International Industrial Organization Conference Wieboldt Hall ...

II.O. Competition and Pricing in the Banking Industry
Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Wieboldt 348
Chair: Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board of
Governors
F2O1
F2O2
F2O3
F2O4
George Pennacchi, University of Illinois
"Harming Depositors and Helping Borrowers: The
Disparate Impact of Bank Consolidation" (with
Kwangwoo Park, Chung-Ang University)
Discussant: Astrid Dick, Federal Reserve Board of
Governors
Matthew Shum, Johns Hopkins University
"Do Mergers Improve Information? Evidence from
the Loan Market" (with Fabio Panetta, Banca
d?Italia, and Fabiano Schivardi, Banca d?Italia)
Discussant: Elizabeth Klee, Federal Reserve Board
of Governors
Robin Prager, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
"Multimarket Bank Pricing: An Empirical
Investigation of Deposit Interest Rates" (with
Timothy Hannan, Federal Reserve Board of
Governors)
Discussant: Marcello Pagnini, Bank of Italy
Kenneth Brevoort, Federal Reserve Board of
Governors)
"Who Competes with Whom? The Case of
Depository Institutions" (with Robert Adams, Federal
Reserve Board of Governors, and Elizabeth Kiser,
Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Discussant: Ayako Yasuda, University of
Pennsylvania
II.Q. Patents and R&D
Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Wieboldt 307
Chair: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University
F2Q1
F2Q2
F2Q3
F2Q4
Corinne Langinier, Iowa State University
"Pool of Basic Patents and Follow-up Innovations"
Discussant: Jorge Andres Ferrando Yanez, LEI-
CREST, ENPC
Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College
"Seeking Protection Versus Signaling Information:
The Two Choices of Firms When Deciding Where to
Patent"
Discussant: Corinne Langinier, Iowa State
University
Yann Meniere, Ecole des Mines de Paris
"Blocking Patents in Oligopoly" (with Sarah Parlane,
University College Dublin)
Discussant: Wolfgang Gick, Dartmouth College
Scott Stern, Northwestern University Kellogg School
of Management
"The Impact of Uncertain IP Rights on the Market for
Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays" (with
Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne, and David
Hsu, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School)
Discussant: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt
University
III.A. Optimal Policies Against Cartels
Saturday, 9:30-11:00 a.m., Wieboldt 147
Chair: Nicholas Economides, New York University
Stern School of Business
II.P. Torts: Theory and Evidence
Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Wieboldt 347
Chair: Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago
F2P1
F2P2
F2P3
Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University
"Markets, Torts and Social Inefficiency" (with
Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University)
Discussant: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Daniel Flores-Guri, Skidmore College
"Do CAFE Standards Kill People?"
Discussant: Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago
Yong-Kyun Bae, SUNY Stony Brook
"The Effects of Vehicle Recalls on Safety in the
U.S."
Discussant: Ioana Marinescu, London School of
Economics
S3A1
S3A2
S3A3
Giancarlo Spagnolo, University of Mannheim
"Divide et Impera: Optimal Deterrence Mechanisms
Against Cartels and Organized Crime"
Discussant: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt
University
Stephen Martin, Purdue University Krannert School
of Management
"Competition Policy, Collusion, and Tacit Collusion"
Discussant: Nicholas Economides, New York
University Stern School of Business
Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University
"Cartel Formation in the Midst of Buyer Detection"
Discussant: Emmanuel Dechenaux, Purdue
University Krannert School of Management
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