2018 HKUST Workshop on Industrial Organization

June 6-7, 2018
Department of Economics, School of Business and Management
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Conference Venue: Room 1005, Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building, HKUST

Program Schedule[PDF version]

Day 1: June 6, 2018 (Wednesday)


8:55-9:00am Opening Remark


9:00-10:00am Joseph Harrington: Collusion through Coordination of Announcements[Download PDF]


10:00-10:40am Huanxing Yang: Dominant Firm and Competitive Bundling in Oligopoly Markets[Download PDF]


10:40-11:10am Break


11:10-12:10pm Jay Pil Choi: Optimal Cross-Licensing Arrangements: Collusion vs. Entry Deterrence[Download PDF]


12:10-12:15pm Photo-taking


12:15-1:45pm Lunch


1:45-2:45pm John Asker: (Mis)Allocation, Market Power and Global Oil Extraction[Download PDF]


2:45-3:25pm Yimeng Zhang (HKUST PhD student): TBA


3:25-3:55pm Break


3:55-4:35pm Sunny Huang: A Model of Sales on Online Platforms[Download PDF]


4:35-5:35pm Asher Wolinsky: "Auctions" by Invitation[Download PDF]


5:45pm Departure for dinner



Day 2: June 7, 2018 (Thursday)


9:00-10:00am Johannes Horner: Keeping Your Story Straight: Truthtelling and Liespotting[Download PDF]


10:00-10:40am Sandro Brusco: Internal Financing, Managerial Compensation and Multiple Tasks[Download PDF]


10:40-11:10am Break


11:10-12:10pm David Martimort: Screening Contracts as a Barrier to Entry


12:10-12:15pm Photo-taking


12:15-1:45pm Lunch


1:45-2:45pm Sylvain Chassang: Missing Bids[Download PDF]


2:45-3:25pm Kohei Kawaguchi: Ex-post Anti-competitive Effects of Patent Overlap: The Case of 3D Printer Industry[Download PDF]


3:25-3:55pm Break


3:55-4:35pm Ting Liu: Trust Building in Credence Goods Market[Download PDF]


4:35-5:35pm Mark Armstrong: Competition with Captive Customers[Download PDF]


5:35-5:40pm Closing Remark


6:00pm Departure for dinner