NET Institute Conference on Network Economics
Sponsored
by the NET Institute, http://www.NETinst.org/
and
the Center
for Global Economy and Business
April
17, 2015
Stern School of
Business, NYU,
44 West 4th Street, New York [MAP]
Preliminary
Program
(also at http://www.NETinst.org/2015_conference.htm)
8:30-9:00 Continental
Breakfast (Room 1-100)
9:00-9:05 Introductory
Remarks
Nicholas Economides,
Executive Director, NET Institute and Stern School of Business, NYU
9:05-10:50 Quality
in Network Markets, Newspapers, and
Retail Chains
1.
Alexandre de Corniere and
Greg
Taylor (speaker), University of Oxford, Quality Provision in the Presence of a Biased
Intermediary. [Presentation]
Discussant: Jidong Zhou,
Stern School of Business, NYU
2.
Abdallah Salami and Robert Seamans (speaker), NYU
Stern School of Business, The
Effect of the Internet on Newspaper Readability. [Presentation]
Discussant:
Lisa
George, Hunter College
3.
Mitsukuni Nishida (speaker), Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and Nathan
Yang, Yale School of Management, Better Together? Retail Chain
Performance Dynamics in Store Expansion Before and
After Mergers. [Presentation]
Discussant:
Tobias
Salz,
NYU
11:00-12:45 eBooks,
Telecommunications, and Bitcoin
1.
Neil
Gandal, Tel Aviv University and CEPR, and Hanna Halaburda (speaker),
Bank of Canada, CESifo and INE PAN, Competition in the Cryptocurrency Market. [Presentation]
Discussant: Rodney
Garratt, NY Federal Reserve Bank
2.
Babur De los Santos and
Matthijs R. Wildenbeest
(speaker), Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, E-book Pricing and Vertical Restraints. [Presentation]
Discussant: Ricard
Gil,
Johns Hopkins University
3.
Matthew
Ellman, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)
and Barcelona GSE, and Sjaak Hurkens (speaker),
Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC) and Barcelona GSE & IESE Business
School, University of Navarra, Optimal Crowdfunding Design. [Presentation]
Discussant: Arun
Sundararajan, Stern School of Business, NYU
12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:45 Health,
Crowdfunding, and Optimal Pricing
1. Sunita
Desai, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
Electronic
Health Information Exchange, Switching Costs and Network Effects.
[Presentation]
Discussant: Malika Krishna,
Stern School of Business, NYU
2. Ricard Gil (speaker),
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Evsen Korkmaz, Amsterdam
Business School, University of Amsterdam, and Ozge Sahin, Johns Hopkins
Carey Business School, Optimal Pricing of Access and Secondary
Goods with Repeat Purchases: Evidence from Online Grocery Shopping and Delivery
Fees. [Presentation]
Discussant: Patrick Sun,
Columbia University
3. Patrick
Sun, Columbia University, Quality Competition in Mobile
Telecommunications: Evidence from Connecticut. [Presentation]
Discussant: Kei Kawai,
Stern School of Business, NYU
3:45-4:30
Cheese and Wine Reception
Conference RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/hMCLeynugi