SI 2023 Industrial Organization
Organized by Zach Y. Brown, Liran Einav, Adam Kapor, Amanda Starc, and Kevin R. Williams
July 20-21, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Format: 40 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion, 10 minute Q&A
Thursday, July 20
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Technology and Market Power: The United States Cement Industry, 1974-2019

Nathan H. Miller, Georgetown University and NBER
Matthew J. Osborne, University of Toronto
Gloria Sheu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Gretchen Sileo, Temple University

Discussant:
Charles Murry, University of Michigan and NBER
9:30 am

An Empirical Analysis of the US Generator Interconnection Policy

Sarah Johnston, University of Calgary
Yifei Liu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland, College Park

Discussant:
Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets

Edward Kong, Harvard University
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Ami Ko, Georgetown University
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Auto Dealer Loan Intermediation: Consumer Behavior and Competitive Effects

Andreas Grunewald, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Jonathan A. Lanning, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
David C. Low, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Meghan R. Busse, Northwestern University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

Non-parametric Estimation of Habitual Brand Loyalty

Jean-Pierre H. Dubé, University of Chicago and NBER
Xinyao Kong, University of Texas at Dallas
Oeystein Daljord, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Áureo de Paula, University College London
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Teacher Labor Market Policy and the Theory of the Second Best

Michael D. Bates, University of California, Riverside
Michael Dinerstein, Duke University and NBER
Andrew C. Johnston, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Claudia Allende, Stanford University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta (Riverfront Room)
Friday, July 21
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Digitization in Ballroom A
8:30 am

Advertising as Coordination: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Apostolos Filippas, Fordham University
John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diego U. Urraca, Independent

Discussant:
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
9:30 am

Pricing and Efficiency in a Decentralized Ride-Hailing Platform

Renata Gaineddenova, Harvard University

Discussant:
Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from GDPR

Mert Demirer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diego J. Jiménez Hernández, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Dean Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sida Peng, Microsoft

Discussant:
Garrett Johnson, Boston University
12:00 pm
Lunch
Industrial Organization continues
1:00 pm
Job Market Paper Panel
25 minute presentation, 5 minute Q&A

Dynamic Spatial Competition in Early Education: an Equilibrium Analysis of the Preschool Market in Pennsylvania

Pierre Bodere, Yale University

Price Controls in a Multi-Sided Market (slides)

Michael Sullivan, University of British Columbia

Non-Price Competition and Risk Selection Through Hospital Networks (slides)

Natalia Serna, Stanford University

Long-Term Relationships and the Spot Market: Evidence from US Trucking

Adam S. Harris, Cornell University
Thi Mai Anh Nguyen, New York University
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Liquid Markets: An Empirical Analysis of a Water Exchange

Yunmi Kong, Rice University

Discussant:
Javier D. Donna, University of Miami
4:15 pm
Adjourn