SI 2017 Industrial Organization
Aviv Nevo, Paulo J. Somaini, and Liran Einav, Organizers
July 21-22, 2017
Charles Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Friday, July 21 | ||||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
One Markup to Rule Them All: Taxation by Liquor Pricing Regulation
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| 2:15 pm |
Distorted Advice in Financial Markets: Evidence from the Mortgage Market
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Switching Costs in Pension Plan Choice
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| 4:30 pm | Break | |||
| 4:45 pm |
Geography, Search Frictions and Endogenous Trade Costs
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| 5:45 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:45 pm | Group Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (Muse Salon) | |||
| Saturday, July 22 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |||
| 9:15 am |
Advertising in Vertical Relationships: An Equilibrium Model of the Automobile Industry
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| 10:15 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Effects of Regulatory Capture: Evidence from Patent Examiners |
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| 11:15 am |
Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls |
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Panel Discussion on Merger Enforcement in Healthcare Markets Moderator: Nancy L. Rose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Dranove, Northwestern University Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER (tentative) Aviv Nevo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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| 2:00 pm |
The Ice Cream Split: Empirically Distinguishing Price and Product Space Collusion
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
Does Advertising Serve as a Signal? Evidence from Field Experiments in Mobile Search
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| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |||