NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007 |
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Industrial Organization |
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Steven
Berry and Fiona Scott Morton, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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July 20-21, 2007 |
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PROGRAM |
FRIDAY,
JULY 20: |
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10:00 am |
Industry Roundtable on Research Issues in the
Pharmaceutical Industry |
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IAN SPATZ, Vice President of Public Policy,
Merck
and Co. |
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RICHARD MANNING, Sr, PhD, Director, Economic and Policy
Research, Pfizer Inc. |
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MICHAEL POLLARD, JD, MPH, Federal Policy and
Regulation, Medco Health Solutions |
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MARCUS WILSON, Pharm D., President, Healthcore
Inc. |
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12:00
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
JOSHUA GANS, |
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FRANK WOLAK, |
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A Comparison of Ex Ante vs. Ex Post Vertical Market
Power: Evidence from Electricity |
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Discussant:
PHIL HAILE, |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
ALBERTO SALVO, Northwestern University |
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Inferring Conduct under the Threat of Entry: The Case of
the Brazilian Cement Industry |
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Discussant:
MARK ROBERTS, |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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MEGHAN
BUSEE and RYAN KELLOGG, UC, Berkeley |
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Discussant: ERIN MANSUR, |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Group Dinner |
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SATURDAY,
JULY 21: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:15 am |
CHENGHUAN SEAN CHU, |
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PHILLIP LESLIE and ALAN SORENSEN, |
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Discussant:
MIKE WHINSTON, Northwestern University and NBER |
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10:30
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Break |
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10:45 am |
RICARD GIL, |
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FRANCINE LAFONTAINE, |
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Discussant:
SCOTT SCHAEFER, |
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12:00
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Lunch
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1:15 pm |
CHRISTOPHER CONLON, |
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JULIE MORTIMER, Harvard and NBER |
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Discussant: JEAN PIERRE DUBE, |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
ALI HORTAÇSU and |
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Vertical Integration and Production: Some
Plant-Level Evidence |
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Discussants:
JUDY CHEVALIER, |
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PAUL
JOSKOW, MIT and NBER |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6/18/07 |
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