Thursday, July 9
July 9 presentation format: 30 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

Estimating Labor Market Power

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

Discussant:
Elena Prager, University of Rochester and NBER
1:00 pm
Break
1:10 pm

On Information and the Demand for Insurance (slides)

Amit Gandhi, Airbnb
Anya Samek, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Drexel University

Discussant:
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER (slides)
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Does Market Exclusivity Improve Access to Drugs? The Case of US Anti-Ulcer Drug Market (slides)

Debi Prasad Mohapatra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Yang Zhang, Cornell University

Discussant:
Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology
3:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 16
July 16 presentation format: 30 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

The Impact of Alternative Forms of Bank Consolidation on Credit Supply and Financial Stability (slides)

Sergio Mayordomo, Banco de España
Nicola Pavanini, Tilburg University
Emanuele Tarantino, LUISS and EIEF

Discussant:
Jose-Luis Peydro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
1:00 pm
Break
1:10 pm

Resolving Failed Banks: Uncertainty, Multiple Bidding & Auction Design

Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
Robert Clark, Queen's University
Brent R. Hickman, Washington University in St Louis
Eric Richert, University of Chicago

Discussant:
John Asker, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Fiduciary Duty and the Market for Financial Advice. (slides)

Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University and NBER
Gastón Illanes, Northwestern University and NBER
Manisha Padi, University of California at Berkeley

Discussant:
Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
3:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 17
July 17 presentation format: 20 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

Cleaner but Volatile Energy? The Effect of Coal Plant Retirement on Market Competition in the Wholesale Electricity Market (slides)

Harim Kim, University of Connecticut

Discussant:
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:50 pm

How Do National Firms Respond to Local Shocks? Evidence from Excise Taxes

Andrew Butters, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Boyoung Seo, Indiana University

Discussant:
Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:40 pm
Break
1:50 pm

Market Power and Incentive-Based Capacity Payment Mechanisms (slides)

Shaun McRae, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER
2:40 pm

Some Unpleasant Markup Arithmetic: Production Function Elasticities and their Estimation from Production Data (slides)

Steve Bond, University of Oxford
Arshia Hashemi, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Greg Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
Piotr Zoch, University of Warsaw

Discussant:
Daniel Ackerberg, University of Texas at Austin (slides)
3:30 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn