU, School of Economics |
Discussant: Yunhao Huang, University of Southern California
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Session 12: Health Care Markets: Bargaining, Integration, and Provider Performance
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Yi Wang, Purdue University |
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| Dynamic Bargaining between Hospitals and Insurers |
| Presented by: Jacob Dorn, Cornell University |
Discussant: Nuwan Indika, Loyola University at New Orleans
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| Vertical Integration and Regulatory Compliance in U.S. Health Insurance Markets |
| Presented by: Rui Li, SUNY Albany |
Discussant: Yonggeun Jung, University of Florida
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| Estimating Production Functions with Latent Team Structures: An Analysis of Nursing Homes |
| Presented by: Nihal Mehta, |
Discussant: Liang Zhao, University of Cambridge
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| Testing Vertical Relationships in the U.S. Infant Formula Market: Implications for Government Costs and Welfare |
| Presented by: Yi Wang, Purdue University |
Discussant: Benjamin Rosa, University of Michigan
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Session 13: Technology and Telecommunication
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Audrey Tiew, New York University |
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| Regulatory Reform and Market Evolution in the Spectrum Commons |
| Presented by: Haiyang Zhang, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Anil Jain, Federal Reserve Board
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| Secrecy, Spectrum, and Certification: Evidence from Wireless Electronic Devices |
| Presented by: Ruby Zhang, Harvard University |
Discussant: Jonas Boeschemeier, Technical University of Munich
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| Broadband Deployment in Equilibrium: Subsidy Design for the Digital Divide |
| Presented by: Andrew Kearns, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Hengyi Huang, Tilburg University
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| Industrial Policy, Location Choice, and Firm Performance in High-Tech Manufacturing |
| Presented by: Audrey Tiew, New York University |
Discussant: Rachel Nam, USI Lugano/Swiss Finance Institute
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Session 14: Advances in Demand Estimation
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Zach Brown, University of Michigan |
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| Identifying Preference Heterogeneity in the BLP Model with Micro Data |
| Presented by: Adam Dearing, Cornell University |
Discussant: Felipe Barbieri, Dartmouth Tuck
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| Flexible Estimation of Random Coefficient Logit Models of Differentiated Products Demand |
| Presented by: Johannes Kandelhardt, |
Discussant: Yibo Fang, Fudan University
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| Sequential algorithm for structural estimations with equilibrium constraints |
| Presented by: Takeshi Fukasawa, Waseda University |
Discussant: Tianyi Li, The Pennsylvania State University
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| Leaving the Nest: Simulated Cardell Errors for Flexible Dependence in Panel Discrete Choice |
| Presented by: Zach Brown, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Anders Munk-Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
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Session 15: Regulation, product variety, and quality
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Jonathan Scott, University of Texas, Dallas |
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| Opening Hours and Consumer Behavior: Evidence from GPS Data and Deregulation |
| Presented by: Andre Trindade, Nova SBE |
Discussant: Jonathan Scott, University of Texas, Dallas
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| The Price of Portability: How Interstate Licensing Transforms Mental Health Markets |
| Presented by: Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Conor Ryan, Penn State University
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| Vertical Integration and E-commerce Competition: Evidence from Amazon Marketplace |
| Presented by: Luca Bennati, Central Bank of Mexico |
Discussant: Imke Reimers, Cornell University
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| Where Should Charging Stations Locate? The Interaction between Dynamic Generation Costs and Intra-Day Traffic Patterns |
| Presented by: Jonathan Scott, University of Texas, Dallas |
Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School
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Session 16: Experimentation, Learning, and Dynamic Investment
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad, Indiana University |
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| Over-Experimentation Under Delegation: Forward–Reverse Stopping Contracts |
| Presented by: Liang Zhong, The University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Tommaso Alba, KU Leuven
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| Job Security and Innovation |
| Presented by: Javier Miranda, IWH/Friedrick-Schiller University |
Discussant: Furkan Kilic, University of Chicago
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| Investment, Productivity, and Selection in the U.S. Shale Boom |
| Presented by: Konan Hara, Michigan State University |
Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
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| A Structural Model of Mentorship in Startup Accelerators: Matching, Learning, and Value Creation |
| Presented by: Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad, Indiana University |
Discussant: Sabien Dobbelaere, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Session 17: Digital Platforms and Regulation
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Spectacle (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Filomena Garcia, North Carolina State University |
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| When does quality beat data? Gaining momentum in dynamic platform competition |
| Presented by: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Filomena Garcia, North Carolina State University
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| Media Policy and Newspaper Competition with Consumer Multihoming in an Uncovered Market |
| Presented by: Ole Kristian Dyskeland, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) |
Discussant: Jay Lee, University of Florida
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| A Spatial Model of Dynamic Pricing, Matching Frictions, and Taxi Search |
| Presented by: Jay Lee, University of Florida |
Discussant: Ole Kristian Dyskeland, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
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| When Do Platform Mergers Benefit Users? The Role of Multi-Homing, Network Effects and Post-Merger Strategies |
| Presented by: Filomena Garcia, North Carolina State University |
Discussant: Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University
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Session 18: Incentivizing digital content creation
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Fei Li, University of North Carolina |
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| The Disruption of Attention Platforms in the Era of Generative AI |
| Presented by: Chenyang Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) |
Discussant: Joosung Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
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| Supporting Content Creators on Two-Sided Markets: Experimental Evidence from a Short-Form Video Platform |
| Presented by: Tianli Xia, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Arun Sundararajan, New York University
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| Algorithmic Attention and Content Creation on Social Media Platforms |
| Presented by: Fei Li, University of North Carolina |
Discussant: Yang Yu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Designing Self-Sustaining Markets: An Application to Content Platforms |
| Presented by: Lei Huang, MIT |
Discussant: Hassan Sayed, Center for Global Development
