SI 2020 Industrial Organization

Ying Fan, Jakub Kastl, and Thomas G. Wollmann, Organizers

July 9-17, 2020

Meeting on Thursday, July 9, Thursday July 16 and Friday, July 17 only

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 9
 July 9 presentation format: 30 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

Estimating Labor Market Power
Discussant: Elena Prager, University of Rochester and NBER
1:00 pm
Break
1:10 pm

On Information and the Demand for Insurance (slides)
Discussant: Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER (slides)
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Does Market Exclusivity Improve Access to Drugs? The Case of US Anti-Ulcer Drug Market (slides)
Discussant: Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology
3:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 16
 July 16 presentation format: 30 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

The Impact of Alternative Forms of Bank Consolidation on Credit Supply and Financial Stability (slides)
Discussant: Jose Luis Peydro, Luiss University
1:00 pm
Break
1:10 pm

Resolving Failed Banks: Uncertainty, Multiple Bidding & Auction Design
Discussant: John Asker, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Fiduciary Duty and the Market for Financial Advice. (slides)
Discussant: Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
3:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 17
 July 17 presentation format: 20 minutes presenter, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience Q&A
12:00 pm

Cleaner but Volatile Energy? The Effect of Coal Plant Retirement on Market Competition in the Wholesale Electricity Market (slides)
Discussant: Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:50 pm

How Do National Firms Respond to Local Shocks? Evidence from Excise Taxes
Discussant: Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:40 pm
Break
1:50 pm

Market Power and Incentive-Based Capacity Payment Mechanisms (slides)
Discussant: Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER
2:40 pm

Some Unpleasant Markup Arithmetic: Production Function Elasticities and their Estimation from Production Data (slides)
Discussant: Daniel Ackerberg, University of Texas at Austin (slides)
3:30 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:00 pm
Adjourn