4th Workshop on the
Economics of ICTs
April 11th and 12th, 2013
University of Évora
http://www.cefage.uevora.pt/ict2013
Scientific Committee:
Gary Biglaiser (University of North Carolina)
Luís Cabral (New York University)
Gregory Crawford (University of Warwick)
Jeremy Fox (The University of Michigan)
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Bruno Jullien (Toulouse School of Economics),
Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim)
Frank Verboven (K. U. Leuven)
Julian Wright (National University of Singapore)
Organizers:
António Brandão (CEF.UP)
Duarte Brito (CEFAGE-UE)
Andreia Dionísio (CEFAGE-UE)
Pedro Pereira (CEFAGE-UE)
Joana Resende (CEF.UP)
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Sponsors
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Program Overview
Thursday, April 11th
08:25-08:30
08:30-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:00-16:00
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:30
19:00
Welcome Address
Parallel Session 1: Telecommunications 1/Search Engines and
Advertising
Coffee Break 1
Session 2: Software
Lunch 1
Session 3: Electronic Commerce
Coffee Break 2
Parallel Session 4: Telecommunications 2/Content and Mobile
Diffusion
Conference Dinner at Convento do Espinheiro (by invitation)
Friday, April 12th
08:30-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
13:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00
17:00-18:00
Keynote Speech: “Applying the Merger Bidding Model to Understand
Spectrum Policy”, Jeremy Fox (University of Michigan)
Coffee Break 3
Session 5: Bundling and Unbundling
Lunch 2
Policy Panel 1: “Delineating Markets with Bundles” (organized by the
Association of Competition Economics)
Coffee Break 4
Policy Panel 2: “Access to Content in the Context of Bundled Offers”
ANACOM Awards
Closing
Farewell Drinks
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Program
Thursday, April 11th (room 131)
08:30-10:30
Parallel Session 1A (room 131): Telecommunications 1
Chair: Andreia Dionísio (CEFAGE-UE)
Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in the European Union
Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)
Discussant: Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)
Old Technology Upgrades, Innovation, and Competition in Vertically
Differentiated Markets
Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)
Paolo Lupi (Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni)
Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova)
Discussant: Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck RSCI)
Broadband Speed, Broadband Growth? Industry-level Evidence from
the OECD
Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen)
Discussant: Hugo Brito (ANACOM)
Differential Impact of the Internet among Australian Households
Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS)
Russel Cooper (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: João Macieira (Virginia Tech)
08:30-10:30
Parallel Session 1B (room 124): Search Engines and Advertising
Chair: Joana Resende (CEF.UP)
Integration and Search Engine Bias
Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford)
Greg Taylor (University of Oxford)
Discussant: Matthew Ellman (I. d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC / Barcelona GSE)
Banning Ads from Prime-Time State Television: Lessons from France
Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence)
Luigi Luini (University of Siena)
Andrea Mangani (University of Pisa)
Discussant: Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne)
How to Subsidise the News
Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Discussant: Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)
In Google We Trust
Roberto Burguet (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Ramon Caminal (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Discussant: Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford)
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10:30-11:00
Coffee Break 1
11:00-13:00
Session 2: Software
Chair: Cesaltina Pires (CEFAGE-UE)
Commercial Software, Adware, and Consumer Privacy
Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)
Discussant: Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Net Neutrality, Exclusivity Contracts and Internet Fragmentation
Frago Kourandi (University of Athens)
Jan Krämer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London and CEPR)
Discussant: Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)
Extensive Grantback Agreements: The Effects of Partial Termination
Clauses in Patent Pool Contracts on Innovation Incentives and
Participation Rates
Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck Res. Sch. for Competition & Innovation)
Discussant: Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova)
Dynamic Rationale for Individual Provision of Public Goods
Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)
Galina Zudenkova (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)
Discussant: Roberto Burguet (I. d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC / Barcelona GSE)
13:00-14:00
Lunch 1
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14:00-16:00
Session 3: Electronic Commerce
Chair: Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)
Turning the Page on Business Formats for Ebooks: Does
Apple’s Agency Model Soften Competition?
Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Hans Jarle Kind (NHH Norwegian School of Economics and CESifo)
Greg Shaffer (University of Rochester and University of East Anglia)
Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC & GSE)
Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Online Markets
Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University)
Christian Lambertz (Univesity of Mannheim;)
Konrad O. Stahl (University of Mannheim, C.E.P.R., CESifo, and ZEW)
Discussant: Benjamin Engelstätter (ZEW)
Digital Music Consumption on the Internet: Evidence from Clickstream
Data
Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC)
Bertin Martens (European Commission, IPTS)
Discussant: Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University)
Why Aftermarket Power Can Be Bad for Firms
Dainis Zegners (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Tobias Kretschmer (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Discussant: Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break 2
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16:30-18:30
Parallel Session 4A (room: 131) Telecommunications 2
Chair: João Gata (AdC, U. de Aveiro and UECE-ISEG)
Fixed-Mobile Integration
Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)
Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino)
Discussant: Frago Kourandi (University of Athens)
A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 20052008
Michelle Connolly (Duke University)
James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University)
Discussant: Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)
My Fibre or Your Fibre? Cooperative Investment, Uncertainty and
Access
Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)
Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino)
Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)
Up and Down the Ladder Looking at the Geographic Differences in the
Climb for Fibre – the Portuguese Case
Hugo Brito (ANACOM)
Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)
Discussant: Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen)
16:30-18:30
Parallel Session 4B (room 124): Content and Mobile Diffusion
Chair: Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)
Consumer Information in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the
Spillovers in the Music Industry
Sisley Maillard (Telecom ParisTech)
Discussant: Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University)
Video Game Niches: Specialization, Substitutability and Strategic Entry
Benjamin Engelstätter (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Michael R. Ward (University of Texas at Arlington)
Discussant: Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS)
Analysis of the Role of International Network Effects on the Diffusion of
Second and Third Generation Mobile Communication Networks
Maria Baquero (Kyoto University)
Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University)
Discussant: Laura Nurski (University of Leuven)
19:00
Workshop Dinner at Convento do Espinheiro (by invitation)
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Friday, April 12th (room 131)
08:30-09:30
Keynote Speech: “Applying the Merger Bidding Model to Understand
Spectrum Policy”
Jeremy Fox (University of Michigan)
09:30-10:00
Coffee Break 3
10:00-12:00
Session 5: Bundling and Unbundling
Chair: Tiago Ribeiro (INDERA)
Net Neutrality, Foreclosure and the Fast Lane: An Empirical Study of
the UK
Laura Nurski (University of Leuven)
Discussant: Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence)
Dominance and Competitive Bundling
Sjaak Hurkens (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Doh-Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics)
Domenico Menicucci (Universita degli Studi di Firenze)
Discussant: Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)
Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband
Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London, Telecom ParisTech and CEPR)
Frank Verboven (KU Leuven and CEPR)
Discussant: Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC)
Bundling Incentives in Markets with Product Complementarities
João Macieira (Virginia Tech)
Pedro Pereira (CEFAGE-UE)
João Vareda (CEFAGE-UE)
Discussant: James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University)
12:00-13:00
Lunch 2
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13:00-14:30
Policy Panel 1: “Market Delineation with Bundles” (organized by the
Association of Competition Economics)
Chair:
Kirsten Edwards-Warren (OFT)
Participants:
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom)
Jan Krancke (Deutsche Telekom)
Matthijs Visser (RBB)
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break 4
15:00-16:30
Policy Panel 2: “Access to Content in the Context of Bundled Offers”
Chair:
Fátima Barros (ANACOM)
Participants:
Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates)
Daniel Escoda (Telefonica)
Marc Lebourges (Orange)
Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)
16:30-16:45
ANACOM Awards
Awards presented by Fátima Barros, President of ANACOM
16:45-17:00
Closing
17:00-18:00
Farewell Drinks
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Participants
Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC)
Andreia Dionísio (CEFAGE-UE)
Fátima Barros (ANACOM)
Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck Res. Sch. for Competition & Innovation)
Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)
Duarte Brito (CEFAGE-UE)
Hugo Brito (ANACOM)
Roberto Burguet (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford)
João Correia da Silva (FEP)
Kirsten Edwards-Warren (OFT)
Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates)
Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Benjamin Engelstätter (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Daniel Escoda (Telefonica)
Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence)
Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen)
João Gata (AdC, U. de Aveiro and UECE-ISEG)
Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)
Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Sjaak Hurkens (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom)
Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University)
Frago Kourandi (University of Athens)
Jan Krancke (Deutsche Telekom)
Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University)
Marc Lebourges (Orange)
João Macieira (Virginia Tech)
Sisley Maillard (Telecom ParisTech)
Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova)
Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne)
Laura Nurski (University of Leuven)
Pedro Pereira (CEFAGE-UE)
Cesaltina Pires (CEFAGE-UE)
James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University)
Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)
Joana Resende (CEF.UP)
Tiago Ribeiro (INDERA)
Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)
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Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)
Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS)
João Vareda (CEFAGE-UE)
Matthijs Visser (RBB)
Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)
Dainis Zegners (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)
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