Industrial organization program meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER'S Program on Industrial Organization, directed by Nancy Rose of MIT, met in Stanford, CA on February 19 and 20, 2010. Justine S. Hastings, NBER and Yale University, and Stephen P. Ryan, NBER and MIT, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER; Gregor Matvos, University of Chicago; and Sriram Venkataraman, Emory University, "Are Consumers Affected by Durable Goods Makers' Financial Distress? The Case of Auto Manufacturers"

* Francesco Decarolis, University of Chicago, "When the Highest Bidder Loses the Auction: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement"

* Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "The Redistributional Impact of Non-Linear Electricity Pricing"

* Ginger Z. Jin, University of Maryland and NBER, and Seth M. Freedman, University of Maryland, "Learning by Doing with Asymmetric...