The two-day conference will bring together scholars working in industrial organization, information economics, game theory, quantitative marketing, consumer behavior, and other areas related to the FTC’s antitrust and consumer policy missions. Examples of topics include discrimination, innovation, privacy, advertising, consumer choice, loyalty and other discounts, information disclosure, horizontal and vertical mergers, and behavioral and experimental economics.
The scientific committee for the conference is:
- Kyle Bagwell (Stanford)
- Marianne Bertrand (Chicago-Booth)
- Aviv Nevo (Northwestern)
- Scott Stern (Northwestern-Kellogg)
WORKSHOP INFORMATION
- Schedule
- Thursday, November 19
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Conference Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 am – 5:00 pm - Friday, November 20
Conference Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Thursday, November 19
- Agenda
- Participant Bios
- Map of 601 New Jersey Avenue NW
- Hotel information
- Nearby Restaurants
PARTICIPANT PAPERS
- Federico Ciliberto (University of Virginia) with Simon Anderson, Jure Liaukonyte, and Regis Renault, Push-Me Pull-You: Comparative Advertising in the OTC Analgesics Industry [PDF]
- Ying Fan (University of Michigan), Market Structure and Product Quality in the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market [PDF]
- Christos Genakos (University of Cambridge) with Kai-Uwe Kuhn and John Van Reenen, Leveraging Monopoly Power by Limiting Inter-Operability: Theory and Evidence from Computer Markets [PDF]
- Jacob Gramlich (Georgetown University), Gas Prices, Fuel Efficiency, and Endogenous Product Choice in the U.S. Automobile Industry [PDF]
- Greg Lewis (Harvard University) with Matthew Backus, Demand Estimation in Auction Platform Markets [PDF]
- Mitsukuni Nishida (Johns Hopkins University), Estimating a Model of Strategic Network Choice: the Convenience-Store Industry in Okinawa [PDF]
- Marco Ottaviani (Northwestern University – Kellogg) with Roman Inderst, How (not) to Pay for Advice: A Framework for Consumer Protection [PDF]
- Devin Pope (University of Pennsylvania) with Justin Sydnor, What’s in a Picture? Evidence of Discrimination from Prosper.com [PDF]
- Johannes Van Beisebroeck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) with Aamir Hashmi, Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry [PDF]
- Sofia Villas Boas (University of California, Berkeley) with Kristin Kiesel, Another Nutritional Label - Experimenting with Grocery Store Shelf Labels and Consumer Choice [PDF]
- Liad Wagman (Illinois Institute of Technology) with Vincent Conitzer and Curtis Taylor, Who Benefits from Online Privacy? [PDF]
- Brett Wendling (Federal Trade Commission) with Daniel Hosken, The Impact of Drug Advertising on Consumer Choice in Health Care [PDF]
PRE-REGISTRATION
Pre-registration for this conference is not necessary, but is encouraged so that we may better plan for the event.
To
pre-register, please email the following information to BE-IOC@ftc.gov:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Affiliation
- Email address
- (Optional) Preferred Name (Please indicate any name preferences (i.e. Joe instead of Joseph) you may have.)
NOTE: When you pre-register, we will collect your name, affiliation, and your email address. This information will be used to estimate how many people will attend. We may use your email address to contact you with information about the conference. All attendees will be required to display a current driver's license or other valid form of photo identification.
CONTACT
Laura Kmitch
Bureau of Economics
202-326-3133
BE-IOC@ftc.gov