Eighth CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organisation: Imperfect Competition and Dynamics in the New Economy

Fourth CEPR School on Applied Industrial Organisation Imperfect Competition and Dynamics in the New Economy
Hosted by Banco de España Supported by Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses under the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme Public-Private Sector Research Center, IESE Business School CNE Spanish Energy Commission
Tarragona, 23-24 May 2007
Programme
Thursday 24 May
13.15-13.30	Welcome
Session 1: Fixed Costs
13.30-14.15	How and when Markets Tip: Lessons from the Battle of the Bund Estelle Cantillon (ECARES, Harvard Business School and CEPR)
Discussant:	Philippe Février (CREST-LEI)
14.15-15.00	Entry Costs and Economies of Scope in Multi-product Firms' Market decisions: the Case of the Spanish Automobile Industry José Luís Varela Irimia (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Discussant:	Otto Toivanen (HECER, University of Helsinki)
15.00-15.15	Coffee Break
Session 2: Capacity Investment
15.15-16.00	Auction Design and Investment Incentives in Electricity Markets Natalia Fabra (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Discussant:	Kai-Uwe Kühn (University of Michigan and CEPR)
16.00-16.45	Pricing, Investments and Mergers with Intertemporal Capacity Constraints Nikolas Vettas (Athens University of Economics& Business and CEPR)
Discussant:	Natalia Fabra (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
16.45-17.00	Coffee Break
Session 3: Telecoms
17.00-17.45	Testing the "Waterbed Effect" in Mobile Telephony Tomasso Valletti (Imperial College, London and CEPR)
Discussant:	Tobias Kretschmer (University of Munich and Centre for Economic Performance)
17.45-18.30	The Impact on Broadband Access to the Internet of the Dual Ownership of Telephone and Cable Networks Pedro Pereira (Portuguese Competition Authority)
Discussant:	Rossella Argenziano (University of Essex)
18.30-19.15	Wholesale Markets in Telecoms Jérome Pouyet (Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR)
Discussant:	Steffen Hoernig (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR)
20.00	End
20.45	Dinner on the premises
Friday 25 May
09.00-10.00	Recent Developments in the Empirical Analysis of Auction Markets Keynote Speaker: Robert Porter (Northwestern University)
10.00-10.45	Strategic Patenting and Software Innovation Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Discussant:	Reinhilde Veugelers (European Commission, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR)
10.45-11.00	Coffee Break
Session 4: Pricing
11.00-11.45	A Test of Profit Maximization Marcus Asplund (London Business School and CEPR)
Discussant:	Richard Friberg (Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR)
11.45-12.30	Market Concentration and Nonlinear Pricing: Evidence from Detergent Prices in Six Countries Sofronis Clerides (University of Cyprus and CEPR)
Discussant:	Fabiano Schivardi (Università di Cagliari and CEPR)
12.30-12.45	Coffee Break
12.45-13.45	Information and the Hold-Up Problem Keynote Speaker: Michael Katz (University of California, Berkeley)
13.45-15.00	Lunch
15.00-16.30	Roundtable on Energy Pedro Luís Marin Uribe (Economic Bureau of the Spanish Prime Minister, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR) Xavier Vives (IESE Business School and CEPR) Claes Bengtsson (European Commission, DC Competition) Mónica Gandolfi (CNE - Comisión Nacional de Energía) Atilano Jorge Padilla (European Competition Policy LECG and CEPR)
16.30-16.45	Coffee Break
Session 5: Information
16.45-17.30	Shouting to Be Heard in Advertising Simon Anderson (University of Virginia and CEPR)
Discussant:	Martin Peitz (International University in Germany and CEPR)
17.30-18.15	Which Reputations Does a Brand Owner Need? Evidence from Trade Mark Opposition Georg Von Graevenitz (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)
Discussant:	Pascal Courty (European University Institute and CEPR)
20.30	Conference Dinner
Saturday 26 May
Session 7: Productivity and trade
09.00-09.45	Product Innovation and Exports: Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Bruno Cassiman (IESE Business School)
Discussant:	Peter Davis (Competition Commission and London School of Economics)
09.45-10.30	Antidumping Protection and Productivity of Domestic Firms Hylke Vandenbussche (Université Catholique de Louvain, CORE, KUL and CEPR)
Discussant:	Joseph Clougherty (WZB and CEPR)
10.30-10.45	Coffee Break
Session 8: Antitrust
10.45-11.30	Sequential Merger Review Volker Nocke (Oxford University and CEPR)
Discussant:	Chiara Fumagalli (Università Bocconi and CEPR)
11.30-12.15	The effect of EU Antitrust Investigations and Fines on a Firm's Valuation Massimo Motta (European University Institute and CEPR)
Discussant:	Ricardo Cabral (Universidade de Madeira)
12.12-12.30	Coffee Break
12.30-13.30	Keynote Speaker: Mark Roberts (Pennsylvania State University)
13.30-14.30	Lunch
Session 9: Structural estimation of cost and production functions
14.30-15.15	Contract Choice, Incentives, and Political Capture in Public Transit Philippe Gagnepain (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Discussant:	Johan Lagerlöf (Royal Holloway College, University of London and CEPR)
15.15-16.30	R&D and Productivity: Estimating Production Functions when Productivity is Endogenous Jordi Jaumandreu (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Discussant:	Saul Lach (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
16.30	Close of the Conference
Organizers:	Oscar Arce (Banco de España) Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR) Georges Siotis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)