SI 2022 Industrial Organization

Vivek Bhattacharya, Michael Dinerstein, liran_einarv, Gautam Gowrisankaran, and Joel Waldfogel, Organizers

July 22-23, 2022

Charles Room AB

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 22
Morning joint with Digitization, Ballroom B, West Tower, 40 minutes per paper
10:40 am

Choice Frictions in Large Assortments
Discussant: Julie Holland Mortimer, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
11:20 am

The Welfare Consequences of Regulating Amazon
Discussant: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
12:00 pm
Lunch, IO continues by itself after lunch
IO Format: Presentation: 25 minutes; discussion: 15 minutes; questions from the floor: 20 minutes
1:00 pm

Land Market Frictions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India (slides)
Discussant: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
2:00 pm

Holding Up Green Energy
Discussant: Natalia Fabra, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Trading for Economies of Scale: The Cost Efficiency of Cap-and-Trade in Common-Pool Resources
Discussant: Daniel Ackerberg, University of Texas at Austin
4:30 pm
Break
5:00 pm

Pricing Power in Advertising Markets: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Bradley Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner in Riverfront Room
Saturday, July 23
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Oligopsony Power and Factor-Biased Technology Adoption
Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Demand Estimation Session
Presentation: 15 minutes presentation per paper; discussion: 25 minutes; questions from the floor: 20 minutes

Estimating Very Large Demand Systems

An Empirical Model of Quantity Discounts with Large Choice Sets

Embeddings and Distance-based Demand for Differentiated Products
Discussant: Steven T. Berry, Yale University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Wide or Narrow? Competition and Scope in Financial Intermediation (slides)
Discussant: Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER
2:00 pm

How Competitive is the Stock Market? Theory, Evidence from Portfolios, and Implications for the Rise of Passive Investing
Discussant: Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Quantifying Bargaining Power Under Incomplete Information: A Supply-Side Analysis of the Used-Car Industry
Discussant: Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn