NET Institute Conference on Network Economics

Sponsored by the NET Institute, http://www.NETinst.org/,

the Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School of Business,

and the iSchool, UC Berkeley

June 7, 2013

Berkeley Skydeck [MAP]

Program

(also at http://www.NETinst.org/2013_conference.htm)

Conference Booklet

Streaming video part1 part2 part3 part4

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 Introductory Remarks

Nicholas Economides, Executive Director, NET Institute, Stern School of Business, NYU & Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

9:15-10:45 Two-sided markets
Chairman: Ben Hermalin, UC Berkeley

1. Bar Ifrach, Stanford University, “Monopoly Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Ganesh Iyer, Haas School, UC Berkeley. [Presentation]

2. Byung-Cheol Kim, Jeongsik Lee (Speaker), and Hyunwoo Park, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Two-Sided Platform Competition in the Online Daily Deals Promotion Market.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Pedro Gardete Stanford GSB. [Presentation]

3. Santiago R. Balseiro, Omar Besbes, and Gabriel Y. Weintraub (Speaker) Columbia University, “Auctions for Online Display Advertising Exchanges: Approximations and Design.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Feng Zhu, USC. [Presentation]

11:00-12:30 Network Neutrality and Regulatory Issues in Network Markets

Chairman: Michael Katz, UC Berkeley

1. Laura Nurski, University of Leuven, “Net Neutrality, Foreclosure and the Fast Lane: An Empirical Study of the UK.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Glenn Woroch, UC Berkeley. [Presentation]

2. Ricard Gil and Mitsukuni Nishida (Speaker), Johns Hopkins University, “Does Regulation Drive Competition? Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Sridhar Narayanan, Stanford GSB. [Presentation]

3. Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University, Luigi Luini, University of Siena, and Andrea Mangani (Speaker), University of Pisa, “Banning Ads from Prime-Time State Television: Lessons from France.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Przemek Jeziorski, UC Berkeley. [Presentation]

1:00-2:15 Lunch; Keynote speaker: David Snyder, Microsoft,

“Network Effects in the Microsoft Cases: What Role Do They Play in the Industry Today?” [Presentation]

2:15-4:15 Network Marketplaces, Intermediaries, and Network Formation

Chairman: Nicholas Economides, NYU and UC Berkeley

1. Andrey Fradkin, Stanford University, “Do Online Marketplaces Become More Efficient Over Time?” [Presentation]

Discussant: Monic Sun, GSB, Stanford University. [Presentation]

2. Jason Chan (Speaker), and Anindya Ghose, New York University, “Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on the Outbreak of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Zsolt Katona, Haas School, UC Berkeley. [Presentation]

3. Doh-Shin Jeon, and Nikrooz Nasr Esfahani (Speaker), Toulouse School of Economics, “News Aggregators and Competition Among Newspapers in the Internet.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Alex Wolitzky, Stanford University. [Presentation]

4. Monic Sun (Speaker), Stanford University, Xiaoquan Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Feng Zhu, University of Southern California, “To Belong or to Be Different? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in China.” [Presentation]

Discussant: Michael Dickstein, Stanford University. [Presentation]

4:15-5:30 Cheese and Wine Reception

To attend the conference it is required that you RSVP at http://netinst2013.eventbrite.com