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

Conference Program    |     Flyer

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)