2009 Utah Winter Business Economics Conference Program (Last Update: 2 Feb)
Thursday, February 26
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm --- Welcome Reception at the home of Scott Schaefer and Rachel Hayes
Friday, February 27
6:30 am to 7:30 am --- Breakfast at the University Park Marriott
7:30 am to 9:15 am --- Session 1
Alessandro Pavan "Dynamic Mechanism Design" (Discussant: Li, Hao)
Tracy Lewis "Delegating Search to Agents" (Discussant: Klaus Schmidt)
9:30 am to 5:15 pm --- Skiing and Snowboarding at Solitude Mountain Resort
5:15 pm to 5:30 pm --- Snack
5:45 pm to 7:30 pm --- Session 2
Alberto Salvo "The Tip of the Iceberg: Actual Trade Flows Understate the Extent of Globalization" (Discussant: Thomas Chaney)
Emily Oster "Determinants of Technology Adoption:
Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up"(Discussant: Justin Marion)
7:45 pm to 9:00 pm --- Dinner at the University Park Marriott
Saturday, February 28
6:30 am to 7:30 am --- Breakfast
7:30 am to 9:15 am --- Session 3
Jakub Kastl "Effects of the Subprime Market Crisis on the Primary Market for Liquidity" (Discussant: Ken Hendricks)
Greg Lewis "Procurement Contracting with Time Incentives:
Theory and Evidence" (Discussant: Chad Syverson)
9:30 am to 4:00 pm --- Skiing at Deer Valley Resort, Snowboarding at Park City Mountain Resort
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm --- Closing Ceremonies at Deer Valley Snow Park Lounge (Second floor of Snow Park Lodge)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm --- Dinner at the Deer Valley Seafood Buffet in the Snow Park Lodge