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Session 19: Long-Term Care, Inspections, and Quality Measurement
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 2 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Agreeing to Disagree: Political Partisanship and Team Performance in Healthcare |
| Presented by: Yanhao Wang, University of Alberta |
Discussant: Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Competition-for-the-field in medical device procurement |
| Presented by: Charles Murry, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Gaurab Aryal, Boston University
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| Predictably Unpredictable Inspections |
| Presented by: Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA |
Discussant: Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University
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| The Measurement and Production of Quality in Long-Term Care Facilities in the US: 2012–2017 |
| Presented by: Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Jia Xiang, Indiana University
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Session 20: Behavioral and Dynamic Bidding in Auctions
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Miguel Alcobendas, Yahoo Research |
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| Round Bidding in Auctions |
| Presented by: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College |
Discussant: Brad Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis
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| {Dynamic Bidding under Limited Commitment: Evidence from Judicial Sales |
| Presented by: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University |
Discussant: Yuki Ito, Indiana University
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| Auctions with Imperfectly Competitive Resale: Evidence from Central Bank Auctions |
| Presented by: Eric Richert, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Nathalie Gimenes, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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| Mass of Bids at Reserve |
| Presented by: Miguel Alcobendas, Yahoo Research |
Discussant: Shunto Kobayashi, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Session 21: Merger Efficiencies
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY |
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| Merger efficiency and coordinated effects: nothing to sneeze at? Evidence from cough and cold medicines in the Philippines |
| Presented by: Farasat Bokhari, Loughborough University |
Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY
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| Digital (Killer?) Acquisitions |
| Presented by: Regina Seibel, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University
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| Competition, Procurement and Learning-by-Doing in the Space Launch Industry |
| Presented by: Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland, College Park |
Discussant: Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University
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| Mergers and Quality Provision in Healthcare: Evidence from Nursing Homes |
| Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY |
Discussant: Yangyi Deng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Session 22: Effects of Cartels
April 11, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto |
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| Is Cartel Enforcement Effective? Evidence from the Stainless Steel Industry |
| Presented by: Douglas Turner, University of Florida |
Discussant: Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario
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| The Impact of Cartels on Productivity: A Concrete Example from Japan |
| Presented by: Masahiro Nishida, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Camilo Rubbini, Florida State University
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| Market-wide Collusion between Suppliers and Retailers |
| Presented by: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University |
Discussant: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan
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| Information Sharing vs. Collusive Coordination: A Bayes Correlated Equilibrium Approach to Algorithmic Pricing in US Multifamily Rentals |
| Presented by: Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Jean-Francois Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Session 23: Screening, Investment, and Organizational Incentives
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| Delegated Screening: Evidence from Government-Backed Loans |
| Presented by: Juan Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la República |
Discussant: Seth Smith, University of Georgia
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| Credit Without Proximity: Informational Frictions and Unequal Gains from Technology |
| Presented by: Quinn Maingi, USC Marshall School of Business |
Discussant: Ryan Westphal, Brandeis University
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| Allocating Positional Goods: A Mechanism Design Approach |
| Presented by: Peiran Xiao, University of Southern California |
Discussant: Arthur Fishman, Bar Ilan University
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| Selling (Un)Finished Products |
| Presented by: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Discussant: Qiang Fu, National University of Singapore
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Session 24: Contract Design and Enforcement in Vertical Relationships
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Leila Safavi, Pomona College |
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| Why Suppliers Might Prefer Linear and Secret Vertical Contracts? |
| Presented by: David Gilo, Tel Aviv University |
Discussant: Claire Chambolle, INRAE & CREST
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| Hybrid Contracting in Repeated Interactions |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
Discussant: Yang Yang, School of Economics and management, Tsinghua University
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| The competitive effects of vertical contracts between manufacturers and bottlers: Evidence from the U.S. Carbonated Soft Drink Industry |
| Presented by: Nuwan Indika, Loyola University at New Orleans |
Discussant: Giulia Sabbadini, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
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| Contracting Decisions under Joint Liability: Evidence from the Hazardous Waste Industry |
| Presented by: Leila Safavi, Pomona College |
Discussant: Jack Collison, University of Wisconsin Madison
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Session 25: Consumer Behavior and Information
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Georges (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Qi Pan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) |
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| Value of "Availability" during Demand Shocks: Evidence from U.S. Retailers during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Presented by: Tianyi Li, The Pennsylvania State University |
Discussant: James Dana, Northeastern University
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| Quality Disclosure, Product-Harm Crises, and Word of Mouth: The Impact of Multiple Sources of Information on Automobile Purchase |
| Presented by: Zhehao Hu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Discussant: WALEED HASSAN, KU Leuven
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| Salience and Buyer's Remorse: Optimal Nonlinear Pricing with Cognitively Constrained Consumers |
| Presented by: Gregory Sun, Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussant: Sebastien Cerles, Paris-Saclay University
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| Reference Effect in The Dynamic Promotion Strategy: The Case of Ride-Hailing Service |
| Presented by: Qi Pan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) |
Discussant: Daniela Schmitt,
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Session 26: Market structure and environmental policy
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Conor Ryan, Penn State University |
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| R&D Among Small Firms: Evidence From Genetically Engineered Crop Diversity after Regulatory Changes |
