NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Conference on Economic Regulation

Nancy Rose, Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

September 9-10, 2005

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9:
11:30 a.m.	Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER
11:45 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Welcome and Introduction, NANCY ROSE, MIT and NBER
1:15 p.m.	DENNIS CARLTON, University of Chicago and NBER
	RANDAL PICKER, University of Chicago
	Antitrust and Regulation
	Discussant: TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
2:15 p.m.	JERRY HAUSMAN, MIT and NBER J. GREGORY SIDAK, AEI
	Telecommunications Regulation: Current Approaches with the End in Sight
	Discussant: JOSEPH FARRELL, UC, Berkeley
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	FRANK WOLAK, Stanford University and NBER
	Regulating Competition in Wholesale Electricity Supply
	Discussant: CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER
4:30 p.m.	PAUL JOSKOW, MIT and NBER
	Incentive Regulation in Theory and Practice: Electricity Distribution and Transmission Networks
	Discussant: DAVID SAPPINGTON, University of Florida
5:30 p.m.	Adjourn
5:40 p.m.	Shuttle van departs NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:30 p.m.	Dinner – Davio’s at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:
8:00 a.m.	Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER
8:15 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.	GREGORY CRAWFORD, University of Arizona
	Cable Television: Does Cable Need to be Regulated Any More?
	Discussant: TASNEEM CHIPTY, CRA International
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	NANCY ROSE, MIT and NBER
	Regulatory Reform in the Airline Industry
	Discussant: STEVEN BERRY, Yale University and NBER
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	ERIC ZITZEWITZ, Stanford University
	Financial Regulation in the Aftermath of the Bubble
	Discussant: JONATHAN MACEY, Yale University
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	RANDALL KROSZNER, University of Chicago and NBER
	PHILIP STRAHAN, Boston College and NBER
	Regulation & Deregulation of the U.S. Banking Industry: Causes, Consequences and Implications for the Future
	Discussant: CHARLES CALOMIRIS, Columbia University and NBER
2:15 p.m.	PATRICIA DANZON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER ERIC KEUFFEL, University of Pennsylvania
	Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry
	Discussant: ERNST BERNDT, MIT and NBER
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	ROBERTON WILLIAMS, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
	Market-Based Environmental Regulation
	Discussant: ERIN MANSUR, Yale University
4:30 p.m.	Wrap-Up Session
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn
9/1/05