Industrial Organization Program Meeting
Organized by Nancy L. Rose, Severin Borenstein, and Benjamin R. Handel
January 24-25, 2014
SIEPR at Stanford University

Friday, January 24

1

Hotelling Under Pressure

Soren Anderson, Michigan State University and NBER
Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago and NBER
Stephen Salant, University of Michigan

2

Optimal Regulation with Exemptions and Corrective Taxes

Louis Kaplow, Harvard University and NBER

3

Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband

Aviv Nevo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
John Turner, University of Georgia
Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4

On the Near Impossibility of Measuring the Returns to Advertising

Randall Lewis, Amazon, Inc.
Justin Rao, HomeAway

5

Price Discrimination 2.0: Opaque Bookings in the Hotel Industry

Ricardo Cossa, Charles River Associates
Mariano Tappata, Georgetown University

6

Just Starting Out: Learning and Price Competition in a New Market

Ulrich Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Gregory Lewis, Amazon, Inc.
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University and NBER

7

How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Productivity? Evidence from India

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
Stephen O'Connell, Emory University

	Industrial Organization Program Meeting Organized by Nancy L. Rose, Severin Borenstein, and Benjamin R. Handel January 24-25, 2014 SIEPR at Stanford University
	Friday, January 24
1	Hotelling Under Pressure Soren Anderson, Michigan State University and NBER Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago and NBER Stephen Salant, University of Michigan
2	Optimal Regulation with Exemptions and Corrective Taxes Louis Kaplow, Harvard University and NBER
3	Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband Aviv Nevo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER John Turner, University of Georgia Jonathan Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4	On the Near Impossibility of Measuring the Returns to Advertising Randall Lewis, Amazon, Inc. Justin Rao, HomeAway
5	Price Discrimination 2.0: Opaque Bookings in the Hotel Industry Ricardo Cossa, Charles River Associates Mariano Tappata, Georgetown University
6	Just Starting Out: Learning and Price Competition in a New Market Ulrich Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Gregory Lewis, Amazon, Inc. Ariel Pakes, Harvard University and NBER
7	How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Productivity? Evidence from India Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER Stephen O'Connell, Emory University