The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics hosted a two day conference to 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 included online advertising, information disclosure, horizontal and vertical mergers, bundling, loyalty and other discounts, dynamic oligopoly, intellectual property, and behavioral and experimental economics.
The scientific committee for the conference was:
- Susan Athey (Harvard)
- Patrick Bajari (Minnesota)
- John List (Chicago)
- Carl Shapiro (Berkeley)
- Scott Stern (Northwestern-Kellogg)
WORKSHOP INFORMATION
- Agenda [PDF]
- Participant Bios [PDF]
- Transcripts:
- November 6, 2008 - Day 1 [PDF]
- November 7, 2008 - Day 2 [PDF]
- Map of 601 New Jersey Avenue NW
- Hotel information
- Nearby Restaurants
PARTICIPANT PAPERS
- Pablo Chavez, Privacy & Innovation [PDF]
- Marie Connolly-Pray (Cornerstone Research), Discussion of ‘The Welfare Effects of Ticket Resale’ [PDF]
- Cary Deck (University of Arkansas), Price Discrimination with Sequential Purchasing: Theory and Experiments [PDF]; Sequential Pricing: Theory and Experiments [PDF]
- Patrick DeGraba, Discussion of ‘Why Tie a Product Consumers Do Not Use? [PDF]
- Jeremy Fox (University of Chicago), Improving the Numerical Performance of BLP Static and Dynamic Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Estimation (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Anindya Ghose (New York University), Modeling and Estimating the Relationship Between Organic and Paid Search Advertising
- Sue Glueck (Microsoft Corporation), Online Advertising Technology Overview [PDF]
- Joe Harrington, Discussion of ‘The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion’ [PDF]
- James Hilger (Federal Trade Commission), Expert Opinion and the Demand for Experience Goods: An Experimental Approach in the Retail [PDF]
- Günter Hitsch (University of Chicago), Tipping and Concentration in Markets with Indirect Network Effects [PDF]
- Dean Karlan (Yale University), Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Savings Account for Smoking Cessation (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Robin Lee (NYU Stern, Yahoo! Research), Discussion of ‘Tipping and Concentration in Markets with Indirect Network Effects’ [PDF]
- Robert Letzler (Federal Trade Commission), Tying the Experimental Papers to Larger Intellectual Projects [PDF]
- John List (University of Chicago and NBER), Using Field Experiments to Explore Collusion in Open Air Markets [PDF]
- Stephan Meier (Columbia University), Charging Myopically Ahead: Evidence on Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Amalia Miller (University of Virginia and MIT Sloan), Privacy Protection and Technology Diffusion: The Case of Electronic Medical Records [PDF]
- Matthew Osborne, Discussion of ‘Using Mergers to Test a Model of Oligopoly’ [PDF]
- Steve Puller (Texas A&M University), Testing Theories of Price Dispersion and Scarcity Pricing in the Airline Industry
- David Reiley (University of Arizona), Retail Advertising Works! Measuring the Effects of Advertising on Sales via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo! (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Christian Rojas (University of Massachusetts Amherst), The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Nancy Rose (MIT & NBER), Discussion of ‘Testing Theories of Scarcity Pricing and Price Dispersion in the Airline Industry’ [PDF]
- Katja Seim (University of Pennsylvania), Beyond Plain Vanilla: Modeling Joint Product Assortment and Pricing Decisions (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Carl Shapiro (U.C. Berkeley), Mergers with Unilateral Effects: An Economic Alternative to Market Definition (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Gail Slater (Federal Trade Commission), Merger Simulation [PDF]
- Minjae Song (University of Rochester), Sleeping with the Enemy: Inter-firm Product Combinations [PDF]
- Alan Sorensen (Stanford University), The Welfare Effects of Ticket Resale (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Scott Stern (Northwestern-Kellogg), Is There a Market for Ideas?
- Andrew Sweeting (Duke University), Equilibrium Price Dynamics in Perishable Goods Markets: The Case of Secondary Markets for Major League Baseball Tickets (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Wei Tan (SUNY Stony Brook), Discussion of ‘Sleeping with the Enemy: Inter-firm Product Combinations in the Pharmaceutical Industry’ [PDF]
- Mike Vita (Federal Trade Commission), Merger Simulation at the FTC [PDF]
- Michael Waldman (Cornell University), Why Tie a Product Consumers Do Not Use? Explanations-Efficiency, Price Discrimination, and Exclusion (Presentation) (Written Paper) [PDF]
- Matthew Weinberg (University of Georgia), An Evaluation of Merger Simulations [PDF]; Using Mergers to Test a Model of Oligopoly [PDF]
- Pai-Ling Yin (MIT Sloan Management), Discussion of ‘Retail Advertising Works!’ [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 your name and affiliation to BE-IOC@ftc.gov.
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.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
CONTACT
Marissa Crawford
Bureau of Economics
BE-IOC@ftc.gov
202-326-3293