Past Conferences


Area Conference on Applied Microeconomics
Programme
13-14 March 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009
08:45 -09:00	Welcome and Introduction
Session 1
09:00 -10:00	Keynote Lecture On transparency in organizations PHILIPPE JEHIEL (Paris School of Economics)
10:00 - 10:50	The effects of uncertainty and sunk costs on firms’ decision-making: Evidence from net entry, industry structure and investment dynamics VIVEK GHOSAL (Georgia Institute of Technology) Discussant: Jay Phil Choi
10:50 - 11:10	Coffee Break
Session 2
11:10 - 12:00	Non-Exclusive Competition in the Market for Lemons ANDREA ATTAR (Toulouse School of Economics), Thomas Mariotti, and François Salanié Discussant: Roland Strausz
12:00 - 12:50	Implicit vs. Explicit Incentives: Theory and a Case Study DOMINIQUE DEMOUGIN (European Business School), Oliver Fabel and Christian Thomann Discussant: Paul Belleflamme
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch

Session 3
14:00 - 14:50	The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovation and Managerial Incentives Benoit Dostie and RAJSHRI JARAYAMAN (European School of Management and Technology) Discussant: Oliver Falck (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
14:50 - 15:40	Timing of Technology Adoption and Product Market Competition CHRYSOVALANTOU MILLIOU (Athens University of Economics and Business) and Emmanuel Petrakis Discussant: Vivek Ghosal
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
Session 4 Presentation by Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award Candidates
16:00 - 16:50	Strategic Communication Networks Jeanne Hagenbach and FRÉDÉRIC KOESSLER (Paris School of Economics)
16:50 - 17:40	On the legitimacy of coercion for the financing of public goods FELIX BIERBAUER (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)

Saturday, 14 March 2009
Session 5
09:00 - 09:50	Bank Competition and Collateral : Theory and Evidence CHRISTA HAINZ (University of Munich), Laurent Weill, Christophe J. Godlewski Discussant: Hans Degryse
09:50 - 10:40	Enhancing Market Power by Reducing Switching Costs Jan Bouckaert, HANS DEGRYSE (Tilburg University) and Thomas Provoost Discussant: Christa Hainz
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50	Regulatory Risk in Optimal Incentive Regulation ROLAND STRAUSZ (Humboldt University Berlin) Discussant: Andréa Attar
11:50 - 12:40	Exploring Higher-Order Risk Effects Cary Deck and HARRIS SCHLESINGER (University of Alabama) Discussant: Christian Gollier
12:40 - 14:00	Lunch
Session 6
14:00 - 14:50	Asymmetric Information and Overinvestment in Quality PAUL BELLEFLAMME (University of Louvain) and Martin Peitz Discussant: Raji Jayaraman
14:50 - 15:40	Does Speed Signal Ability? A Test of Spence’s Theory Thomas O. Brodaty, ROBERT J. GARY-BOBO (Paris School of Economics) and Ana Prieto Discussant: Nadine Riedel
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
Session 7
16:00 - 16:50	Selection into Public Civil Service – Evidence from the German Reunification Experiment Tobias Böhm and NADINE RIEDEL (Oxford University) Discussant: Robert Gary-Bobo
16:50 - 17:40	International Antitrust Enforcement and Multi-Market Contact JAY PHIL CHOI (Michigan State University) and Heiko Gerlach Discussant: Dominique Demougin
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus Restaurant in the English Garden

Area Conference on Applied Microeconomics

Programme

Area Conference on
Applied Microeconomics