IO + Conference
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In recent years, economists have started applying the tools of industrial organization to an ever-growing set of industries. This conference showcased how the IO canonical concepts of demand, supply, imperfect competition, and strategic interactions can be applied to a broad set of general markets and economic questions, such as housing markets, school competition, environmental regulation, and health care.
Agenda
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks
HEALTH SESSION
Session Chair: Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University
Contracting Over Rebates: Formulary Design and Pharmaceutical Spending
Multidimensional Screening and Menu Design in Health Insurance Markets
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University
Demand Analysis under Latent Choice Constraints.
Lunch
PUBLIC POLICY SESSION
Session Chair: Ben Vatter, Stanford University
Frictions in Mortgage Refinancing: Evidence from Chile
Gaston Illanes, Northwestern University
Market Structure and Political Influence in the Auto Retail Industry
Cailin Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
Break
ENVIRONMENTAL SESSION
Session Chair: Nano Barahona, University of California, Berkeley
Conservation Priorities and Environmental Offsets: Markets for Florida Wetlands
University of California, Los Angeles
Attribute-based Subsidies and Market Power: an Application to Electric Vehicles
Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Break
Keynote Discussion: From IO to IO+: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Headed?
Steve Berry, Yale University
Liran Einav, Stanford University
Dinner
Friday, September 23, 2022
Continental Breakfast
EDUCATION SESSION
Session Chair: Michael Dinerstein, University of Chicago
Charter School Practices and Student Selection: An Equilibrium Analysis
Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University
Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles
Measuring the Welfare Gains from Cardinal-Preference Mechanisms in School Choice
Lunch
URBAN SESSION
Session Chair: Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania
Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta
Allan Hsiao, Princeton University
Port Disruptions
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University
Can Usage-Based Pricing Reduce Congestion?
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University