October 12-13, 2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Sponsors: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
and Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota
Place: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
| Friday, October 12, 2007 | |
| Moderator: Jim Schmitz | |
| Session 1 | |
| 1:00–2:30 p.m. | Liran Einav (with Amy Finkelstein and Paul Schrimpf) “The Welfare Cost of Asymmetric Information: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market” [2,804K PDF] |
| Discussant: Igal Hendel | |
| 2:30-2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 p.m. | Hanming Fang (with Michael P. Keane and Dan Silverman) “Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market” [408K PDF] |
| Discussant: Bob Town | |
| 4:00–4:15 p.m. | Break |
Session 2 |
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| 4:15-5:30 p.m. | Katherine Ho (with Julie Mortimer) “The Effects of Full-Line Forcing Contracts” [231K PDF] |
| Discussant: Minjung Park | |
| 6:00–7:00 p.m. | Cocktail Hour |
| 7:00–9:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| Special Talk: Rob Porter “Recent Developments in the Empirical Analysis of Auction Markets” [82K PDF] |
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| Saturday, October 13, 2007 | |
| 9:00–9:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| Moderator: Patrick Bajari | |
Session 3 |
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| 9:30–10:45 a.m. |
Greg Lewis |
| Discussant: Ali Hortascu | |
| 10:45–11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m–12:00 p.m. | Ali Hortascu and Jakub Kastl “Testing for Common Values in the Presence of Bidders with Informational Advantage” [307K PDF] |
| Discussant: Ken Hendricks | |
| 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
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Session 4 |
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| 1:00–2:15 p.m. | Gautam Gowrisankaran (with Marc Rysman) “Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods” [536K PDF] |
| Discussant: Kyoo Il Kim | |
| 2:15–3:15 p.m. | Paul Ellickson, Stephanie Houghton, and Chris Timmins “Estimating Network Economics in Retail Chains: A Revealed Preference Approach” [221K PDF] |
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Discussant: Tom Holmes |
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