| Presented by: Conor Ryan, Penn State University |
Discussant: Marcos Barrozo, DePaul University
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| Anticipated Entry, Labor Market Competition, and Toxic Releases |
| Presented by: Sangeun Ha, Copenhagen Business School |
Discussant: Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology
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| Smog and Safety Checks: A Case for Monopoly Delegation |
| Presented by: Juan-Pablo Montero, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile |
Discussant: Andre Trindade, Nova SBE
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| Where is the Beef? Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Amazon |
| Presented by: Marcos Barrozo, DePaul University |
Discussant: Arifah Hasanbasri, University of Pittsburgh
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Session 27: Technology Adoption, Diffusion, and Industry Outcomes
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
John Turner, University of Georgia |
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| AI Adoption, Market Outcomes, and Coordination Risks |
| Presented by: Minhae Kim, Oklahoma State University |
Discussant: Dmitri Kirpichev, OECD
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| Do Patents Predict Innovation? |
| Presented by: Sofia Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley |
Discussant: Konan Hara, Michigan State University
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| Incomplete Patent Pools |
| Presented by: John Turner, University of Georgia |
Discussant: Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State University
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| Stifling or Scaling? Acquisitions and their effect on start-up innovation |
| Presented by: Dmitri Kirpichev, OECD |
Discussant: Sofia Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley
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Session 28: Innovation and adoption
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Chung-Ying Lee, National Taiwan University |
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| Early adoption of generative AI: Users, uses, and behavioral change |
| Presented by: Sebastian Valet, ZEW Mannheim |
Discussant: Emil Palikot, Northeastern University
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| Push and Pull Funding for Social Innovation |
| Presented by: Hassan Sayed, Center for Global Development |
Discussant: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
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| Battery Swapping Networks and Electric Vehicle Adoption: Evidence from Taiwan’s E-Scooter Market |
| Presented by: Chung-Ying Lee, National Taiwan University |
Discussant: Leshui He, Bates College
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| On Benchmark Hacking in ML Contests: Modeling, Insights and Design |
| Presented by: Yang Yu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Lei Huang, MIT
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Session 29: Insurance Design, Intermediation, and Selection
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University |
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| Breaking Bad Opioid Sorting |
| Presented by: Stephan Sagl, Indiana University |
Discussant: Anran Li, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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| Going for Broker? Intermediation in Health Insurance Markets |
| Presented by: Anran Li, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
Discussant: Charles Murry, University of Michigan
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| The Impact of Limited Consideration on Market Outcomes in the Hospital Industry |
| Presented by: Jack Berger, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
Discussant: Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| Regulation of Contract Generosity in Selection Markets: The Case of Medicare Advantage |
| Presented by: Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Shizhe Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Session 30: Market Power, Information, and Policy in Auctions
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Brad Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| When help hurts: unintended consequences of set-aside auctions for small firms in Brazil. |
| Presented by: Nathalie Gimenes, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
Discussant: Eric Richert, University of Chicago
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| Auditing Collusion in Public Procurement: An Empirical Study |
| Presented by: Hisayuki Yoshimoto, University of Glasgow |
Discussant: Ji Hyun (Kiara) Kim, Washington University in St. Louis
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| The Impact of Privacy Protection on Online Advertising Markets |
| Presented by: Shunto Kobayashi, Questrom School of Business, Boston University |
Discussant: Miguel Alcobendas, Yahoo Research
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| Quantifying Bargaining Power Under Incomplete Information: A Supply-Side Analysis of the Used-Car Industry |
| Presented by: Brad Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussant: Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College
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Session 31: Financial Markets
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Carlos Canon, Bank of England |
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| The Welfare Effect of Pricing Climate Risk in the US Mortgage Market |
| Presented by: Hengyi Huang, Tilburg University |
Discussant: Audrey Tiew, New York University
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| Regulatory Hurdles and Costly Delay in Housing Development |
| Presented by: Daniel Gold, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Emma Du Puy, Columbia University
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| When Prices Begin to Reflect Risk: Evidence From A Reform in Hazard Insurance for U.S. Mortgages |
| Presented by: Anil Jain, Federal Reserve Board |
Discussant: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Mannheim & ZEW Mannheim
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| Repo dealer-driven bond mispricing |
| Presented by: Carlos Canon, Bank of England |
Discussant: Anastasios Dosis, ESSEC Business School
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Session 32: Merger Evaluation
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Joe Mazur, Purdue University |
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| Mobile Game App Concentration and Cross-Border Merger Oversight: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis |
| Presented by: Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Discussant: Regina Seibel, University of Toronto
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| Capacity-Constrained Competition with Demand Uncertainty |
| Presented by: Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt University |
Discussant: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim
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| Bridging Quasi-Experimental and Structural Approaches for Robust Evaluation of US Airline Mergers |
| Presented by: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia |
Discussant: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
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| Merger Effects on New Markets: Evidence from U.S. Airlines |
| Presented by: Joe Mazur, Purdue University |
Discussant: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma
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Session 33: Cartel Stability
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 2 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario |
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| Third-party information platforms and coordination: Evidence from the collapse of a cartel |
| Presented by: Jean-Francois Houde, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto
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| They’re Cheating on You: An Experimental Examination of Third-Party Information, Trust, and Collusive Stability |
| Presented by: Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Douglas Turner, University of Florida
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| On Collusion and the Number of Firms |
