NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

E-Commerce Conference

Severin Borenstein and Garth Saloner, Organizers

Bodega Bay Lodge and Spa

103 Coast Highway 1

Bodega Bay, CA 94923

January 26 - 27, 2001

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001:

6:00 PM RECEPTION AND DINNER

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001:

8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 - 9:40 AM DENNIS CARLTON and JUDITH CHEVALIER,

University of Chicago and NBER

Free Riding and Sales Strategies for the Internet

Discussant: DAVID GENESOVE, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and NBER

9:40 - 10:00 AM BREAK

10:00 - 11:10 AM ROBERT GERTNER, University of Chicago and NBER

ROBERT STILLMAN, Lexecon, Inc.

Vertical Integration and Internet Strategies in the Apparel Industry

Discussant: BARRY NALEBUFF, Yale University

11:10 - 12:20 PM STEVEN KAPLAN, University of Chicago and NBER

LUIS GARICANO, University of Chicago

The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs

Discussant: FRANK WOLAK, Stanford University and NBER

12:20 - 1:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 - 2:10 PM PAUL RESNICK, University of Michigan

RICHARD ZECKHAUSER, Harvard University and NBER

Trust Amoung Strangers in Internet Transactions: Empirical Analysis of eBay's Reputation System

Discussant: TBA

2:10 PM ADJOURN

6:30 PM RECEPTION AND DINNER

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2001:

8:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 - 10:10 AMRAMA KATKAR, Northwestern University

DAVID LUCKING-REILEY, Vanderbilt University

Public Versus Secret Reserve Prices on eBay Auctions:

Results of a Pokemon Field Experiment

Discussant: ROBERT PORTER, Northwestern University and NBER

10:10 - 10:40 AM BREAK

10:40 - 11:50 AM ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON and MICHAEL D. SMITH, MIT

Consumer Choice Behavior at Internet Shopbot

Discussant: CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER

11:50 AM-1:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 - 2:10 PM FLORIAN ZETTELMEYER, UC, Berkeley

FIONA SCOTT MORTON, Yale University and NBER

JORGE SILVA-RISSO, J.D. Power and Associates

Internet Car Retailing

Discussant: ANDREA SHEPARD, Stanford University and NBER

2:10 - 2:30 PM BREAK

2:30 - 3:40 PM KAREN CLAY and ERIC WOLFF, Carnegie Mellon University

RAMAYYA KRISHNAN, Earlham College

Pricing Startegies on the Web: Evidence from the Online Book Industry

Discussant: HAL VARIAN, UC, Berkeley

3:40 - 4:00 PM BREAK

4:00 - 5:10 PM AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, University of Chicago and NBER

Competition in the Computer Industry: Online Versus Internet

Discussant: SCOTT STERN, MIT and NBER

5:10 PM ADJOURN

6:30 PM DINNER

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