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Thursday, July 18 | |
8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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25 minute presentation, 15 minute discussion, 20 minute Q&A
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8:30 am |
How Well Does Bargaining Work in Consumer Markets? A Robust Bounds Approach
Discussant:
Philip Haile, Yale University and NBER |
9:30 am |
Break
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10:00 am |
Search and Biased Beliefs in Education Markets
Discussant:
Alan T. Sorensen, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER |
11:00 am |
Break
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11:30 am |
Retailer Competition and Assortment Differentiation: Evidence from Entry Lotteries
Discussant:
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER |
12:30 pm |
Lunch
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2:00 pm |
The Welfare Effects of Sponsored Product Advertising
Discussant:
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER |
3:00 pm |
Break
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3:30 pm |
Digital Media Mergers: Theory and Application to Facebook-Instagram
Discussant:
Marc Rysman, Boston University |
4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner at Royal Sonesta in Charles Room
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Friday, July 19 | |
8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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8:30 am |
Additionality and Asymmetric Information in Environmental Markets: Evidence from Conservation Auctions
Discussant:
Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER |
9:30 am |
Break
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10:00 am |
Competing Platforms and Transport Equilibrium
Discussant:
Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER |
11:00 am |
Break
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11:30 am |
Algorithmic Pricing in Multifamily Rentals: Efficiency Gains or Price Coordination?
Discussant:
Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia |
12:30 pm |
Lunch
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Afternoon session is joint with Digitization
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20 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion, 10 minute Q&A
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1:30 pm |
Decision-Making with Machine Prediction: Evidence from Predictive Maintenance in Trucking
Discussant:
Daniel Björkegren, Columbia University |
2:10 pm |
Break
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2:25 pm |
When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media
Discussant:
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER |
3:05 pm |
Break
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3:20 pm |
Trust at Scale: The Economic Limits of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains
Discussant:
Hanna Halaburda, New York University |
4:00 pm |
Adjourn
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