Seminar

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Conference agenda

Monday, June 1

Start	End	Session name	Discussant
8:30 AM	9:20 AM	Breakfast
9:25 AM	9:30 AM	Welcome remarks
9:30 AM	10:25 AM	Kyle Wilson, Pomona College. “Quantifying Foreclosure: The Live Nation - Ticketmaster Merger.”	Dennis McWeeny, Bates White
10:25 AM	10:35 AM	Break
10:35 AM	11:30 AM	Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne. “Complete and incomplete information bargaining in a model with independent private values.”	Joao Thereze, Duke University Fuqua School of Business
11:30 AM	12:25 PM	Udayan Vaidya, Duke University. “Delegated Contracting.”	Ellen Muir, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:25 PM	1:25 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	2:00 PM	Dave Barth, Dennis McWeeny, and Varun Prasad, Bates White. Case overview session: United States et al. v. Google LLC (Ad tech)
2:00 PM	2:55 PM	Juan Ortner, Boston University. “Scoring and Cartel Discipline in Procurement Auctions.”	Leslie Marx, Duke University and Bates White
2:55 PM	3:50 PM	Justin Johnson, Cornell University. “Algorithmic Steering and Advertising on Platforms.”	Matthew S. Lewis, Clemson
3:50 PM	4:00 PM	Break
4:00 PM	4:55 PM	Liran Einav, Stanford University. “Customer Overlap and Diversion Ratios.”	Eric Emch, Bates White
4:55 PM	8:30 PM	Travel to/attend dinner reception (Imperfecto, 1124 23rd St NW, Washington, DC)

    

Tuesday, June 2

Start	End	Session name	Discussant
8:30 AM	8:55 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	9:55 AM	Regina Seibel, University of Toronto. “Digital (Killer?) Acquisitions.”	Leemore Dafny, Harvard University and Bates White
9:55 AM	10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM	11:10 AM	Jon McClure, Purdue University. “Measuring Substitution in Attention Markets: The Case of Mobile Apps.”	Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and Bates White
11:10 AM	11:40 AM	Michael Logue, Bates White. Case overview session: FTC v. Amazon
11:40 AM	12:25 PM	Lunch
12:30 PM	1:25 PM	Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia. “Bridging Quasi-Experimental and Structural Approaches for Robust Evaluation of US Airline Mergers.”	Valentin Verdier, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1:25 PM	2:20 PM	Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley. “The Measurement and Production of Quality in Long-Term Care Facilities in the US: 2012–2017.”	Liran Einav, Stanford University

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Academic attendee list

Below is a list of academic guests we expect to welcome at the conference.

First	Last	School
Matthew	Backus	UC Berkeley
Jori	Barash	University of Oregon
Laurent	Bouton	Georgetown University
Tim	Brennan	UMBC
Zarek	Brot-Goldberg	University of Chicago
Karim	Chalak	University of Manchester
Keith	Chen	UCLA
Jay Pil	Choi	Michigan State University
Federico	Ciliberto	University of Virginia
Dale	Collins	Georgetown University
Stuart	Craig	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leemore	Dafny	Harvard University and Bates White
Liran	Einav	Stanford University
Patrick	Greenlee	US Department of Justice (retired)
Thomas	Jeitschko	Michigan State University
Justin	Johnson	Cornell University
Paul	Johnson	Rideau Economics
Zi Yang	Kang	University of Toronto
Louis	Kaplow	Harvard University
Matt	Lewis	Clemson University
Simon	Loertscher	University of Melbourne
Neale	Mahoney	Stanford and Bates White
Leslie	Marx	Duke University and Bates White
Jon	McClure	Purdue University
Ellen	Muir	MIT
Juan	Ortner	Boston University
Matthew	Panhans	US Federal Trade Commission
Alvaro	Parra	Dalhousie University
Steve	Puller	Texas A&M University
Alex	Raskovich	University of Akron Law School
Nancy	Rose	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regina	Seibel	University of Toronto
Alan	Sorensen	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Andrew	Sweeting	University of Maryland
Joao	Thereze	Duke University
Udayan	Vaidya	Duke University
Valentin	Verdier	University of North Carolina
Eddie	Watkins	Federal Trade Commission
Michael	Whinston	Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Bates White
Matthijs	Wildenbeest	The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
Kyle	Wilson	Pomona College

Reimbursements

As a reminder, Bates White is covering hotel accommodations and will reimburse costs associated with your travel to the conference (up to $1,000; if traveling by air, we will cover the cost of coach seating.) We will also reimburse up to $79 for meals during and after your travel to DC on Sunday, May 31 (a list of restaurants near the Park Hyatt is below for reference.)

After the conference, please send your receipts and mailing address to Rachael Weidman (rachael.weidman@bateswhite.com) to process your reimbursement.

Restaurant	Closing time on Sunday	Distance from Park Hyatt (miles)
Blue Duck Tavern	10 PM	0
Bar Angie	10 PM	0.1
Bluestone Lane West End Café	5 PM	0.2
Tatte Bakery & Café	7 PM	0.2
Chef Geoff's West End	10 PM	0.2
Nobu	9:30 PM	0.2
Rasika	9:30 PM	0.3
Call Your Mother Deli - West End	4 PM	0.3