Workshop 2010 (Berlin)
Workshop on
“Market Power in Vertically Related Markets”
February 18 and 19, 2010
German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin
Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin
1st Floor, Schumpeter Hall
Program
Thursday, February 18, 2010
09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Coffee
Welcome
09:30 – 11:30 Chair: Roland Strausz
Martin Peitz and Markus Reisinger
Indirect Taxation in Vertical Oligopoly
Discussant: Pio Baake
Joao Montez
Bargaining with a Principal: Binding vs. Non-Binding Contracts
Discussant: Roland Strausz
11:30 –12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Chair: Roland Strausz
Özlem Bedre-Defolie and Stéphane Caprice
Non-linear Supply Contracts and the Implications of Retailers' Size Discounts
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Chair: Christian Wey
Zhijun Chen and Patrick Rey
Loss Leaders as an Exploitative Device
Discussant: Christian Wey
Stéphane Caprice and Vanessa von Schlippenbach
Shopping Costs and Slotting Fees: A Rent-Shifting Mechanism
Discussant: Martin Pollrich
Thursday, February 18, 2010
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:45 Chair: Christian Wey
Leonardo Felli, Johannes Koenen and Konrad Stahl
Trust and Investment: An Empirical Assessment
Discussant: Sven Heitzler
18:45 Optional: A guided
tour of the German
Parliament Building
(Reichstag).
Meeting point: Pariser Platz, Hotel
Adlon, in front of Jeweler “Leicht”
20:00 Dinner at Restaurant “Kaefer” in the German Parliament Building
Friday, February 19, 2010
09:00 – 11:00 Chair: Stéphane Caprice
Salvatore Piccolo and Markus Reisinger
Colluding via Exclusive Territories
Discussant: Philippe Bontems
Volker Nocke and Lucy White
Vertical Merger, Collusion, and Disruptive Buyer
Discussant: Ulrich Kamecke
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Chair: Stéphane Caprice
Volker Nocke and John Thanassoulis
Vertical Relations under Credit Constraints
Discussant: Irina Suleymanova
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Chair: Claire Chambolle
Hans-Theo Normann
Vertical Mergers, Foreclosure and Raising Rivals' Costs – Theory and Experimental Evidence
Discussant: Georg Weizsäcker
Marie-Laure Allain, Claire Chambolle and Patrick Rey
Vertical Integration and Foreclosure in Innovation-Driven Industries
Discussant: Dirk Hofmann