Wednesday, July 21
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
11:00 am

Market Structure, Investment and Technical Efficiencies in Mobile Telecommunications

Jonathan T. Elliott, Johns Hopkins University
Georges Vivien Houngbonon, International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group
Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics
Paul T. Scott, New York University

Discussant:
Ying Fan, University of Michigan and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

Direct-to-Consumer Sales by Manufacturers and Bargaining

Javier D. Donna, University of Miami
Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrencia
André Trindade, NOVA School of Business and Economics
Renan C. Yoshida, Stanford University

Discussant:
Julie Holland Mortimer, University of Virginia and NBER
12:50 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Colluding Against Environmental Regulation

Jorge Ale Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Cuicui Chen, State University of New York at Albany
Jing Li, Tufts University
Mathias Reynaert, Toulouse School of Economics

Discussant:
Mike Abito, The Ohio State University
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives

Miguel Anton, University of Navarra
Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER
Mireia Gine, IESE
Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford

Discussant:
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 22
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
First presentation on this day is joint with IT/Digitization
11:00 am

Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline

Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley
Hayden Parsley, University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Schwieg, University of Chicago
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

Platform as a Rule Maker: Evidence from Airbnb’s Cancellation Policies

Jian Jia, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Liad Wagman, Lally School of Management - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Discussant:
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
12:50 am
Break
1:00 pm

Information Design in Common Value Auction with Moral Hazard: Application to OCS Leases

Anh H. Nguyen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

The Value of Information in Competitive Markets: The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium Enterprises

Jose Galdon-Sanchez, University of Navarra
Ricard Gil, University of Navarra
Guillermo Uriz-Uharte, University College London

Discussant:
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 23
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
11:00 am

Centralizing Over-The-Counter Markets?

Milena Wittwer, Boston College
Jason Allen, Bank of Canada

Discussant:
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

A Method to Estimate Discrete Choice Models that is Robust to Consumer Search

Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Giovanni Compiani, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:50 am
Break
1:00 pm

Individualized College Pricing and the Tradeoff between Revenue and Student Characteristics

Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Winning Big: Scale and Success in Retail Entrepreneurship

Brett W. Hollenbeck, University of California, Los Angeles
Renato Giroldo, Cornerstone

Discussant:
Katja Seim, Yale University and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn