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