Research Conference on Gasoline and Oil Markets
December 1, 2006
DESCRIPTION
The University of California Energy Institute's Center for the Study of Energy Markets (CSEM) announces a one day research conference on gasoline and oil markets. The conference will be December 1, 2006 on the Clark Kerr Campus in Berkeley, California. A variety of research papers will be presented and discussed by researchers and practitioners.
Program:
8:00am - 9:00am --- Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 12:15pm
Jonathan Hughes, Christopher Knittel and Daniel Sperling (UC Davis), "Evidence of a Shift in the Short-Run Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand"
Soren Anderson (University of Michigan), "The Demand for E85 Ethanol" Slides
Discussants:
Kurt Van Dender (UC Irvine)
Alex Farrell (UC Berkeley)
Break (approximately 10:30am - 10:45am)
Joseph Doyle, (MIT) and Krislert Samphantharak (UCSD), "$2.00 Gas! Studying the Effects of a Gas Tax Moratorium" Slides
Justine Hastings and Dora Gicheva (Yale), Sofia Villas-Boas, (UC Berkeley), "Gasoline Prices and Grocery Sales: Revisiting the Income Effect"
Discussants:
Severin Borenstein (UC Energy Institute) Slides
Jon Quinn (Safeway, Inc.)
12:15pm - 1:30pm --- Luncheon
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Matthew Lewis (Ohio State University), "Temporary Wholesale Gasoline Price Spikes have Long-lasting Retail Effects: The Aftermath of Hurricane Rita" Slides
Erich Muehlegger (Harvard University), "Market Effects of Regulatory Heterogeneity: A Case Study of Regional Gasoline Content Regulations" Slides
Discussants:
Preston McAfee (Cal Tech) Slides
Michael O'Neal (Chevron Products Company)
Break (approximately 3:00pm - 3:30pm)
Benjamin Atkinson (Canada Competition Bureau), Andrew Eckert (University of Alberta) and Douglas S. West (University of Alberta), "Key Competitors and the Domino Effect in a Retail Gasoline Market" Slides
Daniel S. Hosken, Robert S. McMillan, and Christopher T. Taylor (Federal Trade Commission), "Retail Gasoline Pricing: What Do We Know?" Slides
Discussants:
Charles Untiet (US Department of Justice)
Michael Noel (UC San Diego)
5:00pm - 6:00pm --- Reception
Co-Sponsored by:
For inquiries concerning the conference program contact:
Severin Borenstein (510) 642-5145 email: borenste@haas.berkeley.edu
James Bushnell (510) 642-7316 email: bushnell@haas.berkeley.edu
Catherine Wolfram (510) 643-5009 email: wolfram@haas.berkeley.edu