Virtual DC IO Day 2021: Friday June 4th 2021.

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Program:

9:00-9:45

Impact of Market Structure on Regulatory Compliance: Evidence from Online Censorship in China

Presented by: Z. Jessie Liu (JHU)

Discussant: Ginger Jin (UMD)

9:45-10:30

Multilateral Negotiations and Opportunism

Presented by: Dan Vincent (UMD)

Discussant: Paolo Ramezzana (FTC)

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10:45-11:30

Auctioning Annuities

Presented by: Gaurab Aryal (Virginia)

Discussant: Elena Krasnokutskaya (JHU)

11:30-12:15

Expected Profits and Scientific Novelty

Presented by: Manuel Hermosilla (JHU)

Discussant: Emek Basker (US Census)

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1:15-1:50

Quantifying the Benefits of Video Streaming Services

Presented by: Kimberly Conlon (FTC)

Chair/discussion leader: Jessica Stahl (US DOJ)

1:50-2:25

Competing for Recommendations: The Strategic Impact of Personalized Product Recommendations in Online Marketplaces

Presented by: Bo Zhou (UMD)

Discussant: Itay Fainmesser (JHU)

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2:40-3:15

Efficient Estimation of Random Coefficient Demand Models

Presented by: Paul Grieco (PSU)

Chair/discussion leader: Andrew Sweeting (UMD)

3:15-3:50

Resale, Refunds and Uncertainty

Presented by: Drew Vollmer (Duke)

Chair/discussion leader: Matt Leisten (FTC)

Timing:

Morning: presenter gets up to 30 mins with the discussant and audience Q&A sharing the rest.

Afternoon: presenter gets up to 25 minutes, with Q&A getting the rest, with the expectation that the discussion leader asks the first couple of questions.

Link to the 2020 program: https://sites.google.com/site/dcioday/schedule.pdf

Links to past programs: http://econweb.umd.edu/~sweeting/dc_io_conference2019.html

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Organizers: Andrew Sweeting and Chenyu Yang (UMD)