NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Industrial Organization Workshop

Julie Holland Mortimer and Ariel Pakes, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 25-26, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



WEDNESDAY, JULY 24:



6:00 PM Clambake

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA



THURSDAY, JULY 25:



JOINT WITH PRODUCTIVITY



10:45 AM ADAM COPELAND, University of Minnesota

CYRIL MONNET, European Central Bank

The Welfare Effects of Incentive Schemes



Discussant: BRUCE SHEARER, Laval University



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM CORY CAPPS, DAVID DRANOVE and MARK SATTERTHWAITE, Northwestern University

Competition and Market Power in Health Care Markets



Discussant: STEVEN BERRY, Yale University and NBER



2:15 PM Break



2:30 PM MICHAEL CHERNEW, University of Michigan and NBER

GAUTAM GOWRISANKARAN, University of Minnesota and NBER

DENNIS SCANLON, Pennsylvania State University

Learning and the Value of Information: Health Care Report Cards



Discussant: ALAN SORENSEN, UC, San Diego and NBER



3:45 PM Break



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4:00 PM SOFIA BERTO VILLAS-BOAS, UC, Berkeley

Vertical Contracts Between Manufacturers and Retailers:

An Empirical Analysis



Discussant: DANIEL ACKERBERG, UC, Los Angeles and NBER



5:15 PM Adjourn



7:00 PM Group Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

Royal Sonesta Hotel

FRIDAY, JULY 26:



8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries



9:15 AM ESTELLE CANTILLON, Harvard University

MARTIN PESENDORFER, Yale University and NBER

Combination Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions

Discussant: ALI HORTACSU, University of Chicago



10:30 AM Break



10:45 AM PATRICK BAJARI, Stanford University and NBER

LIXIN YE, Ohio State University

Deciding Between Competition and Collusion



Discussant: PHILIP HAILE, University of Wisconsin and NBER



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM SUSANNA ESTEBAN, Pennsylvania State University

MATTHEW SHUM, Johns Hopkins University

Durable Goods Oligopoly with Secondary Markets: Automobiles

Discussant: OLEG MELNIKOV, Yale University



2:15 PM Break



2:30 PM PETER DAVIS, London School of Economics

Entry Cannibalization and Bankruptcy in the U.S. Motion Picture

Exhibition Market



Discussant: DARLENE CHISHOLM, Suffolk University



3:45 PM Adjourn



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