Masakazu Ishihara (Toronto)

Dynamic Demand for New and Used Durable Goods without Physical Depreciation: The Case of Japanese Video Games

Tuesday, September 7 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Jimmy Teng (Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica Taiwa)

The Bayesian Theory of Games:: A Statistical decision theoretic based analysis of strategic interactions

Thursday, September 9 2010 12:10–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization/Economic theory, Organizers: Frank Mathewson and Carolyn Pitchik

Boyan Jovanovic (New York University)

Extensive and Intensive Investment over the Business Cycle (joint with Peter L. Rousseau)

Monday, September 20 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn (UCLA)

A Reputational Theory of Firm Dynamics (joint with Simon Board)

Monday, September 27 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Ambarish Chandra (University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business)

Consumer Search & Dynamic Price Dispersion: An Application to Gasoline Markets (joint with Mariano Tappata)

Monday, October 4 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Matthew Spiegel (Yale University School of Management)

Dynamic Competition, Valuation and Merger Activity (joint with Heather Tookes)

Monday, October 18 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Adam Copeland (New York Fed)

The Impact of Competition on Technology Adoption: An Apples-to-PCs Analysis (joint with Adam Hale Shapiro)

Monday, November 8 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizer: Carlos Serrano

Elena Pastorino (Univesity of Iowa)

Nonlinear Pricing in Village Economies: An Empirical Assessment of Food Prices in Rural Mexico and Colombia (joint with Orazio Attanasio)

Monday, November 15 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Luis Cabral (IESE Business School (University of Navarra) and NYU)

Aftermarket Power and Basic Market Competition (joint with Aftermarket Power and Basic Market Competition)

Monday, November 22 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Allan Collard-Wexler (New York University, Stern)

Mergers and Sunk Costs: An Application to the ready-mix concrete industry

Monday, November 29 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

David P. Byrne (University of Melbourne)

The Welfare Effects of Mergers and Product Repositioning in the Cable Television Industry

Monday, December 6 2010 16:10–17:30, Rotman, room 127

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Uli Doraszelski (Wharton, UPENN)

Efficiency or Predation: What Drives Pricing When There is Learning-by-Doing

Monday, March 28 2011 16:10–17:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Glen Weyl (Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University)

Materialistic Genius & Market Power: Uncovering the Best Innovations (joint with Jean Tirole)

Monday, April 4 2011 16:10–17:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizers: Matthew Mitchell and Carlos Serrano

Yi Xu (New York University)

Firm Quality, Productivity, and Capability Among Chinese Exporters (joint with Mark Roberts and Xiaoyan Fan)

Wednesday, April 13 2011 16:10–17:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

Ron Goettler (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)

Does AMD spur Intel to innovate more? (joint with Brett Gordon)

Monday, April 18 2011 15:10–16:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization/Business economics, Organizer: Carlos Serrano

Matthew Mitchel (Rotman)

Measuring Team Inputs: Harold Zurcher Plays in the NBA

Tuesday, May 10 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

Masakazu Ishihara (Rotman)

Bayesian Estimation of Non-stationary Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

Tuesday, May 17 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

David Soberman (Rotman)

TBA

Tuesday, May 24 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

Carlos Rosell (Department of Finance, Canada)

TBA

Tuesday, May 31 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

James Campbel (Rotman)

TBA

Tuesday, June 7 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

Alberto Galasso (Rotman)

Trading and Enforcing Patent Rights (joint with Carlos Serrano and Mark Schankerman)

Tuesday, June 14 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

Nathan Yang (University of Toronto - Dept. Economics)

Industry Dynamics with Vicarious Learning

Tuesday, June 21 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria

April Franco (Rotman)

TBA

Tuesday, June 28 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106

Series: Industrial organization, Organizer: Victor Aguirregabiria