The Third Annual Microeconomics Conference
Participant Papers & Presentations
| Welcome and Opening Remarks Pauline Ippolito, Federal Trade Commission |
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Keynote Address Roman Inderst, Goethe University |
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| Panel Session One: Disclosures and Informed Consumer Choice | ||
| [Presentation] | Chaired by Tim Daniel, Federal Trade Commission | |
| [Presentation] | Phillip Leslie (Stanford University) | |
| [Presentation] | Jeffrey Blumberg (Tufts University) | |
| Paper Session One: Topics in Empirical IO | ||
| Chaired by Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University | ||
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Matthew Gentzkow (University of Chicago), The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Matthew Weinberg (Bryn Mawr College) | |
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Kate Ho (Columbia University), Physician Responses to Financial Incentives: Evidence from Hospital Discharge Data | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Keith Brand (Federal Trade Commission) | |
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Nathan Miller (Department of Justice), Competition Among Spatially Differentiated Firms: An Empirical Model with an Application to Cement | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Allan Collard-Wexler (New York University) | |
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Keynote Address David Laibson, Harvard University |
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| Paper Session Two: Inattentive Consumers | ||
| Chaired by David Laibson, Harvard University | ||
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Michael Grubb (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management), Penalty Pricing: Optimal Price Posting Regulation with Inattentive Consumers | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Ginger Jin (University of Maryland) | |
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Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth College), Limited and Varying Consumer Attention: Evidence from Shocks to the Salience of Overdraft Fees | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Karen Pence (Federal Reserve Board) | |
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Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto), Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Kory Kroft (Yale School of Management) | |
| Paper Session Three: Consumer Choice in New Markets | ||
| Chaired by Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University School of Management |
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Dirk Bergemann (Yale University), Targeting: Implications for Offline vs. Online Media Competition | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: David Balan (Federal Trade Commission) | |
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Steven Puller (Texas A&M University), Power to Choose: An Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Texas Retail Electricity Market | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Tim Brennan (University of Maryland Baltimore County and Resources for the Future) | |
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Eugenio Miravete (University of Texas at Austin), Sinking, Swimming or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Jack Hoadley (The Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University) | |
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Keynote Address Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University School of Management |
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| Paper Session Four: Theory of Industrial Organization | ||
| Chaired by Roman Inderst, Goethe University | ||
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Heski Bar-Isaac (New York University), Search, Design, and Market Structure | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Justin Johnson (Cornell University) | |
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Patrick DeGraba (Federal Trade Commission), Naked Exclusion by a Dominant Supplier: Exclusive Contracting and Loyalty Discounts | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Lucy White (Harvard Business School) | |
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Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim), Merger Policy with Merger Choice | |
| [Presentation] | Discussant: Joe Farrell (Federal Trade Commission) | |
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Keynote Address Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University |
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| Panel Session Two: Merger Retrospectives | ||
| Chaired by Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University | ||
| [Presentation] | Lanier Benkard, Yale University | |
| [Presentation] | John Kwoka, Northeastern University | |
| Christopher Taylor, Federal Trade Commission | ||