Industrial Organization Program Meeting

Thomas R. Covert, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Ali Yurukoglu, Organizers

February 12-13, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 12
Presentation format: 25 minutes presenter, 10 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

Common Ownership and Competition in the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Industry (slides)
Discussant: Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER
12:50 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a Digital Platform Merger
Discussant: Jing Li, Tufts University
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Soaking Up the Sun: Battery Investment, Renewable Energy, and Market Equilibrium
Discussant: Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrading: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry
Discussant: Thomas G. Wollmann, Boston University and NBER
3:50 pm
Breakout rooms
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, February 13
Special session on online economy
Presentation format: 20 minutes presenter, 10 minutes discussant, 10 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

The Editor and the Algorithm: Returns to Data and Externalities in Online News
Discussant: Julia Cagé, Sciences Po
12:40 pm

Are Consumers Averse to Sponsored Messages? The Role of Search Advertising in Information Discovery
Discussant: Thomas Blake, Amazon, Inc.
1:20 pm

Choice Screen Auctions
Discussant: John Asker, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
Presentation format for the next 2 papers: 25 minutes presenter, 10 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
2:10 pm

Manipulation Proof Machine Learning
Discussant: Gregory Lewis, Amazon, Inc.
3:00 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Should We Prevent Off-Label Drug Prescriptions? Empirical Evidence from France
Discussant: Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm
Breakout rooms
4:30 pm
Adjourn