NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003

Industrial Organization

Philip Haile and Nancy Rose, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 24-25, 2003

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM


WEDNESDAY, JULY 23:

 6:00 PM                        Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

THURSDAY, JULY 24:
 
12:00 N            Lunch

 1:15 PM                        KEN HENDRICKS, University of Texas
                        ROB PORTER, Northwestern University and NBER
                        GUOFU TAN, University of British Columbia
                        Bidding Rings and the Winner's Curse:=
                        The Case of Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions

                        Discussant:  Susan Athey, Stanford and NBER

 2:30 PM                        Break

 2:45 PM                        FIONA SCOTT MORTON, Yale University and NBER
                        FLORIAN ZETTELMEYER, UC, Berkeley and NBER
                        JORGE SILVA-RISSO, UC, Los Angeles
                        Inventory Fluctuations and Price Discrimination:

                        The Determinants of Price Variation in Car Retailing

                        Discussant:  Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago and NBER

 4:00 PM                        Break

 4:15 PM                        JULIE MORTIMER, Harvard University
                        Price Discrimination and Copyright Law:  Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs

                        Discussant:  Liran Einav, Stanford University

 5:30 PM                        Adjourn

 6:00 PM                        Dinner at Davio=s

FRIDAY, JULY 25:                  

 8:30 AM                        Continental Breakfast

 9:00 AM                        AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
                        KATHLEEN MCGARRY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
                        Re-examining the Test for Asymmetric Information in Insurance Markets:

                        New Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance

                        Discussant:  Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland (to be confirmed)

10:15 AM                        Break

10:30 AM                        THOMAS GILLIGAN, University of Southern California
                        Lemons and Leases in the Used Business Aircraft Market

                        Discussant:  Igal Hendel, University of Wisconsin

11:45 AM                        Lunch

 1:00 PM                        LUIS CABRAL, New York University
                        ALI HORTACSU, University of Chicago and NBER
                        The Dynamics of Seller Reputation:  Theory and Evidence from eBay

                        Discussant:  Steve Tadelis, Stanford University

 2:15 PM                        Break

 2:30 PM                        SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
                        JAMES BUSHNELL, UC, Energy Institute
                        CHRISTOPHER KNITTEL, UC, Davis
                        CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER
                        Trading Inefficiencies in California=s Electricity Markets

                        Discussant:  Alvin Klevorick, Yale University

 3:45 PM                        Break

 4:00 PM                        MARTIN PESENDORFER, London School of Economics and NBER
                        PHILIPP SCHMIDT-DENGLER, Yale University
                        Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Games

                        Discussant:  Ariel Pakes, Harvard and NBER


 5:15 PM                        Adjourn



6/27/03