| Presented by: Camilo Rubbini, Florida State University |
Discussant: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University
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| Hub-and-Spoke vs. Horizontal Collusion: Evidence from an automotive fuel cartel |
| Presented by: Daniel Chaves, University of Western Ontario |
Discussant: Masahiro Nishida, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Session 34: Invited Session: Industrial Organization and Education
April 11, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chairs: |
| Adam Kapor, Princeton University |
| Christopher Neilson, Yale University |
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| General Equilibrium Effects of Quality Regulation in Higher Education |
| Presented by: Luis Armona, Harvard University |
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| School Voucher Design and Strategic Pricing: Evidence from India |
| Presented by: Harshil Sahai, University of Chicago |
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| The Effects of Widespread Online Education on Market Structure and Enrollment |
| Presented by: Caue de Castro Dobbin, Georgetown University |
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| Recommendation Design in School Choice Platforms |
| Presented by: Adam Kapor, Princeton University |
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Session 35: Information Design and Disclosure
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Ralph Boleslavsky, Indiana University |
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| Informationally Robust Market Outcomes |
| Presented by: Wenji Xu, City University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Hongrui Zeng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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| Information Design with Seller Manipulation |
| Presented by: Byung-Cheol Kim, University of Alabama |
Discussant: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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| Dynamic Disclosure with(out) Timestamps |
| Presented by: Beixi Zhou, University of Pittsburgh |
Discussant: Peiran Xiao, University of Southern California
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| Limits of Disclosure in Search Markets |
| Presented by: Ralph Boleslavsky, Indiana University |
Discussant: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Session 36: Labor Market Power, Talent Allocation, and the Rise of Markups
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Benjamin Rosa, University of Michigan |
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| Monopsony and Backloaded Compensation: Theory and Evidence from Public Accountants |
| Presented by: Michael Rubens, UCLA |
Discussant: Jacob Dorn, Cornell University
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| The Anatomy of ICT Intangibles and the Rise in Markups |
| Presented by: Aaron Putseys, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Nihal Mehta,
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| A Two-Sided Matching Model of the Market for Managerial Talent |
| Presented by: Liang Zhao, University of Cambridge |
Discussant: Phuong Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| What Happens to Contractors After States Ban Affirmative Action? |
| Presented by: Benjamin Rosa, University of Michigan |
Discussant: Yi Wang, Purdue University
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Session 37: Environment and Energy
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Ignacia Mercadal, University of Florida |
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| Unintended Environmental Policies: The Impact of European Agricultural Subsidies on Pollution |
| Presented by: Emma Du Puy, Columbia University |
Discussant: Daniel Gold, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| The Efficacy of Voluntary Overcompliance for Decarbonization: Evidence from California |
| Presented by: Alison Ong, Harvard University |
Discussant: Haiyang Zhang, Harvard Business School
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| Designing second-best price zones in electricity markets |
| Presented by: Jonas Boeschemeier, Technical University of Munich |
Discussant: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University
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| The Role of Strategic Behavior During Extreme Weather Events: The Case of Winter Storm Uri |
| Presented by: Ignacia Mercadal, University of Florida |
Discussant: Ruby Zhang, Harvard University
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Session 38: Empirical Approaches to Market Structure and Policy
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Emily Cook, Texas A&M University |
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| Employment relationships, wage setting, and labor market power |
| Presented by: Leonard Treuren, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Amparo Sanchis, Universidad de Valencia and ERI-CES
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| Market Power and the Welfare Effects of Institutional Landlords |
| Presented by: Felipe Barbieri, Dartmouth Tuck |
Discussant: Takeshi Fukasawa, Waseda University
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| Estimating the efficiency of the production line |
| Presented by: Yushuo Pan, NY Fashion Innovation Center |
Discussant: Yingjun Su, Binghamton University
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| Optimal Aid Policies: Beyond College Access |
| Presented by: Emily Cook, Texas A&M University |
Discussant: Michael Sullivan, University of British Columbia
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Session 39: Market Power and Intellectual Property
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Georges (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
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| Measuring Market Power from Patents |
| Presented by: Dongni Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Discussant: Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad, Indiana University
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| Intangible Assets and Imperfections in Product and Labor Markets |
| Presented by: Sabien Dobbelaere, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Discussant: Giulio Gottardo, University of Oxford
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| Labor market power and innovation |
| Presented by: Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Juan A Sanchis-Llopis, University of Valencia
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| Market Power and Technology in US Manufacturing |
| Presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
Discussant: Stefan Weiland, Maastricht University
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Session 40: Platform design: Information
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Joosung Lee, Sungkyunkwan University |
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| Exposure Design for Two-Sided Platforms |
| Presented by: Kei Ikegami, University of Tokyo |
Discussant: Chenyang Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
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| From Curation to Creation: How AI Summaries Shape User Reviews |
| Presented by: Leshui He, Bates College |
Discussant: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn
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| The Limits of Algorithmic Recommendation |
| Presented by: Joosung Lee, Sungkyunkwan University |
Discussant: Nicolas Bozzo Galleguillos, Keystone
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| The Economics of Algorithmic Personalization: Evidence from an Educational Technology Platform\ |
| Presented by: Emil Palikot, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Hanna Halaburda, New York University
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Session 41: Dynamics and Market Design in Environmental IO
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Atlantic 2&3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
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| Battery Bidding and Efficiency in Electricity Market |
| Presented by: Luming Chen, University of Michigan |
Discussant: R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University
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| Cows and Trees |
