NET Institute Conference on Network Economics

Co-sponsored by the NET Institute, http://www.NETinst.org/

and the NYU Center for Law and Business

April 1, 2005

Stern School of Business, NYU, 44 West 4^th Street [MAP], Room 1-70

Conference Booklet

 

Program

 

8:30-9:00         Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-9:10         Introductory Remarks

Nicholas Economides, Exec. Director, NET Institute and Stern School of Business, NYU

William Allen, Director, NYU Center for Law and Business

 

 

9:10-10:40       Telecommunications Economics

Chairman: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU

 

1.      Douglas Sicker and Tom Lookabaugh,  University of Colorado at Boulder, “A Model for Emergency Service of VoIP Through Certification and Labeling.”

Discussant:  Pedro Pereira, Competition Authority, Portugal

 

2.      Rahul Telang, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, “An Empirical Analysis of Cellular Voice and Data services.”

Discussant:  Brian Viard, GSB, Stanford University

 

3.      Patrick Bajari, Duke University, and Jeremy T. Fox, University of Chicago, “Should Governments Auction Nationwide Spectrum Licenses? Estimating Bidder Valuations.”

Discussant:  Eugenio Miravete, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

10:50-12:20     Computer Networks Economics

Chairman:  Arun Sundararajan, Stern School of Business, NYU

 

1.      Nataly Gantman and Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University, “Adware, Shareware, and Consumer Privacy.”

Discussant:  Chris Snyder, George Washington University

 

2.      Yooki Park and Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley, “Technical Protection Measures and the Pricing of Digital Products.”

Discussant:  Cristian Dezso, Stern School of Business, NYU

 

3.      Michael D. Smith, and Rahul Telang, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, “Incentives and Protocols for Self-Organizing Interest-Based Peer-to-Peer Networks.”

Discussant: Mark Ginsburg, University of Arizona

 

 

12:20 to 1:00    Lunch

                       

 

1:00-2:00         Other Networks: Airlines; Video Games

Chairman:  Tobias Kretschmer, London School of Economics

 

1.      Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago, GSB, and Chad Syverson, University of Chicago, “How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry on Their Networks? The Case of the Major Airlines.”

Discussant:  Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania

 

2.      Matthew T. Clements, University of Texas, and Hiroshi Ohashi, University of Tokyo, “Indirect Network Effects and the Product Cycle, Video Games in the U.S., 1994-2002.”

Discussant:  Adam Brandenburger, Stern School of Business, NYU

 

 

2:10-3:10         Banking Networks

Chairman:  Mikhail Klimenko, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

1.      Gautam Gowrisankaran, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis and John Krainer (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) “The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model.”

Discussant: John Asker, Stern School of Business, NYU

 

 

2.      Christopher R. Knittel, University of California, Davis, and Victor Stango, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, “Incompatibility and Consumer Demand: Evidence from ATMs.”

Discussant:  Paris Cleanthous, School of Business, NYU

 

 

3:20-4:30         Discussion of Open Questions

Lead by Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU and Bhaskar Chakravorti, Monitor Group