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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.

 

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

 

Justine Hastings and Stephen Ryan, Organizers

 

Nancy Rose, Program Director

 

February 19-20, 2010

 

NBER Offices

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19:

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

ALI HORTACSU, University of Chicago and NBER

 

GREGOR MATVOS, University of Chicago

 

CHAD SYVERSON, University of Chicago and NBER

 

SRIRAM VENKATARAMAN,  Emory University

 

Are Consumers Affected by Durable Goods Makers' Financial Distress? The Case of Auto Manufacturers

 

 

 

Discussant:  JUDY CHEVALIER, Yale University and NBER

 

 

 2:15 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

FRANCESCO DECAROLIS, University of Chicago

 

When the Highest Bidder Loses the Auction: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement

 

 

 

Discussant:  GREGORY LEWIS, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

 3:45 pm

Break

 

 

 4:00 pm

SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

The Redistributional Impact of Non-Linear Electricity Pricing

 

 

 

Discussant:  ERICH MUEHLEGGER, Harvard University

 

 

 5:15 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Group Dinner - Zibibbo Restaurant, 30 Kipling St., Palo Alto


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

GINGER JIN, University of Maryland and NBER

 

SETH FREEDMAN, University of Maryland

 

Learning by Doing with Asymmetric Information: Evidence from Prosper.com

 

 

 

Discussant:  LIRAN EINAV, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

10:15 am

Break

 

 

10:30 am

SUSAN ATHEY, Harvard University and NBER

 

DENIS NEKIPELOV, UC, Berkeley

 

A Structural Model of Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions

 

 

 

Discussant:  MICHAEL OSTROVSKY, Stanford University

 

 

11:45 am

Lunch

 

 

12:45 pm

KATJA SEIM, University of Pennsylvania

 

JOEL WALDFOGEL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

Public Monopoly and Economic Efficiency: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s Entry Decisions

 

 

 

Discussant: TIM BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:15 pm

IGAL HENDEL and AVIV NEVO, Northwestern University and NBER

 

A Simple Model of Demand Anticipation

 

 

 

Discussant:  ANDREW SWEETING, Duke University and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn