1st Padova IO Workshop

29 May 2024, Aula Seminari, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche ed Aziendali, Via del Santo 33, Padua.

Overview

The first Padova IO Workshop brought together contributions in procurement, platform economics, search, and innovation, with a one-day programme hosted at the Department of Economics and Management in Padua.

Programme

10:50

Welcome

Paola Valbonesi (Head of Department, dSEA UNIPD)

11:00-12:50

First session

Chair: Stefano Comino (University of Udine)

  • Olga Chiappinelli (University of Barcelona), “The greener, the better? Evidence from government contractors” (with L. Giuffrida and A. Dalo).
  • Riccardo Camboni (dSEA UNIPD), “Bid-preference as incentive for innovation: experimental evidence” (with L. Corazzini, S. Galavotti, and P. Valbonesi).
  • Fabio Manenti (dSEA UNIPD), “Vertical relations in a platform ecosystem” (with L. Madio and L. Sandrini).

12:50-14:00

Light lunch

Garden

14:00-15:50

Second session

Chair: Gianluca Antonecchia (KU Leuven)

  • David Ronayne (ESMT Berlin), “Finding a Good Deal: Stable Price Dispersion with Robust Search”.
  • Pavel Andreyanov (dSEA UNIPD & HSE Moscow), “Scoring and Favoritism in Optimal Procurement Design” (with A. Suzdaltsev and I. Krasikov).
  • Gegam Shagbazian (dSEA UNIPD), “Trade Sanctions, Import Substitution and Innovation: Evidence from Russia” (with R. Camboni, G. Spagnolo, and P. Valbonesi).

15:50-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-17:40

Third session

Chair: Clara Graziano (University of Udine)

  • Jacopo Gambato (ZEW & University of Mannheim), “Search on a grid: Directed consumer search with correlated products”.
  • Leonardo Madio (dSEA UNIPD), “Design and governance of quality on a digital platform” (with O. Bedre-Defolie and B. Johansen).

17:40

Conclusions

18:15

Apericena

Eroica