Session Chairs:

Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William and Mary

Papers:

"Varying the Intensity of Competition in a Rent Seeking Experiment"
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William and Mary (Contact Author)
Lisa R. Anderson, The College of William and Mary

"Strategic Behavior in Oligopolistic Markets with Exchange Contracts: An Examination of California's Gasoline Market Institutions"
Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Chapman University (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Test of Peak-Load Pricing and Agglomeration Effects in the Lodging Industry"
Manuel A. Hernandez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Li Gan, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Steven Slutsky, University of Florida
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland

Session Chairs:

Jeffrey W. Hoffman, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Wal-Mart and Urban Food-at-Home Markets"
Jeffrey W. Hoffman, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Going Natural: An Instrument of Competition Among Retail Formats?"
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)

"Impact of Internet and Other Web-based ICTs on the Determinants of Agglomeration"
Abdullah Khan, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ali Dadpay, Marketing Analytics
Manuel A. Hernandez, Texas A&M University
Tesa E. Leonce, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chairs:

Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo

Papers:

"Repeated Interaction in Private-Value Auctions: The Effect of a Change in the Number of Bidders"
Frank A. Scott, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"The Evolution of Competition in the Chilean Banking Sector"
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)
Carolina Lopez, Universidad del Desarrollo
Alejandra Soto, Universidad del Desarrollo

"Open Versus Sealed Auctions: Evidence from Department of Defense Automated Procurement"
Brent Boning, CNA (Contact Author)
Omer Alper, CNA

"Nonlinear Pricing and Market Concentration in the U.S. Airline Industry"
Manuel A. Hernandez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Steven N. Wiggins, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Jeffrey W. Hoffman, University of Kentucky
Oyku Unal, University of Virginia
Jui-Chi Huang, Penn State Berks
Frank A. Scott, University of Kentucky