Triangle Micro Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host the annual Triangle Micro Conference, which will take place at the Koury Auditorium, Kenan Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on April 26-27, 2024. The goal of this conference is to provide a forum for economists to present and discuss recent research in industrial organization and microeconomic theory. For more information, see our list of presenters for past conferences.
Registration
Please follow this link to register for the conference. If you have any questions, please contact Fei Li or Jonathan Williams.
Speakers for 2024 Conference
Giovanni Compiani, University of Chicago
Mert Demirer, MIT
Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin
Robert Clark, Queens University
Bruno Jullien, Toulouse
Alexander Wolitzky, MIT
Agathe Pernoud, University of Chicago
Daniel Chen, Princeton University
Ben Brooks, University of Chicago
Schedule for 2023 Conference
Friday, April 28 in Koury Auditorium at Kenan Flagler School of Business
- 8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast and Welcome - 9:00am-9:45am
Florian Ederer, Yale University
Paper: “The Great Startup Sellout and the Rise of Oligopoly“ - 9:45am-10:30am
Andrea Prat, Columbia University
Paper: “Political Power and Market Power“ - 10:30am-11:00am
Coffee Break - 11:00am-11:45am
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University
Paper: “Can Usage-Based Pricing Reduce Congestion?” - 11:45am-12:30pm, Graduate Student Presentations:
- Seohee Kim, Duke University
- Haoran Zhang, UNC – Chapel Hill
- Zichang Wang, Duke University
- Yonggyun Kim, Duke University
- David Kim, UNC – Chapel Hill
- Tulio Salvio Sousa, Duke University
- 12:30pm-2:00pm
Lunch - 2:00pm-2:45pm
Michael Powell, Northwestern University
Paper: “Organizing Modular Production” w/ Niko Matouschek and Bryony Reich - 2:45pm-3:30pm
Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago
Paper: “The Environmental Consequences of Crude Oil Transportation Policy” w/ Thom Covert - 3:30pm-4:00pm
Coffee Break - 4:00pm-4:45pm
Ellen Muir, MIT
Paper: “Optimal Hotelling Auctions” w/ Simon Loertscher
Saturday, April 29 in Koury Auditorium at Kenan Flagler School of Business
- 8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast and Welcome - 9:00am-9:45am
Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia University
Paper: “Pricing for Coordination” w/ Marina Halac and Daniel Rappoport - 9:45am-10:30am
Claudia Allende, Stanford University
Paper: “Learning About Schools” - 10:30am-11:00am
Coffee Break - 11:00am-11:45am
Chris Conlon, NYU
Paper: “The Cost of Curbing Externalities with Market Power: Alcohol Regulations and Tax Alternatives” w/ Nirupama Rao - 11:45am-12:30pm
Nina Bobkova, Rice University
Paper: “Multidimensional Information Acquisition in Committees” - 12:30pm-2:00pm
Lunch
Travel information
For more information on traveling to our department, please see our travel and accommodations page.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact Fei Li or Jonathan Williams.