Friday, August 30

Time Session / Event
13:00 – 14:30 Registration
14:30 – 15:00 Welcome Address
15:00 – 16:15 Keynote Address –
Ali Yurukoglu
16:15 – 17:00 Transfer time
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:00 Parallel I & Invited  I
19:00 –  20:00 Welcome Reception

Saturday, August 31

Time Session / Event
08:30 – 10:00 Parallel II & Invited  II
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Parallel III & Invited  III
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch / Policy Sessions
13:30 – 15:00 Parallel IV & Invited IV
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45 Presidential Address –
Natalia Fabra
16:45 – 17:15 Coffee Break
17:15 – 18:45 Parallel V & Invited V
19:00 – 22:30 Boat Trip & Conference Dinner

Sunday, Sept 1

Time Session / Event
09:15 – 10:30 Keynote Address – Volker Nocke
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel VI & Invited VI
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Parallel VII

Keynote Speakers

Natalia Fabra
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Electricity Market Design in Transition
Chair: Coming soon

Volker Nocke
University of Mannheim
Title: Coming soon
Chair: Coming soon

Ali Yurukoglu
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Title: Coming soon
Chair: Coming soon

Invited Sessions

Friday, August 30, 17:30
IO and Trade

Chair: Claire Chambolle
Michael Rubens (University of California, Los Angeles): Exploiting or Augmenting Labor
Eugenio Miravete (University of Texas at Austin): Trade Protection, Industrial Policy, and the Shaping of Local Preferences


Saturday, August 31, 08:30
Market Power
Chair: Nikos Vettas
Matthew Backus (Berkeley Haas): Surplus, Distribution, and Antitrust
Michele Fioretti (Sciences Po): Diversified Production and Market Power: Theory and Evidence from Renewables


Saturday, August 31, 10:30

Market Design
Chair: Patrick Rey
Ellen Muir (MIT): Optimal opaqueness: Multi-product monopoly pricing without contractual restrictions (joint with Simon Loertscher)
Andrew Rhodes (Toulouse School of Economics): Optimal Merger Remedies

Saturday, August 31, 13:30
Transportation Markets
Chair: Alessandro Gavazza
Giulia Brancaccio (New York University Stern School of Business): Investment in Infrastructure and Trade: The Case of Ports
Isis Durrmeyer (Toulouse School of Economics): The Welfare Effects of Urban Traffic Regulations


Saturday, August 31, 17:15
IO/Theory
Chair: Paul Heidhues
Laura Doval (Columbia Business School)
Dirk Bergemann (Yale University): Information Design


Sunday, September 1, 11:00
Industrial Policy
Chair: Massimo Motta
Nathan Lane (University of Oxford)
Catherine Thomas (London School of Economics): Efficient Industrial Policy for Innovation: Standing on the Shoulders of Hidden Giants

Special Policy Sessions:


Platform Connectivity and Competition

Chair: Jan Tichem (ACM)
Jan Svitak (ACM): Transition from access regulation to network competition in fixed telecom markets (with Jan Tichem (ACM))
Marc Ivaldi (TSE): Welfare Cost of Mobile Spectrum (Mis)allocation (with Louise Aimene (Orange), Jean-Baptiste Guiffard (UMR), and Julienne Liang (Orange))


Structural Remedies
Chair: Maarten Pieter Schinkel (UvA)
John Kwoka (Northeastern): Confronting consummated mergers: An Inquiry into Policy and Practice (with Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College))
Ruben van Oosten (UvA): Breaking Up Big Tech: Scissor Line Suggestions for Smart Cuts (with Maarten Pieter Schinkel (UvA))

Parallel Sessions here