WORKSHOP IN APPLIED MICRO
The Applied Micro Workshop focuses on theoretical and empirical work in various areas of applied microeconomics, including Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Corporate Finance, and Banking.  

The workshop is led by Chaim Fershtman, Neil Gandal , David Pines, Roni Shachar, Yossi Spiegel (workshop organizer), Manuel Trajtenberg, and Oved Yosha. 

All meetings are on Monday afternoon, 16:15-17:45, in room 425 in Naftali Building.

Fall 1998 Schedule
Monday, November 2 
      Luis Cabral, London Business School 
     "Stretching Firm and Brand Reputation" 

Monday, November 9 
     Hans Krogh Hvide 
     "Signaling and Self-Insight in the Job Market 
  
 Monday, November 16 
     Ronen Israel, The University of Michigan and the Technion 
     "Why the NPV Criterion Does not Maximize NPV 
     (joint with Eli Berkovitch) 
  
Monday, November 23  
     Danny Ben Shahar, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya  
"A Study of the Brokerage Cost Allocation in a Rental Housing Market with Asymmetric Information 

Monday, November 30  
     Arad Nir, Tel Aviv University  
"Cognitive Dissonance and Conformity: A Dynamic of Increasing Consumption and Business Cycles 
  
Monday, December 7  
      Moshe Jostman, Ben Gurion University  
     "An Evaluation of Benefits from Israel's Industrial R&D Support Program" 
      (joint with Ehud Zuscovitch) 

Monday, December 14  
      David Genesove, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
      "Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market" 
     (joint with Christopher J. Mayer) 

Monday, December 21  
     Rafi Rob, University of Pennsylvania  
     "Cooperation, Corporate Culture, and Incentive Intensity 
     (joint with Peter Zemsky)  

Monday, December 28  
      Robin Wells, M.I.T.  
     "Information, Authority and the Internal Governance of the Firm 

Monday, January 4  
      Yair Tauman, Tel Aviv University and SUNY at Stony Brook  
      "Thrifty Advertising Signals Strength" 
      (joint with Ram Orzach) 

Monday, January 11  
      Omri Yadlin, Tel Aviv University Law School 
      "Stock Manipulation in Israel - An Empirical Study" 

Monday, January 18  
      Shmuel Nitzan, Bar Ilan University  
"A Reexamination of  Monopoly Price Determination - A new Polical Economy    Perspective" 
     (joint with Gil Epstein) 

Monday, January 25  
     Gene Grossman, Princeton University 
     "Imperfect Labor Contracts and International Trade" 

Monday, February 1 
     Tomer Blumkin, Tel aviv University 
    "On Search, Diffusion and Optimal Taxation" 

Monday, February 8 
     Doron Kliger, Haifa University 
    "Estimating Switching Costs and Oligopolistic Behavior" 
    (joint with Moshe Kim and Bent Vale) 

Monday, February 15  
     Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University 
"Deregulation and Reform in the Israeli Domestic Telecommunications Market:  Transition to a Competitive Industry" 
 

 
Semester Break
 
Spring 1999 (tentative) Schedule

Monday, April 12 
      Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus 
     "Product Selection as Price Discrimination in the Market for Books" 

Monday, April 19 
     Ran Sharabani, Tel Aviv University  
     "Strategic Behavior of an Incumbent Leader in a Model with Asymmetric Information, on Leader's Quality" 
 
 Monday, April 26 
     Arthur Fishman, Haifa University 
     "It Takes Time to Build a Reputation"  
     (joint with Rafi Rob) 

Monday, May 3 
     Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University 
    "Innovation in Israel 1968-97: A Comparative Analysis Using Patent Data" 

Monday, May 10 
     Marty Perry, Rutgers University 
   T.B.A 
 
 Monday, May 17 
     Elections day - No workshop 

Monday, May 24 
     RES European tour. 

Monday, May 31 
     David Pines, Tel Aviv University  
    "Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration" 
      (joint with Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou)  
 
Monday, June 7 
     Igal Hendel, Princeton University 
    "Optimal Dynamic Contracts: Evidence from Life Insurance" 

Monday, June 14 
     Peter Reiss, Berkeley 
   "Estimating Demand and Consumer Welfare When Firms Charge Nonlinear Prices: An Application to Electricity Deregulation" 

Monday, June 21 
     Martin Pesendorfer, Yale University 
   "Retail Sales: A Study of pricing behavior in Supermarkets" 
 
 
Workshop Coordinator: Yossi Spiegel
e-mail: spiegel@post.tau.ac.il | tel: 972-3-640-9939 | fax: 972-3-640-9908
 
Last updated: Sunday, May 27, 1999