NET Institute Conference on Network Economics
Sponsored by the NET Institute, http://www.NETinst.org/
and the Stern School of Business
November 19, 2010
Stern School of Business, NYU, 44 West 4th Street, New York [MAP]
Program
(also at http://www.NETinst.org/2010F_conference.htm)
Streaming video part1 part2 part3 part4
8:30-9:00 Continental
Breakfast (Room 5-50)
9:00-9:15 Introductory
Remarks
Peter Henry, Dean, Stern School of Business, NYU
Nicholas Economides, Executive Director, NET Institute and Stern School of Business, NYU
9:15-10:45 Strategies
in Network Industries
Chairman: Nicholas Economides,
Stern School of
Business, New York University
1. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda, Harvard Business School, When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? [Presentation]
Discussant: Feng Zhu, University of Southern California [Presentation]
2. Ricard Gil, University of California Santa Cruz, and Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry. [Presentation]
Discussant: Angelo Mele, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Presentation]
3. Rob Seamans, Stern School of Business, NYU, and Feng Zhu, University of Southern California, Technology Shocks in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers, [Presentation]
Discussant: Catherine Tucker, MIT [Presentation]
11:00-12:30 Network Formation,
Dynamics, and Spillovers
Chairman: Alexander Tuzhilin, Stern School of Business, New York University
1. Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Boston University, Zsolt Katona, U. C. Berkeley, and William Rand, University of Maryland, Media, Aggregators and the Link Economy: Strategic Hyperlink Formation in Content Networks [Presentation]
Discussant: Arun
Sundararajan, Stern School of Business, New York University [Presentation]
2. Scott Shriver, Stanford University, Network Effects in Alternative Fuel Adoption: Empirical Analysis of the Market for Ethanol. [Presentation]
Discussant: Ignacio Esponda, Stern School of Business, New York University [Presentation]
3. Eyal Carmi, Gal Oestreicher-Singer, Tel-Aviv University, and Arun Sundararajan, Stern School of Business, NYU, Is Oprah Contagious? Identifying Demand Spillovers in Product Networks. [Presentation]
Discussant: Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Boston University [Presentation]
12:30-1:55 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Pricing in General Two-sided Settings and in Mobile Telecommunications
Chairman: Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, New York University
1.
Alexander White, Harvard University and E. Glen
Weyl, Harvard University Society of Fellows & Toulouse School of
Economics, Imperfect Platform
Competition: A General Framework. [Presentation]
Discussant: Joyee Deb, Stern School of Business, New York University [Presentation]
2.
Sjaak Hurkens, Institute for Economic Analysis, มngel L. L๓pez, IESE Business School, Mobile Termination and
Consumer Expectations under the Receiver-Pays Regime. [Presentation]
Discussant, Vasiliki Skreta, Stern School of Business, New York University [Presentation]
3:15-4:15 Social
Networks
Chairman: Panos Ipeirotis, Stern School of Business, New York University
1. Catherine Tucker, MIT, Social Networks, Personalized Advertising, and Privacy Controls. [Presentation]
Discussant, Scott Shriver, Stanford University [Presentation]
2. Angelo Mele, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, A Structural Model of Segregation in Social Networks. [Presentation]
Discussant, Daniel Xu, New York University [Presentation]
4:15-5:30 Cheese and Wine Reception