NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMICS RESEARCH, INC.
Industrial
Organization Program Meeting
Nancy Rose, Program
Director
February 24 and 25,
2006
NBER Offices
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006:
12:00 n Lunch
1:00 pm SILKE JANUSZEWSKI FORBES, UC,
MARA LEDERMAN,
Control Rights, Network
Structure and Vertical Integration: Evidence from Regional Airlines
Discussant: SEVERIN
BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm PAT BAJARI,
STEPHANIE HOUGHTON,
STEVE TADELIS, UC,
Berkeley
Bidding
for Incomplete Contracts: An Empirical Analysis
Discussant: KEN
HENDRICKS,
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm DARON ACEMOGLU and AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT
and NBER
Input and
Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care
Sector
Discussant: CATHERINE
WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER
5:15 pm Adjourn
6:00 pm Group Dinner
Straits
Restaurant, 3295 El Camino,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2006:
8:45 am Continental Breakfast
9:15 am JUSTINE HASTINGS,
THOMAS KANE,
DOUGLAS STAIGER,
Discussant: ERIC
HANUSHEK,
10:30 am Break
10:45 am JAAP ABRING,
Free University,
JEFFREY CAMPBELL,
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER
Discussant: LANIER
BENKARD,
12:00 n Lunch
1:00 pm DUNCAN SIMESTER, MIT
YU
(JEFFREY) HU,
ERIK
BRYNJOLFSSON, MIT
ERIC
ANDERSON, Northwestern University
Does Current
Advertising Cause Future Sales? Evidence from the Direct Mail Industry
Discussant: JEAN
PIERRE DUBE,
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm RYAN JOHNSON,
DAVID
REILEY,
JUAN
CARLOS MUNOZ, Pontifica
The War for the Fare:
How Driver Compensation Affects Bus System Performance
Discussant: PHILLIP
LESLIE,
3:45 pm Adjourn
2/7/05