The Eighth Annual Graduate
Industrial Organization Conference
University of Texas, 1998
Notes: Speakers have 18 minutes. Discussants should take approximately 4 minutes, and we'll have 3 minutes for questions. An overhead projector will be provided, along with coffee.
Wednesday, December 2, 1998
6:00-6:25 Sencer Ecer: Remarks on the Size Asymmetry of Firms
Discussant: Teresa Harrison
6:25-6:50 Troy Quast: Airline Hub & Spoke Networks
Discussant: Jongbin Lee
6:50-7:15 Leslie Hodder: A Second Look at the Failure of Competition in the Credit Card Industry
Discussant: Cantekin Dincerler
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-7:55 Steve Lauff: Optimal Patent Scope
Discussant: Yuhong Wu
7:55-8:20 Xiaorui Hu: Price Discrimination and Welfare
Discussant: Everett Upshaw
8:20-8:45 Han Zhang: From No Trading to Trading in the Electronic Market:
An Evolutionary Game Theoretic Analysis
Discussant: Xing Wei
Friday, December 4, 1998 ECB 1.118
9:00-9:25 Kristy Towry: Allocation of Costs and the Incentive to Monitor
Discussant: Leslie Hodder
9:25-9:50 Xing Wei: E-Money competition and Regulation
Discussant: Fei Zou
9:50-10:15 Yuhong Wu: New Product Preannouncement
Discussant: Ravi Chitturi
!0:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:55 Jongbin Lee: Prize Competition and Marketing Strategy
Discussant: Hyun Jong Kim
10:55-11:20 Andras Marosi: Models of Predation
Discussant: Kristy Towry
11:20-11:55 Ravi Chitturi: Price Discrimination in High Tech Industries
Discussant: Xiaorui Hu
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:40 Teresa Harrison: Location of Non-Profit Firms
Discussant: Troy Quast
1:40-2:05 Bill Macey: Reputation and Chain Store Games
Discussant: Steve Lauff
2:05-2:30 Hyun Jong Kim: Switching Behavior in Collusion
Discussant: Andras Marosi
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:10 Cantekin Dincerler: Financial Risk Management and Hedging in Firms
Discussant: Bill Macey
3:10-3:35 Fei Zou: Product Quality Choice in Start-up Firms
Discussant: Sencer Ecer
3:35-4:00 Everett Upshaw: Antitrust, Welfare and the Software Industry
Discussant: Han Zhang