NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Productivity and Industrial Organization Joint Workshop

Julie Holland Mortimer and Ariel Pakes, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 25, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24:

6:00 PM Clambake

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA

THURSDAY, JULY 25:

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

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 5/31/02