Location: Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Organizers : Simon Anderson, University of Virginia
Alexandre de Cornière, University of Oxford
Day 1 : Monday 29 June
8 :30 - 9 :00 : Welcome. Tea, coffee and biscuits
9 :00 - 9 :50 : David Reiley, Pandora Media, Inc., and UC Berkeley « Northern Exposure: A Field Experiment Measuring Externalities between Search Advertisements »
Discussion by Matt Goldman, UCSD
9 :50 – 10 :40 : Matt Goldman, UC San Diego, « Experiments as Instruments:Heterogeneous Position Effects in Sponsored Search Auctions »
Discussion by David Reiley, Pandora Media, Inc., and UC Berkeley
10 :40 – 11 :10 : Coffee break
11 :10 – 12 :00 : Nathan Larson, American University, « Paid to Order: Poaching and Retaining Customers with Personalized Discounts »
Discussion by Greg Taylor, Oxford
12 :00 – 12 :50 : Ying Lei, Boston University « How do Firms Advertise inCompetition when Customer Reviews are Available?»
Discussion by Simon Cowan, Oxford
12 :50- 14 :20 : Lunch break, Nuffield College restaurant.
14 :20- 15 :10 : Brad Shapiro, Chicago Booth, « Informational Shocks and the Effects of PhysiciansDetailing »
Discussion by Ginger Jin
15 :10-16 :00 : Martin O’Connell, Institute of Fiscal Studies, « The Effects of Banning Advertising in Junk Food Market »
Discussion by Pasquale Schiraldi, London School of Economics
16 :00- 16 :30 : Coffee Break
16 :30-17 :20 : Ginger Jin, Maryland, « Motivating Group Donation:Evidence from a Large Field Experiment »
Discussion by Brad Shapiro
18 :30-19 :00 : Drinks, Senior Common Room, Nuffield College
19 :00 : Dinner, Fellows’ Dining Room, Nuffield College
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Day 2 : Tuesday 30 June
9 :45-10 :35 : Elie Ofek, Harvard Business School, « Quality and Advertising in a Vertically Differentiated Market»
Discussion by Andres Hervas-Drane, Cass Business School
10 :35-11:00 Coffee Break
11 :00- 11 :50 : Miguel Villas-Boas, UC Berkeley Haas, « Search for Information on Multiple Products »
Discussion by Renaud Foucart, Oxford
11 :50 :12 :40 : Anthony Dukes, U. of Southern California, « Prominent Attributes »
Discussion by Andre Veiga, Oxford
12 :40-14 :10 : Lunch break
14 :10-15 :00: Jon Levin, Stanford University, « Sales Mechanisms in Online Markets: What Happened to Internet Auctions?»
Discussion by Howard Smith, Oxford
15 :00-15 :50 : Howard Smith, Oxford, « Multi-Product Competition, Shopping Costs, and Market Power: A Model of Supermarket Pricing »
Discussion by Kate Smith, Institute for Fiscal Studies
15 :50-16 :20 : Coffee Break
16 :20-17 :10 : Vasiliki Skreta, University College London, « Sales Talk »
Discussion by Régis Renault, Paris-Dauphine
17 :10-18 :00 : Martin Peitz, U. of Mannheim, « You Are Judged by the Company You Keep: Reputation Leverage in Vertically Related Markets »
Discussion by Helen Weeds, U. of Essex
19 :00 : Finger buffet, Chester Room, Nuffield College