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
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
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