IJIO Research Summary – Bridging the digital divide in the US
The internet plays a central role in Americans’ lives and the world’s economy. As a result, many governments have prioritized policies to increase access to broadband internet. While a large majority of households in the US have access to broadband internet (about 69% in 2018), [...]
IJIO Special issue on “Market Power and the Macroeconomy”
Guest editors: Christopher Conlon (NYU, Guest Editor) Alon Eizenberg (Hebrew-U, IJIO Coeditor) Paper submission deadline: December 31, 2024 The recent inflationary environment has brought about a lively debate concerning the relationship between the exercise of market power, on the one hand, and inflation on [...]
IJIO Special Issue on “Industrial Policy and Industrial Organization”
Guest editors: Johannes Van Biesebroeck (KU Leuven) Hongsong Zhang (University of Hong Kong) Paper submission deadline: Oct. 31, 2024 Industrial policies -- which we define as government interventions in specific industries that can have various objectives, such as stimulating technological innovation or promoting competitiveness -- [...]
EARIE – CEPR Virtual Seminar
EARIE & CEPR join forces to organise one of the seminars of CEPR's VIOS series. The joint workshop will be held on Wednesday, April 24 at 15:00 CEST and will be given by Nikhil Agarwal (MIT) about Combining Human Expertise with Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Evidence [...]
IJIO Research Summary – Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality
The past years have witnessed a growing interest in studying firm market power in labor markets. Two critical questions are: Which firms exercise labor market power and how does firms’ labor market power shape firms’ wage differences? Addressing these questions is vital in the context [...]
IJIO Research Summary – Umbrella Pricing and Cartel Size
Making cartels pay for umbrella damages may be desirable, but not for the reasons you think... A right to compensation for umbrella effects of cartel formation, or harm resulting from non-members' economic reactions, was established by the EU Court of Justice ten years ago (Case [...]