Economics of Mega-Firms and Changes in Market Power
Organized by Chad Syverson and John Van Reenen
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
September 12-13, 2019
NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, September 12
6:30 pm
Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Cambridge, MA
Friday, September 13
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
9:20 am

Structural Change Within Versus Across Firms: Evidence from the United States

Xiang Ding, Georgetown University
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10:10 am
Break
10:25 am

Estimating Labor Market Power

José A. Azar, University of Navarra
Steven T. Berry, Yale University and NBER
Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Richard Blundell, University College London and IFS
11:15 am

Granular Search, Market Structure, and Wages

Gregor Jarosch, Duke University and NBER
Jan Sebastian Nimczik, ESMT Berlin
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
David Arnold, University of California, San Diego and NBER
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Rise of Niche Consumption

Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Mingzhi Xu, Peking University
1:50 pm

The Industrial Revolution in Services

Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm

Platforms, Power, and Promotion: Evidence from Spotify Playlists

Luis Aguiar, University of Zurich
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Marc Rysman, Boston University
3:45 pm

Common Ownership in America: 1980--2017

Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Christopher Conlon, New York University and NBER
Michael Sinkinson, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Michael Rubens, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER