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Workshop on Industrial Organization
 
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
IESE Business School
Room Q-302
C/ Arnús i Garí, 3-7
08034
Barcelona (Spain)
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Barcelona, June 17, 2008

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This research workshop is the ninth in a series of quarterly workshops organized by the SP-SP Center. The aim of the workshops is to bring together researchers in the Barcelona area to discuss different topics in applied microeconomics. For this edition we have selected eight papers dealing with different aspects of Industrial Organization (auctions, mergers and other issues).

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Program


9:30-10:15 Paper: Equilibrium Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions: Theory and Evidence
(PDF, 302 Kb) Presenter: Martin Pesendorfer, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
See presentation (PDF, 228 Kb)

Discussant: Roberto Burguet (IAE-CSIC)
See presentation
10:15-11:00

Paper: On the impact of Forward Contract Obligations in Multi-Unit Auctions (PDF, 288 Kb)
Presenter: Natalia Fabra, Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
See presentation (PDF, 727 Kb)

Discussant: Jordi Brandts (IAE-CSIC)
See presentation (PDF, 74 Kb)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 Paper: Dynamic Merger Review
(PDF, 408 Kb)
Presenter: Volker Nocke, Professor of Industrial Economics, University of Oxford
See presentation (PDF, 99 Kb)

Discussant: Ramon Faulí-Oller (University of Alicante)
See presentation (PDF, 140 Kb)
12:15-13:00 Paper: On Mergers in Consumer Search Markets (PDF, 726 Kb)
Presenter: Jose Luis Moraga, Professor of Industrial Organization, University of Groningen
See presentation (PDF, 586 Kb)

Discussant: Ramon Caminal (IAE-CSIC)
See presentation
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Paper: Strategic Supply Function Competition with Private Information (PDF, 279 Kb)
Presenter: Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics, IESE Business School
See presentation (PDF, 251 Kb)

Discussant: Juan José Ganuza (Pompeu Fabra University)
See presentation
(PDF, 348 Kb)
14:45-15:30 Paper: The Home Selling Problem: Theory and Evidence (PDF, 318 Kb)
Presenter: Francois Ortalo-Magne, Associate Professor, Wisconsin School of Business
See presentation (PDF, 205 Kb)

Discussant: Núria Mas (IESE Business School)
See presentation
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:45 Paper: The Market for Intellectual Property: Evidence from the Transfer of Patents (PDF, 441 Kb)
Presenter: Carlos J. Serrano, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
See presentation (PDF, 145 Kb)

Discussant: Bruno Cassiman (IESE Business School)
See presentation (PDF, 104 Kb)
16:45-17:30 Paper: The Welfare Effects of Tying Arrangements between Durable Goods and their Aftermarket Services: Monopoly in the Durable Good (PDF, 158 Kb)
Presenter: Martin Perry, Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
See presentation

Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens (IAE-CSIC)
See presentation



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Coordinators

Prof. Xavier Vives
Professor of Economics and Financial Management
Academic Director of the Public-Private Sector Research Center
IESE Business School


Angel Luis López
Postdoctoral Fellow, Public-Private Sector Research Center, IESE Business School

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SP-SP Center

The Public-Private Sector Research Center was created in October of 2001. Its mission is to foster cooperation between the private sector and public administrations, as well as the exchange of ideas and initiatives, through dialogue, research and education.

The Center is sponsored by the following organizations: Accenture, Ajuntament de Barcelona, BBVA, Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona, Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya, Diputació de Barcelona, Garrigues, Generalitat de Catalunya, Sanofi- Aventis, Telefonica, T-Systems and VidaCaixa.



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