Government and Governance

Ninth CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organisation

Competition, Investment and Market Structure

Hosted by Conseil de la Concurrence, 11 Rue de l'Echelle, 75001 Paris

Supported by
Conseil de la Concurrence
Ecole Polytechnique chair for business economics
Crest-Laboratoire d'économie industrielle
Cepremap
Paris School of Economics

Paris, 22-24 May 2008

Programme
Thursday, May 22
13.45 - 14.00	Opening Remarks

Session 1:	(Chair: Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR))
14.00 - 14.45	Frank Verboven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR) Investment and usage of new technologies: evidence from a shared ATM network Discussant: Frode Steen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and CEPR)
14.45 - 15.30	David Genesove (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR) Broadcasting Competition and Programming Costs Discussant: Philippe Gagnepain (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
15.30 - 15.45	Coffee Break
Session 2:	(Chair: Thibaud Vergé (CREST-LEI))
15.45 - 16.30	Helen Weeds (University of Essex and CEPR) TV Wars: Exclusive Content and Platform Competition Discussant: David Spector (Paris School of Economics)
16.30 - 17.15	Johan Stennek (University of Gothenburg and CEPR) Exclusive Quality: Why Exclusive Distribution May Benefit TV Viewers Discussant: Timothy Van Zandt (INSEAD and CEPR)
17.15 - 17.30	Coffee Break
Roundtable:	Competition and Retailing (Chair: Thibaud Vergé (CREST-LEI))
17.30 - 19.00	Peter Davis (UK Competition Commission), Francis Kramarz (CREST), Anne Perrot (Conseil de la Concurrence), Didier Théophile (Darrois, Villey, Maillot, Brochier).
Friday, May 23
Session 3:	(Chair: Mark Schankerman (LSE, CEP and CEPR))
09.00 - 09.45	Alicia Barroso (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Advertising and Consumer Awareness of a New Product Discussant: Pierre Dubois (Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-INRA) and CEPR)
09.45 - 10.30	Ralph Siebert (Krannert School of Management and CEPR) The Impact of Innovation and Entry Costs on Market Structure Discussant: Saul Lach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
10.30 - 10.45	Coffee Break
Session 4:	(Chair: Bernard Caillaud (Paris School of Economics and CEPR))
10.45 - 11.30	Lilian Karlinger (Universität Wien) The Dynamic Use of Loyalty Rebates Discussant: Christian Wey (Technische Universität Berlin and CEPR)
11.30 - 12.15	John Thanassoulis (Oxford University) Upstream Competition and Downstream Buyer Power Discussant: Nikolaos Vettas (Athens University of Economics and Business and CEPR)
12.15 - 14.00	Lunch
First Keynote Lecture	(Chair: Pedro Marin Uribe (Univ. Carlos III, Madrid and CEPR))
14.00 - 15.00	Daniel Ackerberg (Boston University) Estimating Price Elasticities in Differentiated Product Demand Models with Endogenous Characteristics.
15.00 - 15.15	Coffee Break
Session 5:	(Chair: Laurent Linnemer (CREST-LEI))
15.15 - 16.00	Pascal Courty (European University Institute, Florence and CEPR) The Impact of Price Discrimination on Revenue: Evidence from the Concert Industry Discussant: Sofronis Clerides (University of Cyprus and CEPR)
16.00 - 16.45	Joseph Clougherty (WZB, Berlin and CEPR) Domestic Rivalry and Export Performance: Theory and Evidence from International Airline Markets Discussant: Giacomo Calzolari (University of Bologna and CEPR)
16.45 - 17.00	Coffee Break
Session 6:	(Chair: Jim Anton (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University))
17.00 - 17.45	Gautam Gowrisankaran (University of Arizona) Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods Discussant: Martin Pesenforder (London School of Economics and CEPR)
17.45 - 18.30	Andrea Patacconi (Oxford University) Open Science as a Signaling Device: Evidence from Firm Publications Discussant: Andreas Roider (University of Heidelberg and CEPR)
20.00	Conference Dinner @ Berthoud
Saturday, May 24
Session 7:	(Chair: Marie-Laure Allain (Ecole Polytechnique and CNRS)
09.00 - 09.45	Patrick Legros (ECARES and CEPR) "Essential" Patents, FRAND Royalties and Technological Standards Discussant: Emeric Henry (London Business School)
09.45 - 10.30	Neil Gandal (Tel Aviv University and CEPR) Network Security: Vulnerabilities and Disclosure Policy Discussant: Eugenio Miravete (University of Texas, Austin and CEPR)
10.30 - 10.45	Coffee Break
Session 8:	(Chair: Philippe Février (CREST-LEI))
10.45 - 11.30	Michael Mazzeo (Northwestern University) Beyond Plain Vanilla: Modeling Joint Product Assortment and Pricing Decisions Discussant: Howard Smith (Oxford University and CEPR)
11.30 - 12.15	Carlos Santos (LSE, CEP) Recovering the Sunk Costs of R&D: The Moulds Industry Case Discussant: Bernard Salanié (Columbia University and CEPR)
12.15 - 14.00	Lunch
Second Keynote Lecture:	(Chair: Jérôme Pouyet (Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR))
14.00 - 15.00	Volker Nocke (University of Pennsylvania and CEPR) Vertical Integration and Collusion
15.00 - 15.15	Coffee Break
Session 9:	(Chair: Otto Toivanen (University of Helsinski)
15.15 - 16.00	David Gill (University of Southampton) Too Many Bargainers Spoil the Broth:The Impact of Bargainers on Markets with Price Takers Discussant: Jeanine Thal (University of Mannheim and ZEW)
16.00 - 16.45	Kai-Uwe Kühn (University of Michigan and CEPR) On the Coordinated Effects of Conglomerate Mergers Discussant: Jan de Loecker (New York University)
End of Conference
	Organizers: Philippe Février (CREST-LEI) Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR) Jérôme Pouyet (Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR) Thibaud Vergé (CREST-LEI (INSEE, Paris)) Sponsors: Conseil de la Concurrence CREST (Laboratoire d'Economie Industrielle) Ecole Polytechnique (Chair for Business Economics) GIS Sciences de la Décision (Ecole Polytechnique - HEC - GENES/INSEE - CNRS) CEPREMAP Paris School of Economics Scientific Committee: Marie-Laure Allain (Ecole Polytechnique) Bernard Caillaud (Paris School of Economics and CEPR) Philippe Février (CREST-LEI)