Competition in the U.S. Agricultural Sector
Organized by James MacDonald and Fiona Scott Morton
Supported by the US Department of Agriculture
December 12, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Thursday, December 12

8:30am

Breakfast

9:00am

Innovation, Licensing, and Competition: Evidence from Genetically Engineered Crops

GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University
Edward D. Perry, Kansas State University

Discussant:
Paul Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:00am

Break

10:15am

Input and Output Market Power with Non-neutral Productivity: Livestock and Labor in Meatpacking (slides)

Azzeddine Azzam, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
Rigoberto A. Lopez, University of Connecticut

Discussant:
Matthew Weinberg, The Ohio State University

11:15am

Break

11:30 am

Mexican Migration Flows and Agricultural Labor Markets in the U.S.

Julian Arteaga, Inter-American Development Bank
Ashish Shenoy, University of California, Davis

Discussant:
Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Geospatial Heterogeneity in Inflation: A Market Concentration Story

Seula Kim, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael A. Navarrete, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussant:
Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

2:30pm

Break

2:45pm

The Incidence of Grocery Taxes in U.S. Food and Factor Markets

Jianqiang Zhao, Cornell University
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Yuqing Zheng, University of Kentucky
Harry Kaiser, Cornell University

Discussant:
Christopher Conlon, New York University and NBER

3:45pm

Break

4:00 pm

Market Manipulation by a Monopsony Cartel: Evidence from the U.S. Meatpacking Industry

Jingyi Huang, Brandeis University

Discussant:
Gaurab Aryal, Boston University

5:00pm

Adjourn