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Programme
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Thursday 26 May
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| Conference Venue: |
International Visitor Center (IBZ)
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| 13.00-13.15 |
Welcome Speech by the Organizers
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| 13.15-14.00 |
The Incentives of a Monopolist to degrade Interoperability: Theory and Evidence from PCs
Christos Genakos (London Business School) |
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| Discussants: |
Georg von Graevenitz (INNO-tec and LMU Munich) Sofronis Clerides (University of Cyprus and CEPR)
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| 14.00-14.45 |
Bidding for Incomplete Contracts
*Patrick Bajari (NBER and Duke University) |
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| Discussant: |
Armin Schmutzler (University of Zurich and CEPR)
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| 14.45-15.00 |
Coffee Break
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| 15.00-15.45 |
Multi-Product Firms, Industry Mix and Product Switching
Andrew Bernard (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) |
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| Discussants: |
Bettina Peters (Zentrum für Europaïsche Wirtschaftsforschung) Alicia Barroso (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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| 15.45-16.30 |
Learning-by-Doing, Organizational Forgetting and Industry Dynamics
David Besanko (Northwestern University) |
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| Discussants: |
Kenneth Simons (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Pedro L Marín Uribe (Economic Bureau Spanish Prime Minister, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
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| 16.30-16.45 |
Coffee Break
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| 16.45-17.30 |
Curb your Innovation: Corporate Conservatism in the Presence of Information Leakage
Mariagiovanna Baccara (Stern School of Business, New York University) |
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| Discussants: |
Patrick Paul Walsh (Trinity College Dublin) Michele Cincera (DULBEA, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
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| 17.30-18.15 |
Retail Mergers, Buyer Power, and Product Variety
*Roman Inderst (London School of Economics and CEPR) |
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| Discussants: |
Nikos Vettas (Athens University of Economics and Business and CEPR) Peter Davis (London School of Economics and CEPR)
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| 20.00 |
Sightseeing and Dinner - details to be given at the conference
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Friday 27 May
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| Conference Venue: |
European Patent Office, Isar Building
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| 09.00-09.15 |
Welcome Speech - EPO
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| 09.15-10.00 |
Keynote Speech 1 Recombinant Ideas: The Mobility of Inventors and the Productivity of Research
Manuel Trajtenberg (Tel Aviv University and CEPR)
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| 10.00-10.45 |
Information Diffusion and Entry: The Dye Famine and its Aftermath
*David Genesove (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
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| Discussants: |
Pierre Régibeau (University of Essex and CEPR) Joachim Henkel (Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München)
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| 10.45-11.00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11.00-11.45 |
Intellectual Property and Standardization Committee Participation in the U.S. Modem Industry
*Neil Gandal (Tel Aviv University) |
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| Discussants: |
Bernard Caillaud (CERAS, Paris and CEPR) Thomas Roende (University of Copenhagen and CEPR)
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| 11.45-12.30 |
Selection or Self-Rejection?
Tuomas Takalo (Bank of Finland and IDEI, Université de Toulouse) |
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| Discussants: |
Reinhilde Veugelers (European Commission, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR) Georges Siotis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
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| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch
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| 13.30-14.15 |
Keynote Speech 2 Two-Sided Markets
*Jean-Charles Rochet (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR)
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| 14.15-15.00 |
Patent and R&D Race: A Dynamic Perspective
*Chaim Fershtman (Tel Aviv University and CEPR) |
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Discussants: Steffen Hörnig (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR) Saul Lach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
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| 15.00-15.15 |
Coffee Break
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| 15.15-16.00 |
Patent Office in Innovation Policy: Nobody's Perfect
Bernard Caillaud (CERAS, Paris and CEPR) |
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| Discussants: |
Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR) Ralph Siebert (Krannert School of Management and CEPR)
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| Afternoon Sightseeing |
- details to be announced at the Conference
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| 20.00 |
Dinner - Restaurant "Hofbräuhaus"
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Saturday 28 May
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| Conference Venue: |
International Visitor Center (IBZ)
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| 09.00-09.15 |
CEPR Research Programme *Marc Ivaldi (EHESS, IDEI Université de Toulouse and CEPR)
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| 09.15-10.00 |
Keynote Speech 3 An Empirical Perspective on Auctions
*Ken Hendricks (University of Texas, Austin)
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| 10.15-11.00 |
Two-Part Tariffs versus Linear Pricing between Manufacturers and Retailers: Empirical Tests on Differentiaited Products Markets
Celine Bonnet (INRA, GREMAQ) |
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| Discussants: |
Matthijs Wildenbeest (Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus University, Rotterdam) Elena Krasnokutskaya (University of Pennsylvania)
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| 11.00-11.45 |
The Failing Firm Defence: Merger Policy and Entry
Robin Mason (University of Southampton and CEPR) |
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| Discussants: |
Thibauld Vergé (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and University of Southampton) Philippe Gagnepain (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
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| 11.45-13.15 |
Lunch - "Max-Emmanuel-Brauerei"
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| 13.15-14.00 |
Adware, Shareware, and Consumer Privacy
Nataly Gantman (Tel Aviv University) |
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| Discussants: |
Christian Wey (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and CEPR) Paris Cleanthous (Stern School of Business, New York University)
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| 14.00-14.45 |
Managerial Firms, Vertical Integration and Consumer Welfare
*Patrick Legros (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR) |
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| Discussants: |
Jos Jansen (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung) Bernard Caillaud (CERAS, Paris and CEPR)
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| 14.45-15.15 |
Coffee Break
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| 15.15-16.45 |
Roundtable Discussion Intellectual Property and Competition Policy in Europe
Moderator: Dietmar Harhoff |
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| 20.00 |
Dinner - Restaurant "Georgenhof"
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| Organizers: |
Dominique Guellec (European Patent Office) Dietmar Harhoff (Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München and CEPR) Marc Ivaldi (EHESS, IDEI Université de Toulouse and CEPR)
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| Each presentation should last 25 minutes, to be followed by 5-10 minutes for each discussant. | |||||
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