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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.

                                                      

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

 

Ryan Kellogg and Greg Lewis, Organizers

Nancy Rose, Program Director

 

February 22 and 23, 2013

 

SIEPR

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22:

 

 

12:15 n

Lunch

 

 

1:15 pm

David Muir and Katja Seim, University of Pennsylvania

 

Maria Ana Vitorino, University of Minnesota

 

Drip Pricing When Consumers Have Limited Foresight: Evidence from Driving School Fees

 

 

 

Discussant:  Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

 

 2:30 pm

Break

 

 

 2:45 pm

Sanjog Misra, University of California at Los Angeles

 

Harikesh S.Nair and Oystein Daljord, Stanford University

 

Salesforce Composition and Compensation

 

 

Discussant:  Jeremy Fox, University of Michigan and NBER

 

 

 4:00 pm

Break

 

 

 4:15 pm

Meghan Busse and Florian Zettelmeyer, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Ayelet Israeli, Northwesten University

 

Repairing the Damage: The Effect of Price Expectations on Auto-Repair Price Quotes

 

 

Discussant:  Steve Tadelis, University of California Berkeley and NBER

 

 

 5:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:15 pm

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

 

 


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23:

 

 

7:45 am

Shuttle Van Departs from the Sheraton Palo Alto for SIEPR

8:15 am

Shuttle Van Departs from the Sheraton Palo Alto for SIEPR

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Allan Collard-Wexler, New York University and NBER

 

Jan De Loecker,, Princeton University and NBER

 

Reallocation and Technology: Evidence from the U.S. Steel Industry

 

 

Discussant:  Nick Bloom, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

10:15 am

Break

 

 

10:30 am

Francesco Decarolis, Boston University

 

Medicare Part D: Are Insurers Gaming the Low Income Subsidy Design

 

Discussant:  James Roberts, Duke University and NBER

 

 

11:45 am

Lunch

 

 

12:45 pm

Ying Fan, Kai-Uwe Kuhn and Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan

 

Financial Constraints and Franchising Decisions

 

 

 

Discussant:  Silke Forbes, University of California at San Diego

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:15 pm

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Michael Sinkinson, University of Pennsylvania

 

Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers

 

 

Discussant:  Steve Berry, Yale University and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn