Industrial Organization Program Meeting
Organized by John Asker, Matthew Backus, Shoshana Vasserman, Liran Einav, and +
February 2-3, 2024
SIEPR at Stanford University
Format: 25 minutes for authors, 15 minutes for discussants, 20 minutes for Q&A
Friday, February 2
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Conservation Priorities and Environmental Offsets: Markets for Florida Wetlands

Will Rafey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Daniel Aronoff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Steven T. Berry, Yale University and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

Flailing Firms and Joint Operating Agreements: An Application to U.S. Local Daily Print Newspapers from 1932 to 1992

Audrey Tiew, New York University

Discussant:
Thomas G. Wollmann, Boston University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Do Mergers and Acquisitions Improve Efficiency: Evidence from Power Plants

Mert Demirer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ömer Karaduman, Stanford University

Discussant:
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Role of Hospital Networks in Individual Mortality

Giancarlo Buitrago, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, Universidad del Rosario
Natalia Serna, Stanford University
Marcos Vera-Hernández, University College London

Discussant:
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:45 pm
Group Dinner - Il Fornaio Restaurant, 520 Cowper Street (at the Garden Court Hotel) Palo Alto
Saturday, February 3
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Artificial Intelligence and Spontaneous Collusion

Martino Banchio, Bocconi University
Giacomo Mantegazza, Stanford University

Discussant:
Juan M. Ortner, Boston University
9:30 am
Break
10:00 am

International Trade in Data: Investment and Usage of the Subsea Internet Cable Network

Jihye Jeon, Boston University
Marc Rysman, Boston University

Discussant:
Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am

Network Diversity, Market Entry, and the Global Internet Backbone

El Hadi Caoui, University of Toronto
Andrew L. Steck, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
12:30 pm
Lunch and Adjourn