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

Market Structure, Investment and Technical Efficiencies in Mobile Telecommunications
Discussant: Ying Fan, University of Michigan and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

Direct-to-Consumer Sales by Manufacturers and Bargaining
Discussant: Julie Holland Mortimer, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
12:50 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Colluding Against Environmental Regulation
Discussant: Mike Abito, The Ohio State University
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

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

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

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

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

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

Centralizing Over-The-Counter Markets?
Discussant: Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

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

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

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