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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

Severin Borenstein, and Benjamin Handel, Organizers

January 24-25, 2014

SIEPR

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday, January 24:

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

	Joint IO/EEE Program Meeting
9:00 am	Hunt Allcott and Allan Collard-Wexler, New York University and NBER
	Stephen O’Connell, City University of New York
	How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Productivity? Evidence from India
	Discussant: Nick Ryan, Harvard University
10:00 am	Louis Kaplow, Harvard University and NBER
	Optimal Regulation with Exemptions and Corrective Taxes
	Discussant: Carl Shapiro, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Soren T. Anderson, Michigan State University and NBER
	Ryan Kellogg, University of Michigan and NBER
	Stephen W. Salant, University of Michigan
	Hotelling Under Pressure
	Discussant: Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

1:30 pm

Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University and NBER
John Turner, University of Georgia
Jonathan W. Williams, University of Georgia
Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband

Discussant:  Hal Varian,  Google, Inc.

2:30 pm

Randall Lewis, Google, Inc.
Justin Rao, Microsoft Research
On the Near Impossibility of Measuring the Returns to Advertising

Discussant:  Chris Nosko, University of Chicago

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Nicola Lacetera, University of Toronto and NBER
Bradley J. Larsen, Stanford University
Devin G. Pope, University of Chicago and NBER
Justin R. Sydnor, University of Wisconsin
Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcomes

Discussant:  James Roberts, Duke University and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Group Dinner - Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Saturday, January 25:

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Mariano Tappata, University of British Columiba
Ricardo Cossa, Charles River Associates
Price Discrimination 2.0: Opaque Bookings in the Hotel Industry

Discussant:  Alan Sorenson, University of Wisconsin and NBER

10:00 am

Eric Anderson, Northwestern University
Emi Nakamura, Columbia University and NBER
Duncan Simester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jón Steinsson, Columbia University and NBER
Informational Rigidities and the Stickiness of Temporary Sales

Discussant:  Judy Chevalier, Yale University and NBER

11:00 am

Break

11:30 am

Neale Mahoney, University of Chicago and NBER
Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Souphala Chomsisengphet, Department of the Treasury
Johannes C. Stroebel, New York University
Regulating Consumer Financial Products: Evidence from Credit Cards

Discussant:  Victor Stango, University of California at Davis

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Paul Gertler, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Brian K. Chen, University of South Carolina
Moral Hazard and Economies of Scope in Physician Ownership of Complementary Medical Services

Discussant:  Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER

2:30 pm

Ulrich Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania
Gregory Lewis, Harvard University and NBER
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University and NBER
Just Starting Out: Learning and Price Competition in a New Market

Discussant:  Mar Reguant, Stanford University and NBER

3:30 pm

Adjourn