International Industrial Organization Conference Wieboldt Hall ...

V.N. Markets with Private Information
Saturday, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Wieboldt 305
Chair: Mark Israel, Northwestern University Kellogg
School of Management
S5N1
S5N2
S5N3
Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas
"Are Lemons Really Hot Potatoes?"
(with Maxim Engers, University of Virginia, and
Steven Stern, University of Virginia)
Discussant: Olivia Ceccarini, University of
Pennsylvania
Philippe Marcoul, Iowa State University
"Fishing for Information" (with Quinn Weninger,
Iowa University)
Discussant: Pau Olivella, Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona
Winand Emons, University of Bern
"The Market for Used Cars: A New Test of the
Lemons Models" (with George Sheldon, University
of Basle)
Discussant: Mark Israel, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
V.P. Empirical Studies of Regulation
Saturday, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Wieboldt 347
Chair: Simon Wilkie, California Institute of Technology
S5P1
S5P2
S5P3
Terry Robinson, Machester School of Management
"The Revealed Preferance of Regulatory Options"
Discussant: Chris Klein, Middle Tennessee State
University
David Saal, Aston Business School
"Incentive Regulation, Environmental Investment,
and their Impact on Productivity Growth in the
English and Welsh Water and Sewerage Industry"
(with Scott Reid, Stone and Webster Consultants)
Discussant: Marcelo Torres, University of
California, Davis
Sang Lee, Southeastern Louisiana University
"The Adoption of Privatization Policy in
Telecommunications: A Duration Analysis of
Reverse Causality" (with Shakil Quayes,
Southeastern Louisian University)
Discussant: Simon Wilkie, California Institute of
Technology
V.O. Labor Markets
Saturday, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Wieboldt 348
Chair: Matthew Shum, Johns Hopkins University
V.Q. Interfirm Cooperation in R&D II
Saturday, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Wieboldt 307
Chair: Roberto Cellini, Universita di Catania
S5O1
S5O2
S5O3
Matthew Shum, Johns Hopkins University
"Interpreting Intra-firm Wage Differentials in Retail
Chains Using Tournament Models"
Discussant: Phillipe Marcoul, Iowa State University
Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College
"The Large-Firm Wage Premium, the Manager's
Scope of Responsibility, and Incentive Pay"
Discussant: Alessandra Luzzi, St. Anna School of
Advanced Studies
Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University Kellogg
School of Management
"Labor Market Frictions, Job Insecurity, and the
Flexibility of the Employment Relationship"
(with Paolo Ramezzana, London School of
Economics, and Frederic Nicoud, University of
Geneva)
Discussant: John McHale, Queen's University
S5Q1
S5Q2
S5Q3
Luca Lambertini, University of Bologna
"The Gains from Cooperative R&D with a Concave
Technolgy and Spillovers" (with Gianpaolo Rossini,
University of Bologna)
Discussant: Cristian Dezso, New York University
Stern School of Business
Nanyun Zhang, Michigan State University
"Incomplete Patent Pool and Competing Patent
Pools"
Discussant: Roberto Cellini, Universita di Catania
Steffen Brenner, Technical University Munich
"Incentives to Join a Patent Pool"
Discussant: Leslie Neubecker, University of
Tuebingen
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