Julie Holland Mortimer

Department of Economics
Littauer Center, M-8
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA  02138
Phone: (617) 496-2442
Fax: (617) 495-8570
email: mortimer@fas.harvard.edu
 


 
 
Courses:
 Economics 1640  Topics in Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications (Undergraduate IO, Spring 2009)
 Economics 2611   Industrial Organization II (Graduate IO, Spring 2009)
Curriculum Vitae:
 PDF file, September 2009.

Current Working Papers Available for Download:

Conlon, C. and J. Mortimer, "Field Experiments on Product Availability," April, 2009 (paper coming soon).
 Powerpoint slides for download from presentation at the Better Vendor's Association meeting at NAMA.

Conlon, C. and J. Mortimer, "Demand Estimation Under Incomplete Product Availability," March, 2009.
 PDF File for download. MSL Code for Random Coefficients demand (in C). FIML Code for Nested Logit demand (in AMPL). E-Step Code (in Matlab).

Ho, J., K. Ho, and J. Mortimer, "Welfare Effects of Full-line Forcing Contracts in the Video Rental Industry," December, 2008 (under revision, American Economic Review).
 PDF File for download.
 

Versions of Published Papers Available for Download:

V. J. Hotz, G. Imbens, and J. Mortimer, (2005), "Predicting the Efficacy of Future Training Programs Using Past Experiences at Other Locations," Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 125, pp. 241 - 70. Previous version available at: NBER Technical Working Paper #T0238.

Mortimer, J. (2007), "Price Discrimination, Copyright Law and Technological Innovation: Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 122, pp. 1307-50.
 PDF File for download. (November 17, 2006 version.)

Mortimer, J. (2008), "Vertical Contracts in the Video Rental Industry," The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 75, pp. 165-199.
(Previously circulated under the title "The Effect of Revenue-Sharing Contracts on Welfare in Vertically-Separated Markets: Evidence from the Video Rental Industry.")
 PDF File for download. (December 1, 2006 version.)

Ioannou, I., J. Mortimer, and R. Mortimer, "The Effects of Capacity on Sales Under Alternative Vertical Contracts," Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.
 PDF File for download. (September 18, 2008 version.)
 
 
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