Fourth CEPR School on Applied Industrial Organisation Imperfect Competition and Dynamics in the New Economy Hosted by Banco de España Supported by Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses under the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme Public-Private Sector Research Center, IESE Business School CNE Spanish Energy Commission Tarragona, 23-24 May 2007 Programme Wednesday 23 May   13.45 Welcome   14.00 Stock-Based Compensation and Managerial Myopia Stefano Sacchetto (London Business School)   14.30 Competition in Matching Technologies: Employment Agencies Do Not Play Dice Thomas Trégouët (CREST-LEI)   15.00 Expected Sunk Costs and Entry Gorm Grønnevet (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)   15.30 Coffee Break   15.45 Using Production Function Estimates to Measure the Impact of Outsourcing: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms Alberto López Sebastián (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)   16.15 Vertical FDI versus Outsourcing: The Role of Technological Complexity and Absorptive Capacity Arti Grover (University of Delhi)   16.45 A Pure Characteristics Model of Demand for Cars Oyvind Thomassen (University of Oxford)   17.15 Coffee Break   17.30 Universal Telecommunication Service: an Empirical Analysis of the Indian Market Sara Biancini (Université de Toulouse)   18.00 Electricity Provision and Industrial Development: Evidence from India Juan Pablo Rud (London School of Economics)   18.30 End   Thursday 24 May   09.00 Investment and R&D in a Dynamic Equilibrium with Incomplete Information Carlos Santos (London School of Economics)   09.30 Claiming More: the Increased Voluminosity of Patent Applications and its Determinants Nicolas Van Zeebroeck (ULB, Solvay Business School)   10.00 Coffee Break   10.15 Pricing Strategies in Software Platforms: Video Consoles vs. Operating Systems María Fernanda Viecens Trocello (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)   10.45 Promotional Piracy Karen Croxson (University of Oxford)   11.15 The Effects of Detailing on Prescribing Decisions under Quality Uncertainty Masakazu Ishihara (University of Toronto)   11.45 End of the School   12.00-13.00 Lunch   Organizers: Oscar Arce (Banco de España) Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR) Georges Siotis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)

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