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Nordic Workshop in Industrial Organization (NORIO VI)

Stockholm 1–2 June 2007

The conference was held at Villa Källhagen, beautifully situated on the Djurgården pensinsula in the middle of Stockholm.

The keynote speaker was Mark Armstrong, professor at UCL and co-editor of RAND. He gave a talk titled "Mobile Call Termination in the UK".

This two-day conference was the sixth in a series of Nordic workshops focusing on industrial organization. The overall purpose of the workshop was to stimulate cooperation and exchange of knowledge among Nordic researchers in the field of industrial organization. This year’s themes included Telecommunications and Public vs. Private Provision of Services.

Organizing committee: Johan Stennek, Thomas Tangerås and Elisabeth Gustafsson (secretariat)

With financial support from Almega – forum for service companies – and The Association of Swedish Engineering Companies (Teknikföretagen).



Program Norio VI

 

--- Friday June 1 ---

Energy

Chair: Chloe Le Coq – Stockholm School of Economics

08.30-09.10 Göran Skogh – Linköping University
A European Nuclear Accident Pool: Theory and Applications
Discussant: Sven-Olof Fridolfsson - IFN
09.15-09.55 Anette Boom – Copenhagen Business School
Restructuring Electricity Markets when Demand is Uncertain: Effects on Capacity Investments, Prices and Welfare
Discussant: Chloe Le Coq
10.00-10.40 Matti Liski – Helsinki School of Economics
A model of strategic oil-dependence
Discussant: Göran Skogh
10.40-10.55 Coffee


Telecom

Chair: Henrik Horn - IFN

10.55-11.35

Keynote speaker: Mark Armstrong - UCL
Mobile Call Termination in the UK
Discussant: Bo Andersson – Swedish Post and Telecom Agency – PTS

11.40-12.20 Johan Stennek - IFN
Competition vs Regulation in Mobile Telecommnications
Discussant: Espen Moen – Norwegian School of Management
12.30-13.40 Lunch


Regulation and Procurement

Chair: Thomas Tangerås - IFN

13.40-14.20

Kristin Linnerud – Sogn og Fjordane University College
Should the emergence of multi-utilities be encouraged? A partial answer based on the information cost of regulation
Discussant: Thomas Tangerås

14.25-15.05 Janne Tukiainen – University of Helsinki
Participation Screen for Collusion in a Simultaneous Multi-unit Procurement Auction
Discussant: Dag Morten Dalen – Norwegian School of Management
15.05-15.20 Coffee


Private vs Public Provision of Services

Chair: Henrik Jordahl - IFN

15.20-16.00 Espen Moen
The proper scope of governments when costs are contractible
Discussant: Richard Friberg – Stockholm School of Economics
16.05-16.45 Morten Bennedsen – Copenhagen Business School
Arm’s Length Outsourcing
Discussant: Janne Tukiainen
16.50-17.30 Erik Lindqvist – Stockholm School of Economics
When Does Privatization Reduce Costs and Improve Quality? Theory and Evidence from Service Contracting
Discussant: Henrik Jordahl

 

--- Saturday June 2 ---

Investments

Chair: Tanja Tanayama – University of Helsinki

09.00-09.40 Eirik G. Kristiansen – Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Management of Knowledge Workers
Discussant: Kirsten Bonde – University of Copenhagen
09.45-10.25 Vesa Kanniainen – University of Helsinki
Are the US firms more responsible than the European ones? Consumer boycotts and firms’ ethics
Discussant: Cedric Argenton – Stockholm School of Economics
10.25-10.40 Coffee
10.40-11.20 Christian Dahl Winther – University of Aarhus
Timing of product introduction in network economies under heterogeneous demand
Discussant: Eirik G. Kristiansen
11.25-12.05 Tanja Tanayama
Returns to Innovation: A Structural Treatment Effect Model of R&D Subsidies
Discussant: Anette Boom
12.15-13.25 Lunch


Competition

Chair: Johan Stennek

13.25-14.05 Mats Bergman – Södertörn University College
Comparing Merger Policies: The European Union versus the United States
Discussant: Morten Bennedsen
14.10-14.50 Matilda Orth – Göteborg University
How do “Big-box” Entrants Affect the Distribution of Productivity in Swedish Food Retailing?
Discussant: Mats Bergman
14.50-15.05 Coffee
15.05-15.45 Cedric Argenton
Exclusive Quality
Discussant: Eirik N. Christensen – University of Bergen
15.50-16.30 Eirik N. Christensen
Exclusivity as a "toehold" in auctions
Discussant: Kristin Linnerud