Industrial Organization Program Meeting

Claudia Allende, Matthew Grennan, and Bradley Shapiro, Organizers

January 31 - February 1, 2025

Format: 25 minutes for authors, 15 minutes for discussants, 15 minutes for Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, January 31
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Milena Almagro, University of Chicago and NBER
Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Felipe Barbieri, University of Pennsylvania
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nathaniel Hickok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Optimal Urban Transportation Policy: Evidence from Chicago
Discussant: Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley
9:55 am
Benjamin Klopack, Texas A&M University
Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
Fernando Luco, Texas A&M University

Rebuilding After the Storm: Firm Turnover and Consumer Welfare After Hurricane Harvey
Discussant: Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:20 am
Adam Dearing, Cornell University and NBER
Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Daniel Quint, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Christopher J. Sullivan, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sarah B. Waldfogel, University of South Carolina

Learning Firm Conduct: Pass-Through as a Foundation for Instrument Relevance
Discussant: Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Daniel Deisenroth, Meta Platforms, Inc
Utsav Manjeer, Meta Platforms, Inc
Zarak Sohail, University of California, Irvine
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nils Wernerfelt, Northwestern University

Digital Advertising and Market Structure: Implications for Privacy Regulation
Discussant: Jean-Pierre H. Dubé, University of Chicago and NBER
2:25 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Nicholas Vreugdenhil, Arizona State University
Nahim B. Zahur, Queen's University
Maria Osipenko, Arizona State University

Endogenous Rigidities and Capital Misallocation: Evidence from Containerships
Discussant: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
3:40 pm
Break
4:05 pm
Ingrid Huitfeldt, University of Oslo
Victoria Marone, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Daniel C. Waldinger, New York University and NBER

Designing Dynamic Reassignment Mechanisms: Evidence from GP Allocation
Discussant: Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:45 pm
Dinner - Il Fornaio Restaurant, 520 Cowper Street (at the Garden Court Hotel) Palo Alto
Saturday, February 1
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Brett Hollenbeck, University of California, Los Angeles
Zhijian Li, Northwestern University

Misinformation and Mistrust: The Equilibrium Effects of Fake Reviews on Amazon.com
Discussant: Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
9:25 am
Break
9:45 am
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University
Cameron Pfiffer, Stanford Univesity

What Do News Readers Want?
Discussant: Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am
Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Randomized Entry
Discussant: Anna Vitali, New York University
11:55 am
Lunch and Adjourn