Marketing

“The Buy-it-now Option, Risk Aversion, and Impatience in an Empirical Model of eBay Bidding”
Daniel Ackerberg (UCLA)

September 4

“EM Algorithms for Nonparametric Estimation of Mixing Distributions in Consumer Choice Models”
Kenneth Train (University of California, Berkeley)

“Identification of Dynamic Models with Unobserved State Variables”
Matthew Shum (California Institute of Technology)

“A Dynamic Model of Sponsored Search Advertising” (PDF)
Song Yao (Duke University)

“Multiproduct Competition and Demand Complementarity”
Yakov Bart (University of California, Berkeley)

“Lifestyles of the Powerless and Powerful: How Power Shapes Consumption” (PDF)
Derek Rucker (Northwestern University)

“Auctions: Do Auctioneers Matter?” (PDF)
Mario Capizzani (University of California, Berkeley)

“The Competitive Dynamics of DVD Release Timing and Pricing” (PDF)
Anirban Mukherjee (Cornell University)

“Highbrow Films Gather Dust: A Study of Dynamic Inconsistency and Online DVD Rentals” (PDF)
Katherine Milkman (Harvard University)

"Sleeping with the “Frenemy": The Agglomeration-Differentiation Tradeoff in Spatial Location Choice” (PDF)
Sumon Datta (Yale University)

“Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?” (PDF)
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California, Berkeley)

“The Silver Lining Effect: Formal Analysis and Experiment” (PDF)
Peter Jarnebrant (Columbia University)

“Marketing of Religion” (PDF)
Vishal Singh (New York University)

“Nonlinear Pricing and Competition in the Auto Rental Industry”
Ting Zhu (University of Chicago)

“Beliefs and Social Information in Modified Dictator Games: What Do Dictators Believe Other Dictators Do?”
Nagore Iriberri (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)