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2021 Conference on Models and Measurement

June 1-2, 2021

Location: Virtual

Organizer: Chao Fu, Phil Haile, and Nick Ryan

Note: The first session on the first day will start in Zoom.

*Presenter

Tuesday, June 1

SESSION 1
11:00am to 11:45am

"Unobserved Heterogeneity, State Dependence, and Health Plan Choices"

Ariel Pakes* (Harvard University), Jack Porter (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Mark Shepard (Harvard University), Sophie Calder-Wang (University of Pennsylvania). Discussant: Ben Handel (University of California, Berkeley)

11:45am to 12:30pm

Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato (Duke University), Qiaoyi Chen (Fudan University), Zhao Chen (Fudan University), Zhikuo Liu (Fudan University). Discussant: Mar Reguant (Northwestern University)

12:30pm to 1:00pm

Coffee Break

SESSION 2
1:00pm to 1:45pm

"Risk and Information in Dispute Resolution: An Empirical Study of Arbitration"

Yunmi Kong* (Rice University), Bernardo S. Silveira (University of California, Los Angeles), Xun Tang (Rice University). Discussant: John Kennan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

1:45pm to 2:30pm

"Testing Firm Conduct"

Christopher Sullivan* (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Marco Duarte (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Lorenzo Magnolfi (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Mikkel Soelvsten (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Discussant: Steve Berry (Yale University)

2:30pm to 3:00pm

Coffee Break

SESSION 3
3:00pm to 3:45pm

"The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China"

Gaurav Khanna* (University of California, San Diego), Wenquan Liang (Jinan University), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University), Ran Song (Yale-NUS College). Discussant: Melanie Morton (Stanford University)

3:45pm to 4:30pm

"Voluntary Regulation: Evidence from Medicare Payment Reform"

Neale Mahoney* (Stanford University), Liran Einav (Stanford University), Amy Finkelstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Yunan Ji (Harvard University). Discussant: Kate Ho (Princeton University)

4:30pm to 5:00pm

Coffee Break

Wednesday, June 2

SESSION 1
11:00am to 11:45am

"Was Sarbanes-Oxley Costly? Evidence from Optima Contracting on CEO Compensation"

Robert A. Miller* (Carnegie Mellon University), George-Levi Gayle (Washington University in St. Louis), Chen Li (New York University). Discussant: Pierre-Andre Chiappori (Columbia University)

11:45am to 12:45pm

"Subjective Beliefs and Inclusion Policies: Evidence from College Admissions"

Michela M. Tincani* (University College London), Fabian Kosse (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Enrico Miglino (University College London). Discussant: Claudia Allende (University of Chicago)

12:30pm to 1:00pm

Coffee Break

SESSION 2
1:00pm to 1:45pm

"Imperfect Competition and Rents in Labor and Product Markets: The Case of the Construction Industry"

Yao Luo* (University of Toronto), Kory Kroft (University of Toronto), Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago), Bradley Setzler (University of Chicago). Discussant: Katja Seim (Yale University)

1:45pm to 2:30pm

"Productivity Versus Motivation in Adolescent Human Capital Production: Evidence from a Structurally-Motivated Field Experiment"

Brent R. Hickman* (Washington University in St. Louis), Christopher S. Cotton (Queen's University), John A. List (University of Chicago), Joseph Price (Brigham Young University). Discussant: Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania)

2:30pm to 3:00pm

Coffee Break

SESSION 3
3:00pm to 3:45pm

"Competing Platforms and Transport Equilibrium"

Nicola Rosaia (Harvard University). Discussant: Laura Doval (Columbia University)

3:45pm to 4:30pm

"The Impact of Privacy Measures on Online Advertising Markets"

Matthew Shum* (California Institute of Technology), Miguel Alcobendas (Yahoo Research), Shunto J. Kobayashi (California Institute of Technology). Discussant: Michael Ostrovsky (Stanford University)

4:30pm to 5:00pm

Coffee Break