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Industrial Organization Lunch

The seminar meets on Monday from 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT in KGH 3301 unless otherwise indicated. Please fill out this form if you would like to be added to the listserv.

Sep
25
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker Brandon Zborowski Title  “Delay Your Rivals: Vertical Integration in Securitization and Lending Competition” (joint with JD Salas) Abstract:  We study the effects...

Oct
2
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Gaston Lopez Abstract: We study the nationalization of YPF, Argentina’s leading gasoline company. We find that the nationalization led to...

Oct
16
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker Hans Zhu Title “Limiting for-profit provision in nursing home markets” (joint with Hyein Cho) Abstract: We consider whether policies which affect the...

Oct
23
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Hyein Cho Title: "Vertical Integration, Endogenous Quality, and Foreclosure: Evidence from Provider-Sponsored Health Plans" Abstract: Vertical integration may align investment incentives,...

Oct
30
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker Felipe Berrutti Title "Price Regulation of Agricultural Technology" (joint with Matteo Ruzzante) Abstract: Regulating the price of essential productive inputs can allow...

Nov
6
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker JD Salas Title “Screening, Selection and Asymmetric Regulation: Banks and Shadow Banks in the Mortgage Market” Abstract: This paper studies the interaction...

Nov
13
2023

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Ana Evdokimova Title: "Over-the-Counter Drugs Market: Information Distortion And Optimal Label Design" Abstract: In the Over-the-Counter pharmaceutical market, consumers rely on labels to...

Jan
9
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Kate Hauck Title: Dynamic Learning over Beliefs about Farming in the American West Abstract: Many settings involve dynamic learning and its consequences,...

Jan
16
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Hans Zhu Title: "Limiting For-profit Provision in Nursing Homes" Abstract: We consider whether policies which affect the extent of for-profit versus...

Jan
23
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Jin Yang Title: "Price Discrimination and Cross-Subsidization in the US Rail Freight Industry" Abstract: The US rail freight industry exhibits varying degrees...

Jan
30
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Hyein Cho Title: Vertical Integration between Healthcare Providers and Insurers: Care fragmentation vs. Steering Fragmented care—lack of coordination across different healthcare...

Feb
6
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: JD Salas Title: Screening, Selection and Asymmetric Regulation: Banks and Shadow Banks in the Mortgage Market Abstract: This paper studies the interaction...

Feb
13
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Gaoyang Cai Title: Product Ranking Rules and Competition in Two-Sided Markets Abstract: A growing number of e-commerce platforms design ranking rules for...

Feb
27
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Felipe Berrutti Title: "And The Cotton Is High: Vertical Integration, Prices and Quality in Seed Markets" Vertical integration has an ambiguous...

Mar
5
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Speaker: Giovanni Pisauro, Radhika Ramakrishnan, Avner Kreps Avner Kreps will present "Firm Productivity and Learning by Doing in Computing".  Abstract: Computing has...

Apr
8
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Alex Boche Title: Dynamic Health Insurance with Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection Abstract: I theoretically study optimal dynamic health insurance under evolving...

Apr
15
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Anastasiia Evdokimova "Over-the-Counter Drugs Market: Information Distortion In Label Design". Abstract: In the over-the-counter (OTC) drug market, labels play a key role...

Apr
22
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Hyein Cho Title: Vertical Integration between Healthcare Providers and Insurers: Efficiency vs. Foreclosure Abstract: Vertically integrated firms may conduct transactions internally to...

May
6
2024

Industrial Organization Grad Student Seminar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Hans Zhu: "Limiting For-profit Provision in Nursing Homes" Abstract: We consider whether policies which affect the extent of for-profit versus not-for-profit provision...