2013 – Würzburg

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• 8.00 pm: Get together in the restaurant Vogelpeter, Ursulinergasse 15, 97070 Würzburg

• 8.30 - 8.45 am: Welcome

Session I, moderator: Norbert Schulz, University of Würzburg

• 8.45 - 9.45 am: "Price Discrimination in Input Markets: Quantity Discounts and Private Information" (PDF, not accessible, 338 KB)

Speaker: Fabian Herweg, University of Munich

Discussant: Anette Boom, Copenhagen Business School

• 9.45 - 10.45 am: "Decision-Making and Implementation in Teams" (PDF, not accessible, 392 KB)

Speaker: Marc Möller, University of Bern

Discussant: Carlos Alós-Ferrer, University of Cologne

• 10.45 - 11.15 am: Coffee break

• 11.15 - 12.15 pm: "Either or Both Competition: A "Two-sided" Theory of Advertising with Overlapping Viewerships (PDF, not accessible, 520 KB)

Speaker: Markus Reisinger, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Discussant: Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim

• 12.15 - 2.00 pm: Lunch break

Session II, moderator: Winand Emons, University of Bern

• 2.00 - 3.00 pm: "Competition in Austrian Treasury Auctions" (PDF, not accessible, 365 KB)

Speaker: Philipp Schmidt-Dengler, University of Mannheim

Discussant: Andreas Roider, Universit of Regensburg

• 3.00 - 4.00 pm: "An Empirical Assessment of the 2004 EU Merger Policy Reform (PDF, not accessible, 662 KB)

Speaker: Tomaso Duso, University of Düsseldorf

Discussant: Christine Zulehner, University of Linz

• 4.00 - 4.30 pm: Coffee break

• 4.30 - 5.30 pm: "Performance Implications of Core and Complementary Pre-Entry Experience: The Role of Consumer Heterogeneity in Mobile Telephony" (PDF, not accessible, 786 KB)

Speaker: Tobias Kretschmer, University of Munich

Discussant: Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich

• 5.30 - 7.00 pm: Meeting of members

• 8.00 pm: Dinner at the restaurant Alte Mainmühle, Mainkai 1, 97070 Würzburg

Session III, Moderation: Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich

• 8.30 - 9.30 am: "Auctions vs. Negotiations: The case of favoritism" (PDF, not accessible, 1.5 MB)

Speaker: Achim Wambach, University of Cologne

Discussant: Paul Heidhues, ESMT Berlin

• 9.30 - 10.30 am: "Consumer Standards as a Strategic Device to Mitigate Ratchet Effects in Dynamic Regulation" (PDF, not accessible, 247 KB)

Speaker: Roland Strausz, Humboldt University in Berlin

Discussant: Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich

• 10.30 - 11.00 am: Coffee break

• 11.00 - 12.00 pm: "Cross-Border Price Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions - A Quantitative Framework for Competition Policiy" (PDF, not accessible, 486 KB)

Speaker: Volker Nocke, University of Mannheim

Discussant: Ulrich Kamecke, Humboldt University in Berlin

• 12.00 - 1.00 pm: Lunch break

Session IV, Moderation: Volcker Nocke, University of Mannheim

• 1.00 - 2.00 pm: "The Effects of Remedies on Merger Activity in Oligopoly" (PDF, not accessible, 327 KB)

Speaker: Christian Wey, University of Düsseldorf

Discussant: Karl Morasch, University of the Bundeswehr in Munich