| Presented by: Paul Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Luming Chen, University of Michigan
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| Resale Markets for Differentiated Durable Goods: A Model of the Fashion Industry |
| Presented by: Hideo Konishi, Boston College |
Discussant: Paul Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Valuing Solar Subsidies |
| Presented by: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University |
Discussant: Takeaki Sunada, University of Rochester
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Session 42: Hospital Performance, Pricing, and Provider Consolidation
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jia Xiang, Indiana University |
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| Targeting Efficiencies? Reducing Costs Through Hospital Consolidation |
| Presented by: Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Yanhao Wang, University of Alberta
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| The Effects of Dialysis Firm Consolidation on Patient Health |
| Presented by: Anwita Mahajan, University of California, San Diego |
Discussant: Jack Berger, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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| Surprising Facts about the No Surprise Act |
| Presented by: Shizhe Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Discussant: Florian Ederer, Boston University
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| Race-Specific Provider Performance: Evidence from Black Lives Matter Protests |
| Presented by: Jia Xiang, Indiana University |
Discussant: Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA
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Session 43: Trade and IO (I)
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Spectacle (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Felix Montag, NYU Stern School of Business |
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| Gravity beyond CES |
| Presented by: gabriel smagghue, banque de france |
Discussant: Luca Lorenzini, UCLA Anderson
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| Mergers and the Demand for Protectionism |
| Presented by: Felix Montag, NYU Stern School of Business |
Discussant: Jonathan Elliott, Johns Hopkins University
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| Agglomeration, Productivity, and Exports: A Unified Framework for Firm Dynamics |
| Presented by: Yulu Wang, Binghamton University |
Discussant: Yannick Bormans, KU Leuven
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| When Differentiation Is Limited: Chinese Import Competition and the Shift Toward Process Innovation |
| Presented by: Nima Nematian, University of Arizona |
Discussant: gabriel smagghue, banque de france
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Session 44: Labor Antitrust
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
David Benson, Federal Reserve Board |
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| Do Non-Compete Agreements Help or Hurt Workers? Evidence from the NLSY97 |
| Presented by: Bhargav Gopal, Queen's University |
Discussant: Zhonglin Li, National University of Singapore
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| Labor Market Power and Collusive Behavior |
| Presented by: Michele Bisceglia, Yale University |
Discussant: Bhargav Gopal, Queen's University
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| Common Ownership, Firm Hiring and the Allocation of Human Capital |
| Presented by: Mario Leccese, Boston University |
Discussant: Jaehak Lee, University at Albany, SUNY
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| Quantifying the Distortions of Labor Market Power: U.S. Coal Mines 2001-2019 |
| Presented by: David Benson, Federal Reserve Board |
Discussant: Leonard Le Roux, International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group
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Session 45: Merger Remedies
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University |
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| Store Exit After Structural Merger Remedies in the U.S. Grocery Industry |
| Presented by: Kosuke Shimamoto, Duke University |
Discussant: Flavia Roldan, Universidad ORT Uruguay
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| Antitrust on Aisle Five: Lessons from Decades of Supermarket Divestitures |
| Presented by: Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
Discussant: Marc Remer, Swarthmore College
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| The Welfare Effects of Structural Remedies |
| Presented by: Oscar Jara, Norwegian School of Economics |
Discussant: Margaret Loudermilk, Charles River Associates
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| A Large-Scale Evaluation of Merger Simulations |
| Presented by: Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University |
Discussant: Gloria Sheu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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Session 46: Invited Session: Algorithmic Pricing
April 11, 2026 14:15 to 16:15
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chairs: |
| Matthijs Wildenbeest, University of Arizona |
| Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester |
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| Algorithmic Pricing and Consumer Sensitivity to Price Variability |
| Presented by: Madhav Kumar, Harvard Business School |
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| Third-Party Pricing Algorithms and Information Sharing |
| Presented by: Jeanine Miklos-Thal, U Rochester |
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| Collusion with Optimal Information Disclosure |
| Presented by: Alexander Wolitzky, MIT |
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| Algorithmic Collusion of Pricing and Advertising on E-commerce Platforms |
| Presented by: Hangcheng Zhao, Rutgers University |
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Session 47: Advances in Computational Methods in IO
April 11, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chairs: |
| John Rust, Georgetown University |
| Ulrich Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania |
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Session 48: Switching Costs in the Digital Economy
April 11, 2026 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Atlantic 2&3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chairs: |
| Gary Biglaiser, UNC-Chapel HIll |
| Luis Cabral, NYU Stern |
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Session 49: Personalization, Pricing, and Consumer Data
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Andre Romahn, University of Hamburg |
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| Competitive Personalized Pricing with Multidimensional Characteristics |
| Presented by: Qiang Fu, National University of Singapore |
Discussant: Beixi Zhou, University of Pittsburgh
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| Non-Linear Pricing under Quantity Restrictions and Taxes : Market for Fountain Soda |
| Presented by: Seth Smith, University of Georgia |
Discussant: Juan Velez-Velasquez, Banco de la República
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| Personalizing Two Interdependent Treatments: Structural Estimation and Evidence from Social E-Commerce |
| Presented by: Yunhao Huang, University of Southern California |
Discussant: Max Schnidman, Microsoft
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| The Informational Content of Consumer Choice in Differentiated Product Markets |
| Presented by: Andre Romahn, University of Hamburg |
Discussant: Aljoscha Janssen, SMU, School of Economics
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Session 50: Bargaining, Restraints, and Spillovers in Vertical Markets
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Giulia Sabbadini, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics |
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| Cross-category Portfolio and Bargaining Power: Evidence from the US Men's Razor Market |
| Presented by: Yonggeun Jung, University of Florida |
Discussant: Rui Li, SUNY Albany
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| Resale Price Maintenance and Consumer Search |
| Presented by: Yang Yang, School of Economics and management, Tsinghua University |
Discussant: David Gilo, Tel Aviv University
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| Timing Assumptions in Vertical Bargaining |
