NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

Patrick Bajari and Ali Hortacsu, Organizers

Nancy Rose, Program Director

February 4 and 5, 2005

NBER Offices

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2005:

8:45 am Continental Breakfast

9:15 am BART BRONNENBERG, UC, Los Angeles

SANJAY DHAR and JEAN-PIERRE DUBE, University of Chicago

Endogenous Sunk Costs and the Geographic Distribution of Brand Shares in Consumer Package Goods Industries

Discussant: JONATHAN LEVIN, Stanford University

10:30 am Break

10:45 am JERRY HAUSMAN, MIT and NBER

EPHRAIM LEIBTAG, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Consumer Benefits from Increased Competition in Shopping Outlets

Discussant: STEVEN BERRY, Yale University and NBER

12:00 n Lunch

1:15 pm GAUTAM GOWRISANKARAN, Washington University at St. Louis and NBER

JOHN KRAINER, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank

The Welfare Consequence of ATM Surcharges:

Evidence from a Structural Entry Model

Discussant: JEREMY FOX, University of Michigan

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm ANGELIQUE AUGEREAU, McKinsey and Co.

SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER

MARC RYSMAN, Boston University

Coordination vs. Differentiation in a Standards War: 56K Modems

Discussant: KATJA SEIM, Stanford University

4:00 pm Break

4:15 pm RICARD GIL, UC Santa Cruz

Decision Rights and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry

Discussant: FRANCINE LAFONTAINE, University of Michigan and NBER

5:30 pm Adjourn

6:00 pm Group Dinner

MacArthur Park

27 University Ave.

Palo Alto, CA

650/321-9990

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2005:

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am JUDITH CHEVALIER, Yale University and NBER

AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, University of Chicago and NBER

Are Durable Goods Consumers Forward Looking?

Evidence from College Textbooks

Discussant: ALAN SORENSON, Stanford University and NBER

10:15 am Break

10:30 am ALMA COHEN, National Bureau of Economic Research

LIRAN EINAV, Stanford University

Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice

Discussant: MARK ISRAEL, Northwestern University

11:45 am Adjourn

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