DC Industrial Organization Day Schedule

Friday May 25 2018

Location: UMD MA Suite, Ground Floor, 1400 16^th Street

Organizer: Andrew Sweeting (UMD), sweeting@econ.umd.edu

Angela Harmon (UMD), harmon@econ.umd.edu

9:00 Coffee

9:15-10:05 Gloria Sheu and Charles Taragin (US Department of Justice)

“Simulating Mergers in a Vertical Supply Chain with Bargaining”

Discussant: Jeremy Sandford (FTC)

10:05-10:20 Break

10:20-11:10 Katalin Springel (RFF)

“Network Externality and Subsidy Structure in Two-Sided Markets: Evidence from Electric Vehicle Incentives”

Discussant: Christy Zhou (Clemson)

11:10-11:25 Break

11:25-12:15 Gaurab Aryal, Federico Ciliberto and Ben Leyden (UVA)

“Public Communication and Collusion in the Airline Industry”

Discussant: Yuya Takahashi (JHU)

12:15-1:15 Lunch and Student Posters

Alex Gross (UVA)

Ryutah Kato (JHU)

Yongjoon Park (UMD)

Cailin Slattery (UVA)

Jeremy Wong (Georgetown)

Jun Zhang (UMD)

1:15-2:15 Marius Schwartz (Georgetown) and Dan Vincent (UMD)

“Platform Competition with User Rebates Under No Surcharge Rules”

Discussant: Paolo Ramezzana (FTC)

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:20 Jacob Gramlich and Serafin Grundl (Federal Reserve Board)

“The Effect of Common Ownership on Profits: Evidence from the US Banking Industry”

Discussant: Minjae Song (Bates White)

3:20-3:30 Break

3:30-4:20 Sungjin Cho (Seoul National), Gong Lee, John Rust and Mengkai Yu (Georgetown)

“Optimal Dynamic Hotel Pricing”

Discussant: Andrew Sweeting (UMD)

4:30 Close