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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2014 - Industrial Organization

Nancy L. Rose, Ali Yurukoglu, Susan Athey, and Jean-Pierre H. Dube, Organizers

July 17-18, 2014

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, July 17


8:30 am


Coffee and Pastries


9:00 am


Bart Bronnenberg, Tilburg University
Jean-Pierre H. Dube, University of Chicago and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse M. Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER
Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Sophisticated Shoppers and the Brand Premium

Discussant: TBA


10:00 am


Break


10:15 am


Karunakaran Sudhir, Yale School of Management
Nathan Yang, Yale University
Exploiting the Choice-Consumption Mismatch: A New Approach to Disentangle State Dependence and Heterogeneity

Discussant: TBA


11:15 am


Break


11:30 am


Elisabeth Honka, University of Texas at Dallas
Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Maria Ana Vitorino, University of Minnesota
Advertising, Consumer Awareness and Choice: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Industry

Discussant: TBA


12:30 PM


Lunch, IO and Marketing continue after lunch in the East Tower, parallel with IO and Digitization session in the West Tower


IO and Marketing session


1:45 pm


Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sara Fisher Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Match Quality, Search, and the Internet Market for Used Books

Discussant: TBA


2:45 pm


Break


3:00 pm


Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University
Daniel Klapper, Humboldt Univeristy, Berlin
Super Bowl Ads




Seth I. Stephens-Davidowitz, Google
Hal Varian, Google, Inc.
Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University
Super Returns? The Effects of Ads on Product Demand

Discussant: TBA


4:30 pm


Adjourn
The NBER Working Paper Series at 20,000, 5:00 – 6:30, Ballroom A


Joint Session with Digitization group


1:30 pm


Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER
Alan T. Sorensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER
The Value of an Intermediary in a Dynamic Auction Market

Discussant:




Matthew Willi. Chesnes, Federal Trade Commission
Weijia Dai, University of Maryland
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER
Banning Foreign Pharmacies from Sponsored Search: The Online Consumer Response

Discussant:


3:00 pm


Break


3:15 pm


Aguiar Luis, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER
Panning for Gold: The Random Long Tail in Music Production

Discussant: TBA




Xiang Hui, The Ohio State University
Maryam Saeedi, The Ohio State University
Neel Sundaresan, eBay Research Labs
Jack Shen, eBay
From Lemon Markets to Managed Markets: the Evolution of eBay's Reputation System

Discussant: TBA


4:45 pm


Adjourn

The NBER Working Paper Series at 20,000, 5:00 – 6:30, Ballroom A


6:45 pm


Group Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Sonesta)


Friday, July 18


8:30 am


Coffee and Pastries


9:00 am


Matthew R. Grennan, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Town, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Regulating Innovation with Uncertain Quality: Information, Risk, and Access in Medical Devices

Discussant: TBA


10:00 am


Break


10:15 am


Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
Joseph Hogan, Columbia University
The Impact of Consumer Inattention on Insurer Pricing in the Medicare Part D Program

Discussant: TBA


11:15 am


Break


11:30 am


Akshaya Jha, Stanford University
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER
Testing for Market Effi
ciency with Transactions Costs: An Application to Convergence Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets


Discussant: TBA


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


Eric Budish, University of Chicago
Peter Cramton, University of Maryland
John Shim, Chicago Booth
The High-Frequency Trading Arms Race: Frequent Batch Auctions as a Market Design Response

Discussant: TBA


2:30 pm


Break


2:45 pm


Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER
Claire Lim, Cornell University
Dynamic Natural Monopoly Regulation: Time Inconsistency, Asymmetric Information, and Political Environments

Discussant: TBA


3:45 pm


Adjourn