SI 2018 Industrial Organization
Mar Reguant and Carl Shapiro, Organizers
July 19-20, 2018
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, July 19 | ||||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia Nathan H. Miller, Georgetown University and NBER Instrument-Free Demand Estimation
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| 2:00 pm |
Christopher Conlon, New York University and NBER Julie H. Mortimer, University of Virginia and NBER Empirical Properties of Diversion Ratios
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Karam Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Bernardo S. Silveira, University of California, Los Angeles Understanding Disparities in Punishment: Regulator Preferences and Expertise
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| 4:15 pm |
Wesley Blundell, Washington State University Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:15 pm | Group Dinner - Ballroom B, Royal Sonesta Hotel | |||
| Friday, July 20 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| First two morning papers joint with IT and Digitization in Ballroom | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Alejandro Molnar, The World Bank Daniel Mangrum, Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Marginal Congestion of a Taxi in New York City
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| 9:45 am |
Meng Liu, Washington University in St. Louis Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Jason Dowlatabadi, Uber Do Digital Platforms Reduce Moral Hazard? The Case of Taxis and Uber
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| Industrial Organization continues in the Charles Rooms | ||||
| 10:45 am |
Aaron Chatterji, Duke University and NBER Matthew R. Grennan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Welfare Effects of Physician-Industry Interactions: Evidence From Patent Expiration
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| 11:30 am |
Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics Morten Sæthre, Norwegian School of Economics On the Effect of Parallel Trade on Manufacturers' and Retailers' Profits in the Pharmaceutical Sector
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:15 pm |
Panel Discussion “Competitiveness Trends in the U.S. Economy: Gathering Evidence” Moderator: Carl Shapiro, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Panelists: Florian Ederer, Sharat Ganapati, Ben Leyden, Ioana Marinescu, and Ian McCarthy will address the general topic with reference to their own papers: |
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Colleen M. Cunningham, London Business School Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER Song Ma, Yale University and NBER Killer Acquisitions |
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Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER Oligopolies, Prices, Output, and Productivity |
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Gaurab Aryal, Boston University Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia Ben T. Leyden, Cornell University Public Communication and Collusion in the Airline Industry |
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Haizhen Lin, Indiana University and NBER Ian McCarthy, Emory University and NBER Multimarket Contact in Health Insurance |
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José A. Azar, IESE Business School Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Marshall I. Steinbaum, University of Utah Department of Economics Labor Market Concentration |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago and NBER Crude by Rail, Option Value, and Pipeline Investment
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| 3:45 pm |
Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER Upstream, Downstream: Diffusion and Impacts of the Universal Product Code
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 23 | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Wesley Blundell, Washington State University Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations
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