| Presented by: Hugo Molina, University of Paris-Saclay |
Discussant: Unni Pillai, University at Albany, SUNY
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| Vertical Mergers, Customer Access, and Spillovers in Production Networks |
| Presented by: Giulia Sabbadini, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics |
Discussant: Michael Rubens, UCLA
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Session 51: Information and Regulation
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
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| Collateral, Information and Welfare: Implications for Open Banking |
| Presented by: Anastasios Dosis, ESSEC Business School |
Discussant: Andrew Kearns, Federal Trade Commission
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| Technology and Credit Market Segmentation |
| Presented by: Rachel Nam, USI Lugano/Swiss Finance Institute |
Discussant: Carlos Canon, Bank of England
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| Regulatory Capacity and Hard-to-Enforce Requirements |
| Presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Mannheim & ZEW Mannheim |
Discussant: Alison Ong, Harvard University
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| Optimal Emissions Permits in Oligopolistic Markets |
| Presented by: Ting Liu, Stony Brook University |
Discussant: Ignacia Mercadal, University of Florida
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Session 52: Market Power: Measurement and Consequences
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Georges (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Yingjun Su, Binghamton University |
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| Airline Industry Dynamics 1993–2022 |
| Presented by: Sunmin Kim, The Ohio State University |
Discussant: Bingyao Liu, University of Toronto
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| Market power and Profitability in the EU over 2007-2022 |
| Presented by: WALEED HASSAN, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Zhehao Hu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| Risk and Return in Asset Demand Systems |
| Presented by: Ozan Akbas, University of Warwick |
Discussant: Johannes Kandelhardt,
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| The Geography of Market Power: Evidence from the Chinese Steel Industry |
| Presented by: Yingjun Su, Binghamton University |
Discussant: Emily Cook, Texas A&M University
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Session 53: Production Function and Productivity Estimation
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Giulio Gottardo, University of Oxford |
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| Robust Production Function Estimation when there is Market Power |
| Presented by: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University |
Discussant: Dongni Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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| Firms’ digitalisation and TFP performance for Spanish manufacturing |
| Presented by: Juan A Sanchis-Llopis, University of Valencia |
Discussant: Sarit Weisburd, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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| A Theory of Inefficiency Distributions |
| Presented by: Stefan Weiland, Maastricht University |
Discussant: Javier Miranda, IWH/Friedrick-Schiller University
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| Production Functions with Noisy Data: A Flexible Cost Share Approach |
| Presented by: Giulio Gottardo, University of Oxford |
Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
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Session 54: Platform design: Pricing
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 2 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Hanna Halaburda, New York University |
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| Reliability and Pricing in Cloud Computing |
| Presented by: Leon Musolff, Wharton School of the University of Penn |
Discussant: Wenxuan Xu, National University of Singapore Business School
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| ``Walled Gardens'': Exclusive Complementarity and Consumer Lock-in in Multiproduct Oligopoly Markets |
| Presented by: Shiyun Xia, Tianjin University |
Discussant: Kei Ikegami, University of Tokyo
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| Decentralization and the Law of the Jungle: An Empirical Investigation of Ethereum’s Market Mechanism |
| Presented by: Hanna Halaburda, New York University |
Discussant: Byoungmin Yu, University of Florida
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| Health Insurance Contracts and Providers Networks |
| Presented by: Nicolas Bozzo Galleguillos, Keystone |
Discussant: Federico Navarra, Charles River Associates
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Session 55: Environmental Policy Design and Market Outcomes
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University |
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| BEV vs. HEV purchase subsidies: Impacts on greenhouse-gas emissions in South Korea |
| Presented by: Youngjin Hong, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Discussant: Hideo Konishi, Boston College
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| Binding Emission Standards in the European Car Market |
| Presented by: Thomas Wiedenhofer, University of Mannheim |
Discussant: Youngjin Hong, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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| From Pumps to Plugs: Value of Time and Charging Policies |
| Presented by: Takeaki Sunada, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Thomas Wiedenhofer, University of Mannheim
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| Pollution Pricing in Equilibrium: Production, Reallocation, and Aggregate Impacts |
| Presented by: R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University |
Discussant: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
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Session 56: Pharmaceutical Innovation, Pricing, and Global Entry
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Gaurab Aryal, Boston University |
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| Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Prices, and Entry |
| Presented by: Ching-to Albert Ma, Boston University |
Discussant: Hongyuan Xia, Cornell University
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| Disclosure and the Pace of Drug Development |
| Presented by: Florian Ederer, Boston University |
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
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| Expected Insurance Coverage and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence from China's National Drug Price Negotiation Policy |
| Presented by: Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University |
Discussant: Lucy Xiaolu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Max Planck Institute for Innovation an
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| Valuing Pharmaceutical Drug Innovations |
| Presented by: Gaurab Aryal, Boston University |
Discussant: Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Session 57: Auctions: Entry, Scale, and Design
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
David Genesove, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Entry Deterrence in Procurement Auctions |
| Presented by: Yuki Ito, Indiana University |
Discussant: Ruli Xiao, Indiana University
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| The Effects of Pre-Auction Nominations: Evidence from Oil & Gas Lease Sales |
| Presented by: Ji Hyun (Kiara) Kim, Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussant: Miguel Alcobendas, Yahoo Research
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| Allocating Resources under Strategic Misrepresentation |
| Presented by: Xiaoyun Qiu, Dartmouth College |
Discussant: David Genesove, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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| Auction Identification with Unobserved Rejected Offers |
| Presented by: David Genesove, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Discussant: Xiaoyun Qiu, Dartmouth College
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Session 58: Digital Platforms, Market Dynamics, and User Behavior
