Industrial Organization Program Meeting

Adam Dearing, Kei Kawai, and Chad Syverson, Organizers

February 3-4, 2023

Format: 40 minutes for authors and discussants, 15 minutes for Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 3
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER

Bargaining and International Reference Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussant: Luca Maini, Harvard University
9:55 am
Break
10:05 am
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare
Discussant: Zach Y. Brown, University of Michigan and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:10 am
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Yao Luo, University of Toronto
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

Imperfect Competition and Rents in Labor and Product Markets: The Case of the Construction Industry
Discussant: Elena Prager, University of Rochester and NBER
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:25 pm
Eric A. Richert, University of Chicago

Quantity Commitments in Multiunit Auctions: Evidence from Credit Event Auctions
Discussant: Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Marleen R. Marra, Sciences Po

Estimating an Auction Platform Game with Two-sided Entry
Discussant: Yunmi Kong, Rice University
3:25 pm
Break
3:35 pm
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Aniko Oery, Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER

Dynamic Price Competition: Theory and Evidence from Airline Markets
Discussant: John Lazarev, New York University
4:30 pm
Adjourn and Happy Hour at SIEPR
Saturday, February 4
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am
Klaus M. Miller, HEC Paris
Navdeep S. Sahni, Stanford University
Avner Strulov-Shlain, University of Chicago

Sophisticated Consumers with Inertia: Long-Term Implications from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Discussant: Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:25 am
Break
10:35 am
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
Wendan Zhang, Renmin University of China

Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards
Discussant: Stephen P. Ryan, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch
12:30 pm
Hector Chade, Arizona State University
Victoria R. Marone, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER
Jeroen Swinkels, Northwestern University

Multidimensional Screening and Menu Design in Health Insurance Markets
Discussant: Michael D. Whinston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:25 pm
Break
1:35 pm
Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER

Demand Analysis under Latent Choice Constraints: An Application to the US Dialysis Market
Discussant: Christopher Conlon, New York University and NBER
2:30 pm
Adjourn