Friday, July 22
Morning joint with Digitization, Ballroom B, West Tower, 40 minutes per paper
10:40 am

Choice Frictions in Large Assortments

Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Julie Holland Mortimer, University of Virginia and NBER
11:20 am

The Welfare Consequences of Regulating Amazon

Germán Gutiérrez, University of Washington

Discussant:
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
12:00 pm
Lunch, IO continues by itself after lunch
IO Format: Presentation: 25 minutes; discussion: 15 minutes; questions from the floor: 20 minutes
1:00 pm

Land Market Frictions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India (slides)

Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
2:00 pm

Holding Up Green Energy

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Natalia Fabra, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Trading for Economies of Scale: The Cost Efficiency of Cap-and-Trade in Common-Pool Resources

Phuong Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Daniel Ackerberg, University of Texas at Austin
4:30 pm
Break
5:00 pm

Pricing Power in Advertising Markets: Theory and Evidence

Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
Frank Yang, Stanford University
Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Bradley Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner in Riverfront Room
Saturday, July 23
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Oligopsony Power and Factor-Biased Technology Adoption

Michael Rubens, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Demand Estimation Session
Presentation: 15 minutes presentation per paper; discussion: 25 minutes; questions from the floor: 20 minutes

Estimating Very Large Demand Systems

Joshua A. Lanier, China Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance
Jeremy H. Large, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
John Quah, Johns Hopkins University

An Empirical Model of Quantity Discounts with Large Choice Sets

Alessandro Iaria, University of Bristol
Ao Wang, University of Warwick

Embeddings and Distance-based Demand for Differentiated Products

Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jonathon McClure, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Alan T. Sorensen, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Steven T. Berry, Yale University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Wide or Narrow? Competition and Scope in Financial Intermediation (slides)

Matteo Benetton, University of California, Berkeley
Greg Buchak, Stanford University
Claudia Robles Garcia, Stanford University

Discussant:
Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER
2:00 pm

How Competitive is the Stock Market? Theory, Evidence from Portfolios, and Implications for the Rise of Passive Investing

Valentin Haddad, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Paul Huebner, Stockholm School of Economics
Erik Loualiche, University of Minnesota

Discussant:
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Quantifying Bargaining Power Under Incomplete Information: A Supply-Side Analysis of the Used-Car Industry

Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
Anthony Lee Zhang, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn