SI 2026 Industrial Organization
Organized by Meghan R. Busse, Juan Camilo Castillo, Allan Collard-Wexler, Liran Einav, and Benjamin Rosa
July 23-24, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
The format for single papers is 25 mins presentation, 10 mins discussion, 15 mins Q&A. The format for the two-paper session is 25 mins each presentation, 20 mins discussion, 20 mins Q&A.
Thursday, July 23
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Competition and Welfare in Airport Slot Allocation

Sebastian D. Bauer, Stanford University
9:25 am

A Market for Airport Slots

Marleen R. Marra, KU Leuven

Discussant:
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:10 am

On the Identification and Interpretation of Price Elasticities in a Class of Discrete Choice Demand Models

Ariel Goldszmidt, Lyft
Lancelot Henry de Frahan, The University of Chicago
John A. List, The University of Chicago and NBER
Magne Mogstad, The University of Chicago and NBER
Ian Muir, Walmart
Alexander Torgovitsky, The University of Chicago

Discussant:
Philip Haile, Yale University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Hospital Quality and Capacity Strain: Equilibrium Effects on Health Outcomes

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Kelli R. Marquardt, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Robert Town, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Discussant:
TBA
2:20 pm
Break
2:50 pm

Targeting and Price Pass-Through in Housing Voucher Design

Fernando Ochoa, New York University

Discussant:
TBA
3:40 pm
Break
4:10 pm

What Do Certifications Certify?

Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER
Hanbin Yang, London Business School

Discussant:
TBA
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 24
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

A Double Dose of Reform: Insurance and Centralized Negotiation in Drug Markets

Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Ashley T. Swanson, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Tianli Xia, University of Rochester

Discussant:
TBA
9:50 am
Break
10:20 am

Investment, Productivity, and Selection in the U.S. Shale Boom

Thomas R. Covert, The University of Chicago and NBER
Konan Hara, Michigan State University
Ryan Kellogg, The University of Chicago and NBER
Richard L. Sweeney, Boston College

Discussant:
TBA
11:10 am
Break
Joint sessions with the Digital Economics and Artificial Intelligence group in Ballroom A
11:40 am

The Personalization Paradox: Welfare Effects of Personalized Recommendations in Two-Sided Digital Markets

Aaron P. Kaye, Boston University

Discussant:
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm

Social Media Advertising Loads as Prices

George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Columbia University
Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Bocconi University
Andrey Simonov, Columbia University
Mateusz Stalinski, University of Warwick

Discussant:
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Private Labels and Product Imitation: Evidence from Amazon

Malika Korganbekova, The University of Chicago
Alibek Korganbekov, Boston University

Discussant:
Leon Musolff, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn