ESWC 2005: Congress Programme

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SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2005


09:00 - 10:45 PAIRED INVITED LECTURES
Applied and Empirical Microeconomics



09:00 - 10:45 EMPIRICAL MODELLING OF IMPERFECT COMPETITION (AEM)
Chairperson: James Powell, UC Berkeley
Discussant: Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University
Room Cruciform LT1

  EMPIRICAL MODELS OF AUCTIONS
Susan Athey, Stanford University and Phil Haile, Yale

 
  EMPIRICAL MODELS OF OLIGOPOLY ENTRY PRICING AND DIFFERENTIATION
Steve Berry, Yale University and Elie Tamer, Northwestern University
 

09:00 - 10:45 PAIRED INVITED LECTURES
Econometrics



09:00 - 10:45 FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS (ECO)
Chairperson: Robert Engle, New York University
Discussant: Oliver Linton, LSE
Room Z3 - Ingold Auditorium

  THE ECONOMETRICS OF ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY DATA AND MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE NOISE
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University

 
  VARIATION, JUMPS, MARKET FRICTIONS AND HIGH FREQUENCY DATA IN FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS
Neil Shephard, Oxford University
Co-Author: Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, University of Aarhus
 

09:00 - 10:45 PAIRED INVITED LECTURES
Experimental and Behavioral Economics



09:00 - 10:45 BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS (EBE)
Chairperson: Jean Tirole, IDEI
Discussant: Ariel Rubinstein, tel aviv univeristy and new york university
Room Bloomsbury Theatre

  BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS
Colin Camerer, Caltech

 
  INCENTIVES AND SELF CONTROL
Matthew Rabin, University of California, Berkeley
 

10:45 - 11:15 BREAK



11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Macroeconomics



11:15 - 12:45 BORROWING CONSTRAINTS (MAC)
Chairperson: Emilio Fernandez-Corugedo, Centre for Central Banking Studies, Bank of England
Room Z3 - Ingold Auditorium

  BORROWING CONSTRAINTS, COLLEGE AID, AND INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
Charles Ka Yui LEUNG, Chinese Univ of Hong Kong
Co-Authors: Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Kuzey Yilmaz, Koc University

 
  HOUSING, PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Cesaire Meh, Bank of Canada
Co-Author: Yaz Terajima, Bank of Canda

 
  CONSUMER CREDIT CONDITIONS IN THE UK
Emilio Fernandez-Corugedo, Centre for Central Banking Studies, Bank of England
Co-Author: John Muellbauer, Official Fellow
 

11:15 - 12:45 HUMAN CAPITAL AND GROWTH (MAC)
Chairperson: Neville Nien-Huei Jiang, Vanderbilt University
Room Z3 - Ingold LT

  INTELLIGENCE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EXTREME-BOUNDS ANALYSIS
Garett Jones, Southern Illinois University

 
  EDUCATION AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EARNINGS AND WEALTH INEQUALITY
Yaz Terajima, Bank of Canda

 
  ABILITY-HETEROGENEITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Neville Nien-Huei Jiang, Vanderbilt University
Co-Authors: Ping Wang, Vanderbilt University and Haibin Wu, University of Alberta
 

11:15 - 12:45 MONETARY ECONOMICS IV (MAC)
Chairperson: Chiara Scotti, University of Pennsylvania
Room Z3 - Archeology

  MONEY AND CAPITAL
S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland
Co-Authors: Christopher Waller, University of Notre Dame and Randall Wright, University of Pennsylvania

 
  PRECAUTIONARY BALANCES AND THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION OF MONEY
Miquel Faig, University of Toronto
Co-Author: Belén Jerez, UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID

 
  A MULTIVARIATE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF POLICY RATES: FED AND ECB TIMING AND LEVEL DECISIONS
Chiara Scotti, University of Pennsylvania
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Finance



11:15 - 12:45 CORPORATE MISSREPORTING (FIN)
Chairperson: Angelo Baglioni, Catholic University
Room Z2 - Engineering LT1

  MANAGERS' COMPENSATION AND MISREPORTING: A COSTLY STATE VERIFICATION APPROACH
Luca Colombo, Catholic University - Milano
Co-Author: Angelo Baglioni, Catholic University

 
  CORPORATE FRAUD AND COSTLY MONITORING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF A SIMULTANEOUS SYSTEM WITH PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY
Si Li, Duke University

 
  ACCOUNTING FRAUD AND THE PRICING OF CORPORATE LIABILITIES: STRUCTURAL MODELS WITH GARBLING
Umberto Cherubini, University of Bologna
Co-Author: Angelo Baglioni, Catholic University
 

11:15 - 12:45 ASSET PRICING, IPO, AND HETEROGENEITY (FIN)
Chairperson: Matthew Pritsker, Federal Reserve Board
Room Z2 - Engineering LT2

  STRETCHED TOO THIN: THE EFFECT OF INVESTMENT BANKING CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN HOT IPO MARKETS
Naveen Khanna, Michigan State University
Co-Authors: Thomas Noe, Tulane University and Ramana Sonti, A.B. Freeman School of business. Tulane University

 
  A MARKET MODEL WITH INSIDER'S TRADES AND NO INFORMATION TRANSMISSION
Emilio Barucci, University of Pisa
Co-Authors: roberto monte, university of rome II and barbara trivellato, politecnico di torino

 
  A FULLY-RATIONAL LIQUIDITY-BASED THEORY OF IPO UNDERPRICING AND UNDERPERFORMANCE
Matthew Pritsker, Federal Reserve Board
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Public/Political Economics



11:15 - 12:45 PUBLIC GOODS (PPE)
Chairperson: Andreas Lange, University of Maryland
Room Z2 - Hill

  BARGAINING OVER PUBLIC GOODS
Julio Davila, U of Pennsylvania and Cermsem (CNRS-U Paris 1)
Co-Authors: Jan Eeckhout, U of Pennsylvania and Cesar Martinelli, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

 
  PRIVATE INFORMATION OF NONPATERNALISTIC ALTRUISM: EXAGGERATION AND RECIPROCATION OF GENEROSITY
Yuk-fai Fong, Norhwestern University

 
  USING LOTTERIES TO RAISE MONEY FOR PUBLIC GOODS:EVIDENCE FROM A DOOR-TO-DOOR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
Andreas Lange, University of Maryland
Co-Authors: John List, U Maryland and Michael Price, U Maryland
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Development Economics



11:15 - 12:45 AID, POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT (DEV)
Chairperson: Almuth Scholl, Humboldt-University of Berlin
Room Z3 - Gordon House

  DONOR POLICIES AND AID EFFECTIVENESS
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen

 
  REFORMS AND CONFIDENCE
Pertti Haaparanta, Helsinki School of Economics
Co-Author: Jukka Pirttilä, Labour Institute for Economic Research

 
  CONDITIONAL FOREIGN AID, LIMITED ENFORCEABILITY AND GROWTH
Almuth Scholl, Humboldt-University of Berlin
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Applied and Empirical Microeconomics



11:15 - 12:45 FERTILITY AND MARRIAGE (AEM)
Chairperson: Sonia Oreffice, Clemson University
Room Z2 - Biochemistry

  SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND FERTILITY: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD QUESTION
Louise Keely, University of Wisconsin

 
  THE LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION AND WOMEN'S BARGAINING POWER: A MARRIAGE MARKET ANALYSIS
Sonia Oreffice, Clemson University
Co-Author: Chiappori Pierre, Columbia University

 
  DOES FERTILITY RESPOND TO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES?
Guy Laroque, INSEE-CREST
Co-Author: Bernard Salanié,
 

11:15 - 12:45 PRODUCTIVITY AND ENTREPRENERSHIP (AEM)
Chairperson: Hodaka Morita, School of Economics, University of New South Wales
Room Z3 - Ricardo

  FIRM SIZE AND THE QUALITY OF ENTREPRENEURS
Hvide Hans K., Norwegian School of Economics and Business and CEPR

 
  FIRM DYNAMICS, LABOR MOBILITY AND SPECIFIC HUMAN CAPITAL
Hodaka Morita, School of Economics, University of New South Wales

 
  MANAGEMENT MATTERS: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PRODUCTIVITY DISPERSION BETWEEN FIRMS AND NATIONS
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics
Co-Authors: Nick Bloom, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Stephen Bond, Nuffield College, Oxford
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Labor Economics



11:15 - 12:45 CAREERS AND TRAINING (LAB)
Chairperson: Chris Harris, Cambridge
Room Z2 - Embriology

  TEACHING TO THE TOP AND SEARCHING FOR SUPERSTARS
Heski Bar-Isaac, New York University
Co-Author: Juanjo Ganuza, UPF

 
  DRIVE AND TALENT
Wei Li, University of California, Riverside

 
  FIRM-SPECIFIC TRAINING
Chris Harris, Cambridge
 

11:15 - 12:45 WAGE INEQUALITY (LAB)
Chairperson: Pedro Carneiro, University College London
Room Z2 - Young

  ESTIMATION OF CAUSAL EFFECTS ON WAGE INEQUALITY USING IV METHODS AND SAMPLE SELECTION MODELS
Stacey Chen, SUNY at Albany
Co-Author: Shakeeb Kahn, Rochester

 
  THE COMPUTER EVOLUTION: DIFFUSION AND THE U.S. WAGE DISTRIBUTION, 1984-2003
Robert Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

 
  ABILITY, SORTING AND WAGE INEQUALITY
Pedro Carneiro, University College London
Co-Author: Sokbae Lee, University College London
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
International Economics



11:15 - 12:45 TRADE AND FIRM HETEROGENEITY (INT)
Chairperson: Miguel Fuentes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Room Z3 - Jevons

  IMPORT PROTECTION AS EXPORT DESTRUCTION
Hiroyuki Kasahara, The University of Western Ontario
Co-Author: Beverly Lapham, Queen's University

 
  COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS
Stephen Redding, London School of Economics and CEPR
Co-Authors: Andrew Bernard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Peter Schott, Yale School of Management

 
  FIRM DYNAMICS AND REAL EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS:DOES TRADE OPENNESS MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM MEXICO'S MANUFACTURINGSECTOR
Miguel Fuentes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Co-Author: Ibarraran Pablo, IADB
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Econometrics



11:15 - 12:45 ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC GAMES (ECO)
Chairperson: Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University
Room Z2 - Darwin

  ESTIMATING DYNAMIC MODELS OF IMPERFECT COMPETITION
Patrick Bajari, University of Michigan

 
  SIMPLE ESTIMATORS FOR THE PARAMETERS OF DISCRETE DYNAMIC GAMES (WITH ENTRY/EXIT EXAMPLES)
Michael Ostrovsky, Harvard University

 
  SEQUENTIAL ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC DISCRETE GAMES
Victor Aguirregabiria, Boston University
 

11:15 - 12:45 VOLATILITY I (ECO)
Chairperson: Pedro L. Valls Pereira, Ibmec São Paulo
Room Z4 - B20

  A SIMPLE LONG MEMORY MODEL OF REALIZED VOLATILITY
Fulvio Corsi, University of Lugano

 
  FRACTIONAL COINTEGRATION IN STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY MODELS
Afonso Gonçalves da Silva, London School of Economics
Co-Author: Peter Robinson, London School of Economics

 
  HOW PERSISTENT IS VOLATILITY? AN ANSWER WITH MARKOV REGIME SWITCHING STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY MODELS
Pedro L. Valls Pereira, Ibmec São Paulo
Co-Authors: Soosung Hwang, Cass Business School and STEPHEN SATCHELL, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
 

11:15 - 12:45 NONPARAMETRIC NONSEPARABLE MODELS I (ECO)
Chairperson: Roger Klein, Rutgers University
Room Z4 - B35

  ENDOGENEITY IN NON SEPARABLE MODELS. APPLICATION TO TREATMENT MODELS WHERE THE OUTCOME ARE DURATIONS
Florens Jean-Pierre, University of Toulouse 1

 
  QUANTILE REGRESSION METHODS FOR RECURSIVE STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS
Lingjie Ma, PanAgora Asset Management
Co-Author: Roger Koenker, U. Illinois

 
  ESTIMATING A CLASS OF TRIANGULAR SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS MODELS WITHOUT EXCLUSION RESTRICTIONS
Roger Klein, Rutgers University
Co-Author: Frank Vella, European Economic Institute
 

11:15 - 12:45 HETEROSKEDASTICITY AND AUTOCORRELATION (ECO)
Chairperson: Aman Ullah, University of California,Riverside
Room Z4 - B33

  FINITE AND LARGE SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION-FREE INFERENCE IN LINEAR MEDIAN REGRESSIONS UNDER HETEROSKEDASTICITY AND NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE OF UNKNOWN FORM.
Elise Coudin, CREST-INSEE, Université de Montréal
Co-Author: Jean Marie Dufour, University of Montreal

 
  A THEORY OF OPTIMAL HETEROSCEDASICITY-AUTOCORRLATION ROBUST INFERENCE
Yixiao Sun, University of California, San Diego

 
  COMBINED ESTIMATOR OF TIME SERIES CONDITIONAL HETEROSKEDASTICITY
Aman Ullah, University of California,Riverside
 

11:15 - 12:45 CROSS COUNTRY AND SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS (ECO)
Chairperson: Anil Bera, University of Illinois
Room Z4 - B34

  SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF SPATIAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS WITH AUTOREGRESSIVE AND HETEROSKEDASTIC DISTURBANCES
Ingmar R. Prucha, University of Maryland
Co-Author: Harry H. Kelejian, University of Maryland

 
  ESTIMATION OF COUNTRY-PAIR DATA MODELS CONTROLLING FOR CLUSTERED ERRORS: WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE APPLICATIONS
Colin Cameron, Economics, Univ. of California - Davis
Co-Author: Natalia Golotvina, Economics, Univ. of Calif. - Davis

 
  TESTING SPATIAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL AND A FORMULATION OF SPATIAL ARCH(SARCH) MODEL WITH APPLICATIONS.
Anil Bera, University of Illinois
Co-Author: Pradosh Simlai, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
 

11:15 - 12:45 IDENTIFICATION WITH PARTIAL INFORMATION (ECO)
Chairperson: Richard Spady, Nuffield College, Oxford
Room Z4 - B36

  PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION IN MONOTONE BINARY MODELS
Thierry Magnac, IDEI & Universite Toulouse 1
Co-Author: Eric Maurin, CREST_INSEE

 
  IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF NONLINEAR MODELS WITH MISCLASSIFICATION ERROR USING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES: A GENERAL SOLUTION.
Yingyao Hu, University of Texas at Austin

 
  IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF LATENT ATTITUDES AND THEIR BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS
Richard Spady, Nuffield College, Oxford
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Economic Theory



11:15 - 12:45 AUCTIONS II (THY)
Chairperson: Dmitriy Kvasov, The University of Auckland
Room Z1 - Mendell 2

  INFORMATION REVELATION IN AUCTIONS
Juan Dubra, Universidad de Montevideo
Co-Author: Jean-Pierre Benoît, New York University

 
  REPUTATION AND COLLUSION
Giancarlo Spagnolo, Consip Research Unit and University of Stockholm
Co-Author: Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna

 
  CONTESTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
Dmitriy Kvasov, The University of Auckland
 

11:15 - 12:45 BEHAVIORAL THEORY (THY)
Chairperson: Uzi Segal, Boston College
Room Z1 - Jenner 2

  OPTION EXERCISE WITH TEMPTATION
jianjun miao, Department of Economics, Boston University

 
  A DECISION-THEORETIC BASIS FOR CHOICE SHIFTS IN GROUPS
Kfir Eliaz, NYU
Co-Authors: Debraj Ray, New York University and Ronny Razin, London School of Economics

 
  CALIBRATION RESULTS FOR NON-EXPECTED UTILITY THEORIES
Uzi Segal, Boston College
 

11:15 - 12:45 REPEATED GAMES (THY)
Chairperson: David Miller, University of California, San Diego
Room Z1 - Mendell 1

  VALUATING PAYOFF STREAMS UNDER DIFFERENTIATED DISCOUNT FACTORS
Hannu Vartiainen, Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation
Co-Author: Hannu Salonen, University of Turku

 
  ENDOGENOUS VERIFIABILITY IN RELATIONAL CONTRACTING
Ola Kvaløy, University of Stavanger
Co-Author: Trond E. Olsen, Norwegian School of Economics and Busniness Administration

 
  THE DYNAMIC COST OF EX POST INCENTIVE COMPATIBILITY IN REPEATED GAMES OF PRIVATE INFORMATION
David Miller, University of California, San Diego
 

11:15 - 12:45 INFORMATION (THY)
Chairperson: Marco Ottaviani, London Business School
Room Z1- Cruciform LT2

  THE DEMAND FOR INFORMATION: MORE HEAT THAN LIGHT
Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale
Co-Authors: Jussi Keppo, University of Michigan and Lones Smith, University of Michigan

 
  INDIVIDUAL ERROR, GROUP ERROR, AND THE VALUE OF INFORMATION
Itai Sher, Northwestern University

 
  INFORMATION AND THE FAVORITE-LONGSHOT BIAS
Marco Ottaviani, London Business School
Co-Author: Peter Norman Sorensen, University of Copenhagen
 

11:15 - 12:45 SOCIAL NETWORKS (THY)
Chairperson: Garance Genicot, Georgetown University
Room Z1 - Darwin

  LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: LABOUR MARKET NETWORKS AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
Antoni Calvo-Armengol, UAB
Co-Author: Matthew Jackson, IDEAS

 
  SOCIAL NETWORKS AND LABOR MARKET TRANSITIONS
Yann Bramoullé, Laval University
Co-Author: Gilles Saint-Paul, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse

 
  INFORMAL INSURANCE IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
Garance Genicot, Georgetown University
Co-Authors: Francis Bloch, Universit¶e de la M¶editerran¶ee and Debraj Ray, New York University
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Industrial Organization



11:15 - 12:45 INNOVATION (IOR)
Chairperson: Ronny Razin, London School of Economics
Room Z1 - Jenner 1

  INNOVATING BELOW THE RADAR: INVESTMENT DYNAMICS UNDER ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
Jos Jansen, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

 
  STRATEGIC DISCLOSURE OF INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH RESULTS
David Gill, Trinity College, University of Oxford

 
  CURB YOUR INNOVATION: CORPORATE CONSERVATISM IN THE FACE OF INFORMATION LEAKAGE
Ronny Razin, London School of Economics
 

11:15 - 12:45 PRICE DISCRIMINATION (IOR)
Chairperson: Julie Mortimer, Harvard University
Room Z1 - Cruciform LT1

  PRICE DISCRIMINATION VIA THE CHOICE OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
Uwe Dulleck, University of Vienna
Co-Author: Rudolf Kerschbamer, University of Innsbruck

 
  ON PRICE EQUILIBRIUM WITH MULTI-PRODUCT FIRMS
Alexander Konovalov, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Co-Author: Zsolt Sándor, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

 
  PRICE DISCRIMINATION AND COPYRIGHT LAW: EVIDENCE FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF DVDS
Julie Mortimer, Harvard University
 

11:15 - 12:45 EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF AUCTIONS (IOR)
Chairperson: Sara Castellanos, Bank of Mexico
Room Z2 - Chadwick

  VALUE OF INFORMATION IN ENDOGENOUSLY ASYMMETRIC DYNAMIC AUCTIONS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Sudip Gupta, University of Wisconsin Madison

 
  NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF AN EBAY AUCTION MODEL WITH AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF BIDDERS
Unjy Song, University of British Columbia

 
  OPTIMAL BIDDING IN THE MEXICAN TREASURY SECURITIES PRIMARY AUCTIONS: RESULTS FROM A STRUCTURAL ECONOMETRICS APPROACH
Sara Castellanos, Bank of Mexico
Co-Author: Marco Oviedo, Yale University
 

11:15 - 12:45 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Experimental and Behavioral Economics



11:15 - 12:45 EXPERIMENTS AND MARKET OUTCOMES (EBE)
Chairperson: Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority
Room Z4 - Harrie Massey

  MARKET DYNAMICS IN EDGEWORTH EXCHANGE
Steven Gjerstad, Purdue University

 
  JOB MARKET SIGNALING AND SCREENING: AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON
Wieland Müller, University of Tilburg
Co-Author: Dorothea Kuebler, Technical University berlin

 
  BIAS AND SIZE EFFECTS OF PRICE-COMPARISON SEARCH ENGINES: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority
Co-Authors: AURORA GARCÍA-GALLEGO, , NIKOLAOS GEORGANTZÍS, and JOSÉ PERNÍAS-CERRILLO,
 

12:45 - 14:15 LUNCH



12:45 - 14:15 MONETARY POLICY IN EUROPE (AEM)
Chairperson: David Miles, Morgan Stanley
Room Bloomsbury Theatre

  MONETARY POLICY IN EUROPE
Jordi Gali, CREI
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Macroeconomics



14:15 - 16:15 DIVERSIFICATION AND VOLATILITY (MAC)
Chairperson: Junko Doi, Kyoto Sangyo University
Room Z3 - Gordon House

  HOMEWORK IN MEXICO: EXPLAINING OUTPUT AND CONSUMPTION VARIABILITY IN LESS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
Miguel Cardoso, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y BBVA

 
  MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION
Namsuk Kim, World Bank

 
  TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION
Miklos Koren, Harvard University
Co-Author: Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics

 
  A VARIETY EXPANSION MODEL OF GROWTH WITH EXTERNAL HABIT FORMATION
Junko Doi, Kyoto Sangyo University
Co-Author: Kazuo Mino, Osaka University
 

14:15 - 16:15 FINANCIAL STRUCTURE IN MACROECONOMICS (MAC)
Chairperson: ILHYOCK SHIM, Bank for International Settlements
Room Z3 - Ingold LT

  MONEY,CREDIT AND BANKING
Aleksander Berentsen, Economics Department University of Basel
Co-Authors: Gabriele Camera, Purdue University and Christopher Waller, University of Notre Dame

 
  BANK FINANCE VERSUS BOND FINANCE: WHAT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US AND EUROPE?
Fiorella De Fiore, European Central Bank
Co-Author: Harald Uhlig, Humboldt University

 
  FORBEARANCE AND PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION
ILHYOCK SHIM, Bank for International Settlements
Co-Author: Naryana Kocherlokata, Stanford
 

14:15 - 16:15 POPULATION STUCTURE AND THE MACROECONOMY (MAC)
Chairperson: Henry Tam, York University and Texas A&M University
Room Z3 - Ingold Auditorium

  CAPITAL-SKILL COMPLEMENTARITY AND THE IMMIGRATION SURPLUS
Michael Ben-Gad, University of Haifa

 
  THE EFFECTS OF LONGEVITY AND DISTORTIONS ON EDUCATION AND RETIREMENT
Pedro Ferreira, EPGE/FGV
Co-Author: Samuel Pessoa, EPGE/FGV

 
  POPULATION STRUCTURE AND LONG TERM MARRIAGE TRENDS
Shannon Seitz, Queen''s University
Co-Author: Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, University of Pennsylvania

 
  SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, FERTILITY CHOICE AND GENDER INEQUALITY
Henry Tam, York University and Texas A&M University
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Finance



14:15 - 16:15 EMPIRICAL FINANCE II (FIN)
Chairperson: Nicolae Garleanu, University of Pennsylvania
Room Z2 - Engineering LT2

  BUBBLES AND FADS IN THE STOCK MARKET: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE US.
Piergiorgio Alessandri, University of London, Birkbeck College

 
  CAPM OVER THE LONG RUN: 1926-2001
Joseph Chen, University of Southern California
Co-Author: Andrew Ang, University of South California and Columbia University

 
  THE COMMON LATENT FACTOR MODEL FOR CREDIT RATING TRANSITIONS
Andre Monteiro, Faculty of Economics, Free University Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Andre Lucas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute

 
  DEMAND-BASED OPTION PRICING
Nicolae Garleanu, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Author: Lasse Pedersen, New York University
 

14:15 - 16:15 CREDIT RISK (FIN)
Chairperson: Haibin Zhu, Bank for International Settlements
Room Z2 - Engineering LT1

  MEASURING DEFAULT RISK PREMIA FROM DEFAULT SWAP RATES AND EDFS
Antje Berndt, Cornell University
Co-Authors: Rohan Douglas, Quantifi LLC, Darrell Duffie, Stanford University, Mark Ferguson, Quantifi LLC and David Schranz, CIBC Toronto

 
  IS FIRM INTERDEPENDENCE WITHIN INDUSTRIES IMPORTANT FOR PORTFOLIO CREDIT RISK?
Kasper Roszbach, Sveriges riksbank
Co-Authors: Kenneth Carling, IFAU and Dalarna College and Lars Rönnegård, Uppsala University and Dalarna College

 
  A NON-GAUSSIAN PANEL TIME SERIES MODEL FOR ESTIMATING AND DECOMPOSING DEFAULT RISK
Robert J.O. Daniels, De Nederlandsche Bank
Co-Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Andre Lucas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute

 
  EXPLAINING CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP SPREADS WITH EQUITY VOLATILITY AND JUMP RISKS OF INDIVIDUAL FIRMS
Haibin Zhu, Bank for International Settlements
Co-Authors: Yibin Zhang, and Hao Zhou, Federal Reserve Board
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Public/Political Economics



14:15 - 16:15 VOTING (PPE)
Chairperson: Helios Herrera, ITAM
Room Z3 - Archeology

  CONTEXT-DEPENDENT VOTING AND POLITICAL AMBIGUITY
Steven Callander, Northwestern University
Co-Author: Catherine Wilson, Northwestern University

 
  COSTLY VOTING: VOTER COMPOSITION AND TURNOUT
Jannet Chang, Virginia Tech/ California State University-Fullerton

 
  DO CITIZENS VOTE SINCERELY (IF THEY VOTE AT ALL)? THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM U.S. NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Arianna Degan, UQAM
Co-Author: Antonio Merlo, Pennsylvania

 
  GROUP FORMATION AND VOTER PARTICIPATION
Helios Herrera, ITAM
Co-Author: Cesar Martinelli, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Development Economics



14:15 - 16:15 INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT (DEV)
Chairperson: Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol
Room Z3 - Archeology

  ON THE CAUSES OF SLAVERY OR SERFDOM AND THE ROADS TO AGRARIAN CAPITALISM: DOMAR'S HYPOTHESIS REVISITED
Conning Jonathan, Hunter College & Graduate Center, City University of NY

 
  THE DYNAMICS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: FORMAL ANDINFORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Andreas Leukert, University of Munich

 
  INSTITUTIONS: WHY ARE THEY PERSISTENT AND WHY DO THEY CHANGE?
Bryan Paterson, Queen''s University

 
  THE GEOGRAPHY OF OUTPUT VOLATILITY
Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol
Co-Author: Adeel Malik, University of Oxford
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Applied and Empirical Microeconomics



14:15 - 16:15 TRAINING AND WORK (AEM)
Chairperson: Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Arizona
Room Z1 - Cruciform LT2

  ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: ESTIMATING RETURNS USING FIRM LEVEL DATA
Rita Almeida, World Bank
Co-Author: Pedro Carneiro, University College London

 
  STEPPING-STONES FOR THE UNEMPLOYED: THE EFFECT OF TEMPORARY JOBS ON THE DURATION UNTIL REGULAR WORK
Marloes De Graaf-Zijl, University of Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Arjan Heyma, University of Amsterdam and Gerard Van den Berg, Free University

 
  "LEARNING BUT NOT EARNING? THE VALUE OF JOB CORPS TRAINING FOR HISPANICS"
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Arizona
Co-Authors: Arturo Gonzalez, Public Policy Institute of California and Todd Neumann, University of Arizona

 
  RETURNS TO APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN AUSTRIA: EVIDENCE FROM FAILED FIRMS
Jorn-Steffen Pischke, London School of Economics
Co-Authors: Josef Ferster, Landesstatistischer Dienst Salzburg and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, University of Linz
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR (AEM)
Chairperson: Krishna Pendakur, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Room Z2 - Chadwick

  INVERTIBILITY OF NONPARAMETRIC STOCHASTIC DEMAND FUNCTIONS
Walter Beckert, Birkbeck College, University of London
Co-Author: Richard Blundell, University College London

 
  VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURNAMES
M. Dolores Collado, Universidad de Alicante
Co-Authors: Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin, Universidad de Alicante and Andres Romeu, Universidad de Alicante

 
  SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF CONSUMER DEMAND SYSTEMS WITH ALMOST PARTIALLY LINEAR PRICE EFFECTS
Krishna Pendakur, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

 
  BUILDING GORMAN'S NEST
Jeffrey T. LaFrance, University of California, Berkeley
Co-Authors: Timothy Beatty, University of British Columbia and Rulon Pope, Brigham Young University
 

14:15 - 16:15 FIRMS AND FINANCING (AEM)
Chairperson: Sumru Altug, Koc University
Room Z2 - Hill

  THE DETERMINANTS OF R&D FINANCING CONSTRAINTS: EVIDENCE FROM BELGIAN COMPANIES
Michele Cincera, ULB - DULBEA-CERT and CEPR

 
  THE EFFECTS OF DIVIDEND TAXES ON EQUITY PRICES: A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE 1997 UK TAX REFORM
Alexander Klemm, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Co-Authors: Stephen Bond, Nuffield College, Oxford and Michael P. Devereux, University of Warwick

 
  FINANCING OF COMPETING PROJECTS WITH VENTURE CAPITAL
Ekaterina Goldfayn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Co-Author: Eugen Kovac, CERGE, Charles University (Prague)

 
  SPILLOVER EFFECTS, BANK LENDING, AND GROWTH
Sumru Altug, Koc University
Co-Author: Murat Usman, Koc University
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Labor Economics



14:15 - 16:15 CITIES AND SORTING (LAB)
Chairperson: Kurt Schmidheiny, Tufts University
Room Z2 - Young

  MATCHING AND LEARNING IN CITIES: URBAN DENSITY AND THE RATE OF INNOVATION
Robert Hunt, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Co-Authors: Gerald Carlino, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Satyajit Chatterjee, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 
  ABILITY SORTING AND CONSUMER CITY
Sanghoon Lee, University of Minnesota

 
  HOUSING MARKET DISCRIMINATION, HOUSING REGULATIONS AND INTERMEDIARIES
Etienne Wasmer, UQAM

 
  RESIDENTIAL INCOME SORTING IN FEDERAL SYSTEMS. THE ROLE OF TAXES, HOUSING COSTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
Kurt Schmidheiny, Tufts University
 

14:15 - 16:15 WELFARE REFORM AND THE LABOR MARKET (LAB)
Chairperson: Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago
Room Z2 - Embriology

  THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF 'IN-WORK' BENEFIT REFORM FOR BRITISH LONE MOTHERS
Wilbert Van der Klaauw, UNC-Chapel Hill
Co-Author: Marco Francesconi, University of Essex

 
  RELATIVE PRICES AND SUBSTITUTION ACROSS WAGE, WELFARE, AND DISABILITY INCOME
James Ziliak, University of Kentucky

 
  THE IMPACT OF THE ITALIAN “MOBILITY LISTS” ON EMPLOYMENT CHANCES: NEW EVIDENCE FROM LINKED ADMINISTRATIVE ARCHIVES
Enrico Rettore, Università di Padova
Co-Authors: Adriano Paggiaro, Università di Padova and Ugo Trivellato, Università di Padova

 
  WELFARE REFOR, RETURNS TO EXPERIENCE, AND WAGES
Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago
 

14:15 - 16:15 SCHOOL QUALITY AND TEACHERS (LAB)
Chairperson: Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Room Z2 - Darwin

  HOW BIG IS TOO BIG? THE EFFECT OF COLLEGIATE CLASS SIZE ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.
Eric Bettinger, Case Western Reserve U
Co-Author: Bridget Terry Long, Harvard Graduate School of Education

 
  DO TEACHERS’ WAGES MATTER FOR PROFICIENCY? EVIDENCE FROM A FUNDING REFORM IN BRAZIL
Naercio Menezes-Filho, University of Sao Paulo
Co-Author: Elaine Pazello, University of Sao Paulo

 
  PEER EFFECTS AND TEXTBOOKS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCOPHONE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Markus Froelich, University College London
Co-Author: Katharina Michaelowa, Hamburg Institute of International Economics

 
  THE MARKET FOR TEACHER QUALITY
Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Co-Authors: John Kain, University of Texas at Dallas, Daniel OBrien, University of Texas at Dallas and Steven Rivkin, Amherst College
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
International Economics



14:15 - 16:15 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (INT)
Chairperson: Daniel Sturm, University of Munich
Room Z3 - Jevons

  INFLATION DIFFERENTIALS AND LABOR AND PRODUCT MARKET DIFFERENCES IN THE EMU
Ester Faia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Co-Author: Alessia Campolmi, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 
  ONE MARKET, ONE MONEY, ONE PRICE? PRICE DISPERSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Paul Kattuman, University of Cambridge
Co-Authors: Nigel Allington, University of Cambridge and Florian Waldmann, Citigroup Global Markets, London

 
  THE EU'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS EASTERN ENLARGEMENT IN SPACE
Mario Larch, ifo Institute of Economic Research
Co-Authors: Peter Egger, ifo-Institute; CESifo; University of Munich, Michael Pfaffermayr, University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics and Janette Walde,

 
  THE COSTS OF REMOTENESS: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN DIVISION AND REUNIFICATION
Daniel Sturm, University of Munich
Co-Author: Stephen Redding, London School of Economics and CEPR
 

14:15 - 16:15 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (INT)
Chairperson: Chia-Hui Lu, Academia Sinica
Room Z3 - Ricardo

  FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION AND THE LOCATION OF MULTINATIONAL FIRMS IN THE ENLARGED EUROPE
Fabrice Defever, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (TEAM)

 
  LOCATION CHOICE AND EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS: A COMPARISON OF GERMAN AND SWEDISH MULTINATIONALS
Sascha O. Becker, Center for Economic Studies
Co-Authors: Karolina Ekholm, Stockholm School of Economics, Robert Jäckle, Ifo Institute and Marc-Andreas Muendler, UC San Diego

 
  FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS: IDENTIFYING LINKAGES THROUGH PRODUCT-BASED MEASURES
Kamil Yilmaz, Koc University
Co-Author: Sule Ozler, UCLA

 
  FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE DEGREE OF SOUTHERN PENETRATION
Chia-Hui Lu, Academia Sinica
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Econometrics



14:15 - 16:15 TRENDS (ECO)
Chairperson: Liudas Giraitis, University of York
Room Z4 - B20

  TREND ESTIMATION, SIGNAL-NOISE RATIOS AND THE FREQUENCY OF OBSERVATIONS
Andrew Harvey, Cambridge University

 
  A STEADY-STATE APPROACH TO TREND/CYCLE DECOMPOSITION
James Morley, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-Author: Jeremy Piger, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

 
  EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF THE PARAMETER PATH IN UNSTABLE TIME SERIES MODELS
Philippe-Emmanuel Petalas, Princeton University
Co-Author: Ulrich Mueller, Princeton University

 
  ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE IN AN INTEGRATED MODEL WITH A TREND
Liudas Giraitis, University of York
Co-Authors: Karim Abadir, University of York and Walter Distaso, University of Exeter
 

14:15 - 16:15 FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS I (ECO)
Chairperson: Jiro Hodoshima, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University
Room Z4 - B33

  DETECTING EXTREME RISK SPILLOVER BETWEEN FINANCIAL MARKETS
Yongmiao Hong, Cornell universiry
Co-Authors: Yanhui Liu, Chinese Academy of Science and Souyang Wang, Chinese Academy of Science

 
  SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELLING OF CORRELATION DYNAMICS
Christian Hafner, Econometic Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Co-Authors: Philip-Hans Franses, Erasmus University and Dick van Dijk, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 
  TESTING THE MARTINGALE RESTRICTION FOR OPTION IMPLIED DENSITIES
Thomas Busch, University of Aarhus

 
  THE EFFECT OF NONNORMALITY ON THE INFERENCE OF EXPECTED ASSET RETURNS IN ASSET PRICING MODELS
Jiro Hodoshima, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University
 

14:15 - 16:15 PANEL DATA I (ECO)
Chairperson: Hugo Kruiniger, Dept of Economics, Queen Mary Univ of London
Room Z4 - B34

  ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE IN LARGE HETEROGENEOUS PANELS WITH A MULTIFACTOR ERROR STRUCTURE
M. Hashem Pesaran, Cambridge University and USC

 
  A UNIFIED ASYMPTOTIC FRAMEWORK FOR PANEL FACTOR MODELS
Lorenzo Trapani, Bergamo University and Cass Business School
Co-Authors: Chihwa Kao, Syracuse University and Giovanni Urga, Cass Business School

 
  TESTING SLOPE HOMOGENEITY IN LARGE PANELS
Takashi Yamagata, Univeristy of Cambridge
Co-Author: M. Hashem Pesaran, Cambridge University and USC

 
  QUASI ML ESTIMATION OF THE CONDITIONAL PANEL AR(1) MODEL
Hugo Kruiniger, Dept of Economics, Queen Mary Univ of London
 

14:15 - 16:15 INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ESTIMATION (ECO)
Chairperson: Alastair Hall, North Carolina State University
Room Z4 - B35

  A NEW LIGHT FROM OLD WISDOMS: ALTERNATIVE ESTIMATION METHODS OF SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS AND MICROECONOMETRIC MODELS
Naoto Kunitomo, University of Tokyo
Co-Authors: Theodore W. Anderson, Stanford University and Yukitoshi Matsushita, University of Tokyo

 
  SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS AND THE VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES UNDER CONDITIONALLY HETEROSCEDASTIC DISTURBANCES
Garry Phillips, Cardiff University
Co-Author: Emma Iglesias, Michigan State University

 
  THE ASYMPTOTIC AND FINITE SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION OF OLS AND IV IN SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
Jan F. Kiviet, University of Amsterdam
Co-Author: Jerzy Niemczyk, University of Amsterdam

 
  INFERENCE REGARDING MULTIPLE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN LINEAR MODELS ESTIMATED VIA TWO STAGE LEAST SQUARES
Alastair Hall, North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Sanggohn Han, North Carolina State University
 

14:15 - 16:15 QUANTILES (ECO)
Chairperson: Hsin-Yi Lin, MIT
Room Z4 - B36

  QUANTILE REGRESSION FOR LONGITUDINAL DATA
Roger Koenker, U. Illinois

 
  NONSTANDARD ASYMPTOTICS FOR QUANTILE REGRESSION
Chuan Goh, University of Toronto

 
  COMPARING NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION QUANTILES
Cristian Huse, London School of Economics

 
  AN ENCOMPASSING TEST FOR NON-NESTED QUANTILE REGRESSION MODELS
Hsin-Yi Lin, MIT
Co-Author: Chung-Ming Kuan, Academia Sinica
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Economic Theory



14:15 - 16:15 COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING II (THY)
Chairperson: Maria Montero, University of Nottingham
Room Z1 - Mendell 1

  DYNAMICS OF STABLE SETS OF CONSTITUTIONS
nicolas HOUY, EUREQua

 
  SPEED AND QUALITY OF COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING II: INCENTIVES FOR INFORMATION PROVISION
Hans Peter Grüner, Universität Mannheim
Co-Author: Elisabeth Schulte, Mannheim University

 
  A LIBERAL PARADOX FOR JUDGMENT AGGREGATION
Christian List, Department of Government, London School of Economics
Co-Author: Franz Dietrich, University of Konstanz

 
  PROPORTIONAL PAYOFFS IN THE BARON-FEREJOHN MODEL WITH REVERSIBLE COALITIONS
Maria Montero, University of Nottingham
 

14:15 - 16:15 EVOLUTION AND LEARNING I (THY)
Chairperson: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Room Z1 - Darwin

  STOCHASTIC EVOLUTION WITH LARGE POPULATIONS AND (ITERATED) DOMINANCE
Christoph Kuzmics, MEDS, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

 
  PAIRWISE COMPARISON DYNAMICS
William H. Sandholm, University of Wisconsin

 
  LEARNING ASPIRATION IN REPEATED GAMES
In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Co-Author: Akihiko Matsui, University of Tokyo
 

14:15 - 16:15 DYNAMIC GAMES II (THY)
Chairperson: Francesco Squintani, University College London
Room Z1 - Mendell 2

  SHARED ACTIONS WITH DIVERGENT PERCEPTIONS: A GENERAL GAME THEORETIC APPROACH
Xiao Luo, Academia Sinica
Co-Authors: Joseph Greenberg, Department of Economics, McGill University and Sudheer Gupta, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

 
  TRADING FAVORS: OPTIMAL EXCHANGE AND FORGIVENESS
Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California at Los Angeles
Co-Author: Hauser Christine,

 
  THE DOUBLE CURSE OF A PRODUCTIVE ASSET OLIGOPOLY
Hassan Benchekroun, McGill University

 
  PREEMPTION GAMES WITH PRIVATE INFORMATION
Francesco Squintani, University College London
Co-Author: Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California at Los Angeles
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Industrial Organization



14:15 - 16:15 PSYCHOLOGY AND IO (IOR)
Chairperson: Xavier Gabaix, MIT
Room Z1 - Cruciform LT1

  THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER LOSS AVERSION ON PRICING
Paul Heidhues, WZB
Co-Author: Botond Koszegi, University of California at Berkeley

 
  THE SUNK COST FALLACY AND MANAGERIAL PRICING PRACTICES
Sandeep Baliga, Northwestern University

 
  ROBUST MONOPOLY PRICING: THE CASE OF REGRET
Karl Schlag, European University Institute
Co-Author: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University

 
  SHROUDED ATTRIBUTES AND INFORMATION SUPPRESSION IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS
Xavier Gabaix, MIT
Co-Author: David Laibson, Harvard University
 

14:15 - 16:15 REGULATION (IOR)
Chairperson: Juan F. Escobar, Stanford University
Room Z1 - Jenner 2

  CONTROLLING REGIONAL MONOPOLIES IN THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY - THE COMPLETE INFORMATION CASE
Farid Gasmi, Université de Toulouse 1, IDEI
Co-Authors: Jean-Jacques Laffont, University of Toulouse and Juan Daniel Oviedo Arango, Université de Toulouse I (GREMAQ)

 
  MARKET POWER IN PRICE-REGULATED POWER INDUSTRIES
M. Soledad Arellano, Universidad de Chile
Co-Author: Pablo Serra, Universidad de Chile

 
  MARKET POWER IN THE SPANISH ELECTRICITY AUCTION
Aitor Ciarreta, University of the Basque Country
Co-Author: Maria Paz Espinosa, University of the Basque Country

 
  ELECTRICITY WHOLESALE MARKETS: AN OLIGOPOLY-NETWORK FRAMEWORK
Juan F. Escobar, Stanford University
 

14:15 - 16:15 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
Experimental and Behavioral Economics



14:15 - 16:15 BEHAVIORAL INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE (EBE)
Chairperson: Rebecca Stone, University College London
Room Z3 - Henry Massey

  RICHES TO RAGS EVERY MONTH? THE FALL IN CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES BETWEEN PAYDAYS.
David Huffman, IZA Bonn

 
  REFERENCE POINTS AND LOSS AVERSION IN INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE
Qin Tu, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University

 
  REFLECTIONS ON GAINS AND LOSSES: A 2X2X7 EXPERIMENT
Joaquim Silvestre, University of California, Davis
Co-Author: Bosch-Domènech Antoni, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 
  REGRET EQUILIBRIUM AND RISK PREFERENCES
Rebecca Stone, University College London
Co-Author: Daniel Kraehmer, Free University Berlin
 

16:15 - 17:00 BREAK



17:00 - 18:30 FRISCH MEMORIAL LECTURE



17:00 - 18:30 FRISCH MEMORIAL LECTURE (EBE)
Chairperson: James Heckman, The University of Chicago
Room

  THE NEW SCIENCE OF PLEASURE: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND THE MEASUREMENT OF WELL-BEING
Dan McFadden, University of California, Berkeley
 

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