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Andrea Mantovani, TSE |
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| Online Travel Agencies and beyond: The role of sales channels for hotels and consumers |
| Presented by: Andrea Mantovani, TSE |
Discussant: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
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| How Do Past Privacy Choices Shape the Future? |
| Presented by: Verina Que, Nanyang Technological University |
Discussant: Mark Jamison, University of Florida
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| Empowering Inclusive Work |
| Presented by: Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Verina Que, Nanyang Technological University
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| To Bid or Not to Bid? Entry, Bid Shading, and Bias in Sponsored Search Auctions |
| Presented by: Cole Williams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Discussant: Andrea Mantovani, TSE
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Session 59: Merger Thresholds
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Margaret Loudermilk, Charles River Associates |
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| Reconciling Foundational Antitrust Law with Modern Merger Analysis |
| Presented by: Gloria Sheu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Discussant: Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt University
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| Concentration Indices, Welfare Distortions, and Misallocation in Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Nicolas Schutz, University of Mannheim |
Discussant: Michele Bisceglia, Yale University
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| Interaction-Adjusted Concentration: A Quadratic Generalization of the HHI |
| Presented by: Yangyi Deng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Discussant: Kensuke Kubo, Keio University
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| Merger Screening Thresholds under Model Uncertainty |
| Presented by: Margaret Loudermilk, Charles River Associates |
Discussant: Oscar Jara, Norwegian School of Economics
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Session 60: Trade and IO (II)
April 12, 2026 8:00 to 10:00
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jonathan Elliott, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Aggregate Outcomes of Nonlinear Prices in Supply Chains |
| Presented by: Luca Lorenzini, UCLA Anderson |
Discussant: Yulu Wang, Binghamton University
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| Input and output market power in the presence of fixed costs |
| Presented by: Yannick Bormans, KU Leuven |
Discussant: Nima Nematian, University of Arizona
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| Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and the Green Transition |
| Presented by: Jonathan Elliott, Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant: Jevgenijs Steinbuks, The World Bank
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| Estimating Willingness-to-Pay for Emerging Technologies: A Study of Hydrogen Demand in the Ammonia Industry |
| Presented by: Jevgenijs Steinbuks, The World Bank |
Discussant: Felix Montag, NYU Stern School of Business
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Session 61: Search, Platforms, and Consumer Learning
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Caspian (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
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| Optimally Informative Rankings and Consumer Search |
| Presented by: Marcel Preuss, Cornell University |
Discussant: Wenji Xu, City University of Hong Kong
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| Sequential Search and Exposure Dependence Design |
| Presented by: Hongrui Zeng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Discussant: Ralph Boleslavsky, Indiana University
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| Playing to the Algorithm: How Spotify’s Recommendations Shape Music Production |
| Presented by: Max Schnidman, Microsoft |
Discussant: Garrett Scott, University of Mississippi
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| Context Effects and Price Dispersion in Search Markets |
| Presented by: Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
Discussant: Byung-Cheol Kim, University of Alabama
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Session 62: Production Networks and Supply Chain Dynamics
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Brewster (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Jack Collison, University of Wisconsin Madison |
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| The Rise and Fall of Input Suppliers |
| Presented by: Unni Pillai, University at Albany, SUNY |
Discussant: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University
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| Markups, Markdowns and Bargaining in a Vertical Supply Chain |
| Presented by: Claire Chambolle, INRAE & CREST |
Discussant: Hugo Molina, University of Paris-Saclay
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| Copper Supply Chain |
| Presented by: Phuong Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: Leila Safavi, Pomona College
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| Inventories and Merger (In)efficiencies In the Petroleum Industry |
| Presented by: Jack Collison, University of Wisconsin Madison |
Discussant: Aaron Putseys, KU Leuven
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Session 63: Mergers, Market Structure, and Welfare
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Mediterranean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Michael Sullivan, University of British Columbia |
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| Differentiated product demand estimation with secondary markets |
| Presented by: Anders Munk-Nielsen, University of Copenhagen |
Discussant: Leonard Treuren, KU Leuven
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| Retail Mergers and Uniform Pricing: Evidence from the U.S. Yogurt Industry |
| Presented by: Sebastien Cerles, Paris-Saclay University |
Discussant: Sunmin Kim, The Ohio State University
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| Multiproduct Multimarket Price Competition under Capacity Constraints |
| Presented by: Bingyao Liu, University of Toronto |
Discussant: Ozan Akbas, University of Warwick
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| Demand with Network Externalities: Identification and an Application to the Dating Websites Industry |
| Presented by: Michael Sullivan, University of British Columbia |
Discussant: Adam Dearing, Cornell University
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Session 64: Pricing Strategies
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon A (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
James Dana, Northeastern University |
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| Pricing and Consumption in Subscription Settings |
| Presented by: Daniela Schmitt, |
Discussant: Qi Pan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
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| Personalized vs. Uniform Algorithm Design: The Unintended Consequence of Restrictions in Data Access |
| Presented by: Yibo Fang, Fudan University |
Discussant: Gregory Sun, Washington University in St. Louis
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| Online Sales and Firms’ Cost Pass-through |
| Presented by: Amparo Sanchis, Universidad de Valencia and ERI-CES |
Discussant: Yushuo Pan, NY Fashion Innovation Center
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| Competition, Price Discrimination, and Experience Goods: A Theory of Frequent Buyer Discounts |
| Presented by: James Dana, Northeastern University |
Discussant: Zach Brown, University of Michigan
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Session 65: Platforms and Innovation
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 3 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Imke Reimers, Cornell University |
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| From Complaint to Action: Technology-Enabled Quality Improvement from Consumer Reviews |
| Presented by: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Discussant: Luca Bennati, Central Bank of Mexico
