Industrial Organization.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Industrial Organization met at Stanford on January 27-28. Research Associate Matthew Gentzkow of Stanford University and Faculty Research Fellow Robin S. Lee of Harvard University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and NBER; Fernando Luco and Dongni Zhu, Texas A&M University; and Steven L. Puller, Texas A&M University and NBER, "Does Strategic Ability Affect Efficiency? Evidence from Electricity Markets"

* Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER, and Mo Xiao, University of Arizona, "Transitory Shocks, Limited Attention, and a Firm's Decision to Exit"

* David Atkin, MIT and NBER, and Dave Donaldson, Stanford University and NBER, "Who's Getting Globalized? The Size and Implications of Intra-National Trade Costs" (NBER Working Paper No. 21439)

* Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon and NBER, and Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board...