Empirical IO Conference | 2024
Current Topics in Empirical Industrial Organization
Friday, March 1, 2024
University of Florida, Warrington College of Business
Bryan Hall 232
Sponsored by the Robert F. Lanzillotti Public Policy Research Center and the
Economics Department, University of Florida
Organized by Javier D. Donna and Ignacia Mercadal
Agenda
08:00am-08:25am Registration and Breakfast (Bryan Hall 232)
08-25am-08-30am Welcome (Bryan Hall 232)
Javier D. Donna, Department of Economics, University of Florida
Ignacia Mercadal, Department of Economics, University of Florida
08:30am-09:30am Common Ownership and Competition in the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Industry
(with Matthew Backus and Christopher Conlon)
Michael Sinkinson, Yale School of Management
09:30am-10:30am Investment in Infrastructure and Trade: The Case of Ports (with Myrto
Kalouptsidi and Theodore Papageorgiou)
Giulia Brancaccio, NYU Stern School of Business
10:30am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:00pm Keynote Address: Entry and Exit in Treasury Auctions (with Jason Allen,
Eric Richert, and Milena Wittwer)
Ali Hortacsu, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
12:00pm-01:00pm Lunch (Bryan Hall 232)
01:00pm-02:00pm Auto Dealer Loan Intermediation: Consumer Behavior and Competitive Effects
(with Andreas Grunewald, Jonathan Lanning, and David Lo)
Tobias Salz, Department of Economics, MIT
02:00pm-03:00pm Why Do Index Funds Have Market Power? Quantifying Frictions in the Index Fund Market
(with Mark Egan, Jihye Jeon, Chuqing Jin, and Alex A. Wu)
Zach Y. Brown, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
03:00pm-03:30pm Break
03:30pm-04:30pm Keynote Address: Elasticity and Curvature of Discrete Choice Demand Models
(with Eugenio J. Miravete and Jeff Thurk)
Katja Seim, Yale School of Management
04:30pm-05:30pm How to Get Away with Merger: Stealth Consolidation and Its Effects on US Dialysis
Thomas Wollmann, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
05:30pm-06:30pm Cocktail Reception (AC Marriott Lounge)
07:00pm Dinner (Embers)