2010 – Zurich

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• 8.00 pm: Get together at "Crazy Cow", Hotel Leoneck, Leonhardstr. 1, 8001 Zurich

• 9.00 - 9.15 am: Welcome

• 9.15 am - 12.30 pm: Session I - Strategic Positioning in Oligopolistic Markets, Moderation: Peter-J. Jost, WHU Vallendar

"The Impact of Market Demand and Innovation on Market Structure" (PDF, not accessible, 391 KB) (R. Siebert and C. Zulehner)

Speaker: Christine Zulehner, University of Vienna

Discussant: Jürgen Weigand, WHU Vallendar

"Strategic CSR, Spillovers, and First-Mover Advantage" (PDF, not accessible, 282 KB) (M. Kopel)

Speaker: Michael Kopel, University of Graz

Discussant: Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich

• 11.15 - 11.30 am: Coffee break

"Strategic Investment and Spot Market Design in Electricity Markets" (PDF, not accessible, 537 KB) (V. Grimm and G. Zoettl)

Speaker: Veronika Grimm, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen BS

• 12.30 - 1.15 pm: Lunch at Dozentenfoyer

• 1.15 - 5.30 pm: Session II - Market Entry, Entry Deterrence, and Competition, Moderation: Peter-J. Jost, WHU Vallendar

"Determinants for drug lunches in per-TRIPS India: A survival analysis approach" (PDF, not accessible, 319 KB) (S. Bhaduri and T. Brenner)

Speaker: Thomas Brenner, University of Marburg

Discussant: Andre Jungmittag, FH Frankfurt

"Backward Compatibility as Entry Deterrence, Evidence from the US Handheld Video Game Industry" (PDF, not accessible, 357 KB) (T. Kretschmer, E. J. Miravete and J. C. Pernias)

Speaker: Tobias Kretschmer, LMU Munich

Discussant: Erik Lehmann, University of Augsburg

• 3.15-3.30 pm: Coffee break

"Competing Trading Platforms: Nash Bargainers Against Walrasian Auctioneers" (PDF, not accessible, 72,6 KB) (R. Saran and M. Walzl)

Referent: Markus Walzl, FU Bozen

Discussant: Evelyn Korn, University of Marburg

"And the Winner Is - Acquired. Entrepreneurship as a Contest with Acquisition as the Prize" (PDF, not accessible, 221 KB) (J. Henkel, T. Rønde and M. Wagner)

Speaker: Thomas Rønde, Copenhagen BS

Discussant: Besim Yurtoglu, University of Vienna

• 5.30 - 6.15 pm: Meeting of members

• 6.15 - 6.45: Presentation of the KOF-Innovation data (M. Wörter, ETH Zurich)

• 7.00 pm: Dinner at restaurant Neumarkt

• 9.00 - 1.15: Session III - Market Distortions and Regulation: Theory and Evidence, Diskussionsleitung: Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich

"Regulatory Change in Pharmaceutical Price: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Denmark" (PDF, not accessible, 211 KB) (U. Kaiser, S. Mendez and T. Rønde)

Speaker: Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich

Discussant: Klaus Ritzberger, IHS Vienna

"Smart Entry in Local Retail Markets for Electricity and Natural Gas" (PDF, not accessible, 536 KB) (F.W. Bartholomae, K. Morasch and R. Orsolya Tôth)

Speaker: Karl Morasch, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich

Discussant: Ulrich Kamecke, HU Berlin

• 11.00 - 11.15 am: Coffee break

"Is Regulating the Solvency of Banks Counter-productive?" (PDF, not accessible, 98.5 KB) (P. Zweifel, D. Pfaff and J. Kühn)

Speaker: Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich

Discussant: Felix Höffler, WHU Vallendar

"Certification and Exchange in Vertically Concentrated Markets" (PDF, not accessible, 227 KB) (K. Stahl and R. Strausz)

Speaker: Roland Strausz, FU Berlin

Discussant: Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich

• 1.15 pm: Snack