Applied Micro Seminar, 2004

4/12/04            Ulrich Doraszelski, Hoover Institute

“Advertising Dynamics and Competitive Advantage”

(joint with Sarit Markovich (Tel Aviv University))

http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~udo390/advertising.pdf

4/19/04            Silke Januszewski, UC San Diego

“The Effect of Air Traffic Delays on Airline Prices”

http://weber.ucsd.edu/~sjanusze/airtrafficdelays.pdf

4/27/04            Nicholas Economides, NYU

“Dynamic Oligopoly with Network Effects”

5/3/04              Carlos Dobkin, UC Santa Cruz

"The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare"

(joint with David Card (UCB) and Nicole Maestas (Rand))

http://people.ucsc.edu/~cdobkin/Papers/cdm-revised3_complete.pdf

5/10/04            Otto Toivanen, Helsinki School of Economics

“Selection or Self-Rejection?: Applications into a Treatment Program: The Case of R&D Subsidies”

(joint with Tanja Tanayama (HSE) and Tuomas Takalo (HSE))

http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/knittel/GradIO/Toivanen.pdf

This may change, I pulled it from another website.

5/17/04            Florian Zettelmeyer, UC Berkeley

“$1000 Cash Back: Asymmetric Information in Auto Manufacturer Promotions”

(joint with Meghan Busse (UCB) and Jorge Silva Risso (UCR))

http://flomac.haas.berkeley.edu/~florian/Papers/passthrough.pdf

5/24/04            V. Brian Viard, Stanford University

“Quantifying the Benefits of Entry into Local Phone Service”

(joint with Nicholas Economides (Stern School, NYU) and Katja Seim, (Stanford GSB))

Not available yet.

5/31/04            Memorial Day

6/7/04              Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley

“Has Restructuring Improved Operating Efficiency at US Electric Generating Plants?"

(joint with Nancy Rose (MIT) and Kira Markiewicz (UCB))

Not available yet.