NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.

 

Industrial Organization Program Meeting

 

Patrick Bajari and Ali Hortacsu, Organizers

 

Nancy Rose, Program Director

 

February 4 and 5, 2005

 

NBER Offices

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2005:


8:45 am            Continental Breakfast



9:15 am             BART BRONNENBERG, UC, Los Angeles

SANJAY DHAR and JEAN-PIERRE DUBE, University of Chicago

Endogenous Sunk Costs and the Geographic Distribution of Brand Shares in Consumer Package Goods Industries

 

Discussant: JONATHAN LEVIN, Stanford University

 

10:30 am          Break

 

10:45 am           JERRY HAUSMAN, MIT and NBER

EPHRAIM LEIBTAG, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Consumer Benefits from Increased Competition in Shopping Outlets: Measuring the Effect of Wal-Mart

 

Discussant: STEVEN BERRY, Yale University and NBER



12:00 n             Lunch

 

1:15 pm            GAUTAM GOWRISANKARAN, Washington University at St. Louis and NBER

JOHN KRAINER, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank

The Welfare Consequence of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model

 

Discussant: JEREMY FOX, University of Chicago


2:30 pm            Break



2:45 pm             ANGELIQUE AUGEREAU, McKinsey and Co.

SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER

MARC RYSMAN, Boston University

Coordination vs. Differentiation in a Standards War: 56K Modems

 

Discussant: KATJA SEIM, Stanford University

 

4:00 pm            Break

 

4:15 pm             RICARD GIL, UC Santa Cruz

Decision Rights and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry

 

Discussant: FRANCINE LAFONTAINE, University of Michigan and NBER

 

5:30 pm            Adjourn

6:00 pm             Group Dinner

MacArthur Park Restaurant

Veteran’s Room

27 University Ave.

Palo Alto, CA

650/321-9990


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2005:

 

8:30 am             Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am             JUDITH CHEVALIER, Yale University and NBER

AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, University of Chicago and NBER

Are Durable Goods Consumers Forward Looking? Evidence from College Textbooks

 

Discussant: ALAN SORENSEN, Stanford University and NBER

 

10:15 am          Break

 

10:30 am           ALMA COHEN, National Bureau of Economic Research

LIRAN EINAV, Stanford University

Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice

 

Discussant: MARK ISRAEL, Northwestern University

 

11:45 am           Adjourn

 

 

1/18/05