DC IO Conference Schedule 2016

9:00                Coffee & Pastries

9:15-10:05    Jorge Balat (JHU), “Heterogeneous Firms: Skilled-Labor Productivity and the Destination of Exports”

                         Discussion: Kirk White (US Census)

10:10-11:00  Seung-Hyun Hong (NSF), “Principal Agent Problems in Search and Bargaining: Evidence from Dual Agency in Real Estate Transactions”

                        Discussion: Elliot Anenberg (Federal Reserve)

11:00-11:20  Coffee

11:20-12:20  Economics of Data Disclosure

                        Presentation by: Denis Nekipelov (UVa)

                        Discussion by:  Mike Larsen (GWU) and Devesh Raval (FTC)

12:20-12:50  Lunch Break

12:50-1:50    Keynote Lunch Address by Steve Berry (Yale) on the AT&T/DirectTV Merger

                        Introduced by Marius Schwartz (Georgetown)

                        Followed by a question and answer session

2:00-2:50       Jose Azar (CRA), “Ultimate Ownership and Bank Competition”

                        Discussion: Robert Adams (Federal Reserve)

2:50-3:10       Break

3:10-4:00       Sergei Koulayev (CFPB), “No Shopping in the US Mortgage Market: Direct and Strategic Effects of Providing Information”

                        Discussion: Serafin Grundl (Federal Reserve)

4:00-4:50       Chris Garmon (FTC), “The Accuracy of Hospital Merger Screening Methods”

Discussant:  Zenon Zabinski (Bates White)

4:50                Finish