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Session 3: Empirical Implementation of Theoretical Models of Strategic Interaction and Dynamic Behavior

July 13-15, 2015
Deadline for Applications: 
April 13, 2015

Organized by:

  • Gregory Crawford, University of Zurich
  • Frank Wolak, Stanford University

For travel planning purposes - this session will run from Monday, July 13th, approx 9:00am, to Wednesday, July 15th, approx 5:00pm

The papers in this session will be from the fields of empirical Industrial Organization (IO), Labor Economics, Public Finance, Health Economics, Environmental & Energy Economics, and Development Economics. The unifying feature of the papers presented is that they each contain a theoretical model of an economic interaction and an empirical implementation of this theoretical model using actual data.  Popular topics for papers from previous years include the empirical implementation of models of auction market equilibrium, discrete choice models of differentiated product demand and oligopoly equilibrium, dynamic models of individual and group behavior.

In this Session

Health Insurance Exchange Design in an Empirical Equilibrium Labor Market Model

Presented by: Naoki Aizawa Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Matching Pennies on the Campaign Trail

Presented by: Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania)
Co-Authors: Pinar Yildirim (Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

Presented by: Victoria Prowse, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University.
Co-Authors: Peter Haan, DIW Berlin.

The Impact of Switching Stores on State Dependence in Brand Choice

Presented by: Raphael Thomadsen

Identification and Estimation of Forward-looking Behavior: The Case of Consumer Stockpiling

Presented by: Matthew Osborne, University of Toronto
Co-Authors: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto

Endogenous entry and risk aversion in oil and gas lease auctions

Presented by: Yunmi Kong

Incentive Design in Education: An Empirical Analysis

Presented by: Hugh Macartney
Co-Authors: Robert McMillan, Uros Petronijevic

Quantifying the Supply Response of Private Schools to Public Policies

Presented by: Michael Dinerstein
Co-Authors: Troy Smith

Do Energy Efficiency Standards Improve Quality? Evidence from a Revealed Preference Approach

Presented by: Sebastien Houde, University of Maryland
Co-Authors: C. Anna Spurlock

Identification and Estimation of Auctions with Incomplete Contracts: A Structural Analysis of California Highway Construction Projects

Presented by: Xun Tang, Rice University and U Pennsylvania
Co-Authors: Yonghong An, Texas A&M University

Wind turbine shutdowns and upgrades in Denmark: Timing decisions and the impact of government policy

Presented by: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
Co-Authors: Jonathan A. Cook

The Bidder Exclusion Effect

Presented by: Brad Larsen
Co-Authors: Dominic Coey Kane Sweeney