Second Biennial
Conference
June 16 and 17, 2005
Concourse
Hotel & Governor’s Club
1 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI, 53703
Thursday June 16
8:00 am – 8:30 am (Outside
University Room CD)
Registration, and breakfast items
8:30 am – 10:15 am (University
Room CD)
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Kyle Stiegert (Director, Food System
Research Group, and Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Welcome and
Introduction |
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Peter Carstensen (George H. Young-Bascom
Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Emerging
Issues for Competition Law and Policy in the Food Chain: Buyer Power and
Intellectual Property Rights |
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Jim MacDonald (Chief, Agricultural
Structure Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA) |
The
Emerging Contract Economy in Food and Agriculture |
Thursday 10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break - various foods and beverages are provided
Thursday 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Size of firms; food
manufacturer efficiency (University Room
CD)
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Daniel Benitez (University of Toulouse,
GREMAQ) Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache (University of Toulouse,
INRA) Jad Chaaban (University of Toulouse,
INRA-GREMAQ) |
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Jad Chaaban (University of Toulouse,
INRA) Vincent Réquillart (University of Toulouse,
INRA & IDEI) Audrey Trévisiol (University of Toulouse,
INRA) |
The Role of
Technical Efficiency in Takeovers: Evidence From the French Cheese Industry,
1985-2000 |
Discussant: Jean Paul Chavas
International Cartels (Senate Room B)
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John M. Connor (Purdue University) |
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Yuliya Bolotova (Purdue University) John M. Connor (Purdue University) Douglas J. Miller (Purdue University) |
Discussant: Kyle Stiegert
Thursday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch in Senate Room A
Capitol Deli Buffet: fresh seasonal fruit, soup du
jour. Served with fresh pasta salad, potato salad thinly sliced ham, turkey,
roast beef and salami, assorted sliced Wisconsin cheeses, fresh-baked breads,
rolls, assorted condiments and cookies.
Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
New product markets
& public labeling (University Room
CD)
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Stephen Hamilton (California Polytechnic
State University) David Zilberman (University of
California-Berkeley) |
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Tirtha Dhar (University of British
Columbia) Jeremy Foltz (University of Wisconsin) |
Discussant: Zohra Bouamra Mechemache
Vertical upstream
relations (Senate Room B)
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Brian Roe (Ohio State University) Steven Wu (Ohio State University) |
Social
Preferences and Relational Contracting:
An Experimental Investigation |
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Jeff Reimer (University of Wisconsin) |
Discussant: Paul Mitchell
Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break - various foods and beverages are provided
Thursday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Grocery retail
strategy (University Room CD)
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Timothy Richards (Arizona State University) Stephen Hamilton (California Polytechnic
State University) |
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Laoura Maratou (Cornell University) Miguel Gómez (Cornell University) David Just (Cornell University) |
Market
Power Impact on Off-Invoice Trade Promotions in US Grocery Retailing |
Discussant: Vincent Réquillart
Cooperatives (Senate Room B)
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Philippe Bontems (University of Toulouse,
INRA & IDEI) Murray Fulton (University of
Saskatchewan) |
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James Baarda (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
Cooperative Services) |
Discussant: Kim Zeuli
Thursday 5:30 pm
Break for the evening
-- Eating places and other activities can be found along State Street
Friday June 17
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast items provided
Friday 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Strategic pricing
between food manufacturers and retailers (University Room CD)
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Céline Bonnet (University of Toulouse,
INRA & GREMAQ) Pierre Dubois (University of Toulouse,
INRA & IDEI; and CEPR) Michel Simioni (University of Toulouse,
INRA & IDEI) |
Discussant: Nathalie Lavoie
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Shinn-Shyr Wang (University of Wisconsin) Kyle Stiegert (University of Wisconsin) Tirtha Dhar (University of British
Columbia) |
Discussant: Jim MacDonald
Consumer behavior (Senate Room B)
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Trent Smith (Washington State University) Attila Tasnadi (Corvinus University of
Budapest) |
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Alla Golub (Purdue University) James J. Binkley (Purdue University) |
Discussant: Steve
Hamilton
Friday 10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break - various foods and beverages are provided
Friday 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
International market power (University Room CD)
|
Jean-Paul Chavas (University of Wisconsin) |
On
Globalization and Industry Behavior under Heterogeneous Firms |
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Nathalie Lavoie (University of
Massachusetts) Qihong Liu (University of
Massachusetts) |
Discussant: Jeff Reimer
Product innovation / differentiation (Senate Room B)
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Amalia Yiannaka (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Murray Fulton (University of
Saskatchewan) |
Privately
Optimal Patent Breadth Under the Threat of Patent Validity Challenges |
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Benaissa Chidmi (University of Connecticut) Rigoberto A. Lopez (University of Connecticut) Ronald W. Cotterill (University of Connecticut) |
Discussant: Jeremy Foltz
Friday 12:00 pm
Conference adjourns
For more information
Jeff Reimer, Agricultural & Applied Economics, 427
Lorch Street, Taylor Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706-1513
Email: reimer@aae.wisc.edu Phone:
608-262-7359
Reservation Information
Registration is entirely electronic on the WWW. Register on-line at www.peopleware.net/2723