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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

 

Andrew Sweeting and Joel Waldfogel, Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 17-18, 2009

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, JULY 17:

 

 

 

Joint Session with Productivity Program on IT and Economics

 

Susan Athey, Erik Brynjolffson, Andrew Sweeting, Hal Varian and Joel Waldfogel:  Organizers

 

 

12:30-2pm 

Lunch and Panel Discussion

 

SUSAN ATHEY, DAVID REILEY and HAL VARIAN

 

 

 2:00 pm

CARL MELA and SONG YAO, Duke University

 

A Dynamic Model of Sponsored Search Advertising

 

 

 

Discussant: MICHAEL OSTROVSKY, Stanford University

 

 

 3:10 pm

Break

 

 

 3:25 pm

LIRAN EINAV, Stanford University and NBER

 

MARK JENKINS, Stanford University

 

JON LEVIN, Stanford University and NBER

 

The Impact of Information Technology on Consumer Lending (not available online)

 

 

 

Discussant:  CHRIS KNITTEL, UC, Davis and NBER

 

 

 4:35 pm

Break

 

 

 4:50 pm

BABUR DE LOS SANTOS, Indiana University

 

ALI HORTACSU, University of Chicago and NBER

 

MATTHIJS R WILDENBEEST, Indiana University

 

Testing Models of Consumer Search Using Data on Web Browsing and Purchasing Behavior

 

 

 

Discussant: KEN HENDRICKS, University of Texas at Austin

 

 

 6:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:30 pm

Group dinner, location TBA

 

 

SATURDAY, JULY 18:  Industrial Organization Program Meeting

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:15 am

SANJOG MISRA, University of Rochester

 

HARIKESH NAIR, Stanford University

 

The Dynamic Consequences of Incentive Schemes: Evidence from Salesforce Compensation

 

 

 

Discussant: ADAM COPELAND, US Department of Commerce

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

10:45 am

JUAN ESTEBAN CARRANZA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

ROBERT CLARK, HEC Montreal

 

JEAN-FRANCOIS HOUDE, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Price Controls and Competition in Gasoline Markets

 

 

 

DISCUSSANT: MATTHEW LEWIS, Ohio State University

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

ERIN MANSUR, Yale University

 

MATTHEW WHITE, University of Pennsylvania

 

Market Organization and Efficiency in Electricity Markets

 

 

 

Discussant: CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

 

 2:15 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

SIMON ANDERSON, University of Virginia

 

FEDERICO CILIBERTO, University of Virginia

 

REGIS RENAULT, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise

 

JURA LIAUKONYTE, University of Virginia

 

Push-Me Pull-You: Comparative Advertising in the OTC Analgesics Industry (not available online)

 

 

 

Discussant: MATTHEW SHUM, Caltech

 

 

 3:45 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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