NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.
Industrial Organization Program Meeting
Severin Borenstein and Alan Sorensen, Organizers
Nancy L. Rose, Program Director
February 20 and 21, 2004
NBER Offices
30 Alta Road
Stanford, CA
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2004:
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM FEDERICO CILIBERTO, North Carolina State University
ELIE TAMER, Princeton University
Market Structure and Multiple Equilibria in Airline Markets
Discussant: KENNETH HENDRICKS, University of Texas at Austin
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM ERIN MANSUR, Yale University
Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets:
A Study of Electricity Restructuring
Discussant: FRANK WOLAK, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM ALI HORTACSU, University of Chicago and NBER
STEVE PULLER, Texas A&M
Testing Strategic Models of Firm Behavior in Restructured
Testing Strategic Models of Firm Behavior in Restructured Electricity Markets: A Case Study of ERCOT
Discussant: PETER REISS, Stanford University and NBER
5:15 PM Adjourn
6:15 PM Group Dinner
MacArthur Park
27 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2004
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM FABIO PANETTA and FABIANO SCHIVARDI, Banca d'Italia
MATTHEW SHUM, Johns Hopkins University
Do Mergers Improve Information? Evidence from the Loan Market
Discussant: MARK ISRAEL, Northwestern University
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM DAVID GENESOVE, Hebrew University
Why Are Tere So Few (and Fewer and Fewer) Two-Newspaper Towns?
Discussant: JOEL WALDFOGEL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:15 AM MEGHAN BUSSE, UC, Berkeley
JORGE SILVA-RISSO,UC, Riverside
FLORIAN ZETTELMEYER, UC, Berkeley and NBER
$1000 Cash Back: Asymmetric Information in Auto Manufacturer Promotions
Discussant: TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM SHARON OSTER, Yale University
FIONA SCOTT MORTON, Yale University and NBER
An Application to the Setting of Magazine Subscription Prices
Discussant: STEFANO DELLA VIGNA, UC, Berkeley
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford University
GEOFFREY TATE, Harvard University
CEO Overconfidence and the Market's Reaction
Discussant: JUDITH CHEVALIER, Yale University and NBER
4:15 PM Adjourn
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