9^th Annual ZJU International Conference on Industrial Economics
June 15-16, 2019

Center for Research of Private Economy (CRPE) and School of Economics
Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, China 

 Venue: 4F, Lizhou Hall, Yuanzheng Qizhen Hotel, Zijingang Campus, ZJU
（圆正启真酒店四楼梨洲厅，浙江大学紫金港校区）

Saturday, June 15                                                                  

8:30-8:45        Registration

8:45-9:00   Welcome Remarks
            Xianhai Huang（Dean of School of Economics, ZJU）

             Introduction to the Conference
                        Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado and ZJU

 9:00-10:20    Session One (Chair: Ruqu Wang, Queen’s University and ZJU)

            Secret contracting in multilateral relations
            Patrick Rey (Toulouse School of Economics)

              Payment Platforms and Pricing: When Does a 'One Price Rule' Help Consumers?
            Alex White (Tsinghua University)

10:20-10:50  Tea Break

10:50-12:10  Session Two (Chair: Wenzhang Zhang, ZJU)

           Data and Competition
                     Greg Taylor (Oxford University)

          A Search Model of Experience Goods
                    Tianle Zhang (Lingnan University)

12:10-13:40  Lunch

13:40-15:00  Session Three (Chair: Jianliang Ye, ZJU)

                     IPR protection and imitation under asymmetric information
          Sanxi Li (Renmin University of China)

                    The Regulation of Innovation 
                    Kevin Bryan (University of Toronto) 

15:00-15:30  Tea Break

15:30-17:30  Session Four (Chair: Zibin Zhang, ZJU)

           Efficient Liability in Expert Markets
                    Jianpei Li (University of International Business and Economics)

Feedback and Favoritism in Sequential Elimination Contests
      Zenan Wu (Peking University)

Theoretical Examination of Discrete Choice Models with Multi-purchasing
      C. Matthew Shi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  Sunday, June 16                                                                   

8:30-10:30    Session Five (Chair: Yousha Liang, ZJU)

                     Changing Preferences: An Experiment and Estimation of Market-Incentive Effects on Altruism
                      Albert Ma (Boston University)

 Reimbursing Consumers' Switching Costs in Network Industries
       Jiawei Chen (University of California, Irvine) 

 Consumer Search with Repeat Purchases
       Zhuozheng Li (Shanghai University of Economics and Finance)

 10:30-11:00  Tea Break

11:00-12:20  Session Six (Chair: Xiwei Zhu, ZJU)

                      A Theory of Conglomerate Mergers
                      Zhijun Chen (Monash University)

       How Extensive are Air Pollution Spillovers? An Application to China
              Brian Viard (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

12:20           Closing Remarks
                       Yongmin Chen, University of Colorado and ZJU
                       Shiyuan Pan,     ZJU

Conference Organizer: Yongmin Chen, yongmin.chen@colorado.edu
Co-organizer: Zibin Zhang

Conference Coordinators: Nan Ye，Yifan Zhang，Becky Lyu, lyufanghui@zju.edu.cn