SI 2021 Industrial Organization

Ulrich Doraszelski, Gastón Illanes, Bradley Larsen, and Fiona Scott Morton, Organizers

July 21-23, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 21
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
11:00 am
Jonathan T. Elliott, Johns Hopkins University
Georges Vivien Houngbonon, International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group
Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics
Paul T. Scott, New York University

Market Structure, Investment and Technical Efficiencies in Mobile Telecommunications
Discussant: Ying Fan, University of Michigan and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm
Javier D. Donna, University of Florida
Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorrencia
André Trindade, Fundacao Getulio Vargas / EPGE
Renan C. Yoshida, Stanford University

Direct-to-Consumer Sales by Manufacturers and Bargaining
Discussant: Julie Holland Mortimer, University of Virginia and NBER
12:50 pm
Break
1:00 pm
Jorge Ale Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Cuicui Chen, State University of New York at Albany
Jing Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mathias Reynaert, Toulouse School of Economics

Colluding Against Environmental Regulation
Discussant: Mike Abito, The Ohio State University
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Miguel Anton, IESE Business School
Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER
Mireia Gine, IESE
Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford

Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
Discussant: Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 22
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
First presentation on this day is joint with IT/Digitization
11:00 am
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley
Hayden Parsley, University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Schwieg, University of Chicago
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER

Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline
Discussant: Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm
Jian Jia, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER
Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology

Platform as a Rule Maker: Evidence from Airbnb’s Cancellation Policies
Discussant: Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
12:50 am
Break
1:00 pm
Anh H. Nguyen, Carnegie Mellon University

Information Design in Common Value Auction with Moral Hazard: Application to OCS Leases
Discussant: Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Jose Galdon-Sanchez, Universidad Publica de Navarra
Ricard Gil, Queen's University
Guillermo Uriz-Uharte, University College London

The Value of Information in Competitive Markets: The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium Enterprises
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 23
Format: presenters have 30 minutes, discussants have 10 minutes, remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A
11:00 am
Milena Wittwer, Boston College
Jason Allen, Bank of Canada

Centralizing Over-The-Counter Markets?
Discussant: Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm
Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Giovanni Compiani, University of Chicago

A Method to Estimate Discrete Choice Models that is Robust to Consumer Search
Discussant: Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:50 am
Break
1:00 pm
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER

Individualized College Pricing and the Tradeoff between Revenue and Student Characteristics
Discussant: Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Brett W. Hollenbeck, University of California at Los Angeles
Renato Giroldo, Cornerstone

Winning Big: Scale and Success in Retail Entrepreneurship
Discussant: Katja Seim, Yale University and NBER
2:50 pm
Socializing on Wonder
3:30 pm
Adjourn