Friday, February 4
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Quality Regulation and Competition: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets

Juan Pablo Atal, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jose Ignacio Cuesta, Stanford University and NBER
Morten Sæthre, Norwegian School of Economics

Discussant:
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Market Segmentation and Competition in Health Insurance

Michael J. Dickstein, New York University and NBER
Kate Ho, Princeton University and NBER
Nathaniel D. Mark, U.S. Department of Justice

Discussant:
Victoria Marone, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 AM
Panel: What’s the Deal with Antitrust? Industrial Organization and the New-Brandeis Movement
Panelists:
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
Carl Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
(background paper)
Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College London (background paper)
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Special Session: Rising Markups
Format: 25 minutes for each presenter, 15 minutes for the discussant, 15 minutes for Q&A

Differences in Differentiation: Rising Variety and Markups in Retail Food Stores

James M. Brand, Microsoft

The Evolution of Market Power in the US Auto Industry

Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University
Charles Murry, University of Michigan and NBER
Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Aviv Nevo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Product Differentiation and Oligopoly: A Network Approach

Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University

Discussant:
Jeffrey R. Campbell, University of Notre Dame
4:30 pm

Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies

Rodrigo Carril, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Andres Gonzalez-Lira, PUC-Chile
Michael Walker, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Karam Kang, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, February 5
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

The Welfare Effects of Law Enforcement in the Illegal Money Lending Market

Kaiwen Leong, Griffith Business School
Huailu Li, Fudan University
Nicola Pavanini, Tilburg University
Christoph Walsh, Tilburg University

Discussant:
Claudia Robles Garcia, Stanford University
9:30 am
Break
9:50 am

Interdependent Values in Matching Markets: Evidence from Medical School Programs in Denmark

Benjamin Friedrich, Northwestern University
Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER
Sofia J. Moroni, University of Pittsburgh
Anne B. Nandrup, VIVE

Discussant:
Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:10 am

The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market

Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Daniel C. Waldinger, New York University and NBER
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

The Value of Infrastructure and Market Integration: Evidence from Renewable Expansion in Chile

Luis Gonzales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:25 pm

Simplified Market Mechanisms for Non-Convex Markets: Evidence from Italian Electricity Market

Christoph Graf, Stanford University
Federico Quaglia, Terna S.p.A.
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Ignacia Mercadal, University of Florida
3:25 pm
Adjourn