Session Chairs:

Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

"Determinants of Tax Pass-Through Rates: A Study of the U.S. Beer Industry"
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Contact Author)
Ruchita Tiwary, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

"Ad Prominence and Brand Salience: An Alternative Approach to Persuasive Advertising"
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission

"Gains from Horizontal Merger: The Effects of Differentiated Products on Merger Paradox"
Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)
Juan Gelves, Midwestern State University

"Misleading Advertising of the Vertically Differentiated Products and Minimum Quality Standards"
Keisuke Hattori, Osaka University of Economics
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University (Contact Author)

"Demand Curvature in Mixed Oligopoly: An Implication of Privatization"
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University

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Session Chairs:

Caleb Stroup, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Director Histories and the Pattern of Acquisitions"
Peter L. Rousseau, Vanderbilt University
Caleb Stroup, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Licensing University Inventions Through Start-Ups"
Dean M. Showalter, Texas State University (Contact Author)

"Do Technological and Product Market Relationships Between Firms Determine if Firms License Early or Late? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Ralph Siebert, Purdue University

"Welfare Effects of Vertical Integration: An Empirical Analysis of the Soft Drinks Industry"
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Tannista Banerjee, Auburn University
Dean M. Showalter, Texas State University
Caleb Stroup, Vanderbilt University

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