APPLIED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Organized by John Sutton

July 6 to July 8, 2000


Official Program

THURSDAY, JULY 6

Morning Lecture, 9:30-12:30
Technology and Market Structure (John Sutton)
This session is based on chapters 1-3 of Technology and Market Structure.

Afternoon session: Concentration and Industry Evolution
2:00-5:00
Catherine Matraves, Industrial Concentration and Market Integration in the European Union (joint with Bruce Lyons and Peter Moffat)
  Presented by Ciara Whelan
Gerben Bakker, Decline of the European Film Industry: Sunk Costs, Market Size and Market Structure, 1907-1926
  Presented by Catherine Matraves
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model (joint with Thomas J. Holmes)
  Presented by Volker Nocke

FRIDAY, JULY 7

Morning Lecture, 9:30-12:30
The Size Distribution of Business (John Sutton)
This session is based on chapters 9-12 of Technology and Market Structure.

Afternoon session I: The Size Distribution
1:00-3:00
Tommaso Valletti, Firm Size Distribution: Testing the 'Independent Submarkets Model' in the Italian Motor Insurance Industry
  Presented by Rebeca de Juan
Paul Walsh, Modelling Firm Size Distribution in Food & Drink Products (joint with Ciara Whelan)
  Presented by Howard Smith
Rebeca de Juan, The Independent Submarkets Model: An Application to the Spanish Retail Banking Market
  Presented by Gerben Bakker

Afternoon session II: Market Structure in the Supermarket Industry
4:00-6:00
Howard Smith, Local Entry and Local Market Structure in the UK Supermarket Industry
  Presented by Paul Ellickson
Paul Ellickson, Vertical Product Differentiation and Concentration in the Supermarket Industry
  Presented by Howard Smith

SATURDAY, JULY 8

Morning Lecture, 9:30-12:30
Market Dynamics (John Sutton)
This session is based on chapters 13-15 of Technology and Market Structure.

Afternoon session: Dynamic Models
2:00-5:00
Sarit Markovich, Snowball - The Evolution of Dynamic Oligopolies with Network Externalities
  Presented by Tommaso Valletti
Alison Oldale, Exploring Nonconvergence in a Pakes-Ericson Model
  Presented by Gautam Gowrisankaran
Volker Nocke, Underinvestment and Market Structure
  Presented by Sarit Markovich