8–8:50 am

Registration

8:50 am

Opening Remarks

9–10 am

Plenary Session: Endogenous Product Choice, Antitrust, and Public Policies,

by Ying FAN (University of Michigan)

10:30–12:00pm

Regular Session: (Sophisticated) Firm Strategies

· Estimating the Gains (and Losses) of Revenue Management

o Presented by: Ao Wang (University of Warwick)

o Discussed by: Yonghong An (Texas A&M University)

· Competing on Information in Selection Markets: Evidence from Auto Insurance

o Presented by: Xin Yi (California Institute of Technology)

o Discussed by: Tiffany Tsai (National University of Singapore)

noon – 2pm

Lunch Break

2 – 3:30pm

Regular Session: Consumer Products

· Trade, Markups, and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry

o Presented by: Xiaochen Xie (Renmin University of China)

o Discussed by Zhe Yuan (Zhejiang University)

· Innovation Diffusion under an Arms Race: Evidence from Drug-Eluting Stents

o Presented by: Xuezhen Tao (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

o Discussed by: Yushi Peng (Tilburg University)

4 – 5:30 pm

Power Session

· Returns to Scale, Productivity, and Markup: Revisit the Export Premium

o Presented by:  Yating Jiang (Renmin University of China)

· Diversified Production and Market Power: Theory and Evidence from Renewables Theory and Evidence from Renewables

o Presented by: Junnan He (Sciences Po)

· Vertical Contracts and Rival Entry: Evidence from the US Yogurt Industry

o Presented by: Yujing Song (Peking University)

JUNE 21, Friday

9 – 10am

Plenary Session: Competition and Public Policies in the Automobile Industry,

by Frank Verboven (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven)

10:30 – 12:00pm

Regular Session: Electric Vehicles

· Stepwise Innovation and Bottom-up Industry Dynamics: Evidence from the Chinese Electric Vehicle Industry

o Presented by: Jasmine Yu Hao (University of Hong Kong)

o Discussed by: Rong Luo (Renmin University of China)

· Vertical integration, Foreclosure, and Learning-by-doing: Evidence from the Chinese electric vehicle and power battery industries

o Presented by: Yunyi Hu (Southwest University of Finance and Economics)

o Discussed by: Meilin Ma (Purdue University)

noon – 2pm

Lunch Break

2 – 3:30pm

Regular Session: Designing Housing Market

· Public Housing at Scale: Dynamics, Policies and Spillovers

o Presented by: Kwok Hao Lee (National University of Singapore)

o Discussed by: Junnan He (Sciences Po)

· Leverage Regulation and Housing Inequality

o Presented by: Yushi Peng (Tilburg University)

o Discussed by: Zhonglin Li (National University of Singapore)

4 – 5:30 pm

Power Session

· Transforming Rural Trade: The Impact of a Government-initiated Non-profit E-commerce Platform on Local Specialty Sales

o Presented by: Xintong Han (Laval University)

· Heterogeneous Consumer Dynamics and the Financing Gap

o Presented by: Xinyao Kong (University of Texas at Dallas)

· Anatomy of Opioid Diversion: Examining Supply-Side Curtailment

o Presented by: Lance Gui (University of Arizona)

5:30pm

Conclusion of the conference