2018 Conference
The thirteenth annual Utah Winter Business Economics Conference will be held March 1 through 3, 2018, at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. (Last Update: 13 December)
For questions or more information, e-mail utah.wbec@gmail.com.
Program
Thursday, March 1
- 5:00 – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception (Primrose)
Friday, March 2
- 6:30 am to 7:30 am — Breakfast (Primrose)
- 7:30 am to 9:15 am — Session 1 (Primrose)
- Paul Oyer “The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Uber Drivers”
- Discussant: Orie Shelef
- Andrea Prat “Organizational Capital, Corporate Leadership and Firm Dynamics“
- Discussant: TBD
- 9:30 am to 5:00 pm — Ski or Spa
- 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm — Snack (Primrose)
- 5:45 pm to 7:30 pm — Session 2 (Primrose)
- Willie Fuchs “Optimal Arrangements for Distribution in Developing Markets: Theory and Evidence“
- Discussant: TBD
- Matt Gentzkow “Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains”
- Discussant: Matt Backus
- 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm — Dinner (Primrose)
Saturday, March 3
- 6:30 am to 7:30 am — Breakfast
- 7:30 am to 9:15 am — Session 3
- Ed Lazear “Why Are Some Immigrant Groups More Successful Than Others?“
- Discussant: Melissa Kearney
- Filip Matejka “Electoral Competition with Rationally Inattentive Voters”
- Discussant: Avi Acharya
- 9:30 am to 5:00 pm — Ski or Spa
- 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm — Snack
- 5:45 pm to 7:30 pm — Session 4
- Dezsö Szalay “Delegated Expertise, Authority, and Communication”
- Discussant: Wouter Dessein
- Danielle Li “Developing Novel Drugs“
- Discussant: Jason Snyder
- 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm — Dinner
Participants
- Avi Acharya Stanford University
- Charles Angelucci Columbia University
- Elena Asparouhova University of Utah
- Matt Backus Columbia University
- Dan Barron Northwestern University
- Chris Conlon New York University
- Peter Cramton University of Maryland
- Inga Deimen University of Arizona
- Wouter Dessein Columbia University
- Eleanor Dillon Amherst College
- JP Dube University of Chicago
- Alex Frankel University of Chicago
- Ben Friedrich Northwestern University
- Willie Fuchs University of Texas and UC3M
- Takako Fujiwara-Greve Keio University
- Matt Gentzkow Stanford University
- Edoardo Grillo Collegio Carlo Alberto
- Ben Handel University of California, Berkeley
- Alexander Hirsch California Institute of Technology
- Matias Iaryczower Princeton University
- Emir Kamenica University of Chicago
- Jakub Kastl Princeton University
- Melissa Kearney University of Maryland
- Jon Kolstad University of California, Berkeley
- Ed Lazear Stanford University
- Tracy Lewis Duke University
- Danielle Li Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Justin Marion University of California, Santa Barbara
- Filip Matejka CERGE, Charles University
- Adam Meirowitz University of Utah
- Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn University of California, Los Angeles
- Paul Milgrom Stanford University
- Pietro Ortoleva Princeton University
- Paul Oyer Stanford University
- Mike Powell Northwestern University
- Andrea Prat Columbia University
- Luis Rayo University of Utah
- Scott Schaefer University of Utah
- Fiona Scott-Morton Yale University
- Nathan Seegert University of Utah
- Orie Shelef University of Utah
- Holger Sieg University of Pennsylvania
- Dan Silverman Arizona State University
- Mike Sinkinson Yale University
- Aloysius Siow University of Toronto
- Jason Snyder University of Utah
- Alan Sorensen University of Wisconsin
- Chad Syverson University of Chicago
- Dezsö Szalay Bonn University
- Jeff Thurk Notre Dame University
- Richard VanWeelden University of Pittsburgh
- Laura Wellman University of Utah
- Kevin Williams University of Utah
- Ralph Winter University of British Columbia
- Eric Zitzewitz Dartmouth College