Recipients of grants from the NET Institute in Summer 2008 (in alphabetical order) 

              

1.                  Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester, “Interconnecting Differentiated Networks,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-07.

 

2.                  Marc Blatter, University of Bern, and Andras Niedermayer, Northwestern University, “Informational Hold-Up, Disclosure Policy, and Career Concerns on the Example of Open Source Software Development,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-06.

 

3.                  Duarte Brito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Pedro Pereira, Portuguese Competition Authority, and Joao Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, “Incentives to Invest and Give Access to a Non-Regulated Next Generation Networks,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-10.

 

4.                  Estelle Cantillon, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Pai-Ling Yin, MIT Sloan School of Management, “Asymmetric Network Effects,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-42.

 

5.                  Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Harvard Business School, and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, “Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-32.

 

6.                  Yong Chao and Guofo Tan, University of Southern California, Bundling and Discounts.

 

7.                  Nitesh Chawla, Troy Raeder, Marina Blanton, and Keith Frikken, University of Notre Dame, “Modeling the Product Space as a Network,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-18.

 

8.                  Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Hong Guo, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, “Computer Virus Propagation in a Network Organization: The Interplay between Social and Technological Networks,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-24.

 

9.                  Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State University, and Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Net Neutrality and Investment Incentives,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-03.

 

10.              Babur De los Santos, Indiana University, “Consumer Search on the Internet,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-15.

 

11.              Timothy P. Derdenger and Yong Chao, University of Southern California, Bundling in Two-Sided Markets  Application to the Video Game Industry.

 

12.              Rob Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Aaron K. Chatterji, Duke University, “Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley Opportunities and Opportunity Costs,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-04.

 

13.              Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University, “A SSNIP Test for Two-sided Markets: The Case of Media,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-34.

 

14.              Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business, New York University, Quantifying the Impact of Product Attributes and Consumer Demographics in Search Engine Advertising: A Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling Approach.

 

15.              Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto, and Mo Xiao, University of Arizona, “Managerial Ability and Strategic Entry in US Local Telephone Markets,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-21.

 

16.              Steffen Hoernig, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, “Market Penetration and Late Entry in Mobile Telephony,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-38.

 

17.              Kartik Hosanager, Daniel Fleder and Andreas Buja, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, “Recommender Systems and their Effects on Consumers: The Fragmentation Debate,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-44.

 

18.              Sjaak Hurkens and Doh-Shin Jeon, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, “A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-way Access Pricing: Termination-Based Price Discrimination with Elastic Subscription Demand,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-41.

 

19.              Maximilian Kasy, University of California, Berkeley, and Michael Kummer, Johannes Keppler University, “Market Entry in E-Commerce,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-23.

 

20.              Jin-Hyuk Kim, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, “Digital Rights Management and Technological Tying,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-05.

 

21.              Sergei Koulayev, Columbia University, “Estimating Search with Learning,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-29.

 

22.              Sangwon Lee, Jamestown College, and Justin S. Brown, University of Florida, “The Diffusion of Fixed Broadband: An Empirical Analysis,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-19.

 

23.              Jeffrey Livingston, Patrick Scholten, David Ortmeyer, and Wilson Wong, Bentley College, “Empirically Testing for Indirect Network Externalities in the LCD Television Market,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-40.

 

24.              Oksana Loginova and Xinghe Wang, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Mass Customization with Vertically Differentiated Products,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-33.

 

25.              Ivan Maryanchyk, University of Arizona, “Are Ratings Informative Signals? The Analysis of the Netflix Data,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-22.

 

26.              Brian McManus, University of North Carolina, and Richard Bennet, CCA Global Partners, Inc., “The Demand for Products Linked to Public Goods: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-28.

 

27.              Amit Mehra and Gireesh Shrimali, Indian School of Business, “Introduction of Software Products and Services Through Public "Beta" Launches,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-11.

 

28.              Matthew Nagler, The City College of New York, “Network Externalities, Mutuality, and Compatibility,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-37. 

 

29.              Mitsukuni Nishida, University of Chicago, “Estimation of a Model of Strategic Store Network Choice With Policy Simulation,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-27.

 

30.              Pehr-Johan Norback, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tag, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, “Entrepreneurial Innovations in Network Industries,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-02.

 

31.              Ricardo Ribeiro, London School of Economics, “Market Dominance and Barriers to Competition in Financial Trading Venues,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-35.

 

32.              Rob Seamans, University of California, Berkeley, “Pricing and Multi-Market Contact in the Cable TV Industry,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-13.

 

33.              Anirban Sengupta, Analysis Group, Inc. and Anoshua Chaudhuri, San Francisco State University, “Are Social Networking Sites a Source of Online Harassment for Teens?  Evidence from Survey Data,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-17.

 

34.              Tim Simcoe, University of Toronto, Dave Waguespack, University of Maryland, and Lee Fleming, Harvard Business School, “What's in a (Missing) Name? Status and Signaling in Open Standards Development,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-31.

 

35.              Johan Stennek, Gothenburg University & CEPR, and Thomas Tangeras, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, “Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-09.

 

36.              Johan Stennek, Gothenburg University & CEPR, and Thomas Tangeras, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, “Intense Network Competition,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-36.

 

37.              Curtis Taylor and Liad Wagman, Duke University, “Who Benefits from Online Privacy?,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-26.

 

38.              Umed Temurshoev, University of Groningen, “Who’s Who in Networks. Wanted: The Key Group,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-08.

 

39.              Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management, “Social Interactions, Stability and Network Effects,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-30.

 

40.              Catherine Tucker and Juanjuan Zhang, MIT Sloan School of Management, “Decomposing the Congestion Effect and the Cross-Platform Effect in Two-Sided Networks: A Field Experiment,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-12.

 

41.              Zhu Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and Yi (Daniel) Xu, New York University, “Network Effects and Geographic Concentration of Industry,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-14.

 

42.              Song Yao and Carl F. Mela, Duke University, “A Dynamic Model for Sponsored Search Advertising,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-16.

 

43.              Ginger Zhe Jin and Seth Freedman, University of Maryland, “Do Social Networks Solve Information Problems for Peer-to-Peer Lending? Evidence from Prosper.com,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-43.

 

44.              Feng Zhu, University of Southern California, “Ad-sponsored Business Models and Compatibility Incentives of Social Networks,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-20.

 

45.              Yi Zhu and Kenneth C. Wilbur, University of Southern California, “Strategic Bidding in Hybrid CPC/CPM Auctions,” NET Institute Working Paper #08-25.