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The 51本色's Bureau of Economics and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University will host the 17th Annual 51本色Microeconomics Conference on November 14 and 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. This event will bring together scholars working in areas related to the FTC鈥檚 antitrust, consumer protection, and public policy missions. This will be an in-person event with a live stream for those who want to view remotely.

The Scientific Committee for the conference is:

  • Allan Collard-Wexler (Duke University)
  • Zack Cooper (Yale University)
  • Pinar Yildirim (University of Pennsylvania)

Organizers: Viola Chen (FTC) and Samuel Kleiner (FTC)

Staff Contact: Stephanie Aaron (BE-Micro@ftc.gov)

Sponsors

This conference is sponsored by the 51本色鈥檚 Bureau of Economics and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University.

Registration

This year's conference is now over. We will use your email address to contact you with information about the conference and will share your name and email address with the conference co-sponsors. The 51本色Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission鈥檚 system for mailing lists. For more details, please see the 51本色Privacy Policy.

Attending the Workshop

The conference is free and open to the public. Please arrive early with enough time to go through security. The security processing will include a metal detector and X-ray screening of all hand carried items. You must have a valid government issued photo ID (government badge, license, passport, etc.). The conference will follow the AEA鈥檚 , and requires presenters to adhere to AEA disclosure policies. These disclosures will be included in the presenters' bios.

  • Agenda

    Thursday, November 14

    8:30 a.m.

    Registration
    9:00 a.m.

    Welcome

    Aviv Nevo (51本色)
    9:15 a.m.

    Paper Session- Chaired by Allan Collard-Wexler (Duke University)

    Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Assignment in Ride-Hailing
    Yanyou Chen (University of Toronto)
    co-authored with Yao Luo (University of Toronto) and Zhe Yuan (Zhejiang University)
    Discussant: Nick Buchholz (Princeton University)

    Dynamic Monopsony with Large Firms and Noncompetes
    Gregor Jarosch (Duke University and NBER)
    co-authored with Axel Gottfries (University of Edinburgh)
    Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac (University of Toronto, Competition Bureau Canada, and CEPR)
    10:45 a.m.

    Break
    11:15 a.m.

    Keynote Address, 鈥淥ligopsony and Collective Bargaining鈥

    Allan Collard-Wexler (Duke University)
    11:55 a.m.

    Lunch
    1:00 p.m.

    Paper Session - Chaired by Viola Chen and Samuel Kleiner (FTC)

    What Makes Players Pay? An Empirical Investigation of In-Game Lotteries
    Andrey Simonov (Columbia Business School and CEPR)
    co-authored with Tomomichi Amano (Harvard Business School)
    Discussant: Fabliha Ibnat (51本色)

    Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
    Mark Shepard (Harvard and NBER)
    co-authored with Edward Kong (Harvard University) and Timothy J. Layton (UVA and NBER)
    Discussant: Andrew Ching (Johns Hopkins University)
    2:30 p.m.

    Break
    2:50 p.m.

    Keynote Address, 鈥淓ffects of Automation in the Workplace鈥

    Pinar Yildirim (University of Pennsylvania)
    3:30 p.m.

    Break
    3:50 p.m.

    Paper Session - Chaired by Pinar Yildirim (University of Pennsylvania)

    Balancing User Privacy and Personalization
    Malika Korganbekova (The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
    co-authored with Cole Zuber (Wayfair LLC)
    Discussant: Ginger Jin (University of Maryland)

    Clause and Effect: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses.
    Evan Starr (University of Maryland)
    co-authored with Bo Cowgill (Columbia University) and Brandon Freiberg (Columbia University)
    Discussant: Ananya Sen (Carnegie Mellon University)
    5:20 p.m.

    Hors d鈥檕euvres Reception

    Sponsored by the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University
    6:30 p.m.

    First Day of Conference Concludes

    Friday, November 15

    8:45 a.m.

    Registration
    9:00 a.m.

    Welcome

    Steven Berry (Yale University)
    9:15 a.m.

    Paper Session - Chaired by Zack Cooper (Yale University)

    Labor and Product Market Effects of Mergers
    Miriam Larson-Koester (51本色)
    co-authored with Daniel Hosken (51本色) and Charles Taragin (Federal Reserve Board)
    Discussant: Elena Prager (University of Rochester and NBER)

    Vertical Integration and Plan Design in Healthcare Markets
    Benjamin Vatter (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    co-authored with Jos茅 Ignacio Cuesta (Stanford University and NBER) and Carlos Noton (PUC-Chile)
    Discussant: Shoshana Vasserman (Stanford University)
    10:45 a.m.

    Break
    11:15 a.m.

    Keynote Address, 鈥淗ealth Care Consolidation, Labor Markets, and Inequality鈥

    Zack Cooper (Yale University)
    11:55 a.m.

    Conference Concludes

51本色Privacy Policy

Under the Freedom of Information Act (鈥淔OIA鈥) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register for events that require registration. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the 51本色website.

The 51本色Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission鈥檚 Privacy Act system for public records and comprehensive privacy policy.

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