2007 – Berlin

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• 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)

• 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