2007 – Berlin
Monday, 12 March, 2007
- 9.00 - 9.15 am: Welcome by Georg Meran (DIW Vice President)
- 9.15 - 10.15 am: Rafael Lalive and Armin Schmutzler (University of Zurich), "Competition for Railway Markets: The Case of Baden-Württemberg"
Discussion: Ulrich Kamecke (HU Berlin)
- 10.15 - 10.30 am: Coffee Break
- 10.30 - 11.30 am: Joachim Henkel (TU Munich) and Jörn Block, "Peer Influence in Network Markets"
Discussion: Oliver Fabel (University of Konstanz)
- 11.30 - 12.30 am: Boris Krey and Peter Zweifel (University of Zurich), "Efficient Electricity Portfolios for the United States and Switzerland"
Discussion: Andre Jungmittag (BU Wuppertal)
- 12.30 am - 1.30 pm: Lunch
- 1.30 - 1.45 pm: Welcome by Klaus Zimmermann (DIW President)
- 1.45 - 2.45 pm: Martin Pesendorfer (London School of Economics), "Equilibrium Bids in Sponsored Search Auctinos: Theory and Evidence"
Discussion: Dietmar Harhoff (LMU München)
- 2.45 - 3.45 pm: Carlos Alós-Ferrer (University of Konstanz), Georg Kirchsteiger and Markus Walzl, "On the Evolution of Market Institutions: The Platform Design Paradox"
Discussion: Christian Wey (TU Berlin and DIW)
- 3.45 - 4.00 pm: Coffee Break
- 4.00 - 5.00 pm: Simon Loertscher and Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Bern), "Dynamic Location Games"
Discussion: Helmut Bester (FU Berlin)
- 5.00 - 5.15 pm: Coffee Break
- 5.15 - 6.15 pm: Christian Wey (TU Berlin and DIW), "Overview on DIW Data (t.b.c.)"
- from 8.00 pm: Dinner at Restaurant "Dicke Louise", (Königin-Luise-Str. 40-42, 14195 Berlin)
Tuesday, 13 March, 2007
- 09.00 – 10.00 am: Volker Nocke (Oxford) and Michael Whinston, "Sequential Merger Review"
Discussion: Klaus Ritzberger (IHS Wien)
- 10.00 - 10.15 am: Coffee Break
- 10.15 – 11.15 am: Ulrich Kaiser (University of Southern Denmark at Odense), "When Pricing Below Marginal Cost Pays Off: Optimal Price Choice in a Print Media Market"
Discussion: Evelyn Korn (University of Marburg)
- 11.15 – 12.15 am: General assembly
- 12.15 am – 1.15 pm: Lunch
- 1.15 – 2.15 pm: Georg Götz (University of Vienna) and Thomas Astebro, "Diffusion of New Technology – The Case of Multiple Generations"
Discussion: Knut Blind (TU Berlin/ Fraunhofer ISI)
- 2.15 am: Conclusion and end of meeting