Industrial Organization in the digital economy

The LCII, in collaboration with HEC-ULg, organizes a two days Workshop on Industrial Organization in the digital economy. Liège, 6 & 7 March 2015.

Day 1: Friday March 6

9h–‐10h45: Session 1 Pricing on the internet (chair: Axel Gautier)

Welcome words: Axel Gautier & Paul Belleflamme

• Broos, S. (ULg and LCII) Competing One‐Way Essential Complements: the Forgotten Side of Net Neutrality (co-author : A. Gautier)
• Carroni, E. (UNamur) Pricing in Social Networks under Limited Information (co-author : S. Righi)
• Huang, J. (CEMFI) Should Google Profit like a Taxi Driver?

10h45-11h15: Coffee break

11h15-12h45: Session 2 On-line content production (chair : Eric Toulemonde)

• Aguiar, L. (IPTS) Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure (co-authors : J. Claussen and C. Peukert)
• Dürr, N. (Center for European Economic Research) Exploring Niche Competition and the Timing of Entry : The Case of the Motion Picture Industry (co-authors : B. Engelstätter and R. Ward)
• Sen, A. (TSE) Clicks and Editorial Decisions: How does Popularity Shape Online News Coverage? (Co-author : P. Yldirim)

12h45-14h: Lunch

14h-15h30: Plenary session 1 (chair: Paul Belleflamme)

• N. Petit (ULg and LCII) Antitrust in High Tech Markets: The challenge of policing “Moligopolists”

15h30-16h: Coffee break

16h-18h: Session 3 IP and antitrust Policy in the digital economy (chair: J. Crémer)

• Boutin, A. (ULB & FRESH) Screening for Good Patent Pools through Price Caps on Individual Licenses
• Gaudin, G.  (DICE, University of Düsseldorf) On the Antitrust  Economics of the Electronic Books Industry (co–‐author: A. White)
• Mariotto, C. (Ecole Nationale des Mines de Paris & CERNA) Double Internalization and Interchange Fee Bias (co–‐author: M. Verdier)
• Kasiyanto, S. (TILEC) Understanding the Battle in Ruling the Interchange Fees of Card Networks

20h: Conference Diner at l’Enoteca

Day 2: Saturday March 7 

9h‐11h Session 4 Strategic investments and market structure (chair: Paul Belleflamme)

• Lam, W. (ULg and LCII) Attack-Deterring and Damage-Control Investments in Cybersecurity
• Liu, X. (TSE) Targeted Advertising and Entry
• Brühn, T. (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen) The Value of User‐Specific Information for Two-Sided Matchmakers (co-authors : G. Götz and A. Meinusch)
• Montes, R. (TSE) Imperfect Competition, Information, and Privacy (co-authors : W. Sand-Zantman and T. Valletti)

11h‐11h15: Coffee Break

11h15‐12h45: Plenary session 2 (chair: Axel Gautier)

• J. Crémer (TSE), Analyzing competition forthe market in Internet markets

12h45: Lunch