Programme
Seventeenth CEPR/JIE School and Conference on Applied Industrial Organization
London; 19-21 May 2016
Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
South Cloisters
Registration will take place in the South Cloisters (link to 360 virtual tour) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prosp-students/access/virtual-tour/
You can use the front entrance of UCL which is on Gower street, walk into the main quad, and take the door just to the right of the main portico and dome.
Programme
Thursday 19 May |
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09:00-09:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
Session 1: Information and Banks |
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09:30-10:30 |
Asymmetric Information and Imperfect Competition in Lending Markets Discussant: Ralph Koijen (London Business School and CEPR) |
10:30-11:30 |
Testing Alternative Learning Theories: Evidence from Subscription Contracts Discussant: Pedro Bordalo (Royal Holloway) |
11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 2: Dynamic Oligopoly |
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12:00-13:00 |
Dynamic Oligopoly with Incomplete Information Discussant: John Thanassoulis (Warwick Business School) |
13:00-14:00 |
Very Simple Markov-Perfect Industry Dynamics Discussant: Martin Pesendorfer (London School of Economics and CEPR) |
14:00-15:00 | Lunch |
Session 3: Internet Search |
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15:00-16:00 |
Consumer Search Costs and Preferences on the Internet Discussant: Sarit Weisburd (Tel Aviv University) |
16:00-17:00 |
Search platforms: Showrooming and price parity clauses Discussant: Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University and CEPR) |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee Break |
17:30-18:30 |
Keynote speaker |
18:30 | Drinks + Canapés |
Friday 20 May |
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09:00-09:30 | Coffee |
Session 4: Relational contracts and Price dynamics |
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09:30-10:30 |
Supply Assurance, Relational Contracts and Vertical Integration: Evidence from Costa Rica’s Coffee Chain Discussant: Estelle Cantillon (ECARES and CEPR) |
10:30-11:30 |
Price Dynamics with Customer Markets Discussant: Philipp Kircher (University of Edinburgh and CEPR) |
11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break |
Session 5: Innovation |
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12:00-13:00 |
Patent Rights and Innovation by small and large firms Discussant: Philippe Aghion (Harvard University and CEPR) |
13:00-14:00 |
Antitrust, Patents, and Cumulative Innovation: Evidence from Bell Labs Discussant: John Van Reenen (London School of Economics and CEPR) |
14:00-15:00 | Lunch |
Session 6: Competition |
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15:00-16:00 |
Delisting of Pharmaceuticals from Insurance Coverage: Effects on Consumption, Pricing and Expenditures in France Discussant: Alessandro Iaria (CREST) |
16:00-17:00 |
Competition, Product Proliferation and Welfare: A Study of the U.S. Smartphone Market Discussant: Meghan Busse (Northwestern University) |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee Break |
17:30-18:30 |
Keynote Speaker |
18:30-19:00 | Break |
19:00 | Dinner |
Saturday 21 May |
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09:00-09:30 | Coffee |
Session 7: Multiproduct Firms |
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09:30-10:30 |
Multiproduct Pricing Made Simple Discussant: Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim and CEPR) |
10:30-11:30 |
Multi-Variety Durable Good Monopoly: A Revisited Coase Conjecture and Product Design Discussant: Nicolas Schutz (University of Mannheim) |
11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break |
Session 8: History of IO |
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12:00-13:00 |
History in the Study of Industrial Organization Discussant: Rob Porter (Northwestern University) |
13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
* Indicates the presenter.
Keynote speakers have 45 minutes to present, allowing for 15 minutes of questioning throughout.
Speakers have 30 minutes to present and discussants 10 minutes (with 5 minutes combined for over-runs), leaving 15 minutes for general discussion.
Organisers:
Gregory S. Crawford (University of Zurich and CEPR)
Alessandro Gavazza (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Rachel Griffith (IFS/Manchester and CEPR)
Lars Nesheim (UCL)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial and CEPR)
Steering Committee:
Bart Bronnenberg (Tilburg University and CEPR)
Gregory S. Crawford (University of Zurich and CEPR)
Peter J. Davis (Compass Lexecon)
Jan De Loecker (Princeton University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, NBER, and CEPR)
Alessandro Gavazza (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Rachel Griffith (University of Manchester, IFS, and CEPR)
Lars Nesheim (UCL)
Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim and CEPR)
Andrea Prat (Columbia University and CEPR)
Katharine Rockett (University of Essex and CEPR)
Philipp Schmidt-Dengler (University of Vienna and CEPR)
Otto Toivanen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", and CEPR)
Frank Verboven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR)
Nikos Vettas (Athens University of Economics & Business and CEPR)