The 3rd  CSIO/IDEI Industrial Organization Workshop
May 17-18, 2002
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

        The CSIO jointly sponsored this workshop with the Institut D’Economie Industrielle at the University of Toulouse.  A tentative program follows. For a printer-friendly version select here. Select a title to download an electronic copy of a paper.


All paper presentations are in Andersen 3245.  The format of presentation will be: (i) 50 minutes for presenter (ii) 10 minutes for discussant (iii) 15 minutes for questions led by presenter
 

Friday May 17
 

8:00-8:30     Coffee   (Room 3204)

8:30 - 9:45   J.-J. Laffont
                  “Renegotiation of Concessions in Latin America”
                  (joint with Luis Guasch and Stephane Straub)
                   Discussant: Philip Bond

9:45-11:00    Kathy Spier
                  “The Use of Most Favored Nation Clauses in Settlement of Litigation”
                   Discussant:Jacques Cremer

11:00-11:30  Coffee Break  (Room 3204)

11:30-12:45  Patrick Rey
                   “Bilateral Contracting in Vertical Relationships”
                   (joint with Thibaud Verge)
                   Discussant: Bill Rogerson

12:45 - 2:00  Lunch   The Allen Center

2:00-3:15     David Dranove and Mark Satterthwaite
                  “Competition and Market Power In Option Demand Markets”
                  (joint with Cory Capps)
                   Discussant: Rob Porter

3:15- 3:45    Coffee   (Room 3204)

3:45- 5:00    Bruno Biais
                  “Strategic Liquidity Supply and Security Design”
                  (joint with Thomas Mariotti)
                   Discusssant:  Kathleen Hagerty

5:00-6:00     Reception   (Room 3204)

6:30            Dinner
 
 
 

Saturday May 18
 

8:00 - 8:30     Coffee   (Room 3204)

8:30- 9:30      Mike Whinston
                              “Strategic Precommitment in House Location Choices”

9:30 - 10:45   Bertrand Villeneuve
                   “Influencing the Misinformed Behavior: an Anlysis of Public Policy towards
                   Uncertainty and External Effects”
                   (joint with Francexca Barigozzi)
                    Discussant: Allesandro Pavan

10:45-11:15    Break

11:15- 12:30   Kim Sau Chung
                    “Optimal Repeated Auction With Tacit Collusion”
                     (joint with Atila Abdulkadiroglu)
                     Discussant: Bruno Biais