Current Research in Industrial Economics A. Organization I. Dates

Seminar: Current Research in Industrial Economics
A. Organization
I.
Dates
- Kick-off meeting and allocation of papers: 19.2.2016, 12:00, room 3.206, SSC.
- Students have to choose a paper from the list below. Students may also voluntarily propose
article(s) they are interested in.
- Students have to hand in a referee report.
- The seminar will be held as a block seminar on 28.4.2016 (9:00-17:00) and 29.4.2016 (9:0017:00).
II.
Referee report
- The report should be written in English and not exceed 10 pages.
- The referee report should describe the content of the paper, the contribution to the literature
as well as an evaluation of the paper.
III.
Presentation
- The presentation on 28./29.4.2016 should take 50 min (30 min of presentation and 20 min of
discussion).
B. Paper
I.
Theoretical Paper
Insulated Platform Competition
E. Glenn Weyl, Alex White (2012), Working Paper
The strategic use of download limits by a monopoly platform
Economides, Nicholas, and Benjamin E. Hermalin, The RAND
Journal of Economics 46.2 (2015): 297-327.
Either or Both Competition: A" Two-Sided" Theory of
Advertising with Overlapping Viewerships
Ambrus, Attila, Emilio Calvano, and Markus Reisinger, Economic
Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper 170 (2014),
Forthcoming AEJ
The Limits of Price Discrimination
Bergemann, Dirk, Benjamin Brooks, and Stephen Morris, 2015,
American Economic Review, 105(3): 921-57.
Suspense and Surprise
Ely, Jeffrey, Alexander Frankel, and Emir Kamenica, Journal of
Political Economy 123.1 (2015): 215-260.
Network competition with income effects Tangerås, T. P. (2014),
The RAND Journal of Economics, 45: 645–673.
http://crm.sem.tsinghua.edu.c
n/UploadFiles/File/201412/20
141229164937860.pdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12087/full
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/P
apers.cfm?abstract_id=24468
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http://www.benjaminbrooks.n
et/downloads/bbm_limits.pdf
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1
0.1086/677350?seq=1#page_s
can_tab_contents
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12066/abstract
The welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination in http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
intermediate good markets: the case of bargaining
/doi/10.1111/1756O'Brien, D. P. (2014), The RAND Journal of Economics, 45: 92–115. 2171.12043/abstract
Vertical Relations under Credit Constraints
Nocke, V. and Thanassoulis, J. (2014), Journal of the European
Economic Association, 12: 337–367.
Sales and Collusion in a Market with Storage Nava, F. and
Schiraldi, P. (2014), Journal of the European Economic Association,
12: 791–832.
Competition under consumer loss aversion
Karle, H. and Peitz, M. (2014), The RAND Journal of Economics,
45: 1–31.
Naked exclusion with minimum-share requirements
Chen, Z. and Shaffer, G. (2014), The RAND Journal of Economics,
45: 64–91.
Market structure and the competitive effects of vertical
integration
Loertscher, S. and Reisinger, M. (2014), The RAND Journal of
Economics, 45: 471–494.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/jeea.12067/abst
ract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/jeea.12046/abst
ract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12040/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12042/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12058/abstract
New, Like New, or Very Good? Reputation and Credibility
http://restud.oxfordjournals.o
Jullien, Bruno and In-Uck Park (2014), The Review of Economic rg/content/81/4/1543.abstrac
Studies 81: 1543-1574.
t
The Political Economy of Regulation in Markets with naïve
Consumers
Warren, P. L. and Wood, D. H. (2014), Journal of the European
Economic Association, 12: 1617–1642.
Efficient Entry in Competing Auctions
Albrecht, James, Pieter A. Gautier, and Susan Vroman (2014),
American Economic Review, 104(10): 3288-96.
Optimal auction design in two-sided markets
Gomes, R. (2014), Optimal auction design in two-sided markets.
The RAND Journal of Economics, 45: 248–272.
Insulated Platform Competition
White, A. and Weyl, E. G. (2012), NET Institute Working Paper No.
10-17.
Pass-Through as an Economic Tool: Principles of Incidence under
Imperfect Competition
Weyl, E. G. and Fabinger, M. (2013), Journal of Political Economy,
121 (3), Forthcoming.
Multiproduct Retailing
Rhodes, A. (2015), Review of Economic Studies, 82 (1): 360-390.
Targeted advertising and advertising avoidance
Johnson, J. P. (2013), RAND Journal of Economics, 44: 128-144.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/jeea.12087/abst
ract
https://www.aeaweb.org/artic
les.php?doi=10.1257/aer.104.
10.3288
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12050/abstract
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p
apers.cfm?abstract_id=16943
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p
apers.cfm?abstract_id=13244
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http://restud.oxfordjournals.o
rg/content/82/1/360.abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12014/abstract
The Economics of Network Neutrality
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p
Economides, N. and Hermalin, B. E. (2012), RAND Journal of apers.cfm?abstract_id=17239
Economics, 2012; NET Institute Working Paper No. 10-25; NYU Law 45
and Economics Research Paper No. 10-57.
Competition for attention in the Information (overload) Age
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Anderson, S. P. and de Palma, A. (2012), RAND Journal of /doi/10.1111/j.1756Economics, 43: 1–25.
