Friday, February 9
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
(Author 35 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Certification, Reputation and Entry: An Empirical Analysis

Xiang Hui, Washington University in St Louis
Maryam Saeedi, Carnegie Mellon University
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE-Stockholm School of Economics

Discussant:
Gregory Lewis, Amazon
(Author 35 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Value of Search Aggregators

Selin Akca, University of Zurich
Anita Rao, Georgetown University
(Author 20 / Audience 20)
4:40 pm

Measuring the Incentive to Collude: The Vitamin Cartels, 1990-1999

Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto
Takuo Sugaya, Stanford University
(Author 20 / Audience 20)
5:20 pm
Adjourn
6:15 pm
Dinner
Indo Restaurant
3295 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
Saturday, February 10
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications

Jan De Loecker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Discussant:
Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER
(Author 25 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
9:35 am
Break
9:50 am

Declining Competition and Investment in the U.S.

Germán Gutiérrez, University of Washington
Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
(Author 25 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
10:55 am

Misallocation Measures: The Distortion That Ate the Residual

John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Robert Kulick, NERA Economic Consulting
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
(Author 25 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Market Power, Production (Mis)Allocation and OPEC

John Asker, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
Jan De Loecker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Discussant:
Robert H. Porter, Northwestern University and NBER
(Author 35 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Endogenous and Selective Service Choices After Airline Mergers

Ying Li, Cornerstone Research
Joe Mazur, Purdue University
Yongjoon Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
James W. Roberts, Duke University and NBER
Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Jun Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park

Discussant:
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
(Author 35 / Discussant 15 / Audience 25)
3:45 pm
Adjourn