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| Signaling the Value of an Innovation by (not) Litigating Patent Infringers |
| Presented by: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School |
Discussant: Juan-Pablo Montero, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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| AI and the quantity and quality of creative products: the case of books |
| Presented by: Imke Reimers, Cornell University |
Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland at College Park
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| How Do Suppliers Choose in a Platform Market: A Case Study of the Game Industry |
| Presented by: Arifah Hasanbasri, University of Pittsburgh |
Discussant: Sangeun Ha, Copenhagen Business School
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Session 66: Innovation, Competition, and Market Structure
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon B (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Sarit Weisburd, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| A Tale of Trolls and Fees: The Role of Fee-Shifting in Patent Litigation |
| Presented by: Tommaso Alba, KU Leuven |
Discussant: John Turner, University of Georgia
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| AI and Competition |
| Presented by: Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State University |
Discussant: Liang Zhong, The University of Hong Kong
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| Ready, Set, Unify: The Uneven Race between Trabants and BMWs |
| Presented by: Furkan Kilic, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Multinational Firms and Entrepreneurship |
| Presented by: Sarit Weisburd, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Discussant: Minhae Kim, Oklahoma State University
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Session 67: Platform design: Supply-side incentives
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Salon C (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Byoungmin Yu, University of Florida |
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| Platform Design, Earnings Transparency and Minimum Wage Policies: Evidence from A Natural Experiment on Lyft |
| Presented by: Arun Sundararajan, New York University |
Discussant: Chung-Ying Lee, National Taiwan University
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| Sharing is (not) caring: strategic information disclosure and platform’s business model |
| Presented by: Federico Navarra, Charles River Associates |
Discussant: Shiyun Xia, Tianjin University
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| Platform Design in Dynamic Differentiated Goods Markets - The Case of Airbnb |
| Presented by: Wenxuan Xu, National University of Singapore Business School |
Discussant: Sebastian Valet, ZEW Mannheim
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| Commission Fee Structure and Innovation in Digital Platforms |
| Presented by: Byoungmin Yu, University of Florida |
Discussant: Tianli Xia, University of Rochester
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Session 68: Technology, Spatial Access, and Public Program Design
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Georges (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Lucy Xiaolu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Max Planck Institute for Innovation an |
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| The Cost of Cost Savings: Procurement Auctions and Moral Hazard in Drug Market |
| Presented by: Liyu Zhao, University of Rochester |
Discussant: Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University
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| Spatial Disparities, Selection, and Segmentation in Health Insurance |
| Presented by: Salpy Kanimian, Rice University |
Discussant: Stephan Sagl, Indiana University
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| From Free Rider to Innovator: The Rise of China’s Drug Development |
| Presented by: Hongyuan Xia, Cornell University |
Discussant: Anwita Mahajan, University of California, San Diego
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| Health IT Diffusion and Physician Density |
| Presented by: Lucy Xiaolu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Max Planck Institute for Innovation an |
Discussant: Ching-to Albert Ma, Boston University
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Session 69: Merger Retrospectives
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Aegean (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Flavia Roldán, Universidad ORT Uruguay |
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| Coordinated Pricing After a Blocked Merger: Evidence from the JetBlue-Spirit Case |
| Presented by: Myongjin Kim, U Oklahoma |
Discussant: Joe Mazur, Purdue University
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| Multimarket Contact and Prices: Evidence From an Airline Merger Wave |
| Presented by: Marc Remer, Swarthmore College |
Discussant: Federico Ciliberto, U Virginia
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| Airline Mergers: A Continuous Treatment Approach |
| Presented by: Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University |
Discussant: Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland, College Park
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| Price, Variety, and Quality Effects of Retail Consolidation: Evidence from a Supermarket Merger |
| Presented by: Flavia Roldán, Universidad ORT Uruguay |
Discussant: Farasat Bokhari, Loughborough University
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Session 70: Firm Relationships and Policy
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Thompson (4th Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Zhonglin Li, National University of Singapore |
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| Common Ownership and Risk Selection in Medicare Part D |
| Presented by: Jaehak Lee, University at Albany, SUNY |
Discussant: Mario Leccese, Boston University
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| The Welfare Effects of Government Intervention into the Licensing of Standard-Essential Patents: An Analysis of the Chinese Smartphone and SoC Markets |
| Presented by: Kensuke Kubo, Keio University |
Discussant: Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado at Boulder
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| Competition Enforcement Effects across the Value Chain |
| Presented by: Leonard Le Roux, International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group |
Discussant: David Benson, Federal Reserve Board
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| Vertical Control and Retail Competition: Evidence from Consumer Battery Industry |
| Presented by: Zhonglin Li, National University of Singapore |
Discussant: Kosuke Shimamoto, Duke University
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Session 71: Panel Discussion: Doing IO at Antitrust Consulting Firms
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 1 (3rd Floor)
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| Session Chair:
Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York Unive |
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Session 72: The Impact of Generative AI on Content, Information, and Society
April 12, 2026 10:15 to 12:15
Location: Atlantic 2 (3rd Floor) |
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| Session Chair:
Eungik Lee, FRB NY |
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| Censorship by Perception: LLM Predictions of Social Media Behavior in the Face of Government Scrutiny |
| Presented by: Mark Jamison, University of Florida |
Discussant: Renjie Bao, Princeton University
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| AI Summary Overrepresents Fake Reviews: Evidence from Amazon |
| Presented by: Sihan Zhai, Harvard Business School |
Discussant: Cole Williams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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| Does Generative AI Crowd Out Human Creators? Evidence from Pixiv |
| Presented by: Eungik Lee, FRB NY |
Discussant: Sihan Zhai, Harvard Business School
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| “Just One More Clip”: Short Videos, Big Self-Control Problems |
| Presented by: Renjie Bao, Princeton University |
Discussant: Eungik Lee, FRB NY
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