NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.

Joint EEE/IO Program Meeting

Erin Mansur and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers 

Industrial Organization Winter Program Meeting

Erin Mansur and Nancy Rose, Organizers

February 8 - 9, 2008

Stanford University
SIEPR - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
579 Serra Mall at Galvez St.

Stanford, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008:

Joint IO/Environmental and Energy Economics Program Meeting

Organizers: Erin Mansur and Catherine Wolfram

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm HAITAO YIN, University of Michigan

HOWARD KUNREUTHER and MATTHEW WHITE,

University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort: Does the Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents?

Discussant: LUCAS DAVIS, University of Michigan

2:40 pm Break

2:55 pm JEAN-FRANÇOIS HOUDE, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Spatial Differentiation in Retail Markets for Gasoline

Discussant: JUSTINE HASTINGS, Yale University and NBER

4:05 pm Break

4:20 pm MEREDITH FOWLIE, University of Michigan

Incomplete Environmental Regulation, Imperfect Competition, and Emissions Leakage

Discussant: STEPHEN RYAN, MIT and NBER

5:30 pm Adjourn

6:00 pm Group Dinner

Straits Restaurant, 3295 El Camino, Palo Alto, CA 650/494-7168

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008

IO Program Meeting

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am CHRISTOPHER KNITTEL, UC, Davis and NBER

KONSTANTINOS METAXOGLOU, Bates White

Estimation of Random Coefficient Demand Models: Challenges, Difficulties and Warnings

Discussant: FRANK WOLAK, Stanford University and NBER

10:15 am Break

10:30 am ORLEY ASHENFELTER, Princeton University and NBER

DANIEL HOSKEN, Federal Trade Commission

The Effect of Mergers on Consumer Prices: Evidence from Five Selected Case Studies

Discussant: CARL SHAPIRO, UC, Berkeley

12:00 n Lunch

1:15 pm PAUL ELLICKSON and STEPHANNIE HOUGHTON, Duke University

CHRISTOPHER TIMMINS, Duke University and NBER

Estimating Network Economies in Retail Chains: A Revealed Preference Approach

Discussant: TIM BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm JEAN-PIERRE DUBE, GUNTER HITSCH, and PRADEEP CHINTAGUNTA, University of Chicago

Tipping and Concentration in Markets with Indirect Network Effects

Discussant: DAN ACKERBERG, UC, Los Angeles

4:00 pm Adjourn

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