| Thursday
30 May
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| 09.15-10.45 |
Session
One: R&D I
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Does
Microsoft Stifle Innovation? Dominant Firm and Incentives for
R&D
*Luís M B
Cabral (New York
University and CEPR)
Ben Polak (Yale University)
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Complementarity
in the Innovation Strategy: Internal
R&D, External
Technology Acquisition, and Cooperation in R&D
*Bruno Cassiman
(IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra)
Reinhilde Veugelers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR)
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| 11.00
– 12.30 |
Session
Two:
Innovation
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Why
are there so Few (and Fewer and Fewer) Two Newspaper Towns?
David
Genesove (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
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Trade
Secret Laws, Labour Mobility, and Innovations
*Massimo Motta
(European University Institute, Firenze and CEPR)
Thomas Roende (Universität Mannheim and CEPR)
|
| 13.30-15.00 |
Session
Three:
Telecommunication
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Choosing
Standards
Otto
Toivanen (Helsinki School of Economics)
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Why
is On-Net Traffic Cheaper than Off-Net Traffic?
Tommy Staahl
Gabrielsen (University of Bergen)
*Steinar Vagstad (University of Bergen)
|
| 15.30-17.00 |
Session
Four: Mergers
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Reorganization
Waves
*Patrick Legros
(ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège and
CEPR)
Andrew Newman (University College London and CEPR)
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|
Bargaining,
Mergers, and Technology Choice in Bilaterally Oligopolistic
Industries
Roman Inderst
(London School of Economics and CEPR)
*Christian Wey (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
and CEPR)
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| Friday
31 May
|
| 09.00-10.30 |
Session
Five: Internet I
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|
The
Economics of Portals
Pedro Luis Pita
Barros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR)
*Hans Jarle Kind (Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration)
Lars Sørgard (Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration)
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|
The
Effect of Native Language on Internet Usage
Neil Gandal (Tel
Aviv University and CEPR)
Carl Shapiro (University of California Berkeley)
|
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session
Six:
Internet II
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Upstream Internet Connectivity, Anti-Trust and Cyber-Geography
*Emanuelle
Giovannetti (University of Cambridge)
Cristiano Ristuccia (University of Cambridge)
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|
Information
Technology and the Dynamics of Firm and Industrial Structure: The
British IT Consulting Industry as a Contemporary Specimen
Kenneth
L Simons (University of London)
|
| Saturday
1 June
|
| 09.15
– 10.30 |
Keynote
Speech
The
Economics of the Microsoft Case
Timothy
Bresnahan
|
| 11.00
– 12.30 |
Session
Seven: Pricing
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|
Real
Time Pricing
*Pascal Courty
(London Business School and CEPR)
Mario Pagliero (London Business School)
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|
Identifying
Changes in Behaviour in a Multiproduct Oligopoly: Incumbents’
Reaction to Tariffs Dismantling
*Jordi
Jaumandreu (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Maria J Moral (Universidad de Vigo and harvard University)
|
| 13.30-15.00 |
Session
Eight:
Industry
studies
|
|
Patenting
Strategies of Belgian Manufacturing Companies
Michele
Cincera (Université Libre de Bruxelles – DULBEA-CERT and CEPR)
|
|
Combination
Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions
Estelle
Cantillon (Harvard Business School and CEPR)
*Martin Pesendorfer (Yale University and CEPR)
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| Rapporteur: |
Gorm
Grønnevet (Norwegian School of Economics & Business
Administration)
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| Academic
Organizers: |
Lars-Hendrik
Röller (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
and CEPR)
Frode
Steen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Lars Sørgard (Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration)
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| *
Denotes Speaker |
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