2171.2011.00155.x/abstract
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Empirical Paper
The Effects of Mergers on Product Positioning: Evidence from
the Music Radio Industry
Sweeting, A. (2010), RAND Journal of Economics,41(2)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/j.17562171.2010.00104.x/full
Dynamic Product Positioning in Differentiated Product
Industries: The Effect of Fees for Musical Performance Rights on
the Commercial Radio Industry
Sweeting, A. (2013), Econometrica,81(5):1763-1803
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.3982/ECTA7473/abstr
act
Do Mergers Increase Product Variety? Evidence From Radio
Broadcasting
Berry, S.T., and J. Waldfogel (2001), The Quarterly Journal of
Economics 116, 1009-1025
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2
696424?seq=1#page_scan_ta
b_contents
Productivity and Quality in Health Care: Evidence from the
Dialysis Industry
Paul Grieco and Ryan C. McDevitt, December 2015 (working
paper – available on his website)
Borders, Geography, and Oligopoly: Evidence from the Wind
Turbine Industry (and Online Appendix)
A. Cosar, P. Grieco and F.Tintelnot, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 97(3): 623-637, July 2015.
http://www.personal.psu.edu
/plg15/gm_dialysis_Dec2015.
pdf
How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from
India
Allcott, Hunt, Allan Collard-Wexler, and Stephen D. O'Connell
(2015)." American Economic Review, forthcoming. (codes for
replication on website)
Pass-Through of Emissions Costs in Electricity Markets
Fabra, Natalia, and Mar Reguant. "" The American Economic
Review 104.9 (2014): 2872-2899.
Innovation, reallocation and growth
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr,
Working Paper, No. w18993, National Bureau of Economic
Research, 2013.
What Drives Home Market Advantage?
Kerem Cosar, Paul Grieko Shengyu Li, and Felix Tintelnot,
Working Paper, No. w21583, National Bureau of Economic
Research, 2015.
Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband,
Nevo, Aviv and Turner, John L. and Williams, Jonathan W., UsageBased Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband (October
2015). Econometrica, Forthcoming.
http://www.personal.psu.edu
/plg15/cgt_wind_May2014.pd
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http://www.personal.psu.edu
/plg15/cgt_wind_appendix.pd
f
http://www.nber.org/papers/
w19977
https://docs.google.com/view
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GlhZmFicmF8Z3g6NmFhYmVh
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http://www.nber.org/papers/
w18993
http://www.personal.psu.edu
/plg15/cglt_cars_Sep2015.pdf
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p
apers.cfm?abstract_id=23304
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Prices, Markups and Trade Reform
Jan De Loecker, Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Amit K. Khandelwal, Nina
Pavcnik, Working Paper, July 2015, Forthcoming in Econometrica.
http://www.nber.org/papers/
w17925
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Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry
Nickolas Bloom, Mark Schankerman and John Van Reenen,
Econometrica, Vol. 81, No. 4 (July, 2013), 1347–1393
https://people.stanford.edu/n
bloom/sites/default/files/bsv.
pdf
Uncertainty and Investment Dynamics
Nick Bloom, Steve Bond and John Van Reenen, Review of
Economic Studies (2007) 74, 391–415.
https://people.stanford.edu/n
bloom/sites/default/files/roes
_7923.pdf
Estimation of cost efficiencies from mergers: application to US http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
radio
/doi/10.1111/1756Jeziorski, P. (2014), The RAND Journal of Economics, 45: 816–846. 2171.12072/abstract
Quantifying search and switching costs in the US auto insurance http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
industry
/doi/10.1111/1756Honka, E. (2014), The RAND Journal of Economics, 45: 847–884.
2171.12073/abstract
Resale and Rent-Seeking: An Application to Ticket Markets
http://restud.oxfordjournals.o
Leslie, Phillip and Alan Sorensen (2013), The Review of Economic rg/content/81/1/266.abstract
Studies 81: 266-300.
Adverse selection in the used-car market: evidence from
purchase and repair patterns in the Consumer Expenditure
Survey
Peterson, J. R. and Schneider, H. S. (2014), The RAND Journal of
Economics, 45: 140–154.
Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence
from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing
Ito, Koichiro (2014), American Economic Review, 104(2): 537-63.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
/doi/10.1111/17562171.12045/abstract
https://www.aeaweb.org/artic
les.php?doi=10.1257/aer.104.
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Ownership Consolidation and Product Characteristics: A Study of http://www.ingentaconnect.c
the US Daily Newspaper Market
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Fan, Y. (2013), American Economic Review, 103(5): 1598-1628.
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Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods
https://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/
Gowrisankaran, G. and Rysman, M. (2012), Journal of Political jpolec/doi10.1086Economy, 120 (6): 1173-1219
669540.html
Propaganda and conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan genocide
Yanagizawa-Drott, David, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
129.4 (2014): 1947-1994.
http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/
content/129/4/1947.short
The Unfavorable Economics of Measuring the Returns to
Advertising*
Lewis, Randall A., and Justin M. Rao, The Quarterly Journal of
Economics (2015): qjv023.
http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/
content/early/2015/07/06/qje
.qjv023.abstract
Radio and the Rise of The Nazis in Prewar Germany
Adena, Maja, et al., The Quarterly Journal of Economics 130.4
(2015): 1885-1939.
http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/
content/130/4/1885.short
Estimating a War of Attrition: The Case of the US Movie Theater
Industry
Takahashi, Yuya, 2015, American Economic Review, 105(7):
2204-41.
https://www.aeaweb.org/artic
les.php?doi=10.1257/aer.2011
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Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16
and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing
Kearney, Melissa S., and Phillip B. Levine, The American Economic
Review 105.12 (2015): 3597-3632.
https://www.aeaweb.org/artic
les.php?doi=10.1257